Overview
The 12-month Emory Rhinology Fellowship involves structured post-residency training for qualified applicants interested in nasal and paranasal sinus disease. Subspecialty training is provided in medical and surgical management of rhinologic conditions and otolaryngic allergy at busy tertiary care facilities, and an active endoscopic skull base practice compliments the fellowship's inflammatory rhinologic component.
Training includes mentored surgical and office-based experience, didactic sessions, otolaryngology resident teaching, fellow clinic and surgical practices, and research opportunities. Emory Otolaryngology faculty involved with the fellowship are dedicated to the treatment of rhinologic, skull base, and otolaryngic allergy conditions.
Clinical Rotations
The Emory University rhinology practice is a tertiary care academic rhinology program. Conditions treated include inflammatory diseases of the nose and paranasal sinuses, with extensive revision endoscopic sinus surgery opportunities available. Surgery for structural conditions of the nose and sinuses, endoscopic and open skull base and orbital surgery, and procedures for nasal/sinus tumors are also frequently performed.
The rhinology fellowship provides ample opportunity for expanding clinical acumen in regard to pre- and post-operative medical management of sinus disease, as well as office-based procedures for the nose and paranasal sinuses. Emory Otolaryngology has an active allergy practice that provides outpatient allergy skin testing and subcutaneous and sublingual immunotherapy, and fellows can integrate allergy evaluation and treatment into their clinical training. The rhinology practices at Grady Memorial Hospital and the Atlanta VA Healthcare System also offer excellent opportunities to treat advanced inflammatory, neoplastic, and skull base diseases from a sinonasal perspective.
Weekly Schedule
Mentored tertiary surgical experience occurs in ambulatory and inpatient operating rooms two-to-four days per week, and includes endoscopic sinus surgery for inflammatory conditions, endoscopic skull base surgery, surgery for structural nasal and paranasal sinus conditions, and open sinonasal procedures. Fellows may also book and staff their own surgical cases.
Outpatient clinic experience is scheduled approximately one-to-two days per week. This includes one half-day for Rhinology Fellow clinic. Office-based rhinology procedures are frequently performed at the Emory Sinus Nasal and Allergy Center.
Fellows have the opportunity to staff rhinology and general otolaryngology surgical cases with Emory Otolaryngology residents at Grady Memorial Hospital and the Atlanta VA Healthcare System.
Diversity of Cases
The Emory Rhinology Fellowship provides an extraordinary breadth of tertiary care rhinology and skull base cases. The inflammatory rhinology practice includes primary and revision endoscopic sinus surgery, with extensive exposure to revision endoscopic frontal sinus surgery and allergic fungal rhinosinusitis. In addition, experiences in structural endonasal surgery, open paranasal sinus procedures, and endoscopic orbital and lacrimal surgery are provided.
The endoscopic skull base practice includes anterior skull base; sellar, parasellar, clival, and extended approaches for neoplastic and non-neoplastic conditions; intracranial processes; and skull base defects. Various techniques in endoscopic skull base reconstruction are also taught. Fellows have the opportunity to join our rhinology surgeons in performing endoscopic skull base procedures with Emory neurosurgeons. Fellows will also learn office-based procedures.
Call Schedule
Rhinology fellows take call in the faculty rotation of the Emory Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. While on call, fellows provide coverage of emergency department and inpatient consultations/admissions for the otolaryngology department for Emory University hospitals, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Grady Memorial Hospital, and the Atlanta VA Healthcare System during weekday nights and weekends.
Research Responsibilities
In addition to participating in ongoing research projects led by faculty, fellows are encouraged to complete original research and to attend national meetings to present their data.
Teaching Responsibilities
Didactic teaching responsibilities include two-to-four hours of resident teaching per year and one departmental Grand Rounds presentation. Fellows also have active planning and teaching roles in sinonasal endoscopic cadaver dissection courses for otolaryngology residents.
Eligibility and Application
Qualified applicants should be board certified or board eligible otolaryngologists, have a valid Georgia medical license or be eligible to obtain one, and be able to be credentialed at all hospitals covered by the Emory Rhinology practice (Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown, The Emory Clinic, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta VA Healthcare System, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta).
Applications are reviewed in the winter and spring of each application year, with chosen applicants invited to Atlanta to interview during the spring. The interview is a one-day experience that includes time spent with each of the rhinology faculty and the current fellow(s). During the interview, the applicant has the opportunity to tour the hospital and clinic facilities.
Applications are processed through SFMatch. The SF Match Program ID# is 2868. The timetable is available here.
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Contact
Sarah K. Wise, MD
Emory Sinus Nasal and Allergy Center
550 Peachtree Street 9th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30308
Tel (404) 686-7241
Fax (404) 686-4540