Lehigh Valley Health Network Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a single-resident-per-year, five-year categorical otolaryngology program anchored at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, a Level I Trauma Center serving a 10-county, 2-million-person region, now integrated into the Jefferson Health enterprise while retaining independent training identity. The curriculum is structured around the AAO-HNS national curriculum and Bailey's Head & Neck Surgery text completed twice over training, with dedicated simulation, temporal bone, and cadaveric dissection training at the Venel Institute. All clinical rotations occur at Cedar Crest and Muhlenberg campuses, giving residents a broad but internally concentrated exposure across pediatric ENT, otology/neurotology, rhinology/skull base, head and neck, and facial plastics, with a protected PGY-3 research block and a mandatory scholarly project for every resident rather than a research-heavy identity. The program reads as a community-rooted, high-volume regional referral training environment building comprehensive general otolaryngologists and subspecialty-track surgeons rather than a research powerhouse.