Welcome to our Residency Program
Residency | Specialties | Research | Global Health | Application | Handbook PDF |
Lessons in Global Health with Dr. Anna Messner
(residency program director).
Also pictured: Drs. Ashkan Monfared and Mai Thy Truong.
The Stanford Department of Otolaryngology is dedicated to providing the highest level of training to our residents through the use of cutting edge technologies, interactive and progressive learning methods, access to state-of-the-art facilities and laboratories, regular presentation oppotunities, and mentoring programs. We invite you to learn more about our department on this website.
- Provide patient care with both expertise and compassion
- Foster dedication to life-long learning and teaching
- Excel at state-of-the art medical care for patients with
otolaryngological diseases
- Take an investigative approach to the scientific and
policy questions in medicine
- Invent new approaches to diagnosis and therapy
- Implement and optimize emerging technologies
- Be active world citizens in the provision of health care to
those most in need
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| Anna Messner, M.D. Director, Residency Training Program |
Erika Shimahara, M.A. Education Specialist/Residency Coordinator (650) 736-1455 |
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Resident Rotation Schedule |
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Key
SUH – Stanford University Hospital
PAVA – Palo Alto Veterans’ Administration
LPCH – Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
NSU- Neurosurgery
ED – Emergency Department

We follow all ACGME guidelines for duty hours.
All call for the PGY2 through PGY5 years is from home.
Call for the PGY1 year varies by rotation.




