John McClay, MD

Associate Professor
Endowed Title: John W. and Rhonda K. Pate Professorship in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-2432

john.mcclay@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Dr. John E. McClay is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatric Otolaryngology in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern) in Dallas, Texas and holder of the John W. and Rhonda K. Pate Professorship in Otolaryngology. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Otolaryngology. He completed his Otolaryngology residency training and General Surgery internship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He pursued additional training through a Pediatric Otolaryngic Fellowship program at the Childrens National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He is a native Texan, graduating from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and Summa Cum Laude from Texas A&M with a degree in Biochemistry. He is a full time Academic Professor with a Clinical Practice and Teaching position at UT Southwestern Medical School. He takes care of all ear, nose, throat, neck, sinus and airway problems in children. He is the coordinator at UT Southwestern for the inter-institutional evaluation of the susceptibility of children develope laryngeal papillomatosis, organized through the Center for Genomics at Alleghaney Mecial Center in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He has headed up the collection of data at UT Southwestern for other inter-institutional studies involving laryngeal papillomatosis and foreign body aspiration and ingestion in children. Current research interests include laryngotracheal stenosis and airway obstruction in children, deep neck infections in children, acute and chronic sinusitis in children, especially with nasal polyposis occurring in cystic fibrosis and allergic fungal sinusitis and developing dissolvable airway stents to relieve airway obstruction in children. He has been a contributor of numerous presentations and publications. He has been invited to speak at national otolaryngic meetings and presented data at national and international scientific meetings. He has been voted as one of the best doctors for children in Dallas by D-magazine for 3 years running and voted best doctors in the state of Texas by Texas Monthly for 2 years running.

Education

FellowshipChildren's Hosp. Natl. Med.Ctr. (1996)
ResidencyUniversity of Alabama Hospital (1995)
InternshipUniversity of Alabama Hospital (1991)
Medical SchoolBaylor College of Medicine (1990)

Research Interests

Complications of Sinusitis in Children
Deep Neck Abscesses in Children
Laryngeal Papillomatosis in Children
Nasal Polyposis and Sinusitis in Children
Pediatric Laryngeal Stenosis

Publications

HspE7 Treatment of Pediatric Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: Final Results of an Open-Label Trial

Derkay CS, Smith RJ, McClay J, van Burlik JA, Wiatrak BJ, Arnold J, Berger B, Neefe JR , Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology , September 2005; (114(9)):730-737

Antibiotic Therapy for Cervical Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

Amber Luong,MD, PhD, John E. McClay, MD, Orval Brown, MD, Hassan Jafre, MD. , Laryngoscope , October 2005; (115(10)):1746-1751

Intravenous Antibiotics for Deep Neck Infections diagnosed by Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography

John E. McClay, M.D. , Alan Murray, MD, Tim Booth, MD , Archives of Otolaryngology, Head and Surgery , November 2003; (129)

Medical and Surgical Management of Orbital Subperiosteal Abscesses in

Lance E. Oxford, MD and John McClay, MD , Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , July 2005; (133):32-37

Endoscopic Cauterization of 4th Branchial Cleft Sinus Tracts

DJ Verret, MD, John E. McClay, MD, Alan Murray, MD, Michael Biavati, MD , Archives of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery , April 2004; (130):465-468

Honors/Awards

Academic Chair Holder

Honor SocietyHolder of the John W. and Rhonda K. Pate Professorship in Otolaryngology (2007)

Outstanding Professor in Otolaryngology

Voted by otolaryngology residents (2001)

Voted best doctors in Texas 2 years in a row

Texas Monthly (607)

Voted best doctors for kids for 3 years in a row

D- Magazine (507)

Phi Kappa Phi

Honor Society

Professional Associations/Affiliations

America Academy of Pediatrics

American Academy of Otolaryngology

American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Society for Ear, Nose, Throat Advances in Children