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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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ACS
ACS Fellow Since 2006

Stephen Lai, MD, FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Otolaryngology - Otolaryngology

Society Memberships

  • Soc of Univ Otol
  • Am Acad of Otol-Head/Neck
  • Am Head&Neck Society

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Otolaryngology

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Dept of Head & Neck Surgery

1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1445

Houston, TX 77030

United States

Contact Information

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Head and Neck Disorders/Procedures

  • branchial cleft cyst
  • bronchogenic cyst
  • carotid body tumors
  • composite resection
  • congenital neck cysts/masses
  • endoscopic sinus surgery
  • glomus vagale
  • horizontal hemilaryngectomy
  • hyoid advancement
  • jaw tumors
  • laryngeal cancer
  • laryngectomy
  • laser resection
  • lip cancer
  • mandibular tumors
  • maxillary tumors
  • neck infection
  • neck mass
  • obstructive sleep apnea
  • palatopharyngoplasty
  • paragangliomas
  • parathyroid adenoma
  • parathyroid gland surgery
  • parathyroid hyperplasia
  • parathyroid surgery
  • parathyroidectomy parathyroid disease
  • parotid gland cancer
  • parotidectomy
  • partial laryngectomy
  • peritonsillar abscess
  • pharyngeal cancer
  • pharyngitis
  • removal of submandibular gland
  • salivary duct stones
  • salivary neoplasm
  • sialadenitis
  • sinonasal cancer
  • sinus surgery
  • skin cancer
  • skull base tumors
  • supracricoid laryngectomy
  • supraglottic laryngectomy
  • thyroglossal duct cyst
  • thyroid cancer
  • thyroid gland surgery
  • thyroid nodule
  • thyroid surgery
  • thyroidectomy
  • tongue advancement
  • tongue, jaw, neck operation
  • tonsil cancer
  • tonsillitis
  • total laryngectomy
  • uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
  • vascular malformations
  • vertical hemilaryngectomy

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • ablation
  • bronchoscopy
  • endoscopy
  • fine needle aspiration/biopsy
  • fine needle aspiration/thyroid
  • laser surgery
  • minimally invasive surgery

Head and Neck Cancer/Tumors

  • basal cell cancer
  • hypopharynx cancer
  • lacrimal gland cancer
  • larynx cancer
  • lip cancer
  • melanoma
  • mouth cancer
  • nasal cancer
  • neck cancer
  • neck mass
  • nose cancer
  • oral cavity cancer
  • oral cavity tumors
  • oropharynx cancer
  • osteosarcoma
  • paranasal sinus cancer
  • parathyroid cancer
  • parotid cancer
  • salivary gland cancer
  • salivary gland tumor
  • sarcoma
  • sinonasal cancer
  • sinus cancer
  • sinus tumors
  • skin cancer
  • squamous cell cancer
  • submandibular cancer
  • submandibular gland tumor
  • throat cancer
  • thyroid cancer
  • thyroid nodule
  • thyroid nodules
  • tongue base cancer
  • tongue cancer
  • tonsil cancer
  • tumors
  • vocal cord cancer
  • vocal cord cancer

Pediatric Otolaryngology

  • hemangiomas

Rhinology (Nose/Sinus) Disordrs/Procedrs

  • allergic rhinosinusitis
  • dacrocystorhinostomy
  • endoscopic sinus surgery
  • epistaxis
  • ethmoidectomy
  • inverting papilloma
  • maxillary sinus antrostomy
  • nasal obstruction
  • nasal polyps
  • rhinosinusitis
  • septoplasty
  • sphenoidotomy
  • turbinate reduction

Hospital Appointments

U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

Academic Appointments

U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Assistant Professor