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Department / Division
Surgery /
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Address
DUMC 3805
Durham, NC 27710
Appointment Telephone
919-684-3834
Office Telephone
919-684-6968
Fax Telephone
919-684-9108
Clinical Interests
Surgery of skull-base tumors, including acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma), meningioma, glomus tumor and cancers; stereotactic radiation for skull-base tumors using BrainLab linear accelerator system (Linac) and gamma knife; surgical and medical management of chronic ear diseases such as ear infection, eardrum perforation, and cholesteatoma; management of temporal bone trauma; facial-nerve paralysis from Bell's palsy, Ramsay Hunt syndrome, and facial-nerve tumors, including facial-nerve schwannoma and hemangiomas; surgical and medical management of hearing loss in pediatric and adult patients for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, including cochlear implantation, otosclerosis, Baha implants, and hearing aids; surgical and medical management of conditions that cause dizziness, including Meniere's disease, chronic dysequilibrium, vertigo, migraine-associated vertigo, positional vertigo
Research Interests
Dr. Kaylie's main research interests are in hearing preservation skull base surgery. He has patented a laser Doppler probe that can measure blood flow in the inner ear and nerves during surgery for the removal of skull base tumors. This allows real-time monitoring of function that was previously not available. He is also involved in development of carbon dioxide laser tools for ear surgery.
This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.
