Residency Training
INTERVIEWS
January 12 & 13, 2021
Program Overview
2020 Residency Inaugural Open House
Stanford University Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery hosted a Virtual Departmental Open House on Saturday, August 29, 2020 on Zoom.
Resident Life at a Glance
The Stanford Department of Otolaryngology offers two different tracks for residency training. Applicants may apply to one or both programs. Interviews for both programs are conducted on the same days.
Clinical
Program
We offer four positions in the five-year clinical track.
Clinician-Scientist Training Program
We offer one position in the Clinician-Scientist Training Program, a seven-year track which includes two years of protected research time (during the third and fourth years of residency).
Mission and Philosophy
At Stanford OHNS, we endeavor to prepare our residents to:
- 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.
Specialties
Clinical Sites
Our residents rotate at the following locations:
LPCH Children’s Hospital (Photo: Novum Structures)
Stanford Hospital (Photo: Business Wire)
Sleep Surgery Clinic, Redwood City (Photo:Norbert von der Groeben)
VA Palo Alto Health Care System (Photo: VA Palo Alto)
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (Photo: SCVMC)
Curriculum
As part of their curriculum, residents attend routine conferences including:
Education Sessions
Grand Rounds
Temporal Bone Labs
The Rodney Perkins Temporal Bone Laboratory is a surgical dissection lab outfitted with 12 operating stations for educational and research purposes. This multipurpose space is also used for rhinology and laryngology simulation and dissection in addition to skull base and temporal bone applications.
Research Education
For six evenings this summer, we are featuring a series of workshops about the basics of how to conduct research. Topics include research design and bio-statistics, how to review papers, principles of presenting and grant-writing.
Quality Improvement
Through a series of interactive, flipped classroom workshops, residents are guided through the quality improvement process. While all residents participate annually, third year residents are tasked with carrying out a longitudinal project. Residents learn to apply the A3 Problem Solving method, identifying outcomes and developing SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time bound) goals.
Journals & Book Clubs
Held approximately six times a year, journal and book clubs are deep dives into literature and the latest clinic research. We cover topics that span from robotics to medical professionalism and ethics to the most up-to-date surgical techniques. This year for our annual book club we are reading: "So You Want to Talk About Race" by Ijeoma Oluo.
Every year we host a book club for residents and anyone interested. Here are some of the books we have read over the years.
Additional Educational Opportunities
Residents have opportunities to supplement their core education with a variety of other courses and events including the following:
- Otolaryngology/Neurotology Update
- Pediatric Otolaryngology Update
- Western States Rhinology Conference
- Facial Plastics Conference
- Resident Symposium
Stanford GME Virtual Tour for Applicants