Graduating Residents

Cherie-Ann Nathan, MD will give this year’s Siciliano Lecture on Tuesday, October 19, 2021.

Dr. Nathan is the Jack Pou Endowed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at LSU-Health in Shreveport. She is also Director of Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery and Research at the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center and has a gratis appt. in the Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.

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We will celebrate this year’s Albert C. Muse Prize and Award winners on Monday, November 15, 2021.

This year’s Albert C. Muse Prize will be given to Robin Cotton, MD. Dr. Cotton is a Professor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine where he also holds an appointment as Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Cotton is a member of more than 20 national and international otolaryngology organizations, including the American Academy of Otolaryngology. He has served as President of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology and the Society for Ear, Nose, and Throat Advances in Children (SENTAC).

This year’s Albert C. Muse Award will be presented to Margaretha Casselbrant, MD. Dr. Casselbrant is Professor Emerita of Otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where she joined the department in 1982. Dr. Casselbrant was the Director of the Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship Program from 1994-2006 and the Director of the Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology and Eberly Professor of Pediatric Otolaryngology, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh from 2005-2013.

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Resident 1981-1985

I was born in Brooklyn, NY, reared in Mt. Vernon, NY, and have lived in Germantown, TN for 30+ years.

Married to my wife Joey, a Pittsburgh native, for 36 years. We have three children, Morgan (34), Austin (31), and Dean (25). Morgan is the Executive Program Director of the Community Music School of Boston. Austin is Administrative Coordinator of Shelby Farms in Memphis, the largest urban park in North America. And Dean is a Senior Financial Analyst for Federal Express.

I love the Arts. I have worked with our local opera company, Opera Memphis for over 30 years and now becoming involved with the Pittsburgh Festival Opera. I also am on the board of the Orpheum Theater Company, our local venue for off Broadway performances, the Symphony and other artistic endeavors. My wife is on the Board of the Germantown Performing Arts Center, a dynamic local performance space the attracts all types of high-quality arts and entertainment. As an amateur musician (saxophone and flute), I play regularly in our community wind symphony, a “Doctor’s Band” playing R&B and “Memphis Soul” and local church ensemble. I have served in leadership positions in organized medicine at the local and state level and have been a member of the State Medical License Board for over 15 years.

The Otolaryngology program at The University of Pittsburgh gave me an unparalleled experience that has ordered my steps and provide opportunities throughout my professional and personal life.

I’m currently an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. After receiving my undergrad from Ohio State University, I attended medical school at Howard University in Washington, DC., followed by a residency at Pitt. I currently practice in Memphis, TN where I focus on laryngology, endocrine surgery, head and neck oncology, and general otolaryngology.

I have always believed that it is imperative to give back. The Pitt Connection has enabled me to realize personal and professional aspirations that otherwise might not have been possible. Maybe it’s a way to say thank you.

It’s just more! More faculty, more residents, more extramural funding, more research, more clinical sites, more activity. A much more vibrant entity.

The Foundations efforts to engage in community outreach are exciting and needed. Would look forward to participating in these endeavors.

Neal Beckford, MD