Dr. Michael Ray Holtel M.D.
Ear-Nose and Throat Doctor (ENT)
10670 Wexford St San Diego CA, 92131About
I come from a long line of engineers and teachers, but no one in my family was in the medical field. I think perhaps when I broke my wrist and a kind orthopedic surgeon took care of it, I started thinking ...
Education and Training
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
Uniformed Services University of The Health Sciences,Bethesda, Md, United States Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine 1984
Board Certification
OtolaryngologyAmerican Board of OtolaryngologyABOto
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Management of lateral sinus thrombosis.
- Sternal ossification masquerading as foreign bodies in the infant.
- Effect of pentoxifylline on the healing of guinea pig tympanic membrane.
- Quiz case 3. Traumatic ulcerative granuloma with stromal eosinophilia (TUGSE).
- Incidence of carcinoma in incidental tonsil asymmetry.
- Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia and sensorineural hearing loss.
- Radiofrequency ablation versus electrocautery in tonsillectomy.
- Radiofrequency excision versus monopolar electrosurgical excision for tonsillectomy.
- Pneumosinus dilatans.
- Emerging technology in head and neck ultrasonography.
- Cell phones in telehealth and otolaryngology.
- A toy story?
- Absorption of topical cocaine in rhinologic procedures.
Awards
- 2011 San Diego Super Doctors
Treatments
- Sinuplasty, Cochlear Implant, Ear Surgery And More
- Hearing Loss
- Ear Infection
- Swimmer's Ear
- Deviated Septum
- Skin Cancer
- Ear Wax
- Outer Ear Infection
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