Get to know Dr. Cable
Education
Bachelor of Science - United States Military Academy at West Point (Superintendents Award for Excellence)
Medical School - Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Alpha Omega Alpha Honors graduate)
Otolaryngology Residency - Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Experience
Pediatric Otolaryngology Staff Surgeon 2003-2023
ENT Residency Teaching Instructor 2003-2017
Professor of Surgery - Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine 2017, Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences 2014
Otolaryngology Consultant to the Surgeon General 2014-2017
Cleft Lip and Palate Team Leader 2010-2017
ENT Surgical Missions Instructor - Nepal, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Palau
Commitment
72nd Annual Spring Symposium, Carilion Clinic, Mar 2022, invited speaker - Hearing Loss - Evaluation and Treatment for All Ages, Roanoke, VA
UCSF Pacific Rim Otolaryngology Updates, Feb 2017, Co-chair and speaker – Tympanostomy Tube Guidelines – Big Business and the Art of Medicine, Honolulu, HI.
American Academy of Otolaryngology Annual Meeting, Sep 2016, Invited Panelist, Ultrasound Point of Care Use, Pediatric Applications, San Diego, CA.
American Academy of Pediatrics – Practical Pediatrics, Sep 2016. Invited instructor - Tympanostomy Tubes, Evolving Indications and Managing Difficult Situations, The Noisy Airway: Evaluation of Stridor in the Infant and Child, Evaluation and Management of Hearing Loss, 90 Minutes to a More Accurate Ear Exam: Pearls for Evaluation of the Pediatric Ear. New York City, NY.
UCSF Pacific Rim Otolaryngology Updates, Feb 2016, Co-Chair and Invited speaker – US Health Care Policy, Honolulu, HI.
American Academy of Pediatrics – Practical Pediatrics, April 2015. Invited instructor - Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Screening for Pediatric Hearing Loss, Update on Treatment Options for Pediatric Sinusitis, Evaluating the Pediatric Ear. Santa Fe, NM
UCSF Pacific Rim Otolaryngology Updates, Feb 2015, Co-chair and speaker – Tympanostomy Tubes and Evidence Based Medicine, Treatment of Refractory Pediatric Sinusitis. Honolulu, HI.
UCSF Pacific Rim Otolaryngology Updates, Feb 2014, Invited speaker – Pediatric Aerodigestive Tract Foreign Body Management Pearls, Affordable Care Act – Progress Report Since Initiation. Honolulu, HI.
UCSF Otolarynogloy Update, November 2013. Invited keynote speaker – The Affordable Care Act. Invited speaker – Pediatric OSA: New guidelines and interpretation. San Francisco, CA.
American Academy of Pediatrics – Practical Pediatrics, May 2013. Invited instructor – Update on Pediatric Sleep Apnea, Managing Difficulties with Tympanostomy Tubes, Demystifying the Evaluation of Pediatric Hearing Loss, and Pearls for Evaluating the Pediatric Ear. Hilton Head, SC.
American College of Surgeons Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound Skills-Oriented Course, Feb 2013. Invited instructor, Interventional Head and Neck Ultrasound. Honolulu, HI.
UCSF Pacific Rim Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Update, Feb 2013. Invited speaker – Pediatric Sinusitis. Honolulu, HI.
UCSF Pacific Rim Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Update, Feb 2013. Invited speaker – The Affordable Care Act – A Practical Translation. Honolulu, HI.
Pediatric Laryngotracheobronchial Endoscopy Course, Dec 2012. Invited instructor – Tracheomalacia and stenosis, Vocal Cord Paresis, Pediatric Airway Instrumentation. Manila, Philippines.
Philippine Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Annual Convention, Dec 2012. Invited speaker – Subglottic Stenosis, Tracheostomy Home Care and Decannulation, Medical and Surgical Management of Otitis Media: Updates and Controversies. Manila, Philippines.
American College of Surgeons Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound Skills-Oriented Course, Invited instructor, Honolulu, HI 2012
Pacific Rim Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Update, February 2012. Invited speaker – Tympanostomy Update. Honolulu, HI.
Pacific Rim Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Update, February 2011. Invited speaker – Update on Pediatric Sleep Apnea, Pediatric Ultrasonography. Honolulu, HI.
Singhealth KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Pediatric Airway Course, August 2010. Invited speaker – Management of Laryngomalacia, Management of Subglottic Hemangioma, Congenital Laryngeal Anomalies, Indications for Tracheostomy. Singapore.
24th Annual Madigan Army Medical Center Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery Seminar, Jul 2010. Invited Speaker. Controversies in Otitis Media, Tacoma, EA.
American Academy of Pediatrics - Practical Pediatrics Course, May 2010, Invited Course Instructor, Managing complications of tympanostomy tubes, Pearls for evaluating ears, Noises in the night, an update on pediatric sleep apnea, Spelunking the pediatric airway. Austin, TX.
Pacific Rim Otolaryngology - HNS Update, Feb 2009. Pediatric Airway Obstruction. Honolulu, HI.
UCSF Otolaryngology Update, Nov 2009. Invited Speaker -The myringotomy tube conundrum, Pediatric Airway Instrumentation - be prepared. San Francisco, CA.
Streit Otolaryngology Conference, Feb 2008, Invited Course Instructor, Mitomycin C and the Airway, Truth or Lies? Washington DC.
Pacific Rim Otolaryngology Updates, Feb 2008, Invited Course Instructor, Minimally Invasive Techniques in Pediatric Otolaryngology. Honolulu, Hawaii.
American Academy of Pediatrics, Practical Pediatrics Course, 2007, Invited Course Instructor, Demystifying the Evaluation of Pediatric Hearing Loss, Tympanostomy Tubes: Current Indications and Practical Management, Update on Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Managing Children with Chronic Sinusitis, Chicago.
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Pediatric Airway Course, September 2007, Invited Instructor and Speaker, Pediatric Airway Management, Singapore
Pacific Rim Otolaryngology Updates, 2007, Invited Course Instructor, New Tools for Evaluating the Pediatric Airway. Honolulu, Hawaii.
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Pediatric Airway Course, September 2006, Invited Instructor and Speaker, Pediatric Airway Management, Singapore
Pan Pacific Surgical Association Congress, Feb 2006, Invited speaker, Pediatric Sinus Surgery Update, Waikiki, HI
Otolaryngology Updates, Feb 2006 – Invited Lecturer – Pediatric Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Controversies, Waikiki, HI
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Head and Neck Course, February 2006, Invited Instructor, Lasers in Head and Neck Surgery, Pediatric Sinusitis, Washington, DC
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Pediatric Airway Course, September 2005, Invited Instructor and Speaker, Pediatric Airway Stenting, Practical Applications for Mitomycin, Basic Bronchoscopy, Singapore
Harvard Medical School Multi-specialty Pediatric Airway Update, August 2005, Invited Speaker, Update on Pediatric Sleep Disordered Breathing, Waikiki, HI
American Academy of Pediatrics, Practical Pediatrics Course, August 2005, Invited Course Instructor, When Good Tubes Go Bad, Managing Tympanostomy Tube Challenges, Update on Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Managing Children with Chronic Sinusitis, and Spelunking the Pediatric Airway, Beaver Creek, CO
University of Iowa Pediatric Airway Course, April 2005 – Invited Instructor, Major Airway Collapse and Stenting, Mitomycin: Practical Applications in Wound Healing, Iowa City, IA
Otolaryngology Updates, Feb 2005 – Invited Lecturer - Uncommon Applications for Common Devices, Waikiki, HI
Pan-Pacific Surgical Association 2004 Meeting – Invited Lecturer – Challenging issues in otolaryngology, Waikiki, HI
Otolaryngology Updates 2004 – Invited Lecturer –Mitomycin and wound healing – Practical applications, Waikiki, HI
Otolaryngology Update for the Primary Care Provider TAMC 2004 – Course Instructor - Pediatric Airway Issues
American Academy of Otolaryngology Annual Meeting Instructional Course Co-presenter, Innovative Techniques in Pediatric Otolaryngology, September 2002, September 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.
University of Iowa Pediatric Airway Course - Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea - June 2002, 2003.
University of Iowa Laser Course - Laser Supraglottoplasty Instructor - June 2002,
University of Iowa Laser Course - Argon Plasma Coagulation Instructor - June 2003
American Academy of Pediatrics - Practical Pediatrics CME Course Instructor - Update on Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Update on Otitis Media 2002, Spelunking the Pediatric Airway, Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Sinusitis - Hilton Head, South Carolina - May 2002
Teaching
Authored Book Chapters
VJ Rooks, Cable BB. Head and Neck Ultrasound in the Pediatric Population. Head and Neck Ultrasonography: Essentials and Extended Applications, Second Edition. Plural Publishing, San Diego, CA. ISBN 978-1-59756-858-6. 2017.
Cable BB. Face and Neck Surgery. Pediatric Surgery and Medicine for Hostile Environments, Second Edition. Border Institute, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 2016.
Cable BB, Ruhl D. Foreign Bodies and Caustic Ingestion of the Aerodigestive Tract. Sataloff’s Comprehensive Textbook of Otolaryngology. JP Brothers Medical Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, 2015.
Cable BB, Smith RJH. Laryngeal Disorders, Chapter 234, Oski's Principles and Practice of Pediatrics, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philidelphia, PA, 2006.
Invited Reviewer for Academic ENT Journals
Annals of Otolaryngology
Laryngoscope
Head and Neck
Archives of Pediatrics
Journal of Pediatrics