- Discover
- 2026
- Clinical Trials
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation Closure Without Incisions or General Anesthesia
- New Insights into Sialolithiasis Risk Factors
- Dr. Kaleigh Stabenau Simulates Life on Mars as Crew Medic in Analog Astronaut Research Mission
- Dr. Miriam Smetak Inducted into the American Neurotology Society
- Research at National Cancer Symposium
- Dr. Hamid Djalilian Publishes Research on Tinnitus in AAO-HNS Bulletin
- Dr. Mark Swanson Inducted as Fellow of the Triological Society
- 2025
- Clinical Trials
- Giving Day Raises $76,900 for Head and Neck Cancer Research
- Dr. Fan-Gang Zeng Awarded the Hartmann Prize in Auditory Neuroscience
- New Faculty: Wei Dong, PhD
- Dr. Hamid Djalilian: Novel Work on Mitochondrial Transplantation, Central Long COVID
- Avant-Garde Health Research All-Stars
- NIH T35/UCI MIND RAMP Award
- Academic Research Fellowship Award
- CORE AAO-HNSF Resident Research Grant
- Dr. Fan-Gang Zeng Co-Authors Groundbreaking Gene Therapy Study in Nature Medicine
- Dr. Wei Dong Receives $1.2M VA Grant for Optical Coherence Tomography Research
- Dr. Brian Wong: UCI Beal Applied Innovation Spring 2025 Proof of Product (PoP) Awardee
- Investigating Mitochondrial Transplantation as a Therapeutic Approach to Hearing Loss
- Dr. Kaleigh Stabenau’s Olfaction Research Selected for Future Human Spaceflight Mission
- 2024
- Grants & Funding
- Strong Showing at Annual AAO Meeting (3 Podium Presentations)
- Dr. Edward Kuan Receives Triological Award in Career Development
- Clinical Trials
- Dr. Yarah Haidar & Dr. Edward Kuan: Recognized as 2024 Rising Stars
- Dr. Djalilian Named Muzzy Family Endowed Chair in Hearing and Balance at UC Irvine
- Patents Issued: Treatment Developments for Tinnitus, Tonsil Stones
- 2023
- GRANTS & FUNDING ($8+ MILLION PARTICIPATED IN AS INVESTIGATORS)
- 120+ PUBLICATIONS IN 2023 (50 AS FIRST/LEAD AUTHOR)
- LANDMARK PAPER: LOUD TINNITUS CAUSED BY ATYPICAL MIGRAINE ACTIVATION
- DR. EDWARD KUAN RECEIVES UCI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE EARLY CAREER FACULTY CLINICAL RESEARCH AWARD
- Clinical Trials
- Artificial Intelligence to Reinforce Otolaryngologists
- Head & Neck Cancer Research with the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping
- 2026
- Teach
- 2026
- 2025
- Textbook & Journal Authorships
- Lectureships, Keynotes & Speaker Invitations
- Dr. Fan-Gang Zeng Earns Title of Distinction: Chancellor’s Professor
- Dr. Brian Wong Finishes Decade-Long Tenure as Editor-in-Chief of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
- Dr. Yarah Haidar: UCI Residency Program Director of the Year
- Class of 2025
- New Skull Base and Microvascular Training Lab
- UC Irvine Rhinoplasty Course
- 2024
- Textbook & Journal Authorships
- Lectureships, Keynotes & Speaker Invitations
- Ranked First in ENT Department Medical Student Publications
- Dr. Mehdi Abouzari Recognized for Mentorship & Inclusivity
- Grand Rounds Highlight: Dr. Benjamin Bleier
- Dr. Edward Kuan Publishes ARS Expert Practice Statements on Skull Base Reconstruction
- 2023
- Heal
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 12 Clinical and 3 Basic Science Faculty (All Subspecialties Represented)
- 7 Physicians named 2023 Orange County Physicians of Excellence
- Highest Volume Head & Neck Cancer and skull Base Surgery Programs in Orange County
- Pioneering Treatment: “Doc–I can’t Burp!”
- Novel Procedure Eliminates the Need for Second Look Operations in Cholesteatoma
- Enhancing Tip Support in Rhinoplasty: The Boomerang Graft Technique
- Salivary Gland Preservation via Sialendoscopy
- Dr. Douglas Trask: #1 Inspire Implanter in California
- Dr. Tjoson Tjoa & Dr. Yarah Haidar: Recipients of 2022 Patient Experience Honor
- Dr. Hamid Djalilian: New Device Developments
- New Provider: Ha Huynh, PA
- Other Department News
