Department of Otolaryngology

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The UPMC Department of Otolaryngology offers an exceptionally strong training experience for Otolaryngology residents. The fundamental principle of the program is that resident responsibility is allocated gradually over the course of the five-year program, commensurate with the resident’s abilities and maturity.

The greatest strength of our program is the outstanding and committed teaching staff of full-time faculty, all of whom place the excellence of the residency-training program as their highest priority in their academic endeavors. The administrative, research, and a portion of the clinical activities of the Department of Otolaryngology are housed in The Eye & Ear Institute, one of very few centers in the United States dedicated solely to the specialties of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology.

The Otolaryngology and Plastic Surgery departments work closely together in a combined Head & Neck reconstructive team. The goal of this team is to combine the expertise of both surgical services to provide quality care for our patients, educate our residents and fellows, and to pursue high-impact research endeavors. The experienced surgeons on this team will focus on head and neck microvascular reconstruction, loco-regional reconstruction, and trauma in a busy tertiary-care environment. Residents and fellows from the two departments will be represented equally and are expected to have a robust reconstructive experience.

Additional inpatients as well as outpatient clinical sites are located at UPMC hospitals including Presbyterian, Montefiore, Shayside, Mercy, Children’s and the affiliated VA Hospital located a short walk from the Eye and Ear Institute. Today, with 89,000 employees, UPMC comprises 40 hospitals and a network of other care sites in Pennsylvania and around the world: doctors’ offices, cancer centers, outpatient treatment centers, specialized imaging and surgery facilities, in-home care, rehabilitation sites, behavioral health care, and nursing homes. Senior faculty provide tertiary sub-specialty care in all the major disciplines of Otolaryngology including: Head and Neck, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Allergy and Rhinology, Voice, Pediatrics, Swallowing, Skull Base, and Neurotology.

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