EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Michael G. Stewart, MD, MPH Professor & Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Vice Dean of the Medical College E. Darracott Vaughan MD Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Allergy/Rhinology Robert C. Kern, MD Chicago, IL
Facial Plastics/Reconstructive Surgery Edmund A. Pribitkin, MD Philadelphia, PA
Head & Neck David W. Eisele, MD Baltimore, MD
Laryngology Mark S. Courey, MD* San Francisco, CA
Otology/Neurotology John S. Oghalai, MD Palo Alto, CA
Pediatrics Kathleen C. Y. Sie, MD Seattle, WA
Sleep Medicine Kathleen L. Yaremchuk, MD Detriot, MI
Thyroid/Parathyroid Gregory Randolph, MD Boston, MA
SECTION EDITORS How I Do It Pierre Lavertu, MD Cleveland, OH
Systematic and Evidence-Based Reviews Judith E. Lieu, MD St. Louis, MO
Triological Society Best Practice Anil K. Lalwani, MD New York, NY
EDITORIAL BOARD Elliot Abemayor, MD, PhD Los Angeles, CA
Arun K. Gadre, MD, MS Louisville, KY
Albert L. Merati, MD Seattle, WA
Sandro J. Stoeckli, MD St. Gallen, Switzerland
Jean Abitbol, MD Paris, France
Bruce J. Gantz, MD Iowa City, IA
Randall P. Morton, MBBS, MSc Auckland, New Zealand
Scott P. Stringer, MD Jackson, MS
Kenneth W. Altman, MD, PhD* Houston, TX
Gerard J. Gianoli, MD Baton Rouge, LA
David Myssiorek, MD New York, NY
Lucian Sulica, MD New York, NY
James E. Arnold, MD Cleveland, OH
Christine G. Gourin, MD Baltimore, MD
Piero Nicolai, MD Brescia, Italy
Muaaz Tarabichi, MD Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Gerald S. Berke, MD Los Angeles, CA
Eli Grunstein, MD New York, NY
Bert W. O’Malley Jr., MD Philadelphia, PA
David J. Terris, MD Augusta, GA
Jan Betka, DrSc, FCMA Prague, Czech Republic
Patrick J. Gullane, MD Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Koichi Omori, MD Fukushima, Japan
Dean M. Toriumi, MD Chicago, IL
Neil Bhattacharyya, MD Boston, MA
Gerald B. Healy, MD Boston, MA
T. Metin Onerci, MD Ankara, Turkey
Terance T. Tsue, MD Kansas City, KS
Dale H. Brown, MD Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lauren D. Holinger, MD Chicago, IL
Harold C. Pillsbury, MD Chapel Hill, NC
Richard W. Waguespack, MD Birmingham, AL
Jeffrey M. Bumpous, MD Louisville, KY
Herman A. Jenkins, MD Aurora, CO
Karen T. Pitman, MD Gilbert, AZ
De-Yun Wang, MD, PhD Singapore
Claudio R. Cernea, MD Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jack Jiang, MD, PhD Madison, WI
Anna Maria Pou, MD New Orleans, LA
Marilene Wang, MD Los Angeles, CA
Sukgi Choi, MD Pittsburgh, PA
Michael M. Johns III, MD Atlanta, GA
Milan Profant, MD, PhD Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Robert F. Ward, MD New York, NY
Richard A. Chole, MD, PhD Saint Louis, MO
Ashutosh Kacker, MD New York, NY
Gerhard Rasp, MD Salzburg, Austria
Mark K. Wax, MD Portland, OR
Lanny Garth Close, MD New York, NY
Robert M. Kellman, MD Syracuse, NY
James S. Reilly, MD Wilmington, DE
Edward M. Weaver, MD, MPH Seattle, WA
Marion E. Couch, MD, PhD Burlington, VT
Charles F. Koopmann Jr, MD Ann Arbor, MI
Marc Remacle, MD Yvoir, Belgium
William I. Wei, MD Hong Kong, China
Michael J. Cunningham, MD Boston, MA
Karen M. Kost, MD* Westmount, Quebec, Canada
J. Thomas Roland Jr., MD New York, NY
Robert L. Witt, MD Newark, DE
H. Peter Doble II, MD Twin Falls, ID
Michael Kuo, MD, PhD Birmingham, United Kingdom
Clark A. Rosen, MD Pittsburgh, PA
Gayle E. Woodson, MD Springfield, IL
Pavel Dulguerov, MD Geneva, Switzerland
Ronald B. Kuppersmith, MD College Station, TX
Eben L. Rosenthal, MD Birmingham, AL
Peter-John Wormald, MD Woodville, Australia
Hans Edmund Eckel, MD Klagenfurt, Austria
Ollivier Laccourreye, MD Paris, France
Michael D. Seidman, MD West Bloomfield, MI
Bevan Yueh, MD, MPH Minneapolis, MN
David E. Eibling, MD Pittsburgh, PA
Robert H. Maisel, MD Minneapolis, MN
Brent A. Senior, MD Chapel Hill, NC
Eiji Yumoto, MD Kumamoto, Japan
Marvin P. Fried, MD Bronx, NY
Francis Marchal, MD Geneva, Switzerland
William W. Shockley, MD Chapel Hill, NC
Ellen M. Friedman, MD Houston, TX
Madhu Mazumdar, PhD, MA, MS New York, NY
Timothy L. Smith, MD, MPH Portland, OR
*Designates American Laryngological Association Representative
TRIOLOGICAL SOCIETY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMMITTEE Gerald B. Healy, MD Boston, MA
Michael M. Johns III, MD Atlanta, GA
Stephen S. Park, MD Charlottesville, VA
Ronald B. Kuppersmith, MD College Station, TX
Myles L. Pensak, MD Cincinnati, OH
Jesus Medina, MD Oklahoma City, OK
Harold C. Pillsbury, MD Chapel Hill, NC
Robert H. Miller, MD Houston, TX
Michael G. Stewart, MD, MPH New York, NY
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