Overview
The Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Eastern Virginia Medical School offers a comprehensive residency training program leading to board certification. The curriculum encompasses all aspects of otolaryngology including head and neck and reconstructive surgery, facial plastic and maxillofacial surgery, nasal and endoscopic sinus surgery, otology and skull base surgery, laryngology and pediatric otolaryngology. Two residents are appointed each year through the National Residency Matching Program. One year of training in General Surgery at the Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine is included in the curriculum.
Surgery and patient care are supervised by full-time faculty and by members of the community faculty. Residents rotate to clinical services at five hospitals. At Sentara Norfolk General Hospital residents are exposed to a wide variety of disorders, emphasizing the areas of trauma, head and neck oncology, and general otolaryngology. Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center provides additional experience in general otolaryngology, and features the Hearing and Balance Center, a regional referral facility equipped with the latest technology in auditory and vestibular testing. Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, the only full-service children’s hospital in Virginia, has recently expanded and houses a facility devoted to ambulatory care of pediatric otolaryngology patients. Residents rotate to the Portsmouth Naval Hospital in the first and third years to refine their skills in general otolaryngology and facial plastic surgery. The eight member full-time faculty includes otolaryngologists with fellowship training in the areas of head and neck surgery, reconstructive surgery, voice surgery, pedicatric otolaryngology, neurotology and skull base surgery and plastic surgery.
Residents are required to attend formal teaching rounds and weekly, biweekly or monthly conferences in head and neck tumor treatment, surgical pathology, oral medicine, otology and neurotology, pediatric otolaryngology, and laryngology. Otolaryngology grand rounds are held weekly. Courses given by department faculty include a basic science course for first year residents, microvascular surgery, sinus surgery, reconstructive surgery and a course in temporal bone anatomy and surgery. Journal club is held monthly at the home of a faculty member. Mock oral board exams are conducted annually in conjunction with the residency at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Morbidity and mortality conferences are held quarterly. Residents are also responsible for medical student teaching and serve as instructors for the anatomy course at the medical school.
Second year (PGY 3) residents have a three-six month rotation in which to develop and execute a research project, which will culminate in presentation at a national meeting. Funding for research is available from a variety of sources. |
