University of Rochester Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a five-year university-based Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery program built around a single academic department at Strong Memorial Hospital, with a resident case volume averaging 2,800 surgical cases and 750 key-indicator procedures per trainee. The program is structured around dedicated PGY-2/PGY-3 research blocks with a formal research curriculum culminating in national-meeting presentation, and faculty labs spanning vestibular physiology, HPV/head-and-neck oncology microbiology, craniofacial tissue engineering, and salivary gland regeneration, indicating research is a built-in expectation rather than an optional add-on. Clinical training covers the full breadth of ENT subspecialties (otology/neurotology, facial plastics, head & neck oncology, pediatric ENT, rhinology, laryngology) with graduated autonomy and a roughly 2:3 clinic-to-OR balance. The department frames itself as an emerging leader ("counted among the leading otolaryngology departments in the nation") and emphasizes direct faculty supervision, resident well-being, and a small, close-knit cohort of three residents per year.