The Ear, Nose, and Throat (Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery) Department provides care for patients with problems involving the ears, sinuses, oral cavity, nose, throat, voice box, swallowing and airway passages, and neck. From voice and swallowing, balance and hearing issues to complex cancers of the head, neck, and skullbase, we provide diagnosis and both surgical and non-surgical treatment to improve your quality of life. 

Leading Expertise

Award-Winning Doctors

Our doctors and surgeons have been recognized as some of the city's best doctors on Boston Magazine’s “Top Docs” list. 

Cutting-Edge Research

Our doctors have been listed in the top one percent of researchers for cutting-edge research by the Healthcare Research All-Stars Report.

Expertise in All Areas of Care

From complex skullbase surgeries to hearing tests and everything in-between our expert providers are here for any needs in otolaryngology.

Location and Contact

Ear, Nose, and Throat Department

Programs and Clinics

Whether you’re having hearing issues or balance problems, our audiologists can help you find the right diagnosis and treatment that allows you to live your life the way you want.
BMC's Dizziness and Balance Center evaluates and helps manage conditions that cause dizziness, problems with balance, tendency to fall, hearing loss, and ringing in the ears, work…
Our multidisciplinary team brings together experts who collaborate on your unique head and neck cancer care from consultation through treatment and follow-up.
At BMC's Nose, Sinus, and Allergy Care Program, our providers will work with you to get you a proper diagnosis and individual treatment plan.
The Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology provides care for patients with problems involving the ears, sinuses, oral cavity, airway, nose, throat, and neck.
Our neurosurgeons treat both cancerous and benign skull base tumors, offering the latest surgeries, as well as non-surgical options, to help you achieve your best quality of life.
Our team of speech language pathologists treat voice, swallowing, breathing, language, and speech problems, as well as many other issues related to speech language pathology in bo…
BMC's Center for Voice and Swallowing brings together a team of experts in voice and swallowing disorders. We offer a wide array of diagnostic and treatment options for these diso…

Education and Training

Otolaryngology Residency Program

The Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Residency Program at Boston Medical Center provides an outstanding postgraduate education in all aspects of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. Our program provides the opportunity for complete, balanced training in all subspecialties of Otolaryngology in diverse environments serving four unique patient populations and hospital systems. 

Elective Clerkships

Medical students who are considering or intending to pursue a career in otolaryngology are strongly encouraged to apply for the four-week elective clerkship during their fourth year. This clerkship is open to students from any medical school. Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine fourth year students who wish to learn about otolaryngology but are not intending to pursue otolaryngology as a career, can do a two-week surgical subspecialty otolaryngology elective clerkship during their fourth-year general surgery sub-i elective clerkship.

Otolaryngology Research

The physicians, faculty, and staff in the Department of Otolaryngology are actively involved in research that advances patient care. Many faculty are engaged in research specific to their areas of expertise, and mentor resident physicians during research blocks. Research areas include head and neck cancer clinical trials, evaluating the efficacy or clinical interventions, improving the assessment and treatment of sensorimotor disorders of voice and speech, and more. Within the department is the Clinical Outcomes, Assessment, & Technological Innovation (COATI) Lab, which implements multiple NIH funded clinical research studies aimed at improving patient care. 

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