RESIDENT AND FELLOW INFORMATION

 

 

Resident Knowledge Bowl 2025
TAO will be hosting the 4th Annual Resident Knowledge Bowl during the upcoming conference. Each residency program may enter a team of up to three residents. The competition will be held over the course of one hour with a prize, trophy and bragging rights being awarded to the winning team. All Texas residency programs are encouraged to participate. While we are sure this will be both an entertaining and educational experience, we hope you will join us to witness the “battle of the brains”!
  
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Lloyd A. Storrs Jr., MD Resident Research Award

Lloyd Storrs has been described by his colleagues as "genius", "witty and wise teacher", and "He did not do extraordinary things, he did ordinary things in an extraordinary way". He was a lifelong Texan and earned his MD degree from Baylor College of Medicine in 1947. He did his postgraduate training at Washington University in St. Louis and in the Air Force. He was stationed in Germany and had the good fortune of working with Dr. Samuel J. Crowe, professor and director of Otolaryngology at Johns Hopkins. He spent two years with Dr. Crowe in Germany? A superb preceptorship (or residency). Upon discharge, Dr. Storrs worked with Dr. Herb Harris of Baylor University as a fellow for two years. After that, he established a practice in Lubbock, Texas. He was appointed clinical professor of Otolaryngology at Texas Tech University School of Medicine in 1984.

He made several important contributions to Otology through his own genius, meticulous observations of many hundreds of his patients and exhaustive reading and study. He was the first to use temporal fascia for tympanoplasty and for covering the oval window after stapedectomy. He was the first to use phenol as a topical anesthetic for myringotomy, reporting 5000 consecutive cases and no persistent perforations. . He was also a pioneer in the development of the posterior approach to the middle ear through the chorda-facial angle. He was a member of most Otolaryngology organizations and served as president of several of them. Dr. Storrs is the author of several seminal papers, eight surgical movies, and a documentary on the management of sensorineural deafness.

The Lloyd Storrs Lectureship provides a forum for residents to present their research and/or papers at the annual meeting of the Texas Association of Otolaryngology. The presenter can be the first or second author. The paper is acceptable even if it has already been presented or published. The winner of the award will receive an expense paid trip to the annual meeting and $1000. The winner is required to present his/her work at the annual meeting. The paper may be submitted in writing or as an attachment to the TAO Office. Every effort will be made to prevent the reviewers from recognizing the origin of the paper. Reviewers are active members of the Texas Association of Otolaryngology.
  
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Lloyd Storrs' Winners

2019 - Brett Jensen, MD
2021 - Shaina W. Gong, MD (Houston)
2022- John P. Marinelli, MD (San Antonio)

2024 - Ari Shuman, MD 

 

UPDATED! Resident Stipend

The Texas Association of Otolaryngology invites otolaryngology residents to its upcoming CME meeting. As a society benefit, TAO offers financial assistance for housing for Resident Members of the Society. The meeting stipend is up to $400 to help alleviate hotel and travel costs to attend the meeting. 

You are responsible for making your own hotel and travel arrangements. Keep your hotel receipt and any other travel receipts and TAO will reimburse you following the meeting. 

CRITERIA & GUIDELINES: 

  • You MUST be a TAO Resident Member. Resident Membership is FREE. Sign up today! 
  • You must attend AT LEAST 1/2 DAY OF THE CONFERENCE. Check in with the registration desk between 1:00 - 2:00 pm to receive your resident stipend form and confirm your attendance. If you do not check in to the registration desk during this time, you will not receive the stipend form and you will become ineligible for the resident stipend.