Steps to help physicians set personal and professional goals, define their scope of practice, determine which services to offer, and avoid common mistakes when launching a private practice


Steps to help physicians set personal and professional goals, define their scope of practice, determine which services to offer, and avoid common mistakes when launching a private practice
Common questionnaires, tests such as the Beck Depression Inventory, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale can help physicians assess patients’ moods, distress levels


Winners of the Patrick E. Brookhouser Award for Excellence, the George L. Adams Young Faculty Award, several Resident Research Awards, and authors of outstanding research and clinical posters were honored at society’s annual conference

Ways to determine the cause of daytime sleepiness in OSA patients despite their use of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device, normalized apnea-hypopnea index


Unrecognized partial hearing loss in children can negatively affect their classwork and quality of life, but early intervention may mitigate psychosocial effects of hearing impairment in pediatric patients

Ways to manage the inferior turbinate, perform septoplasty while preserving the septum, and correct the collapsed nasal dorsum were discussed by panelists at the Triological Society’s Combined Sections Meeting in Miami Beach, Fla. in January

Experts discussed best practices with timing of reconstructive surgery, follow-up care for patients with basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma at the Triological Society’s Combined Sections Meeting in Miami Beach, Fla. in January

Experts weigh the pros and cons of surgery for recurrent thyroid tumors, and safety of bone-anchored hearing aids versus unilateral cochlear implants in a panel discussion at the Triological Society’s Combined Sections Meeting in Miami Beach, Fla. in January