UNC Facial Nerve Center

07/07/2025

Thank you, Dr. Tyler Rist (far right), for all of your hard work this past year in caring for facial paralysis patients at the UNC Facial Nerve Center! Having just completed his fellowship at UNC, Dr. Rist will be going to the Medical University of South Carolina where he will continue to build and expand their facial nerve center.

05/30/2025

Read about a patient's amazing journey with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome in the Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Foundation's May newsletter. Thank you so much for sharing your story!

​On May 1, 2025, members of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Health and Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Venue for Exploration (HHIVE) Lab had the opportunity to speak with Howard Stall about his experience living with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. In this month’s newsletter, we’ll be highlighting Howard’s story...

05/15/2025

There need to be more facial nerve centers around the country and world so facial paralysis patients can get the care they deserve! This morning Dr. Miller gave the keynote presentation at the AAFPRS Spring Meeting in New Orleans about how to start and build a facial nerve center. The UNC Facial Nerve Center team wants to thank all of our patients who travel to see us, both from near and far!

05/12/2025

This weekend the whole facial nerve center team got together with their families to celebrate another great year! There was a 60' bounce house and plenty of "grown ups" enjoyed it alongside the kids!

04/08/2025

Procedures such as eyelid surgery and facelift can often help facial paralysis patients achieve some of their goals! When you come for consultation at the UNC Facial Nerve Center, we will discuss all available options with you.

02/28/2025

Today is Rare Disease Day, a day that highlights the need for improved awareness, access to current treatments, and medical research for potential future treatments of rare diseases. Ramsay Hunt Syndrome is one of these diseases desperately needing increased awareness and support for patients. With these goals, the Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Foundation has been established:
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Please consider signing up and supporting this important foundation to help improve care for Ramsay Hunt Syndrome patients!!!

Email from Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Foundation Welcome to RHSF Introducing the Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Foundation   Imagine waking up one morning, in the prime of your life, only to realize that half of your

12/19/2024

Happy Holidays from the UNC Facial Nerve Center!!! Wishing everyone a safe and joyful holiday season. We cannot wait to see you in the New Year!

11/22/2024

We have loved having Dr. Eduardo Lopez Orozco from Guadalajara, Mexico, visit the UNC Facial Nerve Center the last two weeks. An important mission of the Facial Nerve Center is teaching clinicians worldwide how to care for patients with facial paralysis. This way ALL facial paralysis patients can have improved access to care!

11/04/2024

In this research from the UNC Facial Nerve Center, we demonstrate certain patient populations (e.g., patients living in rural areas, non-English speaking patients, Black patients) with limited access to care are less likely to present for evaluation of their facial paralysis. We must work hard to make sure all facial paralysis patients have access to our treatments.

10/27/2024

This week was the Annual AAFPRS Meeting in New Orleans. As one of the biggest facial paralysis meetings in the world, it is a great opportunity to educate others and share ideas about how to best care for patients with facial paralysis. Here is Dr. Miller with Dr. Mohan (left) from Yale and Dr. Ozucer (right) from Istanbul, Turkey.

10/10/2024

Research shows as many as 40% of patients with facial paralysis have a mental health issue such as depression or anxiety. As we get ready to recognize World Mental Health Day on October 10, we must remember how common mental health issues are among facial paralysis patients. YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!! It is imperative that we continue to focus on the mental health along with the physical health of patients with facial paralysis.