COVID 19 Interfering with student seeking residency positions.

We have all been affected by covid but until my last MS4 student rotation, the true realization of multiple concerns taxing students. Outside rotations are required to enable the student to introduce themselves and display their skills to program directors. This insight provides the prospective resident about the residency and program director.

Hospitals and schools are prohibiting these outside rotations. Canceling them with as little as a weeks notice, sending the student scrambling to fill this valuable needed time and possibl...

Fall 2020 Presidents Report

As we head into Fall, the traditions normal seen and experienced have been upended by the Covid pandemic. Typically kids and parents are excited to return to school, fall sports are starting, leaves are changing colors and, depending on where you live, people head to cider mills. The only constant this year is the leaves will still change colors.

As I write this in the beginning of August, not a whole lot has changed in last several months. The Covid pandemic still seems to be out of control in this country, protesting is still going on and there is an upcoming pre...

It all began in about 1997. Leo Skorin, DO and two of his colleagues discussed the concept of a more comprehensive ophthalmic manual that expanded on the ones in print at that time. They felt that this type of book, one that is more in-depth but simultaneously easy to use and reference, would fill a much-needed niche. So these three editors-to-be developed and refined their concept. They presented their idea to Wolters Kluwer/LWW (formally Lippincott). The well-known and respected medical publisher agreed to proceed with the project.

The three editors then gathered authoritative author...

New! Case Studies in Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology: A Clinical Review

With 118 actual patient cases in more than 580 pages, Case Studies in Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology is the most comprehensive case-based resource for otolaryngologists to enhance training in residency programs and practice state of the art evidence based medicine in the specialty. It is updated and enhanced by illustrations, tables, radiology and audiology studies.

Ron B. Mitchell, MD, Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University...

The AOCOO-HNS Foundation Board of Directors approved a recommendation brought by the Foundation Advisory Committee (FAC). Because of funding cuts within hospitals, Drs. Paul Imber and Jack Alway realized there was a need to support PGY 2 & 3 ophthalmology residents and PGY 3 & 4 otolaryngology residents pay for their continuing education. Drs. Imber and Alway made a presentation to the FAC and asked the FAC to recommend to the Foundation Board of Directors to create a Covid-19 Resident Education Grant. This grant will provide up to $750.00 per resident, towards reimbursing educational expenses...