Richard HungMD, F.A.C.S.
Dr. Richard T. Hung, M.D., F.A.C.S., trained at Baylor College of Medicine and Medical College of Wisconsin. He has a special interest in advancing the treatment of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis. The Balloon Sinuplasty procedure has revolutionized the management of sinusitis by improving outcomes and limiting recovery times, and can be performed in the office simultaneously with a nasal septoplasty, avoiding hospitalization for this common procedure. Dr. Hung has continually been named a Texas Monthly Super Doc as well as one of America’s Best Doctors. He has been featured on Discover Health Channel’s Mystery Diagnosis. Patients consistently rate him five stars on Healthgrades and Vitals.com. Outside the office, Dr. Hung enjoys scuba diving, surfing and kite boarding. He is immersed in raising three great kids with his beautiful wife. He likes to photograph deep sea marine life, his children surfing and his family.
Education
Undergraduate
- University of Texas, Austin, Texas 1986-1989
Distinguished College Scholar
Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society
Golden Key National Honor Society Scholarship
Medical
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 1989-1993
Internship
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1993-1994
Residency
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1994-1998
Lee G. Eby Resident Award
Board Certification
- American Board of Otolaryngology, 1999
Awards
- Best Doctors in America
Best Doctors, Inc - America’s Top Physicians
Consumers’ Research Council of America - Top Doctors in Texas
Texas Monthly - Lee G. Eby Research Award in Otolaryngology
Medical College of Wisconsin - Distinguished College Scholar
University of Texas at Austin - Phi Beta Kappa
University of Texas at Austin
Publications and Presentations
- Assignment: Houston; A televised public health presentation about obstructive sleep apnea
United Paramount Network, Station KTXH
Houston, TX. September 1998 - Assignment: Houston; A televised public health presentation about snoring
United Paramount Network, Station KTXH
Houston, TX. October 1998 - “Midline Cervical Cleft with a Bronchogenic Cyst”
Andryk JE, Hung RT, Conley SF.
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 1999;47:261-264
Wisconsin Society of Otolaryngology –
Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, October 1997
SENTEC Annual Meeting, December 1997 - “Report of the First Case of Invasive Fungal Sinusitis Caused by Scopulariopsis Acremonium: Review of Scopulariopsis Infections”
Ellison M, Hung RT, Smith K, Campbell BH
Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery1998;124:1014-1016 - “Vestibular Compensation in Guinea Pigs Receiving IV Lidocaine After Unilateral Labyrinthectomy”
Hung RT, Harvey SA, Millen SJ.
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1999; 120:12-16
Middle Section Meeting of the Triological Society, January 1997 - “Amiodarone Induced Thyrotoxicity: The Role of Thyroidectomy”
Hung RT, Dankle SK.
100th Annual Meeting of the Triological Society, May 1997
Wisconsin Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, October 1996 - “Aminoglycoside Toxicity via Inhibition of Ornithine Decarboxylase in Neonatal Rat Tissues”
Hung RT, Henley CM.
Association of Research in Otolaryngology Annual Meeting, February 1995 - “Giant Cell Carcinoma of the Parotid”
Hung RT, Jindal JR, Clowry LJ, Schultz C, Freije JE.
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 1996;114:657-60
Wisconsin Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, October 1994 - “Orbital and Periorbital Infections in Children”
Sulek M, Hung RT.
American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology Annual Meeting, April 1993 - “DFMO Inhibits Cochlear Polyamine Metabolism in the Developing Pigmented Rat”
Davis K, Buentello R, Rosario M, Hung RT, Henley CM.
Association of Research in Otolaryngology Annual Meeting, February 1993 - Mystery Diagnosis, 2006-2007
Discovery Health Channel
Academic Appointments
- Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Assistant Clinical Professor
Professional Organizations
- American Medical Association
- American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery
- American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society
- American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery
- Texas Medical Association
- Harris County Medical Society
- American College of Surgeons
- American Head and Neck Society
- American Rhinological Society
