Definition of otolaryngology
: a medical specialty concerned especially with the ear, nose, and throat
Updated on: 20 Mar 2018
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At Michael Teixido’s otolaryngology practice in Wilmington, Del., the annual holiday party has long featured a joke video lampooning the doctors.
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Alford was Baylor's chairman of otolaryngology for 43 years, from 1967 to 2010.
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Zeller, who is board-certified in otolaryngology and facial plastic surgery, is fellowship-trained in head and neck oncology and reconstructive surgery.
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Kraus is a professor of neurobiology, physiology; otolaryngology in the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University and is the principal investigator for the Auditory Neuroscience Lab.
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He's chief of otolaryngology at Northwell Health System's Phelps Hospital, in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. And Zalvan, himself, used to prescribe them regularly.
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Now, Gillison is credited with formally putting together the behavioral data and biomarkers to quell any skepticism, Carole Fakhry, an associate professor of otolaryngology and surgeon at Johns Hopkins, said.
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Dr. Rawal, also 29, is an otolaryngology head and neck surgery resident at the University of North Carolina Hospital.
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Dr. Michael Ellis, a professor of otolaryngology and a former present of the Louisiana Medical Society, said coders have the authority to override physicians' suggestions on how a procedure should be coded.
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First Known Use of otolaryngology
1897
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