St Luke's Hospital-Anderson Campus Program

Program Identity & Fit

St. Luke's Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Residency is a new, community-based university-affiliated program in the Lehigh Valley combining a busy tertiary-level subspecialty surgical practice (head and neck oncology with microvascular reconstruction and TORS, rhinology with skull base surgery, laryngology, otology/neurotology, facial plastics, sleep surgery) with a dedicated pediatric otolaryngology rotation at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, a safety-net Level I pediatric trauma and regional burn center. Faculty are fellowship-trained across nearly every subspecialty, giving residents broad exposure to complex surgical pathology alongside routine general otolaryngology. Research is structurally embedded rather than optional: residents are expected to pursue IRB-approved projects, publish, and present at regional/national meetings, supported by a dedicated research team, though the program's newness means fellowship placement outcomes are not yet established. As a small two-resident-per-year program built by its founding faculty, it appears to value residents who can function within an intimate, mentorship-driven structure while contributing early to the program's developing academic and clinical identity.