People
Department Chair
José P. Zevallos, MD, MPH, FACS The Eugene N. Myers, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Executive Vice Chair
Eric W. Wang, MD, FACS Executive Vice Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Faculty
Cuneyt M. Alper, MD 
Carey D. Balaban, PhD Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Neurobiology, Communication Science & Disorders, and Bioengineering
Gregory J. Basura, MD, PhD 
Zachary Bennett, MD 
David H. Chi, MD Division Chief, Pediatric Otolaryngology, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Steven B. Chinn, MD, MPH, FACS Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Garret Choby, MD Associate Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Neurological Surgery
Patrick Cody, PhD 
Kevin J. Contrera, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Christopher L. Cunningham, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Joseph E. Dohar, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
David E. Eibling, MD 
Joseph M. Furman, MD, PhD, FAAN 
Bridget C. Hathaway, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Michele Insanally, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Neurobiology, and Bioengineering
Noel Jabbour, MD, MS, FACS 
Jonas T. Johnson, MD, FACS Emeritus Distinguished Service Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Thomas M. Kaffenberger, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Seungwon Kim, MD 
Dennis J. Kitsko, DO Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Manoj Kumar, PhD 
Raymond C. Maguire, DO Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Jessica H. Maxwell, MD, MPH, FACS Chief of Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System
Angela L. Mazul, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Melissa M. McGovern, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Adele Moatti, PhD 
Eugene N. Myers MD, FACS, FRCS, Edin (Hon) Emeritus Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Marci Lee Nilsen, PhD, MSN, RN, CHPN, FAAN Director, UPMC Head & Neck Cancer Survivorship Clinic
Catherine V. Palmer, PhD 
Philip Perez, MD 
Chloe Santa Maria, MD, MPH 
Peter L. Santa Maria, MD, PhD 
Amber D. Shaffer 
Jeffrey P. Simons, MD, MMM 
Mohit Singhala, PhD 
Libby J. Smith, DO, FAOCO 
Joshua D. Smith, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Carl H. Snyderman, MD, MBA 
Ryan J. Soose, MD 
Matthew E. Spector, MD, FACS Division Chief, Head & Neck Surgical Oncology & Microvascular Reconstruction
Shaum Sridharan, MD Associate Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Amanda Stapleton, MD Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Sandra Stinnett, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Allison Tobey, MD 
Thanos Tzounopoulos, PhD Vice Chair of Basic Science Research, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Lazar Vujanović, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Rachel L. Whelan, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Susan L. Whitney, DPT, PhD, NCS, ATC, FAPTA Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Physical Therapy
Ross S. Williamson, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Neurobiology
Tamara Wincko, MS, CCC-SLP 
Anping Xia, MD, PhD 
Zhongping Xu, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Bill J. Yates, PhD Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Neuroscience
Vincent Yuan, MD, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Christina M. Yver, MD, MBA The Eugene N. Myers, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Yanjun Zhao, MS, MD 
Lori Zitelli, MA, AuD 
Khalil Baddour, MD 
Nanki Hura, MD 
E. Berryhill McCarty, MD 
Nicholas Oberlies, MD 
Aaliyah Riccardi, MD 
Olivier Bourguillon, MD 
Alex Harris, MD 
Shivam Patel, MD 
Brandon Smith, MD 
Kristen Zayan, MD 
Francesco Caruana, MD 
Micah Harris, MD 
Elizabeth Liao, MD 
Zoey Morton, MD 
Allison Rollins, MD 
Wesley Cai, MD, PhD 
Sabrina Goyal, MD 
Jenny Kim, MD 
Maryanna Owoc, MD, PhD 
Elizabeth Sell, MD, MSc, MA 
Beatrice Bacon, MD 
Ryan A. Cotter, MD, MPH 
Tice R. Harkins, MD 
Alejandro Marrero, MD 
Stefanie Seo, MD 
Raihanah O. Alsayegh, MD 
Kelly E. Daniels, MD 
Chelsea Gelboin-Burkhart, MD 
Yu-Jin Lee, MD 
Aneesh Patel, MD 
Kylie Perreault, MD 
Kelly L. Staricha, MD 
Michael Xie, MD, FRCSC