People
Department Chair
José P. Zevallos, MD, MPH, FACS Vice Chairs
Noel Jabbour, MD, MS, FACS 
Carl H. Snyderman, MD, MBA 
Thanos Tzounopoulos, PhD Vice Chair of Basic Science Research, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Eric W. Wang, MD Executive Vice Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Faculty
Cuneyt M. Alper, MD Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Carey D. Balaban, PhD Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology, Neurobiology, Communication Science & Disorders, and Bioengineering
David H. Chi, MD Division Chief, 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-Head and Neck Surgery
Christopher L. Cunningham, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Joseph E. Dohar, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
David E. Eibling, MD Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD, FACS 
Joseph M. Furman, MD, PhD, FACS Director, UPMC Center for Balance Disorders
Grant S. Gillman, MD, FRCS Division Chief, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery
Bridget C. Hathaway, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Michele Insanally, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Neurobiology, and Bioengineering
Jonas T. Johnson, MD, FACS Emeritus Distinguished Service Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Thomas M. Kaffenberger, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Seungwon Kim, MD Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Dennis J. Kitsko, DO Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Raymond C. Maguire, DO Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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-Head and Neck Surgery
Andrew A. McCall, MD, FACS Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Melissa M. McGovern, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Eugene N. Myers MD, FACS, FRCS, Edin (Hon) Emeritus Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Catherine V. Palmer, PhD 
Philip Perez, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Jeffrey P. Simons, MD, MMM Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Libby J. Smith, DO, FAOCO 
Ryan J. Soose, MD Division Chief, Sleep Medicine and Upper Airway Surgery
Matthew E. Spector, MD, FACS Division Chief, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology & Microvascular Reconstruction
Shaum Sridharan, MD Assistant Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Amanda Stapleton, MD Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Sandra Stinnett, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Allison Tobey, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Vice Chair of Basic Science Research, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Lazar Vujanović, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Rachel L. Whelan, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Susan L. Whitney, DPT, PhD, NCS, ATC, FAPTA Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Physical Therapy
Ross S. Williamson, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Neurobiology
Tamara Wincko, MS, CCC-SLP Director, Speech-Language Pathology Division
Zhongping Xu, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Bill J. Yates, PhD Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Neuroscience
Christina Yver, MD, MBA Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Lori Zitelli, MA, AuD 
Tracy Cheng, MD, MHS 
Sophia Dang, MD 
Mark Fadel, MD, JD 
Linda Magaña, MD, PhD 
Caitlin Olson, MD 
Vusala Snyder, MD, MS 
Kelly Daniels, MD 
Nicholas Fung, MD 
Lauren Gardiner, MD 
Nathan Lu, MD, MPH 
Terral Patel, MD 
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 
Zachary Bennett, MD 
Arturo Eguia, MD 
Brandon Rosvall, MD 
Mikhaylo Szczupak, MD 
Eric Wu, MD