Amy Hughes, MD

Education:

BA, Boston College, 2003
MD, Loyola University, 2008

Residency:

Intern, Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, 2008-2009
Otolaryngology, University of Connecticut Health Center, 2009-2013

Fellowship:

Pediatric Otolaryngology, Boston Children’s Hospital, 2013-2014

Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

• Salivary gland disorders
• Management of drooling
• General pediatric otolaryngology
• Airway disorders

• Hughes AL and Choi S. Does Intra-Glandular Injection of Botulinum Toxin Improve Pediatric Sialorrhea? The Laryngoscope 2018;128(7):1513-1514.

• Hughes AL, Roberson D, Bannos C, Trudell EK, and Vernacchio L. Appropriateness of Tympanostomy Tubes in the Boston Metropolitan Area: Are the AAO-HNSF Guidelines Being Met? Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017; 157(6):1041-47.

• Delsing C, Glader LJ, Hughes A, Parr J, Pennington L, Reddihough DS, Van Hulst K, Van Der Burg, JJW. (2016) Sialorrhea Care Pathway. Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine.

• Hughes AL, Murray N, Valdez T, Kelly R, and Kavanagh K. Development of the Connecticut Airway Risk Evaluation (CARE) System to Improve Hand-off Communication in Pediatric Tracheotomized Patients.  JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2014;140(1):29-33.

• Murray LN, Valdez TA, Hughes AL, Kavanagh KR. Teaching a tracheotomy handoff tool to pediatric first responders. International Journal of Pediatric Otolaryngology 2018;114: 120-123.