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Meet Richard W. Waguespack, MD

Dr. WaguespackBorn in New Orleans, Richard W. Waguespack, MD, FACS, is honor graduate of the University of New Orleans and the Louisiana State University School of Medicine. He completed residency training at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and was certified in 1979 by the American Board of Otolaryngology.

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Otolaryngology, October 20, 1979

HONORS
College Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics
Honor Society
Woodrow Wilson Fellow Designate
Medical School Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)
Undergraduate Medical & Surgical Society

PUBLICATIONS

Waguespack RW: Nasal Septal Tuberculoma. Arch Otolaryng 107:66-69,1981
Love JT and Waguespack RW: Perilymphatic fistulas. Laryngoscope 91:1118-1128, 1981
Kahalley S, Chandler J, Hawkins J, Norris G, Waguespack R and Snow RM: Prospective Randomized Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Netilmicin-Clindamycin and Tobramycin-Clindamycin in the Treatment of Serious Systemic Infections. Clinical Therapeutics 7:497-506, 1985
Waguespack R: Contact-Tip Nd:YAG Laser Applications: Squamous Nasal Papillomatosis. South Med J 84:660-663, 1991
Waguespack R: Mucociliary Clearance Patterns Following Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. Laryngoscope, 105 (Suppl. 7, Part 2):S1-40, 1995. Candidate's thesis, Triological Society, accepted May, 1994. Awarded Honorable Mention


SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Jefferson County Medical Society
Medical Association State of Alabama (MASA)
American Medical Association
American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery
Alabama Society of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery--
President 1989-1990; Vice President 1996
Birmingham Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery--
President 1987-1988
American College of Surgeons
American Head and Neck Society
American Rhinologic Society--Fellow, 1995
Triological Society (American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society)
Voice Foundation

HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES:

St. Vincent's Hospital
Carraway Methodist Medical Center
The Children's Hospital of Alabama
Brookwood Medical Center
Baptist Medical Center-Montclair
Healthsouth Medical Center

APPOINTMENTS

American Academy Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery committees:
Committee on Drugs & Medical Devices 1985-1990
Scientific Program Advisory Committee 1993-1999; Consultant 2000
Instruction Course Advisory Committee; Consultant 2000
Medical Informatics Committee 1994-2000
Board of Governors ALABAMA 1997-2000
Socioeconomics and Grassroots Committee 1998-Present
Chairman, Carrier Relations Committee March 1999-Present
Executive Committee

Oversight Committee: American Board of Otolaryngology Recertification Study Guide 1997

JOURNAL REVIEWER

Archives of Otolaryngology - 1989-1991
The Laryngoscope - 1994-Present
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery - 1998-Present

PHYSICIAN'S RECOGNITION AWARD

Valid through October 1, 2005

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