Gretchen Champion, MD

Director, Allen Ear, Nose, Throat & Allergy

Presbyterian Hospital of Allen
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Suite 210
1105 North Central Expressway
Allen TX 75013

www.entallen.com
(972) 747-4646 (office)
(972) 747-4633 (office fax)

Academic Appointments

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Texas-Southwestern
Medical Center, Dallas, TX 2005-Current

Education

Residency: Chief Resident Physician, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals, St. Louis MO

Resident Physician, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals, St. Louis MO

Internship: General Surgery Intern, Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis MO

Medical School: M.D., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Graduate, 2000

College: B.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, 1995
Phi Beta Kappa
Overall GPA: 3.9 Major: Microbiology
Additional Collegiate Education : University College, London, UK

Certification and Licensure

Board Certified, American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Texas Medical License, 2005-current
Texas Department of Public Safety Registration
Advanced Cardiac Life Support & Basic Life Support Re-certificated August 2005
United States Medical Licensing Exams (USMLE) completed and passed June 2002

Honors and Awards

“D” Magazine Best Doctors in Dallas, 2006

Joseph Chole Humanitarian Award for Outstanding Commitment to Patient Care, 2005
Washington University Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Excellence in Teaching Award, 2005

Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honors Medical Society (top 10% of graduating class)
Robert Carter Medical School Award for Superior Academic Achievement
Janet M. Glasgow Award - American Medical Women’s Association
Dean’s Commendation for Outstanding Clinical Performance
McGraw-Hill Book Award for Superior Pre-Clinical Academic Performance

James B. Angell Collegiate Scholar (for straight A’s throughout college)
Phi Beta Kappa
University of Michigan Alumni Scholarship

Conference Presentations

Champion GA, Lieu JC. Prediction of ABR referral in high risk newborns. SENTAC, New Orleans LA. 31 October 2003.

Champion GA, Piccirillo JP. Impact of computed tomography of pretherapeutic staging of patients with laryngeal cancer. American Academy of Otolaryngology, Denver CO. 9 September 2001.

Champion GA, Higgins DE, DiRita VJ. Genetic analysis of tox T: A virulence regulatory gene of Vibrio cholerae. American Society for Microbiology, Washington DC. 22 May 1995.

Book Chapters

Champion GA. Pharyngitis. Chapter 26 in Primary Care for Women, editor Leppert, copyright 2003 Lippincott-Wilkinson, Philadelphia PA.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Lieu JC and Champion GA. Prediction of ABR referral in high risk newborns. {submitted September 2005}

Champion GA and Piccirillo JP. Impact of computed tomography on pretherapeutic staging of patients with laryngeal cancer: Demonstration of the Will Roger’s phenomenon. Head and Neck; 26: 972 - 976. (2004)

Zhang Z, Jin L, Champion GA, Seydel KB, Stanley SL Jr. Shigella infection in a SCID Mouse-human xenograft model: role for neutrophils in containing bacterial dissemination in human intestine. Infection and Immunity 69(5):3240-7. (2001)

Seydel KB, Zhang T, Champion GA, Fichentaubaum C, Swanson PE, Tizipori S, Griffiths JK, Stanley SL Jr. Cryptosporidium parvum infection of human intestinal xenografts in SCID mice induces production of human tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin 8. Infection and Immunity 66(5):2379-82. (1998)

Champion GA, Neely MN, Brennan MA, DiRita VJ. A branch in the ToxR regulatory cascade in Vibrio cholerae revealed by characterization of tox T mutant strains. Molecular Microbiology 23(2):323-31. (1997)

Educational Activities

Advanced Course Allergy, Park City, UT, December 2005
Advanced Rhinology Concepts, Cleveland, OH, November 2005
Dallas Otologic Institute Temporal Bone Course, Dallas, TX, October 2005
American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, Los Angeles, September 2005
Advanced Otologic and Neurotologic Surgery, St. Louis MO, June 2005
AO Craniomaxillofaxial Surgery Workshop, St. Louis MO, May 2005
Endoscopic Sinus Techniques: Practical Anatomy Workshop, St Louis, MO August 2004
American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, Dallas TX, February 2004

Academic Associations

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy
Society for Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases of Children (SENTAC)
American Rhinologic Society
North Texas Ear Nose & Throat
American Medical Association
Texas Medical Association
Collin County Medical Association

Otolaryngology Teaching Activities

Washington University School of Medicine Pre-clinical Science Courses:
Head and Neck Anatomy
Head and Neck Examination

Grand Rounds Presentations

Computer Simulation in Otolaryngology, 2005
CSF Rhinorrhea, 2004
Caustic Ingestion, 2003

Joseph Ogura Day Presentations

Prediction of ABR Referral in High-Risk Newborns, 2003
Stage Migration in Laryngeal Cancer, 2001