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Our team from The Duke Hearing Center for Children and Families which is part of the Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences (HNS&CS) department, recently took part in a fundraising event in support of NC BEGINNINGS.

On Saturday, June 15th, we celebrated our graduates: Sam Altonji, James Campbell, Nick Clark, Hunter Elms, Saad Alshammari, and Naushad Khakoo.

Duke Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences (HNS&CS) is proud to announce our PGY4 fellowship matches for 2025.

Dennis Frank-Ito, PhD, and Howard W. Francis, MD, MBA, were awarded R25 funding for “Developing a Pathway for Preparing Underrepresented Minority Students for a Career in Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences.”

Pharyngeal surgery is a treatment option for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) unable to tolerate positive pressure therapy. This study aims to determine the association between palate shape as described by Woodson and pharyngeal surgical outcomes.

Katherine Gonzalez, a former R25 recipient from the Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, submitted posters to the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) section at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting (COSM) and was honored with the "AHNS Best Poster" award.

We are delighted to announce the successful match of Ryan Thorpe, MD, to the Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellowship program.

The Duke Skull Base Center stands out for its patient-friendly ease of use thanks to nurse navigators, specialty training of surgeons and other physicians, multidisciplinary approach, and innovative treatments.

On Saturday, May 18, HNS&CS team members Revital Benvenisti (accompanied by her sons), Leda Scearce, Chris Tobias, Dina Vallabh, and Lianna Puscas participated in a group acti