July 31, 2023
Researchers in UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and collaborators at Yale Cancer Center and ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group have identified two subtypes of human papillomavirus positive head and neck cancers, giving them a better glimpse into why some patients respond better to treatment than others.
July 6, 2023
Washington, N.C man with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue experiences positive life-changing results after participating in an induction therapy clinical trial at the UNC School of Medicine.
June 28, 2023
Graduate Research Assistant Darla McDonald won the audiology poster award at the American Cochlear Implant Alliance meeting for her presentation of a case study of a cochlear implant recipient with reported catastrophic tinnitus in the implanted ear who participated in clinical research aimed at improving individual patient outcomes.
October 20, 2022
Nicole (Nikki) Hughes, LE, joined the UNC Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery as an academic aesthetician.
September 13, 2022
An ad hoc committee has been appointed to undertake a routine review of the Department of Otolaryngology and the leadership of its Chair, Wendell G. Yarbrough, MD, Thomas J. Dark Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. The review is a standard procedure of UNC-Chapel Hill and will take place on Oct. 31.
August 16, 2022
Margaret Dillon, AuD, PhD, has been named director of clinical research for the Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery. As the director of clinical research, Dillon will support the clinical research efforts of residents, fellows and faculty aimed at advancing the field of otolaryngology/head & neck surgery.
August 10, 2022
The Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery has named Hannah Eskridge clinical director. She will begin her work in the role on Sept. 1.
August 9, 2022
Lisa Park, AuD, has been named the first division chief of the Children’s Cochlear Implant Center within the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery.
February 28, 2022
Trevor G. Hackman, MD, FACS, has been appointed as Chief for the Division of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology within the Department of Otolaryngology.
February 10, 2022
Brent A. Senior, MD, Nat and Sheila Harris Distinguished Professor and Chief of Division of Rhinology, Allergy, and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery in the Department of Otolyaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, served as consultant on the study's data and helped formulate ideas and conclusions.
October 13, 2021
Dr. Austin S. Rose, MD, MBA, FARS has been promoted to Vice Chair, Finance in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery.
September 23, 2021
Dr. Brent Senior will receive an ACS/Pfizer International Surgical Volunteerism Award for his over two decades of work in providing otolaryngologic surgery services and education to local surgeons in Southeast Asia.