otohns.net Editorial Advisor

C. Richard Stasney, MD, F.A.C.S.
Laryngology Advisory Board

Curriculum Vitae

Articles and Interviews on OTOHNS.net
Disorders of the Larynx

OFFICE:
Smith Tower
6550 Fannin, Suite 2001
Houston, Texas 77030
(713) 796-2001
fax (713) 796-9172

Website: http://www.texasvoicecenter.com/

EDUCATION

Secondary: The Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut
Graduated June, 1961

College: Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Honors Major
Graduated with B.A. June, 1965

Medical: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx.
Graduated with M.D., June, 1969
(Dean's Honor List)

Internship: Straight Pediatric Internship 1969-1970
Baylor Affiliated Hospitals, Houston

Residency: General Surgery 1970-1971
Baylor Affiliated Hospitals, Houston
Otolaryngology 1971-1974
Baylor Affiliated Hospitals, Houston

MILITARY

1974-1976 Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy
Instructor in Otolaryngology Naval Regional Medical Center, Oakland, Calif.

LICENSURES AND CERTIFICATIONS:

Nov., 1974 American Board of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

Oct., 1978 Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Aug., 1969 Certification by Texas State Board of Medical Examiners

Feb., 1998 Certification by Colorado Board of Medical Examiners

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

1976-present Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Baylor College of Medicine

1995-present Adjunct Professor of Linguistics, Rice University

1999-present Adjunct Professor of Music, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

1982-present Clinical Faculty, UTHSC, Houston

MEDICAL EXECUTIVE POSITIONS

1990-present Founding Director, The Van Lawrence Voice Institute at Baylor College Of Medicine
1992-present Founding Director, The Texas Voice Center
1992-present Board Member-The Voice Foundation (New York City)
1996-present Founding Director, The Texas Voice Institute, a restricted fund of The Methodist Hospital Foundation
1988-1993 Board Member-The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners (TSBME)
1988 Chairman of Public information Committee - TSBME
1989-1993 Chairman, Medical School Committee for TSBME
1980-1989 Chief of Otolaryngology Service Park Plaza Hospital
1985-1987 Chairman of Board - Texas Hospital Licensing Adv. Council
1984-1988 Chairman of Baylor College of Medicine's President's Council
1985-1986 President of Houston Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery Society
1994-present Editorial Board, "Journal of Voice"
1978-1987 Delegate to Texas Medical Association
1984-1988 Board of Governors, American Academy of Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery
1980-present Consulting Otolaryngologist and Physician Houston Grand Opera
1998-present Board of Directors – Museum of Health and Medical Science

HOSPITAL MEMBERSHIPS

Senior Attending Staff: The Methodist Hospital
[Member – Executive Committee 1993-1996]
[Member - Medical Record Committee 1990-present]
[Chairman – Medical Record Committee 1999 – present]
[Member – FORCOM Committee 1999 – present]
[Member – Quality Assurance Committee 1997-1999]
[Member – Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit Committee 1996-present]
[Member – Grievance Committee 1997 and Chairman Grievance Panel 1998]
Active Staff: Texas Children's Hospital
Active Staff: St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Courtesy Staff: Diagnostic Hospital

MEMBERSHIP IN MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS

Harris County Medical Society
Texas Medical Association
American Medical Association (1969-1999)
American Academy of Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery
American College of Surgeons
Houston Society of Otolaryngology
Texas Society of Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology
The Voice Foundation
Collegium Medicorum Theatri
Performing Arts Medical Association

CIVIC EXECUTIVE POSITIONS

Committeeman: Calf Scramble Committee, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
1994-present Vice Commander of The Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem
1991-present Vice President, Houston Grand Opera
1985-1988 Board of Directors of River Oaks Property Owner's Association
1994-1996 President, Yale Club of Houston
1996 President, Tejas Breakfast Club
1994-1997 Board of Directors, The Center for Hearing and Speech (formerly, Houston School for Deaf Children)
1995-1996 Treasurer, The Shepherd Society (The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University)
1988-1991 Chairman of Board, Covenant House Texas
1999- Board of Directors, Museum of Health and Medical Science
1992-1993 Vice President of Board of Directors, River Oaks Country Club

AWARDS

1992 Covenant House Medical Clinic named in Dr. Stasney's Honor
1993 Houston Association for Communication Disorders Award
1997 Named “Medical Legend of Texas” by ABC Affiliate Channel 13 in Houston

PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS: 1990-PRESENT

2000

Sept. 25, 2000 “Videostrobolaryngoscopy, Mini-fenestra thyroplasty, Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease, Fat injection thyroplasty, AAO/HNS Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (3 hrs) + attended meeting for 10 hours additional CME.

Sept. 11, 2000 “Care of the Professional Voice”. Museum of Health and Medical Science, Houston.

July 1-2, 2000 Presentations X 4 at Voice Foundation Meeting (Moderator of panel “Medical Problems of Performing Artists, Panel of Complication of Voice Surgery, Mini-fenestra Thyroplasty using Gore-Tex, Fat Injection Thyroplasty” (8 hours category 1), Philadelphia, PA

June 9, 2000 “Somnoplasty Treatment for Snoring Abatement”, and “Botox Laryngeal Injection with Direct Visualization, without EMG”, Visiting Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch (4 hours category 1), Galveston, Texas

June 2-3, 2000 National Consultants Meeting for Astra-Zenica (12 hours CME), Dallas, Texas

April 29, 2000 “Extra-Esophageal Manifestations of Reflux Disease”, CME category 1 for the Texas Academy of Family Physicians Meeting, Austin, Texas

Feb. 7, 2000 “Keeping Your Voice Healthy” (vocal seminar), conducted by CRS @ Museum of Health and Medical Science, Houston, Texas

1999

Oct. 7, 1999 “Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease”, Internal Medicine/ Otolaryngology/ Gastroenterology Societies, Waco, TX. (1 hour CME)

Oct. 7, 1999 “Advances in Thyroplasty Surgery”, Otolaryngology Grand Rounds, University of Texas
Medical School, Houston, Texas (1 hour CME)

Sept. 28, 1999 “Videostroboscopy: Its Practical Uses”, AAO/HNS National meeting, New Orleans
(CME 16 hours + 2 ½ hours for presenting course)

Sept.2, 1999 1 Hour CME I by Baruch Brody, PhD @ Methodist Grand Rounds on Ethics
August 12, 1999 “Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease”, Denver Otolaryngology Society, Denver, CO. (1 hour)

June 24-27, 1999 Course and Program Director for Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Collegium Medicorum Theatri Meeting, Aspen. CO (18 hours CME)

June 1, 1999 “New Thyroplasty Techniques”, Lecture to Turkish ENT Society, Istanbul, TURKEY
(2 hours CME)

April, 1999 “Laryngopharyngeal Reflux: A possible risk factor in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal carcinoma”, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vol 120, Number 4, pp.598-601.

Jan. 28-30, 1999 Tenth Phonosurgery Course, “Fat Injection Thyroplasty and Mini-fenestra GoreTexâ Thyroplasty, Lyon, FRANCE (18 hours CME)

Jan. 11, 1999 Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., “The GERD Super Course, Treatment Continuum and Practical Aspects of Antireflux Surgery”, Cincinatti, OH. (14 hours CME + 1 hour for presentation)

1998

Dec. 1, 1998 Texas Medical Center Rheumatology Association, “Laryngology for the Cognitive Specialists, Including Rheumatoid Laryngitis”, U.T. Freeman Building, Houston, TX.

Nov. 18, 1998 U.T. and Baylor Internal Medicine Residents, “Extraesophageal Manifestations of Reflux Disease”, Redwood Grill, Houston, TX

Sept. 15,1998 American Academy of Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, “Videostrobolaryngoscopy, Its Practical Uses”, San Antonio, TX

August 21-23, 1998 “GI Regional Consultants Conference”, Conducted Workshop on Laryngopharyngeal
Reflux Disease for Gastroenterologists, Aspen, CO

June 19, 1998 “Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease”, Memorial Hospital Family Practice Association, Colorado Springs, CO.

June 18, 1998 “Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease”, Presentation to Colorado Springs Medical Society, Colorado Springs, CO.

June 17, 1998 Voice Workshop in Aspen with Wilbur James Gould Voice Research Center, “Care of the Professional Voice”, Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, CO.

June 5-7, 1998 1. Panel Chairman, 2 .Section Moderator, 3. Presented two papers: “The Aging Larynx, An Anatomical and Histological Evaluation” and “A Normative Database for 2-channel Reflux Testing”, The Voice Foundation Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

May 22-25, 1998 Visiting Professor, “Medicine in the Vocal Arts Symposium”, Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

April 24, 1998 Texas Association of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Texas Medical Association Annual Meeting, “Diagnosis and Surgical Approach to Voice Disorders”
Austin, Texas

March 17, 1998 “Extraesophageal Manifestations of Esophageal Reflux Disease”, Houston Ear, Nose and Throat Associates, Houston, Texas

Feb. 6, 1998 Visiting Professor, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
“Advances in Laryngology and Voice Surgery”.

1997

Dec. 5, 1997 “Reflux in Otolaryngology, State-of-the-Art Diagnosis and Treatment”, Orlando, Florida.

Oct. 26 ,1997 “Extraesophageal Manifestations of Gastroesophageal Reflux” Primary Care GI
Consultants Meeting, Houston, Texas.

Oct. 10, 1997 “Reflux in Otolaryngology, State-of-the-Art Diagnosis and Treatment”, Houston, Texas

Oct. 3-4, 1997 “Advanced Videostrobolaryngoscopy” Kay Elemetrics, Lincoln Park, New Jersey.

Sept. 16, 1997 “Videostrobolaryngoscopy – Its Value in Otolaryngology” (2-hour course) AAO/HNS meeting, San Francisco, California.

Sept. 5, 1997 “Reflux in Otolaryngology, State-of-the-Art Diagnosis and Treatment”, Washington, D.C.

June 27, 1997 “Reflux in Otolaryngology, State-of-the-Art Diagnosis and Treatment” ,, Chicago, Illinois.

June 19-20, 1997 “Vocal Problems in Children – the “Annie Syndrome” Medical Problems of Performing Artists Meeting in Aspen, Colorado.

1996

Copyright 1996 Author of Textbook, Atlas of Dynamic Laryngeal Pathology, Singular Publishing Group, Inc., San Diego, London

September 29-
October 2, 1996 Lecture, American Academy of otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery foundation, Inc., 100th Annual Meeting "Videostroboscopy: Dynamic Laryngeal Pathology", Washington, D.C.

June 3-9, 1996 Lecture, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, "The 25th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice", Philadelphia, PA

April, 1996 Article, "The Cold: No Shortcuts?", Mensa Bulletin, No. 395:6

February 1, 1996 Lecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, "A Brief Vignette of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Voice: Visualizing the Voice in Health and Disease", Houston, TX

1995

September 23, 1995 Lecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of surgery Grand Rounds, "New surgical Techniques to Restore the Voice", Houston, TX

September 17, 1995 Lecture, American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck surgery Foundation, Inc., 99th Annual Meeting, "Videostrobolaryngoscopy: Dynamic Laryngopathology", New Orleans, LA

June 6, 1995 Lecture, University of Texas Health Science Center, Medical Grand Rounds, "New Aspects of Laryngology", Houston, TX

May 10, 1997 Lecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Medical Grand Rounds, "Dynamic Laryngopathology: Visualizing Hoarseness", Houston, TX

March 21, 1995 Lecture, Lee College, "Laryngeal Function in Singers and Instrumentalists", Baytown, TX

March, 1995 Article, "Laryngeal Webs: A New Treatment for an Old Problem". Journal of Voice, 1995;9;1:106-109.

1994

May, 1994 Lecture, Vanderbilt University Travel Group, "Vocal Disorders in Singers", Vienna, Austria

May 12, 1994 Lecture, Czech Republic Otolaryngology Assoc. And Charles University Faculty, "Dynamic Laryngopathology", "Thyroplasty Technique", and "Botox Injection for Spasmodic Dysphonia", Prague, Czechoslovakia

May 3, 1994 Lecture, Baylor Department of Otolaryngology Residents, "Special Voice Surgery Cases", Houston, TX

May, 1994 Article, "The Annie Role: Opportunity for Voice Abuse", Texas Sings 1994;10,3:20-1

March 17, 1994 Lecture, The Houston Society of Otolaryngology, "Team Approach to Voice Care", Houston, TX

February 25, 1994 Celebrity Host for K-ARTS Classical Radio Houston Classics

February 12, 1994 Lecture, The Texas Music Educators Association, "Team Management of Voice Care", San Antonio, TX

February 11, 1994 Lecture, The Texas Music Educators Association, "Common Ear, Nose and Throat Problems in Music Educators, San Antonio, TX

February 9, 1994 Lecture, The Yale club of Houston, "Innovation in Medical & Surgical Care of the Voice", Houston, TX

January 25, 1994 Lecture, Baylor Department of Otolaryngology Residents, "Vocal Problems in Singers", Houston, TX

January, 1994 Article, "When to Cancel Performance", Texas Sings 1994;10,2:6

1993

November 18, 1993 Lecture, The Texas Medical Center Council of Administrators, "Advances in Medical and Surgical Care of the Voice". Houston, TX

November, 1993 Article, "The Keeping of the Cords", Texas Sings 1993;
10,1:14-15
September 28, 1993 Lecture, Baylor Residents, "Thyroplasty/Phonosurgery Techniques Including dissection Lab", Houston, TX

September 23, 1993 Lecture, Laryngopathologists, "Dynamic Laryngopathology", Houston, TX

September 11, 1993 Lecture, Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, "New Treatment for Abductor Spasmodic Dysphonia

August 2, 1993 Lecture, The Texas Choral Directors Association Meeting, "Voice Health from Beginning to End", Houston, TX

June 12, 1993 Lecture, The Voice Foundation 21st Annual Symposium, Laryngeal Webs: A New Treatment for an Old Problem", Philadelphia, PA

May 10, 1993 Lecture, The Houston Association for Communication Disorders, "Care of the Professional Voice, Houston, TX

March 25, 1993 Lecture, The Diagnostic Hospital Staff, "Care of the Professional Voice", Houston, TX

1990-1992

December 11, 1992 Lecture, Houston County Medical Society Board of Ethics, "Ethics and The State Board of Medical Examiners", Houston, TX

October 20-22, 1992 Baylor Course Director: Visiting Professor with Dr. Nobuhiko Isshiki, 32nd Annual Visiting Professor Conference, "Thyroplasty Symposium with Lab Dissection", Houston, TX

January 1992 Article, Baylor College of Medicine, "Vocal Strain: It's Science Friction", Baylor Medicine, January 1992, Vol. XXIV, No. 1

October 1991 Lecture, Post-graduate Speech Pathologists, University of Houston, "Introduction to Laryngology", Houston, TX

July 14-23, 1991 Lecture, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, The Voice Foundation's 20th Annual Symposium, "Care of the Professional Voice", Philadelphia, PA

April 22, 1991 Lecture, Baylor College of Medicine, 31st Annual Visiting Professor Program, " A New Approach for Dealing with Sphenopalatine Ganglion Neuralgia", Houston, TX

December 6-7, 1990 Symposium Director: Baylor College of Medicine with Dr. Marc Bouchayer, "Phonosurgery", Houston, TX

May 18, 1990 Lecture, Baylor College of Medicine, 30th Annual Visiting Professor Program, " A New Method for Adenoidectomy", Houston, TX

January 8, 1990 Lecture, The Association of Otolaryngology Operating Room Nurses, "Laryngology and Phonosurgery", Houston, TX

May 1974 Article, "Functional and Histological Findings in Acoustic Tumor", Archives of Otolaryngology, 1974;99:379-384

Mar-April 1968 Article, "Surgical Treatment of Tricuspid Atresia", Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (Torino) 1968;9(2):154-160

Additional CME

1998

All category 1
1. Practice-Based CME for Risk Management Questionnaire 12/10 1 hour
2. Baylor Otolaryngology Grand Rounds 23
3. TMA meeting ~10
4. AAO/HNS ~12
5. Visiting Prof. Southwestern Medical School ~6
6. Visiting Prof. Medical College of South Carolina ~20

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