Faculty

The University of California, Irvine Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery faculty are all fellowship trained and board certified physicians.  The faculty physicians maintain active clinical practices in which they visit with patients in the office and perform surgery.  Faculty physicians are also actively involved in research.

Our physicians are well known locally, nationally and internationally for the advanced medical treatment provided to patients with a variety of head and neck diseases.  Our faculty are trained to care for common, complex and rare conditions relating to the ear, nose and throat.  Physicians include:

• William Armstrong, M.D.
• Naveen Bhandarkar, M.D.
• Roger L. Crumley M.D., M.B.A.
• Hamid Djalilian, M.D.
• Harrison Lin, M.D.
• Sunil Verma, M.D
• Brian J.F. Wong, M.D., Ph.D.
• Victor Passy, M.D.
• Tjoson Tjoa, M.D.
• Edward Kuan, M.D.
• Yarah Haidar, M.D.
• Douglas Trask, M.D.

Pediatric Otolaryngolgy physicians include:

• Gurpreet Ahuja, M.D.
• Felizardo Camilon, M.D.
• Nguyen Pham, M.D.
• Kevin Huoh, M.D.
• David Chang, M.D.
• Jay Bhatt, M.D.

We are proud to have two full time faculty researchers who maintain grant supported laboratories on the UC Irvine Campus.

• John Middlebrooks, Ph.D.
• Fang Gang Zeng, Ph.D.