Recent Resident Research

• Orocutaneous Fistula Presentation in an Academic Facial Plastic Surgery Practice – Case Series
  • Faculty Sponsor: J. Randall Jordan, MD
• Characteristics and Considerations for Children with Ankyloglossia undergoing Frenulectomy for Dysphagia and Aspiration
  • Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Carron, MD
• Incidence and Trend of HPV Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Rates at a Tertiary Care Center: A 10 Year Review 
  • Faculty Sponsor: Gina Jefferson, MD
• Review of Renal Transplant Parathyroidectomy Patients
  • Faculty Sponsor: Lana Jackson, MD

• Prevalence of Conductive Pathologies
  • Faculty Sponsor: Christopher Spankovich, AuD, PhD
• Oxymetazoline versus Ciprofloxacin/Dexamethasone or Ofloxacin for Prevention of Post-Tympanostomy Tube Otorrhea
  • Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Carron, MD
• Case Report: Pen Penetrating Retropharyngeal Space
  • Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Carron, MD

• Pediatric Tracheostomy Trends 
  • Faculty Sponsor: Mark Reed, MD
• Retrospective Tracheostomy Outcomes
  • Faculty Sponsor: Gina Jefferson, MD
• Head and Neck Trauma Trends with Changing Temperature and Spare Time 
  • Faculty Sponsor: J. Randall Jordan, MD
• Enhanced Recovery after Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer
  • Faculty Sponsor: Gina Jefferson, MD
• Impact of ACGME Changes to Otolaryngology Intern Curriculum on Resident Operative Experience
  • Faculty Sponsor: Lana Jackson, MD
  • Poster Presentation: COSM

• Use of COOL Therapy in Reducing CI Damage
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• Repeated Temporary Threshold Shift and Changes in Cochlear and Neural Function
  • Faculty Sponsor: Christopher Spankovich, AuD, PhD
• Frailty in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
  • Faculty Sponsor: Lana Jackson, MD
• T2DN and Hearing: Diabetes and Hearing Loss
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• TB Study: COOL Protection
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• Complicated Acute Sinusitis in Children with MIS-C (COVID-19)
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• Sound Evoked Responses in the VOR Pathway in Rats
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• Rat Model to Study CI Induced Changes to the Vestibular System
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• Jackson Heart Study: Hearing and Cardiovacscular Health
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• Case Study: A Curious Case of Cutaneous Carcinoma Metastasis from Thyroid Cancer
  • Faculty Sponsor: Gina Jefferson, MD
• Case Study: An Enlarging, Painful Mass of the Nasal Tip in a Young African-American Male
  • Faculty Sponsor: J. Randall Jordan, MD
• Variations in Hyaluronidase Concentrations Required for Degradation of Newer Cross-linked Hyaluronic Acid Fillers 
  • Faculty Sponsor: J. Randall Jordan, MD

• PPE Use, Handwashing, and Hospital Acquired Infections: Pre and Post COVID 2019
  • Faculty Sponsor: Christopher Spankovich, AuD, PhD
• Outcomes of Inspire Implantation using the ADHERE database
  • Faculty Sponsor: Andrea Lewis, MD
• Relationship of Overall Cardiovascular Health & Hearing Loss in an African American Population: The Jackson Heart Study
  • Faculty Sponsor: John Schweinfurth, MD

Kelsey Bounds, MD

• Validation of Pre-operative CT Measurements of Tumor Depth of Invasion in Oral Cavity Cancers: Prospective Study
  • Faculty Sponsor: Gina Jefferson, MD
• Analysis of Otolaryngology Services in the State of Mississippi
  
  • Faculty Sponsor: Scott Stringer, MD

Hunter McMullen, MD

• Determinants of Sedated Auditory Brainstem Response Testing
  • Faculty Sponsor: Catherine Sassano, AuD, and Christopher Spankovich, AuD, PhD
• Pediatric Tracheostomy Trends Survey
  
  • Faculty Sponsor: Mark Reed, MD
• 10 Fact You Need to Know About Pediatric Sinusitus
  • Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Carron, MD

Benjamin Stevens, MD

• Effect of Post-operative Oral Steroids on Bleeding Rate After Pediatric Tonsillectomy
  • Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Carron, MD
• Patient provider communication for adults with hearing loss
  • Faculty Sponsor: Christopher Spankovich, AuD, PhD
• Top ten things you need to know about ear drainage
  • Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Carron, MD
• Top Ten Ear Pain
  • Faculty Sponsor: Chris Lee, MD

Shelby Barrera, MD

• OSA and Immunotherapy
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• Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Facial Trauma
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Recent Graduates

Lauren Buck, MD

• Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma and Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
  • Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Carron, MD
• A Simple Technique for Droplet Control During Mastoid Surgery
  • Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Carron, MD
• Characteristics and Considerations for Children with Ankyloglossia undergoing Frenulectomy for Dysphagia and Aspiration
  • Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Carron, MD
• Does Graft Size Effect Hearing Result in Cartilage Button Tympanostomy?
  • Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Carron, MD
• A Case of Childhood Hearing Loss-JAMA-Oto Clinical Challenge
  • Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Carron, MD 
• Effect of Frenulectomy on Aspiration Identified on Modified Barium Swallow Studies in Children with Anklyogolossia
  • Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Carron, MD
  • Podium Presentation: Mississippi Society of Otolaryngologists (MSO), 2019
• Depth of Invasion Seen on CT Correlate with Pathologic DOI in Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Faculty Sponsor: Gina Jefferson, MD
• Orbital Floor Fractures and Oculocardiac
  • Faculty Sponsor: J. Randall Jordan, MD

Steven Curti, MD

• Relationship of Overall Cardiovascular Health & Hearing Loss in an African American Population: The Jackson Heart Study
  • Faculty Sponsor: John Schweinfurth, MD
  • Podium Presentation: Mississippi Society of Otolaryngologists (MSO), 2019
  • Podium Presentation: TRIO at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting (COSM), 2019
• Treatment of a Large, Obstructive Rhinophyma
  • Faculty Sponsor: J. Randall Jordan, MD
  • Poster Presentation: AAFPRS at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting (COSM), 2019
• Post Laryngectomy Care Pathway
  
  • Faculty Sponsor: Lana Jackson, MD
• JHS and Life Simple 7
  • Faculty Sponsor: John Schweinfurth, MD
• Survey on Facial Plastics
  • Faculty Sponsor: J. Randall Jordan, MD
• NHANES: Audiometric Thresholds and Perceived Hearing Status
  • Faculty Sponsor: Christopher Spankovich, AuD, PhD

Amrita Ray, DO

• Clinical challenge: An Unusual Case of Lacrimal Duct Obstruction
  • Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Carron, MD
• Association Between Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Dizziness in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study
  • Faculty Sponsor: John Schweinfurth, MD
  • Poster Presentation: TRIO at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting (COSM), 2019 
• Standardization of a Post-Operative Calcium Monitoring Protocol
  • Faculty Sponsor: Alexandra Brown, MD
  • Presentation: American Academy of Otolaryngology Annual Meeting, 2017
• Primadone Therapy for Vocal Tremor (Prospective Study)
  • Faculty Sponsor: John Schweinfurth, MD
• Balance Dysfunction and JHS
  • Faculty Sponsor: John Schweinfurth, MD
• Marketing Injectables
  • Faculty Sponsor: J. Randall Jordan, MD
  • Poster Presentation: AAFPRS at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting (COSM), 2019
• Resource Utilization for Isolated Facial Trauma
  • Faculty Sponsor: J. Randall Jordan, MD
  • Podium Presentation: Mississippi Society of Otolaryngologists (MSO), 2019
  • Poster Presentation: AAFPRS at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting (COSM), 2019

Jaxon Jordan, MD

• Screening Recommendations for Hearing Loss in Adults
  • Faculty Sponsor: Christopher Spankovich, AuD, PhD
• Case Report: PET Scan Amino Acid Tagged Testing
  • Faculty Sponsor: Eric Bridges, MD
• Do AxoGuard Implants Decrease Shoulder Disability After Neck Dissections?
  • Faculty Sponsor: Gina Jefferson, MD
• Effect of a Standardized Pain Management Strategy on Postoperative Opioid Use in Sinonasal Surgery
  • Faculty Sponsor: Scott Stringer, MD 
  • Oral Presentation: ARS at the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting, September 2019 

Brandon Shepherd, MD

• Application of the Validated Swallow Outcomes after Laryngectomy (SOAL) Scoring System for Detection of Esophageal Stenosis
  • Faculty Sponsor: Gina Jefferson, MD
•  Central Auditory Processing and the Relationship to Perceived Hearing Difficulty
  • Faculty Sponsor: John Schweinfurth, MD
  • Poster Presentation: American Otological Society at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting (COSM), 2020 (Virtual)
• Dysphagia in Laryngectomy
  • Faculty Sponsor: Josie Alston, MA
• Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Presenting as a Metastatic Nasal Mass
  • Faculty Sponsor: Lana Jackson, MD
  • Poster Presentation: TRIO at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting (COSM), 2018

Jamie Stanford, MD

• The Application of Modified Cool Vestibular Caloric for Treatment of Cisplatin Induced Hearing Loss
  • Faculty Sponsor: Christopher Spankovich, AuD, PhD
  • Poster Presentation: American Otological Society at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting (COSM), 2020 (Virtual)
• Dosing Implications for Cisplatin Induced Hearing Loss
  • Faculty Sponsor:Christopher Spankovich, AuD, PhD
• Laryngectomy Versus Tracheostomy Education
  • Faculty Sponsor: Josie Alston, MA