S+S, Spring 2025 The Voice, Airway & Swallow Center within the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery has always strived to provide tailored outreach to the community. Director Dr. Libby […]
Vocal Outreach: Care Beyond the Clinic
Sight + Sound Newsletter
Gift Honors an Enduring Commitment
S+S, Spring 2025 Diane Barati’s late parents generously supported the Eye & Ear Foundation. This motivated her to continue doing so in their memory to honor them. Diane’s parents both […]
Expanding Global Outreach
S+S, Spring 2025 The Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery has expanded its global outreach, thanks to the addition of Dr. Gregory J. Basura, MD, PhD. His leadership in this […]
Tapping Into the Immune System to Diagnose and Treat Hearing Loss
S+S, Spring 2025 The Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh has started an immunological hearing center thanks, in part due to a significant donation from […]
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A Focused Approach to Treating Rare Ocular Diseases
S+S, Spring 2025 Orphan eye conditions present several unique challenges but addressing them is just par for the course at the Department of Ophthalmology at the UPMC Vision Institute. An […]
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Expanding Voice Care to the Performing Arts
S+S, Fall 2024 The UPMC Voice, Airway & Swallow Center is bolstering and expanding its care for the performing arts community in Pittsburgh. This is largely due to the addition […]
i2Eye International Conference Held in Pittsburgh
S+S, Fall 2024 i2Eye, the sixth annual interdisciplinary conference on innovative imaging of eye diseases, was held in September at the UPMC Vision Institute. Around 165 people from all over […]
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In Support of Ukraine
S+S, Fall 2024 One of the byproducts of the war in Ukraine is that that its ENT community is at risk for becoming increasingly isolated in the academic world. Travel […]
Announcing the 2024 Wiegand Awardees
S+S, Fall 2024 The Eye & Ear Foundation is happy to announce this year’s recipients of the Wiegand Fellowship and the Wiegand Entrepreneurial Research Award. The Wiegand Fellowship was established […]
New Device Shows Promise
S+S, Fall 2024 A medical device disguised as a sippy cup promises to revolutionize treatment for a common childhood ailment. Called the EarFlo, it is on track for approval by […]
The Ernest G. Salvitti Chair in Ophthalmology Research
S+S, Fall 2024 Ernest G. Salvitti left quite a legacy. Now it will be memorialized in the Department of Ophthalmology by his son, E. Ronald Salvitti M.D., funding a Chair […]
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Restoring the Ability to Smile
S+S, Fall 2024 For patients with long-standing facial paralysis (greater than two years’ duration), the only option for restoring the ability to smile is with a procedure known as a […]
Vision Restoration Conference 2024
The 13th annual Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration Conference was held at the Vision Institute at UPMC Mercy Pavilion October 8-9, 2024. For the first time, the pathways […]
Cornea
S+S, Spring 2024, Back cover Thanks to support from Eye & Ear Foundation donors, under the leadership of the late Dr. Jim Funderburgh, scientists in the Department of Ophthalmology learned […]
Head Neck Cancer/Survivorship
S+S, Spring 2024, p. 7 The Head Neck Cancer (HNC)/Survivorship program saw a lot of growth during the Campaign, especially in the services it now provides to patients. PNC Charitable […]