Welcome
Welcome to the TAMC Otolaryngology/Head and Neck
Surgery Residency Program. Our mission is to provide the best medical care
to patients with disorders of the head and neck from the Pacific Region and
to train confident, compassionate, exceptional Otolaryngologists. Graduates
of our program will be able to pass the American Board of Otolaryngology
qualifying examination and function at the highest levels of
Otolaryngology.
Scope of the Residency
The program is 5 years in duration: 1 year of
internship and 4 years of Otolaryngology residency. There is a centralized
match through the military GME system whereby accepted applicants complete
all 5 years of training in succession.
The program alternately accepts two residents then
one resident per year in a 2-1-2-1 fashion, although the program was
recently granted an increase in complement by the Otolaryngology RRC to
accept an additional applicant in 2005.
While the vast majority of clinical training is performed at
Tripler, rotations are performed at
Kaiser Permanente- Moanalua and the University of California-Davis .
ACGME Accreditation
The Residency Review Committee fully accredited
this program in 2004.
The Faculty
The faculty consists of six full-time,
board-certified Otolaryngologists with fellowship training in head and neck
oncologic surgery, facial plastic surgery, pediatric otolaryngology, and
otology/neuro-otology. All faculty
are clinically active and pursue research in their respective fields of
interest.
Program Strengths
· Volume:
Tripler has the busiest surgical and outpatient ENT workload in the Army
· Academic
performance: Tripler has finished in the top 10 programs in the country for
the past four years on the annual in-service examination. For each of the
last five years, Tripler has had more presentations at the annual meeting
of the American
Academy of
Otolaryngology than any program of the three military services.
· Cultural
and Surgical Case Diversity: Patient referral area for Tripler covers half
the earth's surface (52%) and includes active duty military, family
members, VA patients, and civilians from various islands in the Pacific Basin .
· The
Pacific Island Health Care Project: this federally funded grant brings
advanced head and neck cancer cases and a large number of patients with
chronic ear disease to Tripler that are not seen in many academic institutions.
·
Fellowship opportunities: 50% of residents in the past 15 years have
pursued fellowship training in the subspecialty areas of their choice.
· Training
in humanitarian relief: residents participate in missions to Vietnam , Palau
, Mongolia , Sri Lanka , and the Marshall islands .
· Research
opportunities: The Department of Clinical Investigation, adjacent to the
hospital, affords staff and residents the opportunity to participate in
basic science projects and animal research in a state-of-the-art facility.
· Surgical
experience: Residents graduate with approximately 1700 cases as primary
surgeon including a broad mix of facial plastic, neuro-otology, pediatric,
and head & neck oncology cases.
Location and Training Facilities
Established in 1907, Tripler is located atop
Moanalua Ridge with commanding views of Honolulu
and the Pacific Ocean . Tripler Army Medical Center
is a 206-bed hospital offering state-of-the-art patient care with an
800,000 active duty, family members, and retiree population of all four
armed services. Spark M. Matsunaga
Veterans Affairs
Medical & Regional Office Center
opened in 2000 on the Tripler campus and uses Tripler as its tertiary
referral center. The program also benefits from caring for a diverse
patient population from various islands in the Pacific Basin
who are funded by the Pacific Island Health Care Program. Tripler Army Medical Center
is a leader in medical technology having been recognized as one of the 100
most "wired" hospitals in the nation.
Academic Conferences
Conferences held weekly or biweekly:
·
Neuro-Radiology Conference
· Head and
Neck Tumor Board
·
Morbidity and Mortality Conference
·
Pre-operative and post-operative conference
· Grand
Rounds
· Resident
lectures on academic curriculum
· Head and
Neck Oncology Conference
Conferences held monthly or quarterly
· Journal
Club
· Hawaii Society of
Otolaryngology Meetings
· Tripler
Temporal Bone Lab
Conferences residents attend annually or
biannually:
· Tripler
Facial Plastic Surgery Soft Tissue Workshop
· Tripler
Maxillofacial Trauma Course
· Waikiki Otolaryngology Updates
· Pan
Pacific Surgical Association Meeting
· Tripler
sinus endoscopy course
Residents also attend the following courses during
their residency:
· Armed
Forces Institute
of Pathology -
Otolaryngology/Pathology Course (Washington, D.C.)
· House
Ear Institute Temporal Bone Dissection Course ( Los Angeles , CA
)
· AAOA
Basic Allergy Course
· Iowa Laser/Endoscopy Course ( Iowa City , Iowa
)
· Iowa Head and Neck
Oncology Course
· Tripler
Microvascular Course
·
Rhinoplasty Course ( San
Francisco , CA )
· Tripler
Audiology Basic Science Course
Student Rotations
Rotations are highly encouraged for anyone
interested in pursuing a career in Otolaryngology or those who wish to get
a solid overview of the specialty. What better place than Hawaii ? Students may elect to spend two
to six weeks on rotation. They are assigned ward, clinic, and operating
room duties, and will be exposed to all facets of Otolaryngology/Head and
Neck Surgery.
For students interested in the residency,
rotations early in the academic year provide the best opportunities for
evaluation prior to the September application deadline and match held in
November.
To arrange for a rotation please contact:
Ms Gladys Nakamura-DePorto Student Coordinator
Medical Education Office Tripler Army
Medical Center Hawaii 96859-5000 (808)433-6992 Email: Gladys.Nakamura@amedd.army.mil
To speak to the program director:
LTC
Joseph C. Sniezek, MD
Otolaryngology Residency Program Director
Chief, Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery
Attn: MCHK-DSH 1 Jarrett White
Road
Tripler Army Medical Center
Tripler AMC , HI 96859-5000
Phone
(808) 433-3169/3205 Fax (808) 433-9033
Email:
joseph.sniezek@amedd.army.mil
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