IU School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery

A heartfelt congratulations to our graduating resident Dr. Christopher Park! 🎉

We’re proud to share that Dr. Park will continue his training at the University of Pennsylvania as a Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellow—an amazing accomplishment and a well-earned next chapter!

What a privilige it was to spend the day with our graduating residents and fellows at the 42nd Annual Manion-Lingeman Lecture and Research Seminar.

We were honored to welcome Dr. Aaron Tward as our guest speaker and learn from his remarkable experience and insights. Thank you Dr. Tward for making this year's event so memorable.

Congratulations to Dr. Douglas Totten, winner of the Indiana Temporal Bone Course Award, and to Dr. Gabriel Sobczak, winner of the Highest Training Examination Award!

Thank you to our graduates, and to everyone who participated, presented, and contributed to today's event!

Our residents have spoken!!!
A huge congrats to Dr. Matthew Partain — this year’s recipient of the Mimi S. Kokoska MD Faculty Teaching award 👏👏👏

Help us celebrate Dr. Partain in the comments! 🎉

Innovations like Dr. Rita Patel’s wearable technology are not only advancing diagnostics but also redefining how we protect and support the health and safety of young athletes. It's exciting to see her laryngeal obstruction research make a real-world impact!

IU College of Arts and Sciences researcher Rita Patel is advancing wearable technology to improve the visibility and safety of young athletes.

Patel, founder of Aerly Diagnostics, designed a device to detect exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction, a difficult-to-diagnose breathing disorder that affects an estimated 1 out of 4 adolescent athletes. To help bring her technology into practice, she joined the second cohort of the IU Health Incubator at IU LAB Pre-Accelerator powered by gener8tor.

“I had just received my grant and had a device that I knew could help patients, but I didn’t know anything about startups,” Patel said. "The genera8tor program helped me think differently about how to build something beyond the lab. It was a new, eye-opening experience, something I never considered: how to build a company and think like a businessperson.”

Learn more about how the pre-accelerator helped grow her company: https://hey.iu.edu/upX2n

Congratulations to Sarah Reeg - MBA, BSN on receiving the DAISY Nurse Leader Award from IU Health!

This award reflects what we see every day: her unwavering commitment to nursing excellence, her deep investment in supporting and developing her team, and her relentless focus on delivering outstanding care for our patients. Her leadership creates a culture where compassion, collaboration, and clinical excellence thrive, and our community is stronger for it.

Proud to work alongside you, Sarah! Thank you for all you do for our patients and our team!

💙On we proudly recognize the uwavering dedication and expertise of the nurses on our team. Thank you for delivering exceptional care every day, for every patient!

Join us in congratulating Dr. Gabriel Sobczak on matching into the Columbia-Cornell Laryngology Fellowship for 2027! ✨

We’re incredibly proud of Dr. Sobczak's hard work and dedication and know he will be an outstanding addition to their team. Well deserved! 👏

From the global stage 🌏- Dr. Elisa Illing recently delivered two presentations at the SOHNSS ENT Congress in Singapore, sharing her expert insights and contributing to international ENT collaboration.

It’s . Smell loss may be invisible, but its impact is profound—affecting over 13 million American adults. Explore how Dr. Vijay Ramakrishnan's research is advancing our understanding of olfactory dysfunction.
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After head and neck cancer treatment at IU Health, including expert care by Dr. Jessica Yesensky, this 46 year old patient is back to enjoying everyday moments!