The residency program within the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the UCI School of Medicine provides comprehensive training to our residents in a nurturing and supportive environment. Our faculty have diverse clinical interests and backgrounds, offering trainees broad-based, hands-on education with an emphasis on lifelong learning and innovation through research.
Five years in duration, the program accepts two or three residents per year in alternating years. Program graduates have a history of outstanding performance on the American Board of Otolaryngology examination.
The following subspecialty areas are included in training:
- Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery (including facial trauma)
- Head and neck surgery
- Laryngology
- Otology and neurotology
- Otolaryngic allergy and immunology
- Pediatric otolaryngology
- Rhinology and endoscopic skull base surgery
- Sleep surgery
- Audiology
- Speech pathology
In addition, interdisciplinary interaction with such specialties as neurosurgery, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, general surgery, trauma, head and neck pathology, and neuroradiology are an integral part of the content and planning of the training program. Our residents graduate well trained and ideally positioned to enter further training in the fellowship of their choice or start practicing general otolaryngology.