Department of OTO-HNS
| Fellowship Directors | Mark Swanson, MD, Director Daniel Kwon, MD, Co-Director |
| Administrators | Karen Yang |
| Address | 1537 Norfolk St Ste 5800 Los Angeles, CA 90033 |
Program Description
| Number of AHNS accredited Fellowship positions | 1 |
| Fellowship Duration / Type | 1 year / clinical |
| Fellowship Faculty: | Uttam Sinha, MD – H&N/Microvascular Niels Kokot, MD – H&N/Microvascular Tamara Chambers, MD – H&N/Microvascular Mark Swanson, MD – H&N/Microvascular Daniel Kwon, MD – Endocrine/H&N/Microvascular Liyang Tang, MD – H&N/Microvascular Albert Han, MD, PhD – H&N/Research Roxana Moayer, MD – Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery Jorge Nieva, MD – Medical Oncology Jacob Thomas, MD – Medical Oncology Adam Garsa, MD – Radiation Oncology Jennifer Ho, MD – Radiation Oncology Carlos Salinas, MD– Neuroradiology Brenda Villegas, EdD, CCC-SLP – SLP Jessica Tamashiro, CCC-SLP – SLP |
| Overview: This is a 1-year fellowship designed to cover the breadth of Head & Neck surgery including ablative, microvascular, skull base, robotic, cutaneous malignancies, and endocrine surgery. Fellows will work closely with faculty and residents as part of a multidisciplinary team to learn the comprehensive care of complex head and neck patients. The fellow will work with faculty in addition to leading residents through cases. This will allow the fellow to develop teaching skills and smoothly transition from trainee to attending when in practice. |
| Objectives: Microvascular and reconstructive training will include approximately 100 free flaps. This will be in addition to regional flaps and local reconstruction. Also, Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) for oropharynx and supraglottic tumors will be an important part of the training experience to offer minimally invasive techniques as treatment evolves for oropharynx cancer patients. In addition, transoral laser techniques for early laryngeal cancers and open partial laryngectomies are an integral part of the larynx cancer treatment. Our fellow also will spend time with endocrine surgeons to develop expertise in thyroid surgery, parathyroid disorders, and complicated revision cases. In addition to time with the department of otolaryngology, the fellow will work closely with medical oncology, radiation oncology, speech pathology, and neuroradiology as part of our multidisciplinary team. They will spend time in clinics and patient care for these medical subspecialties to understand the comprehensive care of these patients. The fellow will participate in our various tumor boards and discuss nuances of treatment and rehabilitation. |
| Eligibility: The fellowship will be open to physicians who successfully completed (or are in good-standing and will complete by the time the fellowship begins) an otolaryngology residency. The applicant must also be able to obtain a medical license in California and have passed all 3 stages of the USMLE. |
| Fellows’ Duties/Responsibilities: The fellow will be a clinical instructor in the department of otolaryngology. The fellow is expected to participate in the education of residents and medical students on the head & neck surgery service. They will on occasion lead resident didactics and lectures and help with teach cadaver dissections as part of the resident education. They will also lead one journal club per year. |
| Research Opportunities: A publication-quality research project will be required during the year. The fellow will choose a faculty mentor and design a clinical research project together. Regular meetings with their research mentor will ensure adequate progress and guidance through the project. A 10-minute research presentation will be required after completion of the project on our research symposium day. |
| Supervision, Teaching & Call: Fellows will rotate in the attending call schedule in the Department of Otolaryngology which is approximately on call 4 weeks of the year. |