Clinical Curriculum

St. Luke’s Otolaryngology residency includes extensive training in all aspects of surgical and clinical Otolaryngology, including a very busy surgical practice.

Facial Plastics

Our facial plastic surgeon, Dr. Keeler, runs a busy practice covering all of the operative procedures in facial plastic surgery, including rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, rhytidectomy, Moh’s reconstruction, and brow-lifts. Office procedures including chemical peels, fillers & botulinum toxin injections are also a large part of our practice.

Head and Neck Surgery

Our head and neck surgeons, Drs. Brown, Liu & Yen, run a complete head and neck surgical oncology practice, including microvascular reconstruction, thyroidectomies, parathyroidectomies, parotidectomies, laryngectomies, composite resections, and TORS procedures. Our multidisciplinary head and neck tumor conference meets regularly which includes participation from the otolaryngology residents.

Laryngology

Our laryngologists, Drs. Jaworek and Kaye, treat all disorders of the voice, upper airway and swallowing with a full range of diagnostics, operative and in-office procedures. Our laryngologists frequently collaborate with other specialties including speech-language pathology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, allergy, neurology, and thoracic surgery. Otolaryngology residents have opportunities to participate in multidisciplinary conferences at St. Luke's as well as other academic institutions.

Otolaryngologic Allergy

Our allergy & immunology faculty, Drs. Kearney, Johnson, Oh & Mujahid, alongside our otolaryngologic allergist, Dr. Prager, diagnose and treat allergic rhinitis and other otolaryngologic manifestations of allergy.

Otology & Neurotology

Comprehensive otologic care of pediatric and adult patients is carried out by our general otolaryngologists and audiologists. Advanced otologic/neurotologic care, including revision surgery, stapedectomies, cochlear implantation, and lateral skull base surgery, is performed by Dr. Roehm, our board-certified fellowship trained neurotologist and lateral skull base surgeon.

Pediatric Otolaryngology

Rotations in pediatric otolaryngology are performed at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, a 188-bed tertiary care safe net hospital for children which is a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center and the only regional burn center for children. The six-member faculty cover all of the Otolaryngology surgical services for children, including management of airway, head and neck cancers, otologic and rhinologic care, management of pediatric sleep disorders, and facial trauma. Dr. AbuAlsoud, our fellowship trained pediatric otolaryngologist also performs pediatric otolaryngology surgery within the St. Luke’s network.

Rhinology

We offer complete management of rhinologic conditions including surgical and in office treatment of acute and chronic sinusitis, postnasal drip, and nasal polyposis. Our fellowship trained Rhinologists, Drs. Bedrosian and Limjuco, also perform anterior skull base surgeries for pituitary adenomas and other frontal skull base pathologies and tumors.

Sleep Surgery

Our sleep medicine and surgery multidisciplinary team offers comprehensive management of sleep disorders. The surgical team led by Dr. Keeler offers surgeries such as drug induced sleep endoscopy (DISE), hypoglossal nerve stimulator, and various upper airway surgical modifications, among others. Dr. Brau, our pulmonology and sleep medicine specialist provides comprehensive medical management for sleep disorders including sleep studies, positive airway pressure equipment, and pharmacotherapy.

Research

The Otolaryngology Division engages in a number of research activities including trials of new surgical techniques and devices, clinical trials, quality improvement projects, and clinical practice guideline generation. Residents are expected to participate in research throughout the program and will present their findings at regional and national meetings. Residents will also be expected to develop their own IRB submissions and to publish their research findings. A dedicated team of research experts at St. Luke's provide educational lectures and guidance on research project development with the residents.