Seckin Ulualp, M.D.

Dr. Ulualp is a graduate of Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical School. Upon completion of his Otorhinolaryngology residency training at the Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul, he conducted research at the Dysphagia Institute of Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed pediatric otolaryngology fellowship training at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York. He served as the Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology and the Medical Director of Specialty Care Clinic at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston prior to joining UT Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Ulualp applies multidisciplinary team approach in his practice. His practice style is based on performing the assessment of the patient’s problem through careful listening and explaining the diagnosis and management in simple terms to achieve mutual understanding. Dr. Ulualp is an author and co-author of over 90 peer-reviewed and invited manuscripts, abstracts, and presentations.

Medical School	University of Istanbul (1992)
Residency	Haydarpasa Numune & Egitm & Arastirma Hastanesi (1996), Otolaryngology
Fellowship	State University of New York Buffalo - GME (2005), Pediatric Otolaryngology

• Ear, Nose & Throat (Otolaryngology)
• Pediatric Otolaryngology
• Pediatrics

• Primary Interests
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
• Pediatric Ear Infections
• Tonsillar Hypertrophy & Tonsillitis

• Application of lasers in pediatric otolaryngology
• Gastroesophageal reflux associated pediatric otolaryngologic disorder
• Outcomes analysis for pediatric otolaryngologic disorders
• Pediatric airway, swallowing, and voice Disorders
• Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea

Featured Publications

Flexible laryngoscopy-guided pharyngeal pH monitoring in infants.

Ulualp S, Rodriguez S, Holmes-Wright C. Laryngoscope 2007 117(4) 577-50

Pharyngeal acid reflux events in single and multiple otolaryngologic disorders.

Ulualp SO, Toohill RJ, Shaker R. Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery 1999 121 725-730

Course of proptosis in patients with Graves? disease after endoscopic orbital decompression

Ulualp SO, Massaro B, Toohill RJ Laryngoscope 1999 109 1217-1222

Pharyngo-UES contractile reflex in patients with posterior laryngitis.

Ulualp SO, Toohill RJ, Kern M, Shaker R. Laryngoscope 1998 108 1354-1357

Functional magnetic resonance imaging of auditory cortex activation in children.

Ulualp SO, Biswal BB, Yetkin FZ, Kidder TM Laryngoscope 1998 108 1782-1786

Bilateral atresia of submandibular duct orifices

Ulualp S, Rodriguez S, Hernandez J, Hay M. American Journal of Otolaryngology March 2007 28 184-186

Pharyngeal pH monitoring in infants with laryngitis

Ulualp SO, Rodriguez S, Shen J, Cunningham S, Holmes-Wright C. 2007 2007 137 776-779

Microdebrider removal of tracheal papilloma in the child with obstructed laryngeal inlet

Ulualp SO, Ryan MW, Wright ST The Journal of Laryngology and Otology 2007 121 1070-1072

Monitoring of gastric acid suppression in patients with extraesophageal reflux disease

Ulualp SO, Brodsky L. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 2007 71 1849-1853

Spectrum of middle and inner ear abnormalities in infants with congenital heart defect

Ulualp SO, Wright CG, Roland PS Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2005 133 (2) 260-8

• Resident Travel Grant (Mentor)
  American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (2007)
• Poster Competition Second Place
  American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (2004)
• Poster of Distinction
  American Gastroenterological Association (1998)

• American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• American Adacemy of Otolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery
• Dysphagia Research Society
• Society for Ear, Nose, and Throat Advances in Children