Overview
The month-long and observational Emory Voice Center Laryngology Mini-Fellowship focuses on developing an increased awareness of voice, swallowing, and airway disorders, and exposes fellows to the multidisciplinary medical and surgical treatments of these conditions.
In order to begin developing a surgical skill set to treat disorders of the voice, fellows will have access to a state-of-the-art, on-site laryngeal surgical dissection lab equipped with surgical trainers where laryngeal framework procedures and endolaryngeal phonomicrosurgery can be done on cadaveric specimens.
Requests for increasing the fellowship's duration will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Goals and Objectives
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By observing the evaluation of patients in the outpatient setting, fellows will learn the history-taking and physical examination skills pertaining to these disorders, and become familiar with videostrobolaryngoscopy techniques and interpretation.
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Fellows' diagnostic skills will be enhanced by monthly case rounds that involve presentation and discussion of difficult cases by the multidisciplinary team. They will also work closely with on-site speech-language pathologists and singing specialists to improve their understanding of the roles of nonsurgical treatment and physical rehabilitation of the voice.
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Fellows will be exposed to numerous office-based procedures, including videostrobolaryngoscopy, transnasal esophagoscopy, laryngeal botulinum toxin injections, injection medialization laryngoplastics, and endolaryngeal laser procedures.
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In the operating room, fellows will observe such endolaryngeal procedures as direct laryngoscopies, microsuspension laryngoscopies, phonomicrosurgery for benign and malignant lesions, and treatment of laryngeal and airway stenosis; laryngeal framework procedures; and dysphagia surgeries. Fellows will learn the physiological and technical issues associated with these surgeries.
Duties and Responsibilities
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Fellows will shadow physicians and speech pathologists in the outpatient setting as they conduct patient workups and minor office-based procedures, and observe surgical procedures in the operating room, though they will be unable to participate in these cases due to licensing issues.
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Fellows are expected to develop a solid skill set in phonomicrosurgical and laryngeal framework procedures by working in the surgical training laboratory.
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Fellows will not have on-call responsibilities.
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Fellows are encouraged to participate in new and/or ongoing research efforts.
Conferences
Fellows have the option of attending all educational conferences sponsored by the Emory Voice Center and the Emory Department of Otolaryngology, including weekly grand rounds and didactic lectures.
Housing
The Emory Voice Center is unable to offer room or board to visiting fellows, though it can assist in resolving these issues.
Application
To apply, please email fellowship director Dr. Jeanne Hatcher.
Program Faculty
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Additional Faculty: