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TransformingOtolaryngologyExcellence
TransformingOtolaryngologyExcellence
Congratulationsto Dr.PeterSantaMaria,MD,PhD, Dr.PeterSantaMaria,MD,PhD, for EarfloEarflo beingselectedasoneofthe BestInventionsof2025BestInventionsof2025 byTIMEMagazine!
WhenSallySherman,PhD,AssociateProfessorofPracticeatPitt’sDepartmentof HealthandHumanDevelopment,waswatchingaphotographertakeherdaughter’s seniorpicturesinAugust2024,sheabruptlylostherhearinginoneear. ReadMoreReadMore
NewImplantRestoresFunctionAfterCancer NewImplantRestoresFunctionAfterCancer
WhenDeborahSofranko,ofSouthFayette,PA,sawwhitepatchesonherupper gum,littledidsheknowthattheeventualdiagnosisofsquamouscellcarcinomaof themaxillawouldresultinherbeingthefirstpersoninPittsburghtohavea preprostheticproceduretoreplaceherteeth. ReadMoreReadMore
TranslationalApplicationofArtificialIntelligenceinHead&Neck TranslationalApplicationofArtificialIntelligenceinHead&Neck CancerCancer
AtthestartoftheEye&EarFoundation’sAugust22,2025, webinar,“Translational ApplicationofArtificialIntelligenceinHead&NeckCancer,” StevenB.Chinn,MD,StevenB.Chinn,MD, MPH,FACS,MPH,FACS, thankedtheFoundationfortheinvitationtotalkaboutanareaof technologynearanddeartohisheart.TheAssociateProfessor,Co-Directorofthe HillmanCancerHeadandNeckCancerProgram,andDirectorofResearchand OperationsfortheComputationalPathology&AICenterofExcellence(CPACE)at Pittadded,“We’retryingtodriveintegratingartificialintelligence(AI)intohealthcare.” JustlookingatthelasttwoyearsofAIintermsofgenerativeAIorimage-making capacity,ithasdramaticallychangedandshowswhatweareabletodo. ReadMoreReadMore
InnovationsintheManagementofOtitisMedia InnovationsintheManagementofOtitisMedia
PeterL.SantaMaria’sPeterL.SantaMaria’s clinicalpracticeandresearchallinvolveotitismedia.TheMD, PhDwithmanytitles,includingProfessor;DivisionChiefofOtology&Neurotology; ViceChairofTranslationalandClinicalResearch,DepartmentofOtolaryngologyHead&NeckSurgery;DirectorofFacultyInnovation,OfficeofInnovationand Entrepreneurship;Co-Director,PittsburghCREATES;Co-Director,PittSPARKand GorongosaSPARK;andAdjunctProfessor,Bioengineering,CarnegieMellon University,gaveanoverviewofwhathislabandtheircollaboratorsareworkingonin theEye&EarFoundation'sJuly25thwebinar,"InnovationsintheManagementof OtitisMedia." ReadMoreReadMore JourneytoExcellenceJourneytoExcellence
TheUPMCCenterforCranialBaseSurgery TheUPMCCenterforCranialBaseSurgery hasreleaseda JourneytoExcellence 13-partseriesonYouTube,thankstotheGlobalRhinologyNetwork(GRN). ReadRead MoreMore
AchievementAward.
Dr.ChristineYver,MD,MBA Dr.ChristineYver,MD,MBA ,,and Dr.RachelWhelan,MD,Dr.RachelWhelan,MD, wereselectedbytheAmerican BoardofOtolaryngology-Head&NeckSurgery(ABOHNS)tojointheTaskForceforNew Materials,agroupofphysiciansresponsiblefordevelopingquestionsfortheOtolaryngology TrainingExam.TheyjoinseveralotherPittDepartmentofOtolaryngology-Head&Neck SurgeryfacultywhoserveasexaminersandexamcouncilmemberswiththeAmerican BoardofOtolaryngology,includingDrs.Zevallos,Maxwell,Simons,andChi.
Dr.JeffreySimons,MD,MMM, wasappointedAssociateEditorforEducationfor The Laryngoscope,wherehewillberesponsibleforoverseeingallmanuscriptsubmissions relatedtoresidencytraining,simulation,andsurgicaleducation.Inaddition,Dr.Simons wasacceptedintotheAmericanCollegeofSurgeonsAcademyofMasterSurgeon Educators—anhonorrecognizingexcellenceinsurgicaleducation.
TheEye&EarFoundation,anindependent501(c)(3)organization,wasfoundedin 1985tofostersupportfortheDepartmentsofOphthalmologyandOtolaryngologyHead&NeckSurgeryattheUniversityofPittsburghthroughthegeneroussupportof individualsandorganizations.
Insupportingtheseworld-classDepartments,weholdourselvestothesamehigh standards.Weplantokeepmovingforward,expandingoursupportnetwork,and helpingtheDepartmentsofOphthalmologyandOtolaryngology-Head&NeckSurgery standpeerlessinthedistinctionofresearchandeducationand,ultimately,thehighest levelofcareprovidedtoourpatients.
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