September 15, 2020
Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, an associate professor in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and UC Health physician, discusses seasonal allergies with local TV stations Fox 19 and WCPO.
August 21, 2020
Ahmad Sedaghat, director of rhinology, allergy and anterior skull base surgery at the University of Cincinnati, discusses COVID-19 attack on the central nervous system with NPR affiliate in Cincinnati WVXU. Sedaghat, an assistant professor in the College of Medicine, sees patients at UC Health where he specializes in diseases of the nose and sinuses.
June 19, 2021
Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, director of the University of Cincinnati Division of Rhinology, Allergy and Anterior Skull Base Surgery, tells WKEF-TV in Dayton why it is taking months for some COVID-19 patients to regain their sense of smell.
June 11, 2021
Ravi Samy, MD, professor in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and chief of the UC Division of Otology/Neurotology, spoke with Ivanhoe Broadcasting for a segment about a new implant designed to help hearing impaired patients.
October 21, 2021
One of the most common and disturbing side effects of COVID-19 is the loss of the sense of smell. New research from UC found some common coping mechanisms that helped COVID patients deal with a lessened sense of smell, which severely impacts the sense of taste. The study was published in the International Forum of Allergies and Rhinology. The combination of the loss of smell and taste, which are also known as the chemosensory senses, due to COVID-19 has been particularly devastating, with research showing associated depression, anxiety and impaired quality of life. It is something Katie Phillips, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery at the UC College of Medicine sees in many COVID patients who come into her clinic.
December 10, 2021
Parosmia is a post-COVID-19 condition that can make once-pleasant foods and scents smell and taste disgusting, in some instances like sewage, garbage or smoke. The condition is being reported in increasing numbers. HuffPost published a story on parosmia, citing the case of a 20-year-old woman who has posted several TikTok videos on her experiences with the condition. One of the experts cited in the article is Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, associate professor and director of the Division of Rhinology, Allergy and Anterior Skull Base Surgery in the UC College of Medicine.
April 15, 2021
Rebecca Howell, MD, of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in the UC College of Medicine, was interviewed by WXIX-TV, Fox19 about World Voice Day coming up on Friday, April 16.
September 23, 2021
Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, University of Cincinnati Director of Rhinology, Allergy and Anterior skull base surgery, and associate professor of otolaryngology was interviewed by CNBC for a story on parosmia, a side effect of COVID-19 that distorts a person's sense of smell.
May 26, 2023
University of Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers will present abstracts at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting 2023, held in Chicago June 2-6.
May 5, 2023
The University of Cincinnati's Soma Sengupta was a co-first author on research published in Cell Reports Medicine New that found that a cancer stem cell test can accurately decide more effective treatments and lead to increased survival for patients with glioblastoma, a deadly brain tumor.