UTHealth Houston Skull Base Program
UTHealth Houston
Skull Base Program
Physicians and staff at the UTHealth Houston Skull Base Program deliver integrated, multidisciplinary care to adult and pediatric patients through a single, coordinated pathway.
Physicians and staff at the UTHealth Houston Skull Base Program deliver integrated, multidisciplinary care to adult and pediatric patients through a single, coordinated pathway.
Expertise and Experience
Our fellowship-trained skull base team has many years of collaborative experience managing highly complex and rare conditions, with high-level expertise in both endoscopic and open skull base approaches. For diagnosis, patients have access to advanced imaging and subspecialties of pathology.
Advanced surgical and treatment capabilities include:
- Minimally invasive and endoscopic skull base surgery, including the endoscopic endonasal approach
- Complex open skull base procedures when indicated, including retrosigmoid/retromastoid, translabyrinthine, and transorbital approaches
- Advanced intraoperative technology, including 4K HD digital visualization and navigation systems
- Radiation treatment options that include stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), IMRT, and fractionated radiation therapy
Streamlined Access and Care Coordination for Your Patients
Patient-Centered Experience
Why Refer to the UTHealth Houston Skull Base Program?
As a physician, you can count on true multidisciplinary decision-making while avoiding serial referrals; faster diagnosis and treatment planning; expertise in complex cases often referred after prior treatment or difficult diagnosis; and coordinated care that supports the care you provide and your patients’ needs.
Physicians Included in the Skull Base Program
Sunil Krishnan, MD
Specialty
Roy Riascos-Castaneda, MD
Specialty
Arash Kamali, MD
Specialty
Jose Gavito-Higuera, MD
Specialty
Rohan Samant, MD
Specialty
Manav Bhalla, MD
Specialty
Eliana Bonfante-Mejia, MD
Specialty
Clark Sitton, MD
Specialty
Marcelle Mallary, MD
Specialty
Hidehiro Takei, MD
Specialty
Xinhai Zhang, MD
Specialty
