Carlos E. Garcia, MD
Otolaryngology-Plastic Surgery
Office Phone: 620-669-2555
Office Fax: 620-694-2170
Special Interests: Chronic Sinusitis, Ear Infections, Tonsil Infections, Hoarseness
Date of Birth: July 31, 1964
Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Employment:
Hutchinson Clinic, P.A. 1994-Present
Board of Directors, Hutchinson Clinic 1997-1998
Training:
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 1990-1994;
Resident in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck SurgeryVirginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA 1989-1990;
Internship in General Surgery
Education:
1989 Yale University, New Haven, CT - M.D.
1985 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA - B.A. Biology summa cum laude
Board Certification:
American Board of Otolaryngology #4577 May 1995
Licensure:
KS Licensure 04-25004
Professional Membership:
American Medical Association
Kansas Medical Society
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Latin American Otitis Media Research and Training Program
American Board of Otolaryngology
American College of Surgeons
Awards:
1981 - National Merit Scholarship Finalist
1982 - Harvard University Detur Prize for academic achievement
1985 - Harvard University Hoopes Prize for outstanding undergraduate thesis in Biology
Interests:
Piano, golf, travel, languages – Spanish
1985 - Harvard College Thesis:“A new assay for arthropod juvenile hormone utilizing the J.H. esterase of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca Sexta.”
1989 - Yale Medical School Thesis:Garcia CE, Rodriguez RR, Milici AJ, Cuono CBUltrastructural studies of phosphocreatine-perfused rat skin flaps subjected to ischemia. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 1989; 62, 303-04. (honorable mention from the Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine)
1991 - Garcia, C. Humanitarian Service in Oaxaca. AAO-HNS Bulletin. September, 1991.
1992 - Garcia, C. Otitis Media Workshops in Veracruz. AAO-HNS Bulletin. May, 1992.
1993 - Garcia, CE Girdhar-Gopal HV, Dorfman DM. Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease of the neck. Update. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology. 1993; 102, 11-15.
Garcia, CE Cunningham MJ, Clary RA, Joseph MP. The etiologic role of frontal sinusitis in pediatric, orbital abscesses. American Journal of Otolaryngology.
Garcia C, Eavey, R. Tenth Otitis Workshop in Latin America. AAO-HNS Bulletin. July 1993.
Professional Interests:
Endoscopic sinus surgery and septoplasty - over 1000 procedures performed since 1994
Middle ear and otosclerosis surgery - over 100 procedures performed since 1994
Laryngeal corrective surgery and laryngoplasty – over 100 procedures performed since 1994
Pediatric ear and throat surgery
Conferences Presented:
1996 Laryngoplasty for correction of dysphonia
1997 Pharmacologic Management of Allergic Rhinitis
1998 Antihistamines – Market Overview and Situation Analysis
1999 Otitis Media – Management Strategies for the 21st Century
2000 New Approaches to the Management of Allergic Rhinitis
2002 Improvements in the Management of Unilateral Vocal Paralysis
Experience: Hutchinson Clinic staff physician since 1994