Tran Bao Locke, MD, FAAOA, FARS
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Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Otolaryngology - Clinical
Baylor College of Medicine
Education
- BS from Brown University
- Providence, RI
- Biology
- MD from McGovern Medical School
- Houston, Texas United States
- Residency at University of Kansas Medical Center
- Kansas City, Kansas United States
- Clinical Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia, United States
Certifications
- American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Honors & Awards
- Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Society
- Texas Chapter (06/2013)
- AAO-HNS/SRF Resident Leadership Grant
- 08/2018
Professional Interests
- Allergy
- Olfaction and Olfactory Disorders
- Outcomes of Endoscopic & Skull Base Surgery
- Chronic Rhinosinusitis
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
- Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease
- Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis
- Sinonasal and Skull Base Tumors
Professional Statement
Dr. Locke is a fellowship-trained rhinologist and anterior skull base surgeon. She has a special interest in revision sinus surgery, benign and malignant sinonasal and skull base tumors, and repair of cerebrospinal fluid leaks. She earned her medical degree at the McGovern Medical School in Houston and completed her residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Following residency, she completed her fellowship in rhinology and anterior skull base surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. She is passionate about providing high-quality, personalized medical and surgical care to patients with diseases of the nose and sinuses.Selected Publications
- Locke T, Sweis A, Gleeson P, et al. "Age as a Factor in the Treatment of Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease: Relationship to Required Aspirin Maintenance Dose Post-Desensitization." Int Forum of Allergy Rhinol. 2020 Aug 6; Pubmed PMID: 32761891
- Bosso J, Locke T, Kuan E, et al. "Complete endoscopic sinus surgery followed by aspirin desensitization is associated with decreased overall corticosteroid use." Int Forum of Allergy Rhinol. 2020 Sep 1;10(9):1043-1048. Pubmed PMID: 32558306
- Sweis A, Locke T, Ig-Izevbekhai K, et al. "Major complications of aspirin desensitization and maintenance therapy in aspirin‐exacerbated respiratory disease." Int Forum of Allergy Rhinol. 2020 Jul 16; Pubmed PMID: 32671928
- Sweis A, Locke T, Douglas J, et al. "Management of chronic rhinosinusitis with steroid nasal irrigations: a viable non‐surgical alternative in the COVID‐19 Era." Int Forum of Allergy Rhinol. 2020 Sep;10(9):1108-1109. Pubmed PMID: 32573106
- Locke T, Sweis A, Lin T, et al. "The Impact of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and Aspirin Desensitization on Psychological Burden in Aspirin- Exacerbated Respiratory Disease." World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 2020 Oct;
- Le T, New J, Jones J, et al "Inhibition of fibroblast growth factor receptor with AZD4547 mitigates juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma." Int Forum of Allergy Rhinol. 2017 Oct;7(10):973-979. Pubmed PMID: 28707818
- Sweis A, Locke T, Ig-Izevbekhai K, Lin T, Kumar A, Douglas J, Corr A, Civantos A, Tripathi S, Kennedy D, Kohanski M, Palmer J, Adappa N, Bosso J. "Effectiveness of endoscopic sinus surgery and aspirin therapy in the management of aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease." Allergy Asthma Proc. 2021 Mar 1;42(2):136-141. Pubmed PMID: 33685558
- Douglas J, Civantos A, Locke T, Sweis A, Hadjiliadis D, Hong G, Dorgan D, Kohanski M, Palmer J, Adappa N "Impact of novel CFTR modulator on sinonasal quality of life in adult patients with cystic fibrosis." Int Forum of Allergy Rhinol. 2021 Feb;11(2):201-203. Pubmed PMID: 33070454
Memberships
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- American Rhinologic Society
- Residents and Fellows Committee
- American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- North American Skull Base Society
- (01/2022)
- Texas Association of Otolaryngology
- (11/2023)
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