Many otolaryngologists are going back to school mid-career to pursue advanced degrees that teach topics applicable to healthcare that aren’t covered in medical school, allow surgeons to expand their knowledge base and skill sets, improve job satisfaction, and support career advancement.
Access to gender affirmation care and surgery in California has evolved over the past two decades and has set precedents for the rest of the nation.
At the time of this writing, the Tennessee state government had made headlines across the world that healthcare providers should pay attention to not only for ethical considerations, but also for professional ones.
Meals together allow us the time to pause, listen, and learn about the people in our lives, turn colleagues into friends, and enrich our life experience by connecting with new people.
The end of the public health emergency signals many changes in the healthcare industry, but among the most important will be changes to the use of telehealth.
In April 2023, we listed a variety of topics at the 2023 Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM) in Boston that had piqued the interest of ENTtoday’s physician editor Robin W. Lindsay, MD. This time, we’ve taken a closer look and highlighted some of the topics chosen.
The nutritional impact of head and neck cancer (HNC) doesn’t begin with diagnosis: approximately 30% of affected patients are malnourished prior to diagnosis and treatment and need a multidisciplinary care plan that begins before treatment, continues during therapy, and extends well after treatment.
We all have our stories about the early days of COVID-19 and how we tried to convince ourselves that this would be a two-week hiccup, after which we would get back to our normal lives. We couldn’t have been more wrong.
Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, took the stage to deliver the Joseph H. Ogura, MD, Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Triological Society—held as part of the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings—and discussed decision-making and health disparities.