Sub-Specialty Training in OTOHNS
III Rhinology/Allergy
The resident training in Rhinology consists of a number of lectures
and reading sessions during the 24-month lecture cycle. This complements
an allergy/immunology rotation during the PGY-2 resident year.
Principles of skin endpoint titration testing are learned and seen
in actual clinical practice in the busy Allergy clinic. Residents
learn the technique and decision-making process as to appropriate
concentration, dosage and antigen to be included in immunotherapy
treatment. In addition, lecture and reading sessions include the
use of modified RAST and other in-vitro testing methods and their
application to immunotherapy.
OTOHNS residents receive an extensive surgical experience in
endoscopic sinus surgery. State-of-the-art endoscopic powered instrumentation,
suction-irrigation endoscopes and a stereotactic surgical guidance
system enhances training in the most advanced endoscopic techniques,
such as the modified Lothrup procedure, endoscopic CSF leak repairs
and endoscopic resections of anterior cranial fossa neoplasms.
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