Biography

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.

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

Specialty Areas

Clinical Interest
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
  • Pediatric Ear Infections
  • Tonsillar Hypertrophy & Tonsillitis

    • Research Interest
    • 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

    Publications

    Featured Publications LegendFeatured 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

    Honors & Awards
    • 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)

    Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • 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