Education in otolaryngology--head and neck surgery balances research, teaching, and clinical activities, directed by the largest full-time faculty of specialists in the country. In addition to clinical and didactic involvement, research is an essential part of all faculty members' lives.

As a result, the Department can offer students, residents and fellows the chance to participate in both laboratory and clinical research, with a range of projects exploring the auditory and vestibular systems, cancer biology, immunology, neurophysiology, laryngology and neurolaryngology, wound healing, flap physiology and many other areas germane to our specialty.