KMOV highlighted our new trial on auricular stimulation to augment Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for tinnitus. The response has been outstanding! Within one day, we received over 400 phone call inquiries and successfully enrolled 50 participants.

Dr. Kallogjeri and I with @KBibbinsDomingo, Editor-in-Chief @JAMA_current outside the Clinical Research Training Center @TL1CRTC at WashU @washumedicine. Dr. Bibbins-Domingo gave Department of Medicine Grand Rounds “Trust in Medical Publishing” and met with research trainees.

Panel on January 25, 2025 Bridging the Gap: Strengthening the Evidence Base in Otolaryngology with Samuel Selesnick, Sujana Chandrasekhar, and Neel Bhatt @DrSujanaENT @neelkbhatt

Neely Physician Scientist Dinner - January 23, 2025. Thirty mentors and mentees gathered for dinner and discussion about mentoring at the inaugural meeting of the Neely National Physician-Scientist Mentorship Network at Triologic Combined Sections Meeting in Orlando.

The latest study from @SidPuram @WashUMedENT suggests that despite high accuracy for individual margins, IFSH has limitations in predicting final surgical margin status in HPV-related OPSCC, particularly for base of tongue primaries and deep margins.

This Viewpoint discusses the gap in dental insurance coverage for patients with head and neck cancer, many of whom forego dental care to treat or prevent oral complications of head and neck cancer therapy due to financial hardship. @JAMAOto

We are excited to celebrate 100 years of publishing at @JAMAOto. See the editorial below discussing our first published articles and the history of the journal.

We look forward to welcoming @KBibbinsDomingo for medicine grand rounds on Thursday, January 30th @washumedicine. Dr. Bibbins-Domingo is the Editor in Chief of @JAMA_current and Professor of Medicine at UCSF. The title of her talk is “Trust in Medical Publishing.”

Really excited about this new R25 grant to help young faculty be more successful in their research activities @Triological

Fantastic editorial by @NEJM titled, “Treating Patients, Not P Values.”

Celebratory dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steak House with Nico Cruz, medical students Lucas Cruz, Read Streller, and Adam Snowden,  and otolaryngology resident Andrew Peterson. Great  to be around so many young people with such bright futures!

Outcomes Research Christmas Party at Maggiano’s Little Italy followed by a fun game of Dirty Santa back at the office

Sclerotherapy training session with Dr. Bryan McRae from University of Utah with Tracy Wright and resident Dr. Holly Sprow @WashUMedENT

This study found that neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by TORS and neck dissection was an effective treatment option for patients with stage III and IVa HPV+ OPSCCa. Rates of distant mets were lower compared to concurrent CRT. @JAMAOto

This cohort study in 1078 patients undergoing free tissue transfer found that VTE was associated with hypothermia of >30 minutes and <120 minutes (OR 3.82; 95% CI, 0.99-14.07) and hypothermia of 120 minutes or longer (OR, 3.55; 95% CI, 1.05-11.95) @JAMAOto

Congratulations to @DrJBhattacharya on selection as the next NIH director

Congratulations to Dr. Makary from his St. Louis fan club @MartyMakary

Join me on Monday, 11/18 at 5pm CST for a discussion regarding sclerotherapy for HHT-associated epistaxis. See the link below to register @curehht

What is the role of vitamin D deficiency in pediatric OSA? This cross-sectional study found that vitamin D deficiency was associated with increased obstructive AHI severity. @JAMAOto