About the Department
The Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery at The University
of Iowa has developed a progressive and broad residency program providing
thorough training in all aspects of otology, rhinology, and laryngology
and has been involved historically in helping to make such broad training
universal in this specialty. This training and responsibility encompasses
maxillofacial surgery, including orofacial clefts and traumatic surgery;
cosmetic surgery of the head and neck; temporal bone surgery, including
otoneurologic surgery, skull base surgery and surgery for deafness or
infection; microvascular surgery; nose and paranasal sinus surgery; head
and neck tumor surgery; and bronchoesophagology.
Thirteen clinical faculty members, including nine otolaryngologists and
three plastic surgeons, are engaged on a full-time basis with responsibilities
in the medical education of students, interns, and residents as well as
postgraduate fellows and other graduate physicians and otolaryngologists.
In addition, each faculty member carries out an active program of ongoing
research and outpatient and in-hospital practice.
The seven departmental divisions are:
- otology/neurotology
- rhinology
- oncology of the head and neck
- plastic and reconstructive surgery
- speech pathology
- audiology
- pediatric otolaryngology
The highly trained members of each division provide a broad fund of knowledge
and experience in working with the clinical otolaryngologist. A unique
situation exists for an interchange of information and training involving
a wide variety of disciplines.
An atmosphere of close alliance and cooperation exists as well with the
various departments of the College of Medicine as each strives to provide
the very best in medical education and patient care.
This Department was conceived under Dr. L.W. Dean (Head, 1922-1938),
developed under Dr. D.M. Lierle (Head, 1938-1964), expanded by Dr. Brian
F. McCabe, and is presently directed by Dr. Bruce J. Gantz, Head. The
Department is committed to the inculcation of knowledge of head and neck
diseases as well as diseases of the ear, nose, and throat and is dedicated
to the discovery and delivery of the highest grade of medical care. By
design, it is dedicated to the discovery of phenomena and prospective
analysis of information, which will produce better practitioners of otolaryngology,
more critical observers, and an increase in the number of teacher-investigators.
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