Otolaryngology  or  ENT  (ear, nose, and throat)

 

Otolaryngology is the branch of medicine and surgery that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the head and neck. Practitioners are called and professionally designated by the more accurate term otolaryngologists – head and neck surgeons, as specialists trained in otolaryngology are experts in surgical conditions of the head and neck. Some people refer to it simply as head and neck surgery.  In the United States, otolaryngology is one of the most competitive specialties in medicine in which to obtain a residency position following medical school.

 

 

Head and neck oncology

• Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx

• Oral cancer

• Skin Cancer of the head & neck

• Thyroid cancer

• Endocrine surgery of the head and neck (thyroidectomy, parathyroidectomy)

• Microvascular free flap reconstruction

• Skull base surgery

 

 

 

Otology and neuro-otology

1. Dizziness
   BPPV – benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
   labyrinthitis/vestibular neuronitis
   Ménière's disease/endolymphatic hydrops
   Perilymphatic fistula
   acoustic neuroma
   Hearing loss
   Mastoiditis

2. 
   

 

 

 

Rhinology

 

Rhinology pertains to sinus diseases and the anterior skull base.
Environmental allergies
Sinusitis – acute, chronic
Rhinitis
Empty nose syndrome