Otolaryngologists are uniquely positioned to develop innovations that improve patient care (and ease physician stress), but the path to entrepreneurship isn’t easy or obvious.

Otolaryngologists are uniquely positioned to develop innovations that improve patient care (and ease physician stress), but the path to entrepreneurship isn’t easy or obvious.
Otolaryngologists strongly support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in medicine, with 59% of trainees and 86% of practicing otolaryngologists “favoring or strongly favoring” DEI initiatives.
Realistic hope can be beneficial to the patient if developed within the envelope of evidence and experience known by the clinician and bolstered by an honest, informed discussion with the patient.
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.
Medical students and residents are embracing new technologies to help them study. This shift is driven by advances in artificial intelligence (AI), educational platforms, and other digital tools, along with demands for more flexible and personalized learning.
Correctly identifying the origin or cause of VPI is critical to successful treatment. Surgeons share their thoughts on treating velopharyngeal insufficiency with injectables.
Otolaryngologists say that carefully choosing the right words, understanding the goals and values of the other party involved, and having a good dose of self-awareness go a long way, both in helping to avoid conflicts and in preventing escalation when they arise.
More than 13 million U.S adults live with measurable smell dysfunction, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
At the 2025 Combined Sections Meeting, held in Orlando, Fla., January 23-25, the four sections of the Triological Society took the stage to recognize and appre-ciate otolaryngologists from across the country.