Catherine Picken, M.D.
Thomas Troost, M.D.
Caterina Willson, Au.D, CCC-A
Dr. Cathy
Picken:
Although a native of
Illinois, Dr. Picken has lived and worked in Washington for over 20
years. She graduated summa
cum laude from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and then graduated
from Northwestern University Medical School.
She completed her internship and two years of residency in
General Surgery at Northwestern before coming to Washington as a
clinical fellow at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute,
Surgical Branch.
After selecting Head and Neck Surgery as her career choice,
she completed four years of residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck
Surgery at Georgetown University Medical Center.
During her early
career, she served as the Chief, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in
Washington for four years before joining the Department of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Georgetown full-time.
She was with Georgetown University for over ten years prior to
entering private practice. Dr.
Picken received numerous awards while at Georgetown, including teaching
awards, a Special Citation for Clinical Excellence, and recognition in
the hospital’s Gallery of Service Excellence every year since it was
instituted. She has been
cited in Washingtonian magazine’s “Top Doctors”, Who’s
Who, and Best Doctor’s in America.
Currently, she serves as a member of the Board of Directors of
the Georgetown University Hospital.
Dr.
Picken has gained recognition in the community for her experience and
expertise in nasal and sinus problems including polyps, tumors and
complex revision procedures; evaluation and treatment of sleep
disorders; and head and neck tumors including benign and malignant
disorders of the salivary glands, thyroid and parathyroid glands, neck,
mouth, throat and voicebox.
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Dr.
Thomas Troost:
Dr. Troost is an honors graduate of Yale University
and received his MD & PhD degrees from Georgetown University.
He did a Microbiology fellowship at the Institute of Genetics in
Moscow, Russia for one year. He completed his residency training in Otolaryngology - Head
& Neck Surgery in 1988 from Georgetown University and is board
certified in Otolaryngology and a Fellow in the American College of
Surgeons. He was selected in
1999 as one of The Best Doctors in
America, Washingtonian Magazine's Top
Doctors and Who’s Who in Medicine.
Dr. Troost has had
nine years of specialization at Georgetown University Hospital's
Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery managing sinus
diseases medically and surgically with the latest in technologies
including computer-guided endoscopic sinus surgery. He also has special
expertise in the management of voice disorders including spasmodic
dysphonia with Botulinum Toxin injection, vocal cord paralysis evaluation
and rehabilitation, as well as the latest in medical and laryngeal
microsurgery techniques. His
office has the latest diagnostic technologies including videostroboscopic
vocal cord analysis for the evaluation and treatment of those with voice
problems.
Specializing in
the practice of general Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery with
special expertise in:
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Chronic sinusitis
/ Nasal polyposis / Computer guided endoscopic sinus surgery /
Revision surgeries / Orbital & Optic nerve decompressions / CSF
leak repair
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Smell & Taste
disorders
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Sleep apnea,
Snoring & Nasal obstruction treatment by Somnoplasty
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Voice disorders /
BoTox treatment of spasmodic dysphonia / Diagnosis & management of
vocal cord paralysis / Vocal cord microsurgery / Videostroboscopic
evaluation of vocal cord motion / Care of the professional voice user
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Caterina Willson
Caterina Willson, Au.D, CCC-A, graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Bachelors degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences and Psychology in 2000. She received her doctorate in Audiology in May 2006. During graduate school, she had the opportunity to work at five different student internship positions, including various hospitals, ENT offices and schools; she did her year-long clinical externship at Colorado Otolaryngology Associates, the largest Ear, Nose and Throat practice in southern Colorado. At this office she did diagnostic testing for hearing and balance and fit hearing aids. She saw a large variety of patients, from young children through adults.
Dr. Willson began working with The Washington Audiology Center in September of 2006. At The Washington Audiology Center, Dr. Willson does a broad range or diagnostic testing for hearing and balance and fit hearing aids. She enjoys spending time with her husband and son in her spare time.
