WashU Medicine Otolaryngology residents Katherine Garvey, MD, Andrew Peterson, MD, MSCI, and Dan Romano, MD, competed against three other teams in the 19th annual Academic Bowl, held October 19 as part of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation’s annual meeting. Although the WashU Med team was highly competitive, the Jeopardy-style […]
Four chief residents in the Department of Otolaryngology at WashU Medicine have matched their top choices for prestigious fellowship programs, pursuing advanced surgical training in their chosen specialties. When 80 percent of a graduating cohort pursue fellowship training, that tells you something about the program’s focus on preparing trainees for academic medicine. When those graduating […]
The R25 Physician-Scientist Training Program at WashU Medicine Otolaryngology provides a wealth of opportunities for residents interested in research or a career in academic medicine. These opportunities include exposure to many different research studies, coursework in statistics, research conduct and oversight, a monthly Academic Career Development Conference and special courses like CREST and Critical Appraisal. […]
The Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at WashU Medicine has created a new seven-week course to promote leadership skills for upper-level residents. According to Director of Resident Education Judith Lieu, MD, MSPH, the motivation for the course stems from the fact that senior and chief residents are de facto leaders of their […]
The 10th Annual Midwest Otolaryngology Simulation Training course (MOST) brought together first- and second-year otolaryngology residents from across the Midwest to network and practice essential skills. Hosted July 11 by the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at WashU Medicine, the event welcomed trainees and faculty from WashU Medicine, Saint Louis University, University […]
Graduation ceremonies for the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at WashU Medicine were held June 26 at the Knight Center on the Danforth campus. The evening’s festivities celebrated graduating chief residents Andrew Charap, MD, David Lee, MD, MSCI, Joseph Roh, MD, and Theresa Tharakan, MD, MSCI. Lee and Tharakan were also recognized for their […]
Residents in Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology at WashU Medicine – along with nine invited residents from across the Midwest – practiced open and endoscopic surgical approaches to the anterior skull base at their annual course, Saturday, May 30. Neurosurgeons and otolaryngologists often work together to surgically remove benign and malignant tumors involving the skull base and […]
Graduating fellows in the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at WashU Medicine have spent the past year undergoing intense surgical training with their specialty mentors. We asked them to share their future plans, thoughts on their fellowship experience, and what they will miss most about St. Louis. Please join us in congratulating these outstanding […]
The Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences recognized its graduates during a Commencement Recognition Ceremony held at the Eric P. Newman Center on the medical school campus, Friday, May 15. WashU’s top ranked Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences awarded 12 Doctor of Audiology degrees and 10 Master of Science in Deaf Education degrees this […]
As our chief residents in WashU Medicine Otolaryngology look forward to graduation, we checked in to see what the next stage of their career looked like, what they considered the highlight of their training, and what advice they might offer their junior colleagues. Their responses reflect a group of highly qualified, humble and caring individuals […]