Dates to Remember
Holiday Breakfast University Place IUPUI
December 13, 2006 7:30—9:30 a.m.
Ballroom
Resident Interviews January 5, 2007 January 19, 2007
ABOto Residency Training Exam March 10, 2007
Race for the Cure April 21, 2007
DECEMBER 12, 2006
laryngeal denervation injuries,
the importance of developing otolaryngology-specific quality
initiatives and performance measures and a description of long term auditory adaptation of cochlear implant users to a modified periphery frequency map.
The annual Raleigh E.
Lingeman Otolaryngology Lectureship was established by Dr. Lingeman’s friends, colleagues, past residents and family to honor his lifetime of giving and caring for his patients, residents and students, and to promote a spirit of life-long contact among graduates of the Indiana University Otolaryngology Residency Program.
This year’s lectureship on November 3, 2006 featured guest speakers, Lanny Garth Close, M.D., Professor and Chair from Columbia University;
David R. Nielsen, M.D., Executive Vice President and CEO American Academy of
Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation; Stacey L.
Halum, M.D. , Assistant Professor; and Su Wooi Teoh, M.D., M.S., 4th Year Resident.
Topics included a review of the history of head and neck surgery in America, the medical benefits of using autologous muscle stem cells to treat
RESIDENCY PROGRAM GRANTED FULL ACCREDITATION On April 19, 2006 our
residency program had a site visit by a representative of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The Residency Review Committee (RRC) for Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery recently completed its review of our residency program
and have granted our program full accreditation for an additional five years. The approximate date of our next site visit will be August, 2011.
This five-year accreditation—
which is the maximum possible duration of continued accredita- tion represents clear recognition of the quality of our department’s
residency program.
Many thanks to Becky Wiley, and Sarah Maxwell for their hard work preparing for the site visit.
Thanks also to all faculty and residents who provided input and met with the site visitor earlier this year.
Department of Otolaryngology
ENT NEWS
5TH ANNUAL LINGEMAN LECTURESHIP
~Annie Puntillo—SLP—inpatients
~Christine Griffiths, Au.D., CCC-A
~Candace Webster—Insurance Specialist
~Angela Thompson—Research Analyst, Hashino Lab
~Kathryn Sowder—Research Assistant, Hashino Lab
~Cassie Everts—Research Assistant, Baby Talk Lab
~Shawna Kennedy—Research Assistant, Baby Talk Lab
~Danielle Elder—Research Assistant, Baby Talk Lab
~Rebecca Benjamin—Research Assistant, Baby Talk Lab
~Visal Kith—Computer Technician, Baby Talk Lab
~Anna Schmidt—Research Assistant, Baby Talk Lab
~Lindsay Daniel—Research Assistant, Baby Talk Lab
~Kabreea York—Research Assistant, Baby Talk Lab
Mohammad Afaneh—Computer Technician, Baby Talk lab
~Janet Strahlendorf, RN
Baby News . . .
Tonya Bergeson delivered baby Paul Conor on December 5, 2006 at 1:19 a.m. He weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz. and is 20 1/2 inches long. All are doing well.
reservations, personal shopper and many more!
Discount coupons are available in the administrative office for $5 off of your 1st dry cleaning order and 25% off of your 1st errand.
Procare Network is now
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CONCIERGE SERVICE AVAILABLE SERVICE ANNIVERSARIES WEBSITE NEWS
~Linette Staley—10– years
~Nancy Boyle—5 years
~Jeanne Carr—5 years
~Carrie Hansel—5 years
~Sarah Middleton—5 years
Did you know?
The human cochlea, with more than 15,000 inner and outer hair cells, is able to discriminate more than 250,000 different sounds. It is most sensitive in the 300 to 3000 Hz range—precisely the frequency range of the human voice.
ENT NEWS
PLEASE WELCOME . . .
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Be sure to visit our new and improved website at medicine.iu.edu/oto. You will find updated information and links to information about our department, calendars, clinic locations, physicians, etc.
Thanks to Angie Cooper, Steve Chin, and Randy Richter for their continued updating and work on an excellent and very informative site.
Akihiro Matsuoka, MD PhD, GL2 Resident and recipient of the Dean M. Lierle Resident Research Award of the Middle Section of the Triological Society.
Michael Fritsch, MD—awarded the Red Shoes Award from Riley Hospital for recognition of his commitment to family centered care practices. Dr. Fritsch taught two 1 hour courses at the Annual National AAO-HNS Meeting on “Incisionless Oto- plasty” and “Salivary Endoscopy” in Toronto and completed an invited archival AAO academy teaching course on “Incisionless
Otoplasty”. He also presented a lecture for the annual Otosclerosis Study Group meeting entitled “MRI Scanners and the Stapes Prosthesis” in Toronto and addressed the William Lippy Alumni dinner speaking on “Stainless Steel Middle Ear Prostheses”. Most recently Dr. Fritsch was invited as a guest Professor and Lecturer at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City speaking on his research on Sialendoscopy and Lithotripsy and his incisionless Oto- plasty procedure.
Drs. Ilka Naumann, Michael Fritsch and
Jason Gutt presented a poster at the AAO- HNS meeting, titled “Ferromagnetic Movements of Middle Ear Prostheses”.
IU School of Medicine educates the second largest medical student body in the U.S.
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HATS OFF TO . . .
Department of Otolaryngology
702 Barnhill Drive, 0860 Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317-278-1258 Fax:317-278-3743
E-mail: [email protected]
Our departmental newsletter is published four times each year—March, June, September and December. It is intended to keep us all informed of the things going on in our department. Please let me know of upcoming dates, publications, reminders,
new research, improvements, etc. Contributions should be submitted to Jane Adamson, RR 132 or email [email protected]
Indiana University School of Medicine
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