Our Residency Program
The Otorhinolaryngology Residency Program at LSUHSC is a five-year (including internship) regional program. The PGY 1 year includes 6 months of Otolaryngology, in addition to Critical Care, General Surgery and Anesthesiology rotations. Department practice sites are located in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette, with our faculty practice located at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The selection process for the fully ACGME accredited Otorhinolaryngology Residency Program at LSUHSC is highly competitive. Residents receive comprehensive breadth and depth of training from an extensive and supportive faculty team. Training includes rotations at a combination of five public and private facilities with an optimal balance of supervision and independent decision-making between the residents and faculty members. The program upholds a strong clinical emphasis consistent with LSU's reputation for training fine clinicians.
Didactics:
Conferences
- Weekly Otology/Neurotology Lecture
- Weekly Head & Neck, Rhinology, and Facial Plastic case conference
- Review upcoming weeks operative cases, focusing on imaging, pertinent anatomy, and surgical options
- Weekly Multidisciplinary Head & Neck Tumor Board
- Monthly Journal Clubs
- Monthly faculty led formal bedside teaching rounds
- Semi-annual Resident Injection Course
- Provided through a grant from Allergan, residents get hands on training injecting neuromodulators and dermal fillers.
- Monthly didactic days
- Held the first Tuesday of each month, these full day didactic conferences follow a curriculum based on the Bailey's Head and Neck Surgery Textbook so that the entire book will be covered twice during one's residency. Each conference is resident led with a subspecialty faculty mentor, and includes lectures, guest speakers, case based oral board prep, head and neck radiology review, Chairman's Rounds, and Safety, Quality Improvement, and Morbidity & Mortality (SQUIMM) Rounds.
Annual Courses
- Audiology and Vestibular Course
- Cricothyrotomy Day for the L1's
- Head & Neck Anatomy Dissection Course
- Microsurgical Skills Course (Bi-annual)
- Sinus and Allergy Course
- Temporal Bone Dissection Course
- Tracheo-esophageal-puncture (TEP) Course
- OTE in-service exam
- Beginning Salivary Endoscopy
- Advanced Salivary Endoscopy
Please direct all inquiries:
Elizabeth Yanes, MPH
Department Operations Coordinator
Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
LSU Health Sciences Center – School of Medicine
533 Bolivar Street, Suite 566
New Orleans, LA 70112
Office: (504) 568-4785
Fax: (504) 568-4460
Email: eyanes@lsuhsc.edu
SPOTLIGHT FACTS
Regional Program that offers training in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette
100% ABO certification rate, on 1st attempt, for all candidates in the past 10 years
2,500 to 3,000 cases per resident throughout residency
70% of Otolaryngologists in Louisiana have trained with LSU
Balance of resident autonomy and supervision
Representation of all subspecialties within Otolaryngology