Sidney Yankauer
Sidney Yankauer (1872–1932), American ENT surgeon and inventor of the Yankauer suction catheter, pioneer in bronchoscopy and surgical airway care
Category ENT
Rendu-Osler-Weber disease
Rendu-Osler-Weber disease (aka Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterised by epistaxis, cutaneous telangiectasia, and visceral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).
Margaret Dix
Margaret Dix (1902–1991), British neuro-otologist who co-developed the Dix–Hallpike test, reshaped diagnosis of vertigo and advanced vestibular science
Charles Hallpike
Charles S. Hallpike (1900–1979), British neuro-otologist, co-devised the Dix–Hallpike manoeuvre, clarified Menière’s disease pathology, and pioneered vestibular physiology.
Ernst Weber
Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795-1878) was a was a German anatomist and physiologist. Weber law and Weber test for hearing assessment
Charles Ballance
Sir Charles Ballance (1856–1936), pioneer of neurosurgery and otology, first performed facial nerve crossover anastomosis in 1895—an enduring milestone.
Paul Frenckner
Frans Johan Paul Frenckner (1896-1967) was a Swedish otolaryngologist. Inventor of the Spiropulsator and double lumen bronchoscope
Morell Mackenzie
Biography Key Medical Contributions Quoted by Norman Rupert Barrett (1903-1979) in 1950 for his original work and definition of acute oesophagitis. Acute oesophagitis: Acute idiopathic inflammation of the mucous membrane of the oesophagus giving rise to extreme odynphagia, and often…
Joseph Guichard Duverney
Joseph Guichard Duverney (1648-1730) French Anatomist and otologist. Eponym: Duverney fracture of the pelvis. Described cholesteotoma and osteoporosis
Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz
Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried Waldeyer-Hartz (1836 – 1921) was a German anatomist. Recognised as one of the forefathers of Anatomical science, Waldeyer's fascia and Waldeyer's ring are 2 of his more well known eponyms
Friedrich Arnold
Friedrich Arnold (1803 – 1890) was a German professor emeritus of anatomy and physiology
Grisel Syndrome
Spontaneous, nontraumatic rotatory subluxation of the atlantoaxial joint following peripharyngeal inflammation or ENT surgical procedures