C. Blake Simpson, MD
Professor
Director, The University of Texas Voice Center
Email: simpsonc@uthscsa.edu
Clinical interests
Laryngology and voice disorders
Subglottic and Tracheal Stenosis
Research interests
Mitomycin-C and Growth Factor antagonists in the treatment of laryngotracheal stenosis
Office-based treatments for laryngeal disorders (including pulsed-KTP lasers)
Background
Board certified in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1996.
Medical licenses: Active in Texas
Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2006-Present.
Director, UTHSCSA Voice Center, San Antonio, Texas.
Deputy Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, UTHSCSA, 2002-2007.
Education
Fellowship: Laryngology and Care of the Professional Voice, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; 1995-1996
Residency: Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 1991-1995
Internship: General Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 1990-1991
M.D. (Graduated with honors), University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas; awarded 1990.
B.A., Biology, Austin College, Sherman, Texas; awarded 1986
Honors and Awards:
2004 - Honored in Best Doctors in America (Woodward and White, Inc.)
2002 - Second Place. Poster Presentation. The ALA Scientific Sessions. The Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meetings, Boca Raton, Florida. ìThe Soft Tissue Response of the Rabbit Larynx to GORE-TEX Implantsî
2000 - Short Course (The Laryngovideostroboscope: Do I Really Need One?) recognized in AAO-HNS Bulletin/July 2000 as one of Annual Meeting 2000ís highlights.
Recent Publications (*) indicates refereed papers:
Halum SL, Patel NJ, Hoffman RG, Simpson CB, et al. Medialization Thyroplasty Window Creation Using an Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator. Laryngoscope 2005;115(1):155-158.
Shaffer MJ, Jackson CE, Szabo CA, Simpson CB. Vagal nerve stimulation: Clinical and electrophysiologic effects on vocal fold function. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2005;114:7-14.
Simpson CB, Amin MR, Postma GN. Topical Anesthesia of the airway and esophagus. Ear Nose Throat J 2004;83(Supplement 2):2-5.
Simpson CB, Amin MR. Office-based procedures for the voice. Ear Nose Throat J 2004;83(Supplement 2):6-9.
Simpson CB, Amin MR. Office evaluation of the tracheobronchial tree. Ear Nose Throat J 2004;83(Supplement 2):10-12.
Postma GN, Amin MR, Simpson CB, et al. Office procedures for the esophagus. Ear Nose Throat J 2004;83(Supplement 2);17-21.
*Simpson CB. Adult with Chronic Cough. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation's Patient of the Month Program 2004;33(7).
Simpson CB, Amin MR, Postma GN. Topical Anesthesia of the airway and esophagus. Ear Nose Throat J 2004;83(Supplement 2):2-5.
Simpson CB, Amin MR. Office-based procedures for the voice. Ear Nose Throat J 2004;83(Supplement 2):6-9.
Simpson CB, Amin MR Office evaluation of the tracheobronchial tree. Ear Nose Throat J 2004;83(Supplement 2):10-12.
Postma GN, Amin MR, Simpson CB, et al. Office procedures for the esophagus. Ear Nose Throat J 2004;83(Supplement 2);17-21.
*Simpson CB. Adult with Chronic Cough. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation's Patient of the Month Program 2004;33(7).
*James JC, Simpson CB. Treatment of Laryngeal Sarcoidosis with CO2 laser and Mitomycin-C. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surgery 2004;130(2)262-264
Simpson CB, Ossoff RH. Surgical Principles of Microlaryngoscopy. In:Ossoff R, Shapshay S, Woodson G, Netterville ed. The Larynx. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003:111-123.
Angel LF, Simpson CB. Comparison of Surgical and Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy. Clin Chest Med 2003;24(3):423-429.
*James JC, Simpson CB. Treatment of Laryngeal Sarcoidosis with CO2 laser and Mitomycin-C. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surgery 2004;130(2)262-264.
*Simpson CB, Woodson GE. Neurological Problems of the Voice. J Singing 2003; March/April 2003:7-12.
*Fewins J, Simpson CB. Miller FR. Complications of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. Otolaryngol Clin N Am 2003;36:189-206.
*Simpson CB. Breathy Dysphonia (Diagnosis and Treatment of Vocal Fold Paralysis). American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundationís Patient of the Month Program 2002;31(7).
*Altman KW, Simpson CB, Amin MR, et al. Cough and paradoxical vocal fold motion. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2002;127(6):501-511.
*Cashman S, Simpson CB, McGuff HS. Soft tissue response of the rabbit larynx to gore-tex implants. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2002;111(11):977-982.
*Fleming DJ, McGuff HS, Simpson CB. Comparison of microflap healing outcomes with traditional and microsuturing techniques: Initial results in a canine model. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology 2001;110(8):707-712.
*Hickson CA, Simpson CB, Falcon R. Laryngeal pseudosulcus as a predictor of laryngopharyngeal reflux. Laryngoscope 2001;111:1742-1745.
*Gluth MB, Simpson CB, Wirth MA. Sternoclavicular joint swelling after surgery of the head and neck region: a case report and differential diagnostic review. American Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery 2001;22(5):367-370.
*Simpson CB. Globus pharyngeus: diagnosis and management of laryngopharyngeal reflux disease. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation's Patient of the Month Program 2000;30(4).
Simpson CB, Fleming DJ. Medical and vocal history in the evaluation of dysphonia. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America 2000;33(4):719-729.
Simpson CB, Holt GR. Hoarseness and laryngitis. In: Conn HF ed. Conn's Current Therapy 1999. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1999:30-36.
Simpson CB. Management of laryngopharyngeal reflux disease. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery 1999;7:343-348.
*Simpson CB, Sheshul M, Lennington WJ, et al. Histologic findings of silastic vocal fold medialization in the canine model. Laryngoscope 1999;109:1424-1427.
*Simpson CB. Teflon Granulomas of the Vocal Fold: Diagnosis and Management. American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, Inc. Patient of the Month Program. Volume 28, No. 8, July 1999.
*Shohet JA, Simpson CB, and Coleman JR. Angiolipoma presenting as a nasal mass. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1998;118:848-849.
Simpson CB, Postma GN, and Stone RE Jr, Ossoff RH. Speech outcomes after laryngeal cancer management. Otolaryngol Clin North Am, April 1997; 30(2):189-205.
Postma GN, Simpson CB. Advances in antibiotic therapy in otolaryngology. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996;4:212-216.