Ronald Deskin, MD

Clinical Professor
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Contact Information

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

Office Phone: 214-648-2432

ronald.deskin@utsouthwestern.edu

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

Biography

Born Corsicana Texas,B.A. Chemistry UT Austin 1969, MD UTMB 1969, Pediatrics Internship UTMB 1969-70,Otolaryngology Residency UTMB 1970-74,Private Practice Ped Oto Austin Tx 1974-1993, Fellowship Ped Oto Childrens Hosp of Boston at Harvard 1990-91. Professor of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics at UTMB Galveston 1993-2004.

Education

FellowshipHarvard Medical School Childrens Hospital (1991)
ResidencyUniversity of TX Medical Branch Hosp (1974)
ResidencyUniversity of TX Medical Branch Hosp (1971)
ResidencyUniversity of TX Medical Branch Hosp (1970)
Medical SchoolUniversity of Texas at Galveston (1969)

Research Interests

otitis media
otitis media

Publications

Brochoscopic Findings as Indication For Tracheostomy in Burned Child

Deskin , Prater , Archives of Otolaryngology , October 1998; (vol 24):1115-1117

Brochoscopic Findings as Indication For Tracheostomy in Burned Child

Deskin , Prater , Archives of Otolaryngology , October 1998; (vol 24):1115-1117

Metanalysis of Pediatric Tympanoplasty

Vrabec, Deskin , Archives of Otolaryngology , May 1999; (vol 125):530-534

Metanalysis of Pediatric Tympanoplasty

Vrabec, Deskin , Archives of Otolaryngology , May 1999; (vol 125):530-534

Management of Pediatric Aspirated Foreign Bodies

Deskin, Young, Hoffman , Laryngoscope , April 1997; (vol 107,number 4):540-543

Management of Pediatric Aspirated Foreign Bodies

Deskin, Young, Hoffman , Laryngoscope , April 1997; (vol 107,number 4):540-543

Middle Ear Fluid Histamine and Leukotriene B4 in Middle Ear Fluid

McCormick and Deskin , International Journal of Ped Otorhinolaryngology , 2003; (vol 67):221-230

Molecular Characterization of Mutations in Patients with Benign and Aggressive RRP

Pou,Weems, Deskin , Annals of ORL , 2003;

Middle Ear Fluid Histamine and Leukotriene B4 in Middle Ear Fluid

McCormick and Deskin , International Journal of Ped Otorhinolaryngology , 2003; (vol 67):221-230

Molecular Characterization of Mutations in Patients with Benign and Aggressive RRP

Pou,Weems, Deskin , Annals of ORL , 2003;

Honors/Awards

Texas Monthly

Super Docs 2005, 2006, (2007)

Best Doctors

1994, 1995, 1996 (1997)

Mu Delta Award

outstanding intern award (1970)

Gold Headed Cane Award

medical student award for outstanding clinical performance (1969)

MuDelta Award

outstanding student award (1969)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

american Soc of Pediatric otolaryngology

(1985)

DCMS,TMA,Amer Acad of Otolaryngology,Amer Acad of Pediatrics,

Soc of ENT Advances in Children,Texas Ped Soc,

Soc of University Otolaryngologists,