Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery

Tufts medical students have contact with the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery in several ways: (1) in the physical diagnosis course in which the students are taught the method of the otolaryngological examination; (2) during the third-year clerkship in general surgery when each student spends one week of the clinical specialties rotation in the otolaryngology department; and (3) in a one-month elective offered to fourth-year students at several of the Tufts-affiliated hospitals and in the private offices of practicing otolaryngologists (see catalog on electives). Second-year students may take an otolaryngology elective on Tuesday afternoons.

The department offers an active five-year Otolaryngology Residency Training Program. Ongoing research projects include otopathology, laser and optic systems research including a laser spectroscopy program in conjunction with MIT, research on otitis media, protocol evaluation of the treatment of malignancies of the head and neck, voice disorders, and endoscopic evaluation of middle and inner ear disorders. Students are welcome to participate in such projects as their time permits.