Physicians

The dedicated team at the USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery fosters a personal connection with everyone who walks through our doors, from the front desk, to the nurses and physicians. We make it our priority to build strong relationships with every patient we see, providing state-of-the-art care for a wide range of head and neck disorders.

Our focus is on communication, collaborating closely both internally and with referring physicians to provide individualized care to each patient. Our unrelenting passion for research places us at the forefront of medicine, allowing us to provide greater insight and offer you the latest treatments. Our physicians are diverse, talented and provide a wide spectrum of services. Moreover, we are dedicated to training the next generation of medical professionals as active teachers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Brenda Capobres Villegas, MS, CCC-SLP

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

USC Healthcare Center 4

Specializing In

Speech-Language Pathology

Tamara N. Chambers, MD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Hospital of USC

Chelsea Cole, AUD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

USC Caruso Family Center for Childhood Communication

Specializing In

Audiology

Elisabeth D. Ference, MD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Medicine of USC - La Cañada Flintridge
Keck Medicine of USC – Glendale

Specializing In

Sinus and skull base disorders

Edie Hapner, PhD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Medicine of USC - Downtown Los Angeles
USC Healthcare Center 4
USC Otolaryngology Associates – Glendale

Michael Johns, III, MD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Medicine of USC - Downtown Los Angeles
USC Healthcare Center 4

Eric J. Kezirian, MD, MPH

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Medicine of USC - Beverly Hills
USC Healthcare Center 4

Amit Kochhar, MD

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Practicing Locations

Keck Hospital of USC
Keck Medicine of USC - Downtown Los Angeles
USC Otolaryngology Associates – Glendale
USC Otolaryngology Associates – La Cañada Flintridge

Specializing In

Rhinoplasty, Face Lift, Hair Restoration Transplant, Eyelid Surgery and Brow Lift, Facial Nerve Reanimation Surgery, Gracilis Free Tissue transfer, Temporalis Tendon Transfer, Nerve Transfer, MOHs reconstruction, Head and Neck Cancer Reconstruction

Niels C. Kokot, MD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Hospital of USC
USC Healthcare Center 4
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

Rebecca L. Lewis, AUD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

USC Caruso Family Center for Childhood Communication

Specializing In

Audiology

Janice Loggins, MA, CCC-A

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Hospital of USC
USC Caruso Family Center for Childhood Communication

Specializing In

Audiology

Dennis R. Maceri, MD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Keck Hospital of USC

Alexander Markarian, MD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

USC Healthcare Center 4

Specializing In

Extended Midface Lift for Facial Paralysis; Botulinum Toxin for Facial Spasm, Synkinesis and Contralateral Hyperkinesis; Brow Lift and Eyelid Surgery for Facial Dysfunction

Karla O'Dell, MD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Medicine of USC - Downtown Los Angeles
USC Healthcare Center 4
USC Otolaryngology Associates – Glendale
USC Otolaryngology Associates – La Cañada Flintridge

John S. Oghalai, MD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Hospital of USC
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

Specializing In

Ear and Skull Base Surgery

Ki-Young Portillo, AUD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Hospital of USC

Lindsay Reder, MD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Medicine of USC - New Downtown Los Angeles
USC Healthcare Center 4

Dale Rice, MD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Hospital of USC
USC Healthcare Center 4
USC Outpatient Surgery Center

Kristina Rousso, AUD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Hospital of USC
USC Caruso Family Center for Childhood Communication

Specializing In

Audiology

Uttam K. Sinha, MD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

USC Healthcare Center 4

Mark S. Swanson, MD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Hospital of USC
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

Specializing In

Oral Cancer, Throat Cancer, Larynx Cancer, Skull Base Surgery, Salivary Gland Tumors, Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS), and Microvascular Reconstruction

Aline Tran, AUD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Hospital of USC

Courtney C.J. Voelker, MD, PhD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Hospital of USC
USC Healthcare Center 4

Specializing In

Otolaryngology

Lori V. Wagner, MS, CCC-SLP

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

USC Caruso Family Center for Childhood Communication

Specializing In

Speech-Language Pathology

Margaret Winter, MS, CCC-A

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

USC Caruso Family Center for Childhood Communication

Specializing In

Audiology

Bozena B. Wrobel, MD

Appointment Request

Practicing Locations

Keck Hospital of USC
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

USC Otolaryngology Associates

Milan J. Demeter, MD

John R. Hubanks, MD

George B. Stoneman, MD