The resident training in Rhinology consists of a number of lectures and reading sessions during the 24-month lecture cycle. These sessions complement an allergy/immunology rotation during the PGY-3 resident year. Principles of intradermal dilutional testing are taught and experienced in actual practice at the busy allergy clinic. Residents learn the technique and decision-making process involved in determining appropriate concentration, dosage and antigen 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 enhance training in the most advanced endoscopic techniques (such as, the modified Lothrup procedure, endoscopic leak repairs and endoscopic resections of anterior cranial fossa neoplasms).

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