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Department of Otolaryngology

Speakers Available

The Otolaryngology faculty is available to make presentations to both professional and social groups on a number of topics. Some of the subjects are listed below. Other topics may be arranged if there is interest. To obtain information or to arrange for a speaker, please contact the department at 293-3457.

Stephen J. Wetmore, MD
Professor and Chairman

  • Common Causes of Dizziness
  • Cochlear Implants: A High-Tech Answer for the Profoundly Deaf
  • Otitis Media - Current Therapy
  • Surgical Treatment of Ear Disease

Hassan H. Ramadan, MD
Professor and Vice Chairman

  • Neck Masses in Children: When to Seek Medical Attention
  • Sinusitis in Children
  • Balloon Sinuplasty

Mark A. Armeni, MD
Assistant Professor

  • Facts and Myths of Facial Plastic Surgery
  • Surgery for the Aging Face
  • Skin Resurfacing - A Whole New Look!

Michael K. Hurst, DDS, MD
Associate Professor

  • Allergic Rhinitis
  • Sinusitis for Physicians
  • Ear Infections in Children

Christopher H. Rassekh, MD
Associate Professor

  • Warning Signs of Head & Neck Cancer
  • Safe Management of Sinus Disease
  • Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Nodules
  • Salivary Gland Problems
  • Organ Preservation Surgery for Laryngeal Cancer
  • Approach to Lumps in the Neck
  • Smokeless Tobacco, Smoking Cessation and Otolaryngic Manifestations of Tobacco Use

Ronald Wilkinson, MD
Clinical Professor

  • GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
  • General Asthma
  • Otitis Media
  • Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy
  • External Otitis
  • Sinus Headache
  • Head and Neck Pain
  • Rhinosinusitis

Paul G van der Sloot, MD
Assistant Professor

  • Laryngeal Cancer
  • Conservation Laryngeal Surgery
  • Rapid Prototyping, Osteogenesis and Bony Reconstruction of the Head and Neck
  • Hard and Soft Palate Reconstruction
  • Salivary Gland Lesions
  • Non-melanomatous Cutaneous Malignancy
  • Current Concepts in Thyroid Cancer

Kazunari J. Koike, PhD
Professor and Director, Audiology

  • Hearing and Aging
  • Otoacoustic Emissions
  • What's New in Hearing Aids
  • How Best to Make Use of Lip Reading
  • Aural Rehabilitation with Cochlear Implants
  • Assessment of Hearing Loss Among Infants and Young Children

Susan H. Cappellini, MS
Audiologist

  • Audiologists in a Medical Setting
  • Hearing Loss in the Geriatric Population
  • Occupational Hearing Loss

Mary E. Archer, AuD
Audiologist

  • Neonatal Hearing Screening: Rationale and Current Therapy
  • Cochlear Implants in Children and Adults - Technology and Aural Habilitation/ Rehabilitation

Liesl Looney, AuD, CCC-A, FAAA
Audiologist

  • Tinnitus Retraining Therapy

Leslie A. Purcell, AuD, CCC-A, FAAA
Audiologist

  • Syndromic Hearing Loss