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

SENIOR MANUSCRIPT EDITOR

Peggy Simpson, St Louis, MO

COMPOSITION SPECIALIST

Michele Masin, St Louis, MO

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Allergy: Berrylin J. Ferguson, MD, Pittsburgh, PA

Basic Science Review: Richard Miyamoto, MD, Indianapolis, IN

Book Reviews: Eugene L. Alford, MD, Houston, TX

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

Clinical Epidemiology/Outcomes Research: Jay F. Piccirillo, MD, St Louis, MO

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

Computer Science: Keith F. Clark, MD, Oklahoma City, OK

Drug/Device Capsules: Randal A. Otto, MD, San Antonio, TX

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

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

Head and Neck Cancer: Jesus E. Medina, MD, Oklahoma City, OK

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

Skull Base Surgery: Ivo P. Janecka, MD, Boston, MA

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

EDITORIAL BOARD

Richard A. Chole, MD, PhD, St Louis, MO

Jacquelynne P. Corey, MD, Chicago, IL

Charles W. Cummings, MD, Baltimore, MD

William E. Davis, MD, Columbia, MO

Antonio De La Cruz, MD, Los Angeles, CA

Robert Dobie, MD, Bethesda, MD

Ellen M. Friedman, MD, Houston, TX

Jerome C. Goldstein, MD, Lake Worth, FL

Richard L. Goode, MD, Los Altos, CA

A. Julianna Gulya, MD, Rockville, MD

Stephen G. Harner, MD, Rochester, MN

Jonas T. Johnson, MD, Pittsburgh, PA

Charles J. Krause, MD, Ann Arbor, MI

Mary B. Meikle, PhD, Portland, OR

Josef M. Miller, MD, Ann Arbor, MI

Eugene N. Myers, MD, Pittsburgh, PA

H. Bryan Neel III, MD, PhD, Rochester, MN

James L. Netterville, MD, Nashville, TN

J. David Osguthorpe, MD, Charleston, SC

Stephen S. Park, MD, Charlottesville, VA

Bruce W. Pearson, MD, Jacksonville, FL

Harold Pillsbury III, MD, Chapel Hill, NC

Mansfield F. W. Smith, MD, San Jose, CA

Charles M. Stiernberg, MD, Houston, TX

Dean M. Toriumi, MD, Chicago, IL

Neil Ward, MD, Alexandria, VA

Gayle E. Woodson, MD, Memphis, TN

INTERNATIONAL EDITOR

Eugene N. Myers, MD

Department of Otolaryngology

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 BOARD

E. Leon Barnes, MD, Pittsburgh, PA

Craig A. Buchman, MD, Miami, FL

Ricardo L. Carrau, MD, Pittsburgh, PA

Ted A. Cook, MD, Portland, OR

Jacquelynne P. Corey, MD, Chicago, IL

Peter D. Costantino, MD, New York, NY

Andrew N. Goldberg, MD, San Francisco, CA

Ehab Y. N. Hanna, MD, Little Rock, AR

Robert Kern, MD, Chicago, IL

Stilianos Kountakis, MD, PhD, Charlottesville, VA

Dennis H. Kraus, MD, New York, NY

Anil K. Lalwani, MD, San Francisco, CA

Lloyd B. Minor, MD, Baltimore, MD

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

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

Karen T. Pitman, MD, St Louis, MO

Richard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, Brooklyn, NY

Aristides Sismanis, MD, Richmond, VA

Phillip A. Wackym, MD, Milwaukee, WI

Peter C. Weber, MD, Charleston, SC

Steven M. Zeitels, MD, Boston, MA