Dr. Gary Wayne Elam M.D.
Ear-Nose and Throat Doctor (ENT)
520 N Washington Ave Odessa TX, 79761About
Dr. Gary Elam is an ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctor, also known as an otolaryngologist, practicing in Odessa, TX. Dr. Elam specializes in diseases and disorders of the ear, nose and throat as well as other parts of the head and neck. Such structures an ENT may work on include the sinuses, larynx (voice box) and mouth in addition to the ear, nose and throat. There are seven areas of expertise that an ENT might specialize in, and these are: allergies; facial reconstructive surgery; head and neck; laryngology; otology/neurotology; pediatric otolaryngology; and rhinology.
Education and Training
Univ of Ok Coll of Med, Oklahoma City Ok 1967
University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine 1968
Board Certification
OtolaryngologyAmerican Board of OtolaryngologyABOto
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effects of D-amphetamine and of secobarbital on optokinetic and rotation-induced nystagmus.
- Continuous phenothiazine therapy for horses. II. A taxonomic study following four years of treatment.
- Critical tests with piperazine-carbon disulfide complex (parvex) against parasites of the horse.
- Strain variation in the response of sheep nematodes to action of phenothiazine. III. Field observations.
- Studies on Trichostrongylus axei (Cobbold, 1879). VII. Some quantitative and pathologic aspects of natural and experimental infections in the horse.
- Critical tests with polymethylenepiperazine (PMP) against parasites of the horse.
- Field studies comparing piperazine-carbon disulfide complex with carbon disulfide for parasite control in the horse.
- Critical tests with the organic phosphate insecticide, dimethoate, against Gastrophilus spp. in the horse, with observations on its anthelmintic action.
- Studies on Trichostrongylus axei (Cobbold, 1879). IV. Some aspects of treatment, pathogenicity, and quantification in experimental injections of a horse strain in calves.
- Studies on Trichostrongylus axei (Cobbold, 1879). V. Some quantitative and pathologic aspects of experimental infections with a horse strain in sheep.
- On the blood picture of sheep exposed to the medium stomach worms.
- On the blood picture of healthy Southdown and Hampshire ewes.
- Effects of some motion sickness suppressants on static and dynamic tracking performance.
- Effects of secobarbital and d-amphetamine on tracking performance during angular acceleration.
- A comparison of some effects of three antimotion sickness drugs on nystagmic responses to angular accelerations and to optokinetic stimuli.
Treatments
- Allergies
- Ear Infection
- Deviated Septum
- Hay Fever (allergic Rhinitis)
- Broken Nose
- Ear Wax
- Tonsillitis
- Goiter
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