Alex Daniel Sweeney, M.D.
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Alex Daniel Sweeney, M.D.
Vice Chair - Clinical Affairs, Associate Professor
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Positions
- Vice Chair - Clinical Affairs, Associate Professor
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Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery
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Houston, TX US
- Brown Foundation Endowed Professorship
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- Director, Hearing and Balance Center
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- Director, Neurotology Fellowship Program
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- Associate Professor
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Department of Neurosurgery
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- Associate Professor
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Department of Surgery
Division of Otolaryngology
Texas Children's Hospital
- Adjunct Associate Professor
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Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Houston
Addresses
- Jamail Specialty Care Center (Clinic)
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1977 Butler Blvd.
Suite E5.200
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-5900
Education
- BA from University of Pennsylvania
- 05/2004 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
- MD from ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú
- 06/2008 - Houston, Texas United States
- Residency at ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú
- 06/2013 - Houston, Texas United States
- Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery
- Fellowship at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- 06/2015 - Nashville, Tennessee United States
- Michael E. Glasscock III, M.D. fellow in Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery
Certifications
- Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Certification
- American Board of Otolaryngology
- Neurotology Certification
- American Board of Otolaryngology
Honors & Awards
- Member
- Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) honor society; Texas beta chapter (06/2008)
- Member
- Gold Humanism Honor Society (06/2008)
Professional Interests
- Hearing Loss
- Tumors of the ear, temporal bone and skull base such as acoustic neuromas/vestibular schwannomas, meningiomas and carcinomas
- Cochlear implantation
- Cholesteatoma and chronic ear disease
- Temporal brain hernias and cerebrospinal fluid leaks
- Facial nerve disorders
- Otosclerosis
- Superior semicircular canal dehiscence
- Balance disorders
- Endoscopic ear surgery (EES)
Professional Statement
Alex D. Sweeney, M.D. is double board certified in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and Neurotology. He has particular interests in hearing loss, cochlear implantation and skull base tumors. He earned his medical degree and completed residency at the ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú. Following residency, he completed a 2-year clinical and research fellowship as the Michael E. Glasscock III fellow of the Otology Group at Vanderbilt University.Websites
Selected Publications
- Sweeney AD, Glasgow AE, Habermann EB, Link MJ, Carlson ML "." Otol Neurotol. 2016 Jul;37(6):793-8. Pubmed PMID:
- Sweeney AD, Hunter JB, Carlson ML, Rivas A, Bennett ML, Gifford RH, Noble JH, Haynes DS, Labadie RF, Wanna GB "." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016; Pubmed PMID:
- Sweeney AD, O’Connell BP, Patel NS, Tombers NM, Wanna GB, Lane JI, Carlson ML "." Otology & Neurotology. 2018;39(9):e849-e855. Pubmed PMID:
- Hunter JB, Zuniga MG, Sweeney AD, Bertrand NM, Wanna GB, Haynes DS, Wootten CT, Rivas A "." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016; Pubmed PMID:
- Sweeney AD, Carlson, ML, Shepard NT, McCracken DJ, Vivas EX, Neff BA, Olson JJ "." Neurosurgery. 2018;82(2):E29-31. Pubmed PMID:
- Carlson ML, Sweeney AD, Pelosi S, Wanna GB, Glasscock ME 3rd, Haynes DS "." Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. 2015;152(1):136-42. Pubmed PMID:
- Sweeney AD, Carlson ML, Valenzuela CV, Wanna GB, Rivas A, Bennett ML, Haynes DS "." Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. 2015;152(4):712-7. Pubmed PMID:
- Wanna GB, Sweeney AD, Haynes DS, Carlson ML "." Otolaryngology Clinics of North America. 2015;48(2):331-341. Pubmed PMID:
- Mingo K, Sweeney AD, Thompson RC, Rivas A "." Otology and Neurotology. 2015; Pubmed PMID:
- Yawn R, Hunter JB, Sweeney AD, Bennett ML "." F1000 Prime Rep. 2015;(7):45. Pubmed PMID:
- Espahbodi M, Sweeney AD, Lennon CJ, Wanna GB "." American Journal of Otolaryngology. 2015;36(4):578-82. Pubmed PMID:
- Sweeney AD, Osetinsky LM, Hunter JB, Haynes DS, Carlson ML "." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016; Pubmed PMID:
- Sweeney AD, Carlson ML, Wanna GB, Bennett ML. Glomus tympanicum tumors "." Otolaryngology Clinics of North America. 2015;48(2):293-304. Pubmed PMID:
- Wanna GB, Noble JH, Gifford RH, Dietrich MS, Sweeney AD, Zhang D, Dawant BM, Rivas A, Labadie RF "." Otology and Neurotology. 2015;36(8):1343-8. Pubmed PMID:
- Sweeney AD, Carlson ML, Zuniga MG, Bennett ML, Wanna GB, Haynes DS, Rivas A "." Otology and Neurotology. 2015;36(9):1480-5. Pubmed PMID:
- Carlson ML, Sweeney AD, Modest MC, Van Gompel J, Haynes DS, Neff BA "." Laryngoscope. 2015 Nov;125(11):2576-83. Pubmed PMID:
- Carlson ML, Sweeney AD, Wanna GB, Netterville JL, Haynes DS "." Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. 2015 Jan;152(1):98-105. Pubmed PMID:
- Sweeney AD, Osetinsky LM, Carlson ML, Valenzuela CV, Frisch CD, Netterville JL, Driscoll CLW, Haynes DS "." Otology and Neurotology. 2015;36(10):1714-9. Pubmed PMID:
- Sweeney AD, Carlson ML, Haynes DS, Thompson RC, Chambless LB, Wanna GB, Rivas A "." The Laryngoscope. 2015;125(2):323-5. Pubmed PMID:
- Hovis KL, Carlson ML, Sweeney AD, Haynes DS "." American Journal of Otolaryngology. 2015;36(2):130-5. Pubmed PMID:
- Hunter JB, Sweeney AD, Carlson ML, Wanna GB, Rivas A, Weaver KD, Chambless LB, Thompson RS, Haynes DS, Bennett ML "." Otol Neurotol. 2015;36(9):1537-42. Pubmed PMID:
- Noud M, Sweeney AD, Carlson ML, Bennett ML "." Otol Neurotol (E-pub ahead of print). 2015; Pubmed PMID:
- Morone PJ, Sweeney AD, Carlson ML, Neimat JS, Weaver KD, Abou-Khalil BW, Arain AM, Singh P, Wanna GB "." Otology and Neurotology. 2015;36(8):1439-42. Pubmed PMID:
- Sweeney AD, Carlson ML, Rivas A, Bennett ML, Haynes DS, Wanna GB "." American Journal of Otolaryngology. 2014;35(3):396-9. Pubmed PMID:
- Bhayani MK, Yilmaz T, Sweeney A, Calzada G, Roberts DB, Levine NB, Demonte F, Hanna EY, Kupferman ME "." Head and Neck. 2014;36(10):1490-6. Pubmed PMID:
- Wanna GB, Sweeney AD, Carlson ML, Latuska RF, Rivas A, Bennett ML, Netterville JL, Haynes DS "." Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. 2014;151(6):991-5. Pubmed PMID:
- Kahue CN, Sweeney AD, Carlson ML, Haynes DS "." Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014;22(5):359-66. Pubmed PMID:
- Holsinger FC, Sweeney AD, Jantharapattana K, Salem A, Weber RS, Chung WY, Lewis CM, Grant DG "." Curr Oncol Rep. 2010;12(3):216-22. Pubmed PMID:
- Sweeney AD, Fisher WE, Wu MF, Hillsenbeck SG, Brunicardi FC "." Journal of Surgical Research. 2010;160(2):268-76. Pubmed PMID:
- Koch DD, Maloney R, Hardten DR, Dell S, Sweeney AD, Wang L "." Ophthalmology. 2009;116(9):1688-1696. Pubmed PMID:
- Vivas EX, Carlson ML, Neff BA, Shepard NT, McCracken DJ, Sweeney AD, Olson JJ. "." Neurosurgery. 2018 Feb;82(2):E44-E46. Pubmed PMID:
- Pile J, Sweeney AD, Kumar S, Simaan N, Wanna GB. "." Laryngoscope. 2017 Jun;127(6):1413-1419. Pubmed PMID:
- Pattisapu P, Gresham M, McElwee T, Vrabec JT, Carlson ML, Sweeney AD. "." Otol Neurotol. 2018 Apr;39(4):494-498. Pubmed PMID:
- Sweeney AD, Hunter JB, Haynes DS, Driscoll CL, Rivas A, Vrabec JT, Carlson ML. "." Laryngoscope. 2017 Mar;127(3):698-701. Pubmed PMID:
- O'Connell BP, Hunter JB, Sweeney AD, Thompson RC, Chambless LB, Wanna GB, Rivas A. "." Otol Neurotol. 2017 Mar;38(3):416-422. Pubmed PMID:
- Sweeney AD, Hunter JB, Rajkumar SV, Lane JI, Jevremovic D, Carlson ML. "." Otol Neurotol. 2017 Mar;38(3):400-407. Pubmed PMID:
- Yawn RJ, Sweeney AD, Carlson ML, Wanna GB. "." Am J Otolaryngol. 2017 Sep;37(5):452-4. Pubmed PMID:
- Schuster D, Sweeney AD, Eisenberg R, Wanna GB "." American Journal of Otolaryngology. 2015;36(3):475-8. Pubmed PMID:
- Hunter JB, Carlson ML, Sweeney AD, Tombers NM, Wanna GB, Driscoll CLW, Haynes DS "." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016; Pubmed PMID:
- Carlson ML, Vivas EX, McCracken DJ, Sweeney AD, Neff BA, Shepard NT, Olson JJ. "." Neurosurgery. 2018 Feb;82(2):E35-E39. Pubmed PMID:
- Carlson ML, Marston AP, Glasgow AE, Habermann EB, Sweeney AD, Link MJ, Wanna GB "." Laryngoscope. 2016; Pubmed PMID:
- Sweeney AD, Carlson ML, Ehtesham M, Thompson RC, Haynes DS "." Current Otorhinolaryngology Reports. 2014;2:256-64.
- i. Pattisapu P, Lindquist NR, Appelbaum EN, Silva RC, Vrabec JT, Sweeney AD "." Otology & Neurotology. 2020;41(4):444-451. Pubmed PMID:
- vii. Placke L, Appelbaum EN, Patel AJ, Sweeney AD "." Journal of Neurosurgery Part B: Skull Base. 2019;80(2):139-148. Pubmed PMID:
- x. Carlson ML, O’Connell BP, Tombers NM, Lohse CM, Driscoll CL, Sweeney AD "." Otology & Neurotology. 2018;39(1):e20-e27. Pubmed PMID:
Memberships
- American Neurotology Society
- Houston Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- Otosclerosis Study Group
- American Hearing Research Foundation
- Research Committee
- American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
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