November 2024 Volume 36 Mohit Singhala Focusing on Healthcare Innovation In September, Mohit Singhala, PhD, joined the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery as Research Assistant Professor. He is the lead engineer in Pittsburgh CREATES, where he focuses on healthcare innovation. Read More
EarFlo Wins WCA Innovation Prize EarFlo, a medical device that treats otitis media with effusion, won the World Congress of Audiology (WCA) Innovation Prize this past September in Paris, France. Read More
Xing Chen Wins NIH New Innovator Award Xing Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) New Innovator Award from the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program, with $1.5 million over five years. The program supports exceptionally creative scientists pursuing highly innovative research with the potential for broad impact in biomedical, behavioral, or social sciences within the NIH mission. Read More
Paper on Novel Technique for PPS Tumor Removal Hot off the press is an article written by three members of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, along with authors from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Michigan. Titled “Endoscope-Assisted Transcervical Resection of Parapharyngeal Space Tumors,” it was published in