Dr. Shapiro discusses “The Pitt,” praising its realistic portrayal of healthcare challenges while highlighting a specific issue with how otolaryngologists are depicted.
More Than Skin Deep: Building a Workforce Patients Can Trust
Trust and racial disparities significantly impact patient care in otolaryngology, as illustrated by a Black patient’s reluctance to undergo a life-saving tracheostomy due to past medical complications and systemic distrust. This case highlights the need for diversity and education in the medical workforce to improve patient trust and outcomes.
A Case for Endoscopic Surgery: How Personal Experience Influenced Pursuit of a New Skill
Dr. Benjamin Wycherly shares his personal journey with ear surgery, and his experience as both patient and surgeon influenced his commitment to mastering and performing endoscopic ear surgery, which offers less invasive treatment options.
Looking Forward— Otolaryngologists’ Visions for 2026
ENT leaders share hopes, innovations, and inspirations shaping the future of ENT
To Be or Not to Be: A Sleep Fellowship-Trained ENT
Sleep breathing disorders like OSA are common and require specialized care. Otolaryngologists with sleep medicine training are uniquely qualified to manage these conditions through multidisciplinary approaches, including surgical options. Sleep fellowships offer advanced expertise and certification opportunities in this evolving field.
Changing Perspectives: Why ENT Surgeons Should Consider Nerve Reconstruction
We should consider our patients as more than just cases. They are people whose lives will be forever impacted by nerve loss, who will have lifelong issues with eating, speaking, and expressing themselves.
A Perspective on “The Deal”: Navigating the Complexities of American Medicine’s Social Contract
There is a tacit “deal” in American medicine. The “deal” was necessary because of how our education system evolved. In addition, the “deal” was created in partnership with the federal government as a method of providing healthcare to our population and our society. Social programs were adjunctive to the “deal,” and the costs for these programs have grown exponentially over time. The foundation of the “deal” was a trust that there was a shared mission-based integrity. However, there is also the gritty reality of economics behind the “deal.” How should a profession respond when trust is eroded and components of a long-standing relationship are parsed in such a way as to create an undue burden that ignores tenets of goodwill?
Shifting the Treatment Goalpost Toward Medical Management of Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
Repeat operative or clinic-based procedures to debulk papillomatous disease have been the standard of care to date in the treatment of patients with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) caused by chronic infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) type 6 or 11. Treatment of RRP is one of the rare instances in medicine of a chronic infection treated with repeat procedural intervention.
We All Need the Harmony of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Unison expressions with large groups can be very powerful, however, the richness of harmony is unparalleled and can surpass the power of unison work. A creative endeavor marked by everyone doing exactly the same thing will lose the interest of the audience eventually. Harmony, on the other can create interest and excitement. See how this translates for diversity and inclusion in the medical community.
Mentoring Research
Understanding the three phases of research can help principal investigators encourage trainees to successfully complete research projects.
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