MicrotiaCare.com
MicrotiaCare.com is the patient education website for the Congenital Ear Center at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Our Goals
Provide the most comprehensive "One Stop Shop" to coordinate all of your microtia / atresia care from hearing and speech assessments to surgery for both hearing and microtia reconstruction.
Provide a road map that can help you to navigate all of the diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in the years ahead.
About Dr. Noel Jabbour
Dr. Jabbour is trained in Pediatric Otolaryngology with special emphasis in microtia and atresia surgery and treatment of hypernasality (too much air escape from the nose during speech).
Dr. Jabbour completed medical school at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, residency in Otolaryngolgy--Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Minnesota, and fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology at Vanderbilt University. He has been on faculty at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children's Hopsital of Pittsburgh since 2013.
He is the director of the Congenital Ear Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, the home clinic for MicrotiaCare.com and a member of the Cleft-Craniofacial Team.
Dr. Jabbour is passionate about education for both his trainees and for patients and their families. He has a Masters of Science in Medical Education, and currently serves as the fellowship program director for pediatric otolaryngology and the associate residency program director for otolaryngology at UPMC.
About Melanie Lutz, AuD, CCC-A
Melanie is a clinical audiologist at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is the audiology liaison to the Congenital Ear Clinic multidisciplinary team. She also facilitates integrated care for patients attending the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. Melanie provides a range of diagnostic testing, as well as amplification management including cochlear implants, hearing aids, and bone-anchored devices.
Melanie has a clinical doctorate in audiology from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In addition to her clinical work, Melanie enjoys educating audiology students as a clinical supervisor and adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh.