Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
 

K. Christopher McMains, MD

 
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Assistant Professor
Chief, Otolaryngology, Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital
Email: mcmains@uthscsa.edu

 
 

Clinical interests

 

Rhinology
General Otolaryngology

 
 

Research interests

 

Aspirin triad disease
Allergic laryngitis
Leukotriene effects on nasal tissue
Nasal polyposis
Education models in surgery
Competency based surgical education
Bacterial biofilms

 
 

Background

 

September, 2005-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

 

Board Certified in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2005

 

Active medical license: Texas

 
 

Education

 

8/2006-11/2006: University Teaching Excellence Program, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX.

 

2004-2005: Fellowship, Rhinology-Sinus Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia.

 

2000-2004: Residency, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia.

 

1999-2000: Internship: General Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia.

 

1995-1999: M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Medical School, Dallas, TX.

 

1990-1994: B.S., (Magna Cum Laude) Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

 
 

Honors & Awards:

 

UTSA Program, 2006
Daiichi Clinical Scholar, 2004-2005
Alpha Omega Alpha, 2005
Magna Cum Laude, 1990-1994

 
 

Recent Publications (*) indicates refereed papers:

 

Papers

 

Post G, McMains KC, Kountakis SE. Adult nasal dermoid sinus cyst. Am J Otolaryngol. 2005 Nov-Dec;26(6):403-5.

 

McMains KC, Kountakis SE. Revision functional endoscopic sinus surgery: objective and subjective surgical outcomes. Am J Rhinol. 2005 Jul-Aug;19(4):344-7.

 

McMains KC, Gross CW, Kountakis SE. Endoscopic management of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea. Laryngoscope. 2004 Oct;114(10):1833-7.

 

McMains KC, Terris DJ. Evidence-based medicine in sleep apnea surgery. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2003 Jun;36(3):539-61, viii. Review.

 

Jordan JA, Roland PS, McMains C Weiner RL, Giller CA. Stereotactic radiosurgery for glomus jugulare tumors. Laryngoscope. 2000 Jan;110(1):35-8.

 
 

Book Chapters:

 

McMains KC, Terris DJ, “Failure Analysis in Sleep Apnea Surgery.” In: Terris DJ, Goode RL (eds): Surgical Management of Sleep Apnea and Snoring. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis, 2005: 465-478.

 

McMains KC Gourin CG, “Pathology: Sarcomas of the Head and Neck.” www.emedicine.com/ent/topic675.htm