Neurotology Fellowship

Overview

The 12-month Neurotology Fellowship involves structured post-residency training for qualified applicants. Subspecialty training is provided in medical and surgical management of otology conditions at busy tertiary care facilities.

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 otology conditions.

Clinical Rotations

The Emory University Neurotology practice is a tertiary care academic program.

Weekly Schedule

Mentored tertiary surgical experience occurs in ambulatory and inpatient operating rooms two-to-four days per week. 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 Fellows clinic.

Fellows have the opportunity to staff surgical cases with Emory Otolaryngology residents at Grady Memorial Hospital and the Atlanta VA Healthcare System.

Diversity of Cases

The Fellowship provides an extraordinary breadth of tertiary care cases.

Call Schedule

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.

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.

Program Faculty

Director:

Esther Vivas, MD

Additional Faculty:

Douglas Mattox, MD

Candace Hobson, MD

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