Pediatrics

Rose Mary S Stocks is the Residency Program Director for Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery Department at UTHSC. She is a fellowship trained Pediatric Otolaryngologist with a Doctorate in Pharmacy and a long bench research history. She has conducted numerous NIH-funded research endeavors with an emphasis on ototoxicity and its prevention in the administration of chemotherapy in the guinea pig model. She has participated in, and published her experience in extra-uterine, prenatal surgical repair of defects of the head and neck (the EXIT procedure). She has served as Research Mentor to numerous residents over the years and greatly increased the amount of scholarly activity within the department. She has taught courses at a national level for the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery on Down’s Syndrome for the Otolaryngologist and Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway. She teaches first year medical students about examination of the ear, nose, and throat and is a tireless surgical educator in the training program. She is a Member of the LeBonheur Multidisciplinary Cleft Lip and Palate Team and devotes her expertise to the care of these patients and their families.