Chairman's welcome:

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for inquiring about the Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery residency at Emory. The Department was formed just eight years ago and energizing and improving the residency was our first priority. The residency is fully accredited by the ACGME and contains all the components one would expect of a 21st century program. As confirmation of our success the size of the residency has been increased.

The first objective of the program is to provide each resident with outstanding training – through exposure to experienced and highly qualified faculty both in the operating room and the busy outpatient clinic. We have faculty subspecializing in all aspects of otolaryngology training including head & neck surgery, rhinology, laryngology, otology/neurotology, vestibular disorders, facial plastics and pediatric otolaryngology. Weekly didactic sessions provide education in basic and clinical sciences.
The second objective is to provide a meaningful research experience in the PGY-4 (Oto-3) year. This experience is a dedicated block of research time which can be in the department’s own laboratories or in a number of others around the Emory campus, including the Winship Cancer Institute, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory Medical School Basic Science Departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

As Chair of the department, I speak for each of the faculty’s commitment to train you to be able to go where you want to go and do what you want to do after the Emory residency. We have graduates in some of the most prestigious fellowships, in academic practice and in excellent private practices around the country. We look forward to meeting you in person and showing you what we are building at Emory.

Sincerely,

Douglas E. Mattox, M.D.