Official Journal of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation,Inc and the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy

EDITOR IN CHIEF

Michael S. Benninger, MD

(Henry Ford Hospital)

(Detroit, MI)

One Prince St

Alexandria, VA 22314-3357

phone: 703-299-1135

fax: 703-299-1136

e-mail: OTO-HNS@entnet.org

MANAGING EDITOR

Louanne M. Wheeler, MA, Alexandria, VA

ISSUE MANAGER

Brian Maynor, St Louis, MO

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Book Reviews: Brent A. Senior, MD, Chapel Hill, NC

Case Reports: Jeffrey M. Bumpous, MD, Louisville, KY

Case Reports: Michael Setzen, MD, Manhasset, NY

Clinical Epidemiology/Outcomes Research: Richard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, Brooklyn, NY

Clinical Photographs: Michael A. Keefe, MD, CDR MC USN, San Diego, CA

Clinical Techniques and Technology: Randal A. Otto, MD, San Antonio, TX

Comprehenisve Otolaryngology: John G. Campbell, MD, Tulsa, OK

Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: John F. Hoffmann, MD, Salt Lake City, UT

Head and Neck Cancer: Dennis H. Kraus, MD, New York, NY

Laryngology/Neurolaryngology: Andrew Blitzer, MD, DDS, New York, NY

Online Editor/Compuer Science: Keith F. Clark, MD, Oklahoma City, OK

Otology and Neurotology: William H. Slattery III, MD, Los Angeles, CA

Pediatric Otolaryngology: Ellen M. Friedman, MD, Houston, TX

Sinonasal Disorders and Allergy: Berrylin J. Ferguson, MD, Pittsburgh, PA

EDITORIAL BOARD

Sanford M. Archer, MD, FACS, Lexington, KY

Jacquelynne P. Corey, MD, Chicago, IL

William E. Davis, MD, Columbus, MO

Antonio De La Cruz, MD, Los Angeles, CA

M. Jennifer Derebery, MD, Los Angeles, CA

Charles N. Ford, MD, Madison WI

Jack L. Gluckman, MD, Cincinnati, OH

A. Julianna Gulya, MD, Rockville, MD

Stephen G. Harner, MD, Rochester, MN

Dennis H. Kraus, MD, New York, NY

John H. Krouse, MD, PhD, FACS, Detroit, MI

Pierre Lavertu, MD, Cleveland, OH

Edwin M. Monsell, MD, PhD, Detroit, MI

Eugene N. Myers, MD, Pittsburgh, PA

J. Gail Neely, MD, St Louis, MO

James L. Netterville, MD, Nashville, TN

Robert H. Ossoff, ME, Nashville, TN

J. David Osguthorpe, MD, Charleston, SC

Stephen S. Park, Charlottesville, VA

Lorne S. Parnes, MD, London, Ont, Canada

Harold Pillsbury III, MD, Chapel Hill, NC

Dean M. Toriumi, MD, Chicago, IL

Gayle E. Woodson, MD, Memphis, TN

Peak Woo, MD, New York, NY

Kathleen Yaremchuk, MD, Detroit, MI

Richard J. Zarbo, MD, DMD, Detroit, MI

INTERNATIONAL EDITOR

Eugene N. Myers, MD

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

The Eye & Ear Institute 200

Lothrop St, Suite 500

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

phone: 412-647-2111

fax: 412-647-2080

e-mail: myersen@msx.upmc.edu

INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL COORDINATOR

Matthew Newton, Pittsburgh, PA

INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD

Craig A. Buchman, MD, Chapel Hill, NC

Roy A. Casiano, MD, Miami, FL

Ara Chalian, MD, Philadelphia, PA

Ted A. Cook, MD, Portland, OR

Ramon A. Franco, Jr, MD, Boston, MA

Andrew N. Goldberg, MD, San Francisco, CA

Wesley L. Hicks, Jr, MD, DDS, Buffalo, NY

Jennifer L. Hunt, MD, Pittsburgh, PA

Robert Kern, MD, Chicago, IL

Ronald B. Kuppersmith, MD, Seattle, WA

Anil K. Lalwani, MD, San Francisco, CA

Scott Manning, MD, Seattle, WA

Jeffrey N. Myers, MD, PhD, Houston, TX

Bert W. O'Malley, Jr, MD, Baltimore, MD

Karen T. Pitman, MD, St Louis, MO

Michael D. Seidman, MD, West Bloomfield, MI

Aristides Sismanis, MD, Richmond, VA

David W. Stepnick, MD, Cleveland, OH

Peter C. Weber, MD, Cleveland, OH

Gregory S. Weinstein, MD, Philadelphia, PA

Bevan Yueh, MD, Seattle, WA