September2025Volume46
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InMemoriam:ChuckCohen InMemoriam:ChuckCohen
CharlesC.Cohen(“Chuck”),afoundingmemberof theEye&EarFoundationBoard,passedawayon August27,2025,followingabriefillness.
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Dr.GregBasura,MD,PhD,Director,Global OtolaryngologyandProfessorinthe DepartmentofOtolaryngology-Head&Neck Surgery,isleadingastudyonsubjectiveand somatictinnitusthatisactivelyseeking participantswithandwithoutthecondition.
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ALifelineforTetianaALifelineforTetiana
TetianaPylypenko,74,hasbeenhelped immeasurablybytheDepartmentof OphthalmologyPatientNavigatorDana McGinnis-Thomas.WhileTetianadoesnot speakEnglish,herdaughterOlena Raichenkodoes.
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CongratulationstoDr.JeffreySimons,MD,MMM! Dr.JeffreySimons,MD,MMM! HehasbeenappointedAssociateEditorfor Educationfor TheLaryngoscope,wherehewillbe responsibleforoverseeingallmanuscript submissionsrelatedtoresidencytraining,simulation, andsurgicaleducation.
Inaddition,Dr.Simonswasacceptedintothe AmericanCollegeofSurgeonsAcademyofMaster SurgeonEducators—anhonorrecognizing excellenceinsurgicaleducation.Hewillbeformally inductedinChicagoonSeptember19.
We’reproudtoseehisleadershipandcommitment tosurgicaleducationnationallyrecognized!
GeneTherapyTrialCuresWetAMD GeneTherapyTrialCuresWetAMD forPatientforPatient
CharleenNelson,ofPittsburgh,PA, participatedinaclinicaltrialforwetaged maculardegeneration.Theexperiencewas nothingbutpositive,withasuccessfulresult: shenolongerhaswetAMDinthateye.
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NewImplantRestoresFunction NewImplantRestoresFunction AfterCancerAfterCancer
WhenDeborahSofranko,ofSouthFayette, PA,sawwhitepatchesonheruppergum, littledidsheknowthattheeventual diagnosisofsquamouscellcarcinomaofthe maxillawouldresultinherbeingthefirst personinPittsburghtohaveapreprosthetic proceduretoreplaceherteeth.
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