Nausheen Jamal, MD, MBA

Nausheen Jamal, MD, MBA is the Professor and Harry Carothers Wiess Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS) at the University of Texas Medical Branch John Sealy School of Medicine in Galveston, TX. She received her bachelor’s degree with honors in biological chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and her medical degree from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, where was inducted as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha society. She completed her residency in OHNS at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine affiliated hospitals in New York City; her fellowship in Laryngology at the University of California, Los Angeles; and her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. As a laryngologist, she specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of voice, airway, and swallowing disorders. In addition to her clinical work and leadership role at UTMB, she serves as Chair of the Leadership Development and Mentorship Committee of the Women in Otolaryngology section of the American Academy of
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS); as a member of the Newcomb Award Committee, the Nominating Committee, and the Planning Committee of the American Laryngological Association; on the Annual Meeting Planning Committee of the AAO-HNS; and numerous other national positions of leadership. She is the recipient of multiple grants to fund her work in education and has published dozens of peer-reviewed articles as well as authored numerous abstracts, book chapters, and oral & poster presentations.

Garret Choby, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology

Garret W. Choby, MD, is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery with a dual appointment in Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.  He specializes in sinus and skull base surgery.

Dr. Choby completed his otolaryngology residency at UPMC followed by fellowship training in rhinology and skull base surgery at Stanford University.  Following fellowship training, he joined the faculty at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, with joint appointments in the Departments of Otolaryngology and Neurosurgery, where he served as the Chair of Quality and had a domestic and international referral practice for sinonasal cancers, skull base tumors and refractory sinus disease.  He was subsequently recruited back to UPMC where he serves in his current role.

Dr. Choby is is a diplomate of the American Board of Otolaryngology and a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, the American Rhinologic Society (ARS), and the North American Skull Base Society. He is a nationally recognized leader in sinus and skull base disorders and is a regular invited lecturer nationally and internationally.  He has previously been named departmental Teacher of the Year and is a 3x recipient of the Press-Ganey patient experience award.  Dr. Choby is the Chair-Elect of the Skull Base and Orbital Surgery section of the ARS and Chair of the ARS educational courses committee.

Dr. Choby’s clinical focus includes sinonasal malignancies, skull base tumors, inflammatory sinus disease and aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.  He enjoys a collaborative practice with his neurosurgical colleagues, offering comprehensive care for patients with complex skull base tumors.  Active research areas include improving quality of life (QOL) following endoscopic skull base surgery and improving survival in patients with sinonasal malignancies. Highlights of ongoing studies include proliferative and transcriptomic profiling of sinonasal mucosal melanoma, a multi-site prospective investigation on chemosensory and QOL dysfunction following endoscopic skull base surgery and a multi-site consortium prospectively evaluating survival outcomes and transcriptomic profiling of sinonasal malignancies.  He has published over 125 peer-reviewed manuscripts.