FDA Approves First and Only Gene Therapy for Genetic Hearing Loss
Otarmeni (lunsotogene parvec cwha), formerly known as DB OTO, is the first and only in vivo gene therapy for OTOF [...]
Newsletter - December 2025
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Accepting Applications - Dick and Loraine Burger Head and Neck Surgery Research Fellowship
DB Head and Neck Banner As Head and Neck Research Fellows at the University of Washington Department of Otolaryngology, students [...]
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DB-OTO Gene Therapy - Breakthrough in hearing restoration
New data from Regeneron's Phase 1/2 CHORD trial shows clinically meaningful improvements in hearing for nearly all children with profound genetic [...]
UW Oto Faculty are Seattle Magazine's Top Docs
For more than two decades, Seattle magazine has published a list of the region s top doctors. None paid to [...]
Horn Inducted into CORLAS
UW associate professor David Horn, MD, MS, was inducted into the Collegium Oto Rhino Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum (CORLAS), where he [...]
Newsletter - July 2025
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Announcing Our 2025-26 SLP Fellow
We are pleased to announce that Brandon Jagdhar, MS, CF SLP, will be our 2025 26 UW Oto clinical fellow in speech [...]
Rubinstein & team report breakthrough gains in clinical trial
New data from Regeneron's Phase 1/2 CHORD trial is showing clinically meaningful improvements in hearing for nearly all children with profound [...]
Newsletter January 2025
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Ruthberg & Team Pioneer Computer Vision Technique for Sinus Surgery
UW Oto resident Dr. Jeremy Ruthberg (R3) is leading an exciting research effort to revolutionize how image navigation works within [...]
Accepting Applications - NIH-funded research training and education for medical students
Program De ion The University of Washington s Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery is fully dedicated to training [...]
Bonilla Named Feldman Award Recipient
The 2024 Odessa Brown Ken Feldman Award recipient is UW Oto HNS assistant professor Juliana Bonilla Velez, MD, recognized for her [...]
Rubinstein Delivers Senturia Lecture
UW Oto professor and Virginia Merrill Bloedel chair Jay Rubinstein, MD, PhD (front row, center), delivered the 2024 Senturia Lecture on [...]
Summer 2024 Newsletter
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Meyer Is Newest Member of ALA Council
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Dr. Al Merati, Featured on BackTable ENT: a Podcast for Medical Professionals
UW Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Chief Laryngologist Dr. Al Merati was recently interviewed by Dr. Gopi Shah and Dr. [...]
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Join us on Husky Giving Day Invest in the future of medical innovation and patient care! Contribute to UW's Otolaryngology [...]