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  • Discover
    • 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
    • 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
  • Teach
    • 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
    • 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
      • Resident Class of 2024
      • Residency Expansion
      • Otolaryngology Updates Course
      • Textbook & Journal Authorships
      • Lectureships, Keynotes & Speaker Invitations
      • Dr. Edward Kuan Leads International Consensus Statement on Sinonasal Tumors
      • DR. SEPEHR OLIAEI: NEW FACULTY MEMBER
  • Heal
    • 2025
      • New Provider: Dr. Kaleigh Stabenau
      • Dr. Douglas Trask Places 300th Inspire® Implant
      • Dr. Yarah Haidar: Da Vinci Robotic Surgical Proctor
      • New Provider: Dr. Mark Swanson
    • 2024
      • 12 Clinical and 3 Basic Science Faculty (All Subspecialties)
      • Dr. Hamid Djalilian Receives 2024 Distinguished Service Award from AAOHNS
    • 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
    • 2025
      • New Roles
    • 2024
      • News & Media Features
      • New Roles
    • 2023
      • News & Media Features
      • New Roles
  • Discover
    • 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
    • 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
  • Teach
    • 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
    • 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
      • Resident Class of 2024
      • Residency Expansion
      • Otolaryngology Updates Course
      • Textbook & Journal Authorships
      • Lectureships, Keynotes & Speaker Invitations
      • Dr. Edward Kuan Leads International Consensus Statement on Sinonasal Tumors
      • DR. SEPEHR OLIAEI: NEW FACULTY MEMBER
  • Heal
    • 2025
      • New Provider: Dr. Kaleigh Stabenau
      • Dr. Douglas Trask Places 300th Inspire® Implant
      • Dr. Yarah Haidar: Da Vinci Robotic Surgical Proctor
      • New Provider: Dr. Mark Swanson
    • 2024
      • 12 Clinical and 3 Basic Science Faculty (All Subspecialties)
      • Dr. Hamid Djalilian Receives 2024 Distinguished Service Award from AAOHNS
    • 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
    • 2025
      • New Roles
    • 2024
      • News & Media Features
      • New Roles
    • 2023
      • News & Media Features
      • New Roles
  • Discover
    • 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
    • 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
  • Teach
    • 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
    • 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
      • Resident Class of 2024
      • Residency Expansion
      • Otolaryngology Updates Course
      • Textbook & Journal Authorships
      • Lectureships, Keynotes & Speaker Invitations
      • Dr. Edward Kuan Leads International Consensus Statement on Sinonasal Tumors
      • DR. SEPEHR OLIAEI: NEW FACULTY MEMBER
  • Heal
    • 2025
      • New Provider: Dr. Kaleigh Stabenau
      • Dr. Douglas Trask Places 300th Inspire® Implant
      • Dr. Yarah Haidar: Da Vinci Robotic Surgical Proctor
      • New Provider: Dr. Mark Swanson
    • 2024
      • 12 Clinical and 3 Basic Science Faculty (All Subspecialties)
      • Dr. Hamid Djalilian Receives 2024 Distinguished Service Award from AAOHNS
    • 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
    • 2025
      • New Roles
    • 2024
      • News & Media Features
      • New Roles
    • 2023
      • News & Media Features
      • New Roles

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