Barry Wenig
Francis L. Lederer Professor of Otolaryngology, UIC College of Medicine; director of head and neck surgery and robotic surgery, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System
Biography
Dr. Barry Wenig is an expert of the diagnosis and treatment of cancers of the head and neck and a nationally recognized leader in minimally-invasive robotic surgery to remove head and neck tumors.
He has extensive experience using a surgical approach called transoral robotic surgery, or TORS, to reach throat, tongue, tonsils and larynx tumors by going in through the mouth rather than cutting through the neck.
Subject areas
- Head and neck cancer
- Robotic surgery