Events

Upcoming events include our regular Virtual Grand Rounds offerings most Friday mornings, and the 7th Annual Endoscopic Ear Course taking place virtually on Friday, April 30, 2021. 

See our long list of Continuing Medical Education to learn more about endowed lectureships, annual conferences, and more, hosted by the expert Vanderbilt Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery team each year.

Media Inquiries

Do you need an otolaryngology expert for a news story or expert panel? Our team of world-class otolaryngology surgeons and physicians are happy to help. For media inquiries, contact the VUMC Office of News and Communications at (615) 322-4747. An information officer is on call 24/7 for media requests.

Archive

Selected articles about our department:

• "Academy for Excellence in Education elects 28 new members" (Amy Whigham elected to academy) (VUMC Reporter, 16 June 2021)
• "Early intervention eases laryngeal injury healing" (VUMC Reporter, 29 April 2021)
• "Spotlight: Humanitarian Efforts | Robert J. Sinard, MD" (AAO-HNS Bulletin, 23 April 2021)
• "A young doctor wrote of a life-or-death moment caring for a patient. The New England Journal of Medicine published it as a graphic novel." (VUMC Voice, 22 April 2021)
• "Belcher named to newspaper’s list of 40 under 40" (VUMC Reporter, 11 February 2021)
• "COVID-19’s Lessons on Laryngeal Damage from Intubation" (VUMC Discover, 10 February 2021)
• "Neck-worn Camera for Surgical Training Videos" (VUMC Discover, 3 February 2021)
• "Making Cochlear Implants an Easier Choice" (VUMC Discover, 27 January 2021)
• "No Sugarcoating: Survivor details cancer ordeal that a vaccine can now prevent" (Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Momentum, 15 January 2021)
• "Alumni and faculty among Nashville Business Journal ’40 under 40′ honorees" (Vanderbilt News, 12 January 2021)
• "Section Spotlight: Young Physicians Section (YPS)" (Lyndy Wilcox named ABOHNS Liaison) (AAO-HNS Bulletin, December 2020/January 2021, Vol. 39, No. 11)
• "New bone anchored hearing implant enhances patient’s life" (VUMC Reporter, 2 December 2020)
• "PRACTICE PROFILE: Dedicated to Serving Underserved Patients with ENT Care" (AAO-HNS Bulletin, 29 October 2020)
• "Stroke survivor with aphasia is able to vote, thanks to his speech-language pathologist" (VUMC Voice, 26 October 2020)
• "Unilateral Cochlear Implants: New Consensus Offers A Rallying Cry" (VUMC Discover, 7 October 2020)
• "Global recommendations for cochlear implants outlined" (VUMC Reporter, 10 September 2020)
• "Trial to test nasal irrigation to treat COVID" (VUMC Reporter, 27 August 2020)
• "Risk marker for repeat sinus surgery" (VUMC Reporter, 11 August 2020)
• "Team to create customizable cochlear implant programming" (VUMC Reporter, 6 August 2020)
• "Online forum on diversity and inclusion attracts more than 750 from VUMC community" (VUMC Reporter, 11 June 2020)
• "Five things to know about smell and taste loss in COVID-19" (VUMC Reporter, 21 May 2020)
• "Gelbard’s airway disease efforts honored by Triological Society" (VUMC Reporter, 27 February 2020)
• "Study finds noise levels unsafe in local honky-tonks" (VUMC Reporter, 26 February 2020)
• "Preventing Intubation-associated Vocal Cord Injuries" (VUMC Discover, 12 February 2020)
• "Same-day cochlear implant surgeries reduce travel burden, wait times" (VUMC Reporter, 9 January 2020)
• "Labadie, Rivas inducted into international otolaryngology collegium" (VUMC Reporter, 6 December 2019)
• "Using Social Media to Study Rare Disease" (VUMC Discover, 4 December 2019)
• "New Physician Spotlight: Shiayin Yang" (VUMC Reporter, 25 November 2019)
• "Chandra named editor of otolaryngology research journal" (VUMC Reporter, 14 November 2019)
• "Improving Treatment for Neurotrophic Keratopathy" (VUMC Discover, 11 October 2019)
• "Simplifying Nasal Septal Perforation Repair" (VUMC Discover, 28 August 2019)
• "New Physician Spotlight: Ryan Belcher, MD" (VUMC Reporter, 12 August 2019)
• "Know the symptoms of head and neck cancer" (My Southern Health, 29 July 2019)
• "Radial Bone Free Flap For Expanded Oral Cavity Applications" (VUMC Discover, 18 July 2019)
• "International conference explores best practices for vestibular schwannoma" (VUMC Reporter, 26 June 2019)
• "Chasing Down the Trickiest Tumors" (VUMC Discover, 23 July 2019)
• "Study seeks to expand treatment options for rare airway disease" (VUMC Reporter, 13 June 2019)
• "Surgical Transparency: Finding the Balance" (VUMC Discover, 6 June 2019)
• "The Aging Immune System: Lessons from Chronic Sinusitis" (VUMC Discover, 23 May 2019)
• "VUMC’s Garrett to be Triological Society’s first female president" (VUMC Reporter, 22 May 2019)
• "Obesity Puts More Children at Risk for OSA" (VUMC Discover, 22 May 2019)
• "Expanding Options for Children with Atresia" (VUMC Discover, 8 May 2019)
• "Digital Community Forms Around Nerve-sparing Schwannoma Procedure" (VUMC Discover, 25 April 2019)
• "Directorships honor leaders, philanthropic partners" (VUMC Reporter, 25 April 2019)
• "Improved Mandibular Distraction Technique for Pierre Robin Sequence" (VUMC Discover, 25 March 2019)
• "Discovery points to new cancer immunotherapy option" (VUMC Reporter, 21 February 2019)
• "Study aims to change standard of care for laryngeal paralysis" (VUMC Reporter, 14 February 2019)
• "Video: The Next Stage of Cochlear Implantation" (VUMC Discover, 7 February 2019)
• "A 'Pendulum Swing' in pHDPE Implantation for Microtia and Atresia" (VUMC Discover, 22 January 2019)
• "Complex Airway Disease: Advances in Treatment for Laryngeal Stenosis" (VUMC Discover, 4 January 2019)
• "Lessons from 25 Years of Professional Voice Care in 'Music City'" (VUMC Discover, 4 January 2019)
• "BT Treatment of the Buccinator Muscle for Facial Synkinesis" (VUMC Discover, 11 December 2018)
• "Weighing Intervention Timing and Type for Vestibular Schwannomas" (VUMC Discover, 7 December 2018)
• "Surgeon helps restore cancer patients’ functionality" (VUMC Reporter, 15 November 2018)
• "New support group formed for patients with Ménière’s disease" (VUMC Reporter, 25 October 2018)
• "Study explores risk factors for acoustic neuroma growth" (VUMC Reporter, 23 August 2018)
• "Six Vanderbilt physicians honored by medical societies" (VUMC Reporter, 3 May 2018)
• "Humanitarian service: Sustainable hearing screening pilot in Kenya" (AAO-HNS Bulletin, 3 April 2018)
• "Design competition aims to assist laryngectomy patients" (VUMC Reporter, 29 March 2018)
• "Study of mucus may help guide sinusitis treatment" (VUMC Reporter, 29 March 2018)
• "New nerve stimulation treatment helps ease sleep apnea" (VUMC Reporter, 18 January 2018)
• "The Science of Our Senses" (VUMC Medicine, 23 September 2017)
• "How six cups of ground coffee can improve nose, throat surgery" (VUMC Reporter, 20 June 2017)
• "Undiagnosed taste, smell issues focus of new clinic" (VUMC Reporter, 23 February 2017)
• "International patients finding their way to Bill Wilkerson Center" (VUMC Reporter, 16 February 2017)
• "Many options available to treat wide range of sleep disorders" (VUMC Reporter, 12 January 2017)
• "Novel sinusitis treatment helps patient breathe easier" (VUMC Reporter, 12 May 2016)
• "Faculty Highlight: Amy Whigham MD" (SOCKS, 4 May 2016)
• "Voice Center’s Garrett found life’s work in helping patients" (VUMC Reporter, 10 March 2016)
• "Cochlear implant’s success is music to patient’s ears" (VUMC Reporter, 28 January 2016)
• "The musician and the brain tumor" (My Southern Health, 12 October 2015)
• "Study Fine-Tunes Hearing" (VUMC Medicine, 21 August 2015)
• "American Laryngological Association honors VUMC’s Ossoff, Garrett" (VUMC Reporter, 28 May 2015)
• "Study shows probiotics may help ease allergies" (VUMC Reporter, 21 May 2015)
• "Grant spurs study of rare breathing condition in women" (VUMC Reporter, 7 May 2015)
• "Free screening event for head and neck cancer set for April 17" (VUMC Reporter, 9 April 2015)
• "Physical therapy helps ease vocal muscle imbalances" (VUMC Reporter, 13 November 2014)
• "Wootten named to lead Pediatric Otolaryngology" (VUMC Reporter, 9 October 2014)
• "Giving in Action + Bacardi Family Gift" (VUMC Medicine, 5 September 2014) 
• "Finding a New Voice" (Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Momentum, 21 November 2013)
• "Vanderbilt Mission to Malindi, Kenya" (AAO-HNS Bulletin, 25 October 2013)
• "Netterville to lead otolaryngology-head, neck surgery group" (VUMC Reporter, 11 October 2012)