Welcome to the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery. Since our founding in 1909, we have grown substantially in clinical care, education and research—and through that growth we have kept the collegial, welcoming culture that defines our departmental family. I would like to share a few of our recent highlights.
Patient Care
Our team of 30 faculty physicians and 17 advanced practice providers cares for patients at Indiana University Medical Center, Riley Children's Health, Eskenazi Health, the Roudebush VA Medical Center and IU Health locations across greater Indianapolis. Each year we provide more than 60,000 outpatient visits and perform 11,000 surgical cases, including 160 cochlear implants, 280 microvascular free tissue transfers, 120 lateral skull base surgeries and 150 endoscopic pituitary and skull base procedures. We are actively expanding our faculty across multiple subspecialties.
Education
As part of the nation's largest medical school, our department hosts the country's longest-running post-graduate course, now in its 111th year. Our residency program, established in 1934, delivers exceptional clinical training: graduating residents perform more than twice the required volume of key index cases, with the majority of our graduates pursuing fellowship training. More than 90 percent of our faculty mentor IU School of Medicine residents and medical students. We offer fellowships in head and neck oncology and reconstructive surgery, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and rhinology and endoscopic skull base surgery, and we continue to build our collaboration with Moi University in Kenya through the AMPATH consortium.
Research
Our investigators have held continuous National Institutes of Health funding since 1987, beginning with the pioneering work of Richard Miyamoto, MD, and colleagues on outcomes in pediatric cochlear implantation. Today we rank 12th nationally in NIH funding among otolaryngology departments. Our dedicated research space has doubled in recent years, with newly renovated facilities in Walther Hall, the Glick Eye Institute and the Van Nuys Medical Research Building. Current work spans hearing outcomes in children and adults with cochlear implants, inner ear hair cell regeneration and tissue engineering of the larynx. Faculty and residents published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles this past academic year.
We are proud of what we have built and excited to continue our progress toward becoming a premier, internationally recognized leader in otolaryngology. I invite you to explore our department and programs—and to discover what makes Indiana such a unique and wonderful place for patients, trainees and faculty.
Sincerely,
