HENRY OU, MD

Assistant Professor

Department
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Specialties
Pediatric Otolaryngology

Site(s) of Practice, Maps, and Directions
Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center

Area(s) of Expertise
Ear disease
Neck masses
Cleft palate
Endoscopic sinus surgery

Education
MD--Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Postgraduate Training
Fellowship--Pediatric Otolaryngology--University of Washington, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Internship--General Surgery, University of Washington
Residency--Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington

Board Certifications
American Board of Otolaryngology, 2005

Licensure
State of Washington

Most Significant Articles and Abstracts

• An anatomically based frequency-place map for the mouse cochlea.
• Noise damage in the C57BL/CBA mouse cochlea.
• Otoplasty: An alternative approach to management of the deep conchal bowl.
• Chiu LL, Rubel EW, Raible DW, Ou HC: Using the zebrafish lateral line to screen forototoxicity.
• Ou HC, Santos F, Raible DW, Rubel EW: c-Jun N-terminal kinase inhibition blocks aminoglycoside but not cisplatin-induced hair cell death in the zebrafish lateral line.

Recent Presentations:

• Ou HC, Raible DW, Rubel EW: Using the zebrafish lateral line to screen an FDA library for compounds that protect hair cells. Presented at 2007 Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting.

Research Support:

Evaluation of candidate otoprotective compounds in the mouse utricle
Principal Investigator, National Organization for Hearing Research Foundation (NOHR) Grant

Evaluation of candidate otoprotective compounds in the mouse utricle
Principal Investigator, University of Washington Royalty Research Fund (RRF) Grant

“Development of a standardized scale for ototoxicity”
Principal Investigator, American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology Research Grant

As with many medical diseases, prevention of hearing loss may ultimately prove to be more effective than treatment. I am interested in developing strategies to halt hearing loss in its early stages by preventing the death of hair cells in the inner ear. My research thus revolves around understanding mechanisms of hair cell injury, and developing medical treatments for the prevention of ototoxic injury.

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