People
Department Chair
José P. Zevallos, MD, MPH, FACS Division Chiefs
David H. Chi, MD Chief, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Grant S. Gillman, MD, FRCS Director, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology
Libby J. Smith, DO, FAOCO 
Ryan J. Soose, MD Director, UPMC Division of Sleep Medicine and Upper Airway Surgery
Matthew E. Spector, MD, FACS Chief, Division of Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgery
Thanos Tzounopoulos, PhD 
Eric W. Wang, MD Faculty
Cuneyt M. Alper, MD Director, ACGME accredited Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship Program
Carey D. Balaban, PhD Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology, Neurobiology, Communication Science & Disorders, and Bioengineering
Chief, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Garret Choby, MD Associate Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Neurological Surgery
Kevin J. Contrera, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Christopher L. Cunningham, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology and the Pittsburgh Hearing Research Center
Joseph E. Dohar, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP Medical Director of the Voice Center
David E. Eibling, MD 
Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD, FACS 
Joseph M. Furman, MD, PhD, FACS Director, UPMC Center for Balance Disorders
Director, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology
Bridget C. Hathaway, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Michele Insanally, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology, Neurobiology, and Bioengineering
Noel Jabbour, MD, MS, FACS Director, Congenital Ear Center at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Jonas T. Johnson, MD, FACS Emeritus Distinguished Service Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology
Thomas M. Kaffenberger, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Seungwon Kim, MD 
Dennis J. Kitsko, DO Co-Director, Hearing Center and Cochlear Implant Program at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Raymond C. Maguire, DO Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Jessica H. Maxwell, MD, MPH, FACS Chief of Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center
Angela L. Mazul, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Andrew A. McCall, MD, FACS Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Melissa M. McGovern, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Eugene N. Myers MD, FACS, FRCS, Edin (Hon) Emeritus Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology
Catherine V. Palmer, PhD 
Philip Perez, MD 
Jeffrey P. Simons, MD, MMM Surgical Director, Pediatric Thyroid Center, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Carl H. Snyderman, MD, MBA Co-Director, UPMC Center for Skull Base Surgery
Director, UPMC Division of Sleep Medicine and Upper Airway Surgery
Chief, Division of Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgery
Shaum Sridharan, MD Assistant Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Head and Neck Microvascular Reconstruction
Amanda Stapleton, MD Director, Center for Sinonasal and Rhinology Disorders
Sandra Stinnett, MD 
Allison Tobey, MD Director, Aerodigestive Combined Conference, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Lazar Vujanović, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Rachel L. Whelan, MD 
Susan L. Whitney, DPT, PhD, NCS, ATC, FAPTA Director, Vestibular Rehabilitation Program
Ross S. Williamson, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology and Neurobiology
Tamara Wincko, MS, CCC-SLP Director, Speech-Language Pathology Division
Bill J. Yates, PhD Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology and Neuroscience
Christina Yver, MD, MBA 
Lori Zitelli, MA, AuD 
Khalil Baddour, MD 
Olivier Bourguillon, MD 
Francesco Caruana, MD 
Tracy Cheng, MD, MHS 
Sophia Dang, MD 
Kelly Daniels, MD 
Mark Fadel, MD, JD 
Nicholas Fung, MD 
Lauren Gardiner, MD 
Micah Harris, MD 
Alex Harris, MD 
Nanki Hura, MD 
Elizabeth Liao, MD 
Nathan Lu, MD, MPH 
Linda Magaña, MD, PhD 
E. Berryhill McCarty, MD 
Zoey Morton, MD 
Nicholas Oberlies, MD 
Caitlin Olson, MD 
Terral Patel, MD 
Shivam Patel, MD 
Aaliyah Riccardi, MD 
Allison Rollins, MD 
Brandon Smith, MD 
Vusala Snyder, MD, MS 
Kristen Zayan, MD 
Zachary Bennett, MD 
Arturo Eguia, MD 
Brandon Rosvall, MD 
Mikhaylo Szczupak, MD 
Eric Wu, MD