An article on behalf of the American Head & Neck Society has been published in JAMA, led by Dr. Kevin Contrera, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck […]
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By Craig Smith, Eye & Ear Foundation Director of Development and Community Initiatives Many diseases ultimately lead to blindness due to optic nerve damage. These include glaucoma, which damages the […]
The Voice, Airway & Swallow Center has started a new program with resident artists in the Pittsburgh Opera called the Vocal Injury Prevention (VIP) program. The first vocal education day […]
Thanks to the support of the Hillman Foundation to the Department of Ophthalmology, a partnership between Duquesne University Department of Philosophy and the University of Pittsburgh Department of Ophthalmology is […]
Tracy Zappella, now 51, of Lake Orion, MI, was diagnosed in August 2023 with stage 4 basaloid squamous cell sinonasal cancer. When chemo and radiation didn’t get rid of the […]
Kevin J. Contrera, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, has won the Franklin H. Martin, MD, FACS, Faculty Research Fellowship from the American College […]
A team coordinated by Jay Chhablani, MD, Vice Chair of Clinical Trials and Professor of Ophthalmology at the UPMC Vision Institute, has won a Thome Foundation two-year $500K grant for […]
The Departments of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh have jumped in the rankings of NIH funding. In 2021, the Department of Ophthalmology was 25. […]
The Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh has started an immunological hearing center. “There are a lot of conditions in hearing that we don’t have […]
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Two Assistant Professors in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery won a three-year $1,148,334 award from the Department of Defense for a project called “Developing Viral Strategies for Targeted […]
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The Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh recently welcomed three new faculty members. Meet them here! Farzad Jamshidi Farzad Jamshidi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, started on […]
At Andrew Potocki’s follow-up appointment 15 days after his surgery for an ameloblastoma in his jaw, Dr. Matthew Spector, MD, FACS, Division Chief, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology & Microvascular […]
By Deepinder Dhaliwal, Vishal Jhanji, Andrew Eller, Jake Waxman and José-Alain Sahel It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Gary N. Foulks, a distinguished ophthalmologist […]
Virginia Montanez recently discovered the one-stop-shop ophthalmology jewel in Pittsburgh that is the Vision Institute at UPMC Mercy. Montanez is a familiar name in these parts. Known for her former […]
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The Eye & Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh is honored to announce that Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin are supporting the new Pittsburgh Hearing Institute in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head […]