Seven ORL Specialists Named to Top Doctors Lists for 2015

Five members of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery have been selected by their peers as outstanding physicians in Texas. Following an extensive nomination and research process conducted by Key Professional Media Inc., the results were published in the June 2015 issue of Texas Monthly magazine.

Martin J. Citardi, MD他专门治疗复杂的鼻窦和鼻病，是德克萨斯鼻窦研究所和德克萨斯州骷髅基地医生的核心成员，连续第五年被任命为德克萨斯州月刊SuperDoctors®清单。Citardi博士是Otorhinolaryngology的负责人 - 纪念馆Hermann-Texas医学中心的头部和颈部手术，也是Otorhinolaryngology系教授兼主席 - John P.和Kathrine G. McGovern医学院的Head Head and Neck手术。

Citardi博士是国际公认的耳朵，鼻子和喉咙外科医生，获得了约翰·霍普金斯大学医学院的医学学位。他在耶鲁大学完成了居住培训，并在佐治亚州的Rhinogology and Sinus Center获得了一项宗教研究金。他获得了美国耳鼻喉科委员会的认证 - 头颈手术，并且是美国外科医生学院的院士。Dr. Citardi has been named to the Best Doctors in America® list since 2005 and listed in the Guide to America’s Top Surgeons since 2010. He was first named to Houstonia magazine’s inaugural listing of Top Doctors in Houston in 2013. His specialty interests include difficult-to-treat chronic sinusitis, revision sinus surgery and minimally invasive surgery for tumors of the nose and sinuses.

医学博士隆达·亚历山大（Ronda Alexander）以前在德克萨斯州月度超级医生RisingStars®中被任命为今年的Super Doctors列表。Alexander博士是Otorhinolaryngology系的助理教授，麦戈文医学院的德克萨斯语音表演学院主任，亚历山大博士在纽约市康奈尔大学的威尔医学院获得了医学学位。医学院毕业后，她在艾伯特·爱因斯坦医学院（Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Medicine of Medicine of Albort of Allyngology of Allyngology''居住，并在纽约语音和吞咽疾病中心的喉管学和神经乳腺学研究金奖学金。她获得了美国耳鼻喉科委员会的认证，是美国外科医生学院的院士。

自从来到德州,她已经帮助建立the Texas Voice Performance Institute, a comprehensive program for the diagnosis, treatment and management of disorders and diseases that affect the voice and swallowing. Her clinical interests include the evaluation of hoarseness problems of the speaking and singing voice, spasmodic dysphonia, vocal tremor, vocal cord paralysis, extra-esophageal reflux and swallowing disorders. She is specially trained to manage the unique needs of professional voice users. She also has interests in neuromuscular disorders of the head and neck, including tension and migraine headache.

Named to the Texas Monthly Super Doctor Rising Stars list for 2015 are唐·霍（Tang Ho），医学博士,罗恩·卡尼（Ron Karni），医学博士， 和Amber U. Luong, MD, PhD.

Dr. Ho is chief of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and an assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. He received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, and returned to Texas to complete his otolaryngology – head and neck residency training at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He subsequently completed subspecialty fellowship training in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Prior to embarking on a career in medicine, Dr. Ho was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar to the United Kingdom, where he received his master’s degree in sociology from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Dr. Ho is a double board certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. His clinical interests include aesthetic and reconstructive surgeries of the face, including facial rejuvenation procedures (facelift, brow lift, Botox® injection, injectable fillers), rhinoplasty, facial reanimation procedures for patients with facial paralysis, reconstructive surgery of skin cancer defects, and complex microvascular facial reconstruction.

罗恩·卡尼（Ron Karni）博士是耳鼻喉科手术系的头颈外科肿瘤学系负责人。他在贝勒医学院获得了医学学位，并在圣路易斯医学院华盛顿大学完成了居住培训。他担任Otorhinolaryngology和医学肿瘤学系的助理教授双重任命。Karni博士撰写了有关神秘原发性口咽癌和实用工具的新出版物，以将基于证据的方法整合到医学的日常实践中。他目前的研究重点包括针对beplay苹果手机能用吗喉癌的降级治疗策略，头颈癌的形态蛋白质组学分析以及与HPV相关的头颈部和颈部的恶性肿瘤。Karni博士是使用近红外荧光技术的CPRIT拨款研究人员的联合主管研究员，研究头颈淋巴水肿的新治疗方法。他获得了美国耳鼻喉科委员会的董事会认证 - 头颈手术。Karni博士的实践重点是治疗头部和颈部的良性和恶性肿瘤，包括喉癌，口腔癌，喉癌，局部先进的皮肤癌，唾液腺肿瘤和甲状腺甲状腺疾病。他对喉咙肿瘤进行了横向机器人手术，这是一种现代方法，可最大程度地减少治疗喉癌的副作用。Karni博士还进行超声引导的细针吸入活检，用于甲状腺结节，微创甲状腺和甲状旁腺手术。

Amber U. Luong, MD, PhDis an associate professor and research director in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery who also directs a laboratory at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases. She received her MD/PhD at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas through the NIH-sponsored Medical Scientist Training Program. She obtained her PhD under the Nobel laureates Dr. Michael Brown and Dr. Joseph Goldstein for the identification and biochemical characterization of a novel human enzyme, acetyl coA synthetase. She then completed her residency training at UT Southwestern and a rhinology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Luong has co-authored more than 80 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Her primary research interest focuses on understanding the role of the innate immune response in the pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis, with a particular interest in the role of environmental fungi in initiating these innate immune responses. Dr. Luong’s clinical interest parallels her research interest in allergic fungal rhinosinusitis as well as the medical and surgical management of refractory chronic rhinosinusitis, sinonasal tumors, CSF leak repairs, and endoscopic orbital and dacryocystorhinostomy surgery. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

德克萨斯州月刊杂志每年调查40,000多名医疗专业人员，并邀请他们根据一个问题提名一名或多名医生以外的医生以外的医生：“如果您需要医疗服务，您会选择哪位医生？”在德克萨斯州有积极做法的医师中，只有不到5％的人被命名为列表。

Dr. Alexander, Dr. Citardi, Dr. Ho, and Dr. Karni were also named to Houstonia magazine’s 2015 listing of Top Doctors in Houston. Physicians named to the 2015 list were selected based on nominations solicited from nearly 16,000 medical professionals practicing in eight counties in the Greater Houston area.

Joining them on this year’s Houstonia list are Soham Roy, MD, FACS, FAAP, andSancak Yuksel, MD.

Dr. Roy is a recognized expert in operating room safety issues and a consultant in the development of innovative and safer surgical devices. An associate professor and vice chair of the Department, he serves as director of pediatric otolaryngology and quality officer, and is also an assistant dean at the McGovern Medical School. Dr. Roy received his undergraduate degree with highest distinction from Stanford University, received a full scholarship for medical education at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and completed his residency in otolaryngology at the University of Miami. He completed a fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology at the Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh prior to joining the faculty at the University of Miami, where he was named Professor of the Year in 2003, an honor he received again at the McGovern Medical School in 2013. Dr. Roy is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and is a fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. An internationally recognized speaker and author, Dr. Roy has received multiple awards for teaching, clinical care and original scientific research. His clinical interests are airway disorders in children, neonatal airway surgery, hearing loss, tonsil and adenoid disorders and neck masses in children.

Dr. Sancak Yuksel is an assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology. He received his medical degree at the Hacettepe University School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey, and completed his otorhinolaryngology residency at the Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine in Istanbul. After residency, he also received advanced training in head-neck and skull base surgery as a fellow in the same Department. Dr. Yuksel served as a research fellow in the Basic Science Laboratory of the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and worked in numerous National Institutes of Health-funded projects focused on the middle ear and the eustachian tube pathophysiology. He completed a two-year clinical fellowship in the Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He also served as an instructor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Yuksel is a member of American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. His clinical interests include pediatric ear diseases, cochlear implantation, newborn and pediatric swallowing and airway problems, and congenital head and neck lesions. He is also an expert in pediatric and adult complex ear and hearing problems and sialendoscopy, minimally invasive endoscopic management of salivary gland stones.

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