Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Analyst Verified · Apr 20, 2023

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program is a residency program specializing in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, directed by Thomas C. Robey, MD and coordinated by Diann Fiscus. The program accepts applications through October 31, 2027. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (414) 955-0827. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

MCW's otolaryngology program is an academic, tertiary-care residency built around four distinct sites - Froedtert Hospital (tertiary/quaternary adult care), Children's Wisconsin (high-volume pediatric ENT), the Zablocki VA (veteran-specific population), and Froedtert Menomonee Falls (community-based exposure) - giving residents a structurally deliberate mix of complexity and setting. Research is not peripheral but institutionally engineered: two NIH R25 grants (MORE-Oto and ASCENT-Oto) create a continuous pipeline from medical student summer research through a dedicated six-year resident track with a protected PGY2-3 research year, into post-residency and early-faculty K-award-style career development. Three named investigative tracks (head & neck cancer, hearing & communication, airway health & olfaction) anchor faculty mentorship, with active translational work such as Dr. Johnston's pepsin/reflux therapeutics program feeding residents into hypothesis-driven, grant-oriented investigation. While the program explicitly preserves an open community-practice pathway for its traditional five-year track residents, its distinguishing structural investment is in producing academic surgeon-scientists.

Who it fits

An applicant with a genuine, demonstrated research trajectory (publications, mentored projects, translational or basic-science exposure) who is deliberating between an academic surgeon-scientist career and community practice, and who would value an explicit, funded pathway to protected research time rather than assembling one informally.

Research intensity

Central - two NIH R25-funded programs create a structured, mandatory-track research pipeline from medical school through early faculty career, including a dedicated six-year resident research pathway.

Career orientation

Mixed - Academic Medicine, Community Practice

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