Enjoy this video overview of our residency program!
Specific features of our program are highlighted in the videos below, including our deliberate practice curriculum, research, capstone course, and our new resident lounge.
The Department of Otolaryngology offers an exceptionally strong curriculum for Residents. The fundamental principle of the program is that resident responsibility is allocated gradually throughout the five-year program, commensurate with the resident’s abilities and maturity.
The greatest strength of our program is the outstanding and committed teaching staff of full-time faculty, all of whom place the excellence of the residency-training program as their highest priority in their academic endeavors. The administrative, research, and a portion of the clinical activities of the Department of Otolaryngology are housed in The Eye & Ear Institute, one of very few centers in the United States dedicated solely to the specialties of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology.
Additional inpatient, as well as outpatient clinical sites, are located at UPMC hospitals including Presbyterian, Montefiore, Shadyside, Mercy, Children’s, and the affiliated VA Hospital located a short walk from the Eye and Ear Institute. Today, with 89,000 employees, UPMC comprises 40 hospitals and a network of other care sites in Pennsylvania and around the world: doctors’ offices, cancer centers, outpatient treatment centers, specialized imaging and surgery facilities, in-home care, rehabilitation sites, behavioral health care, and nursing homes. Senior faculty provide tertiary sub-specialty care in all the major disciplines of Otolaryngology including Head and Neck, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Allergy and Rhinology, Voice, Pediatrics, Swallowing, Skull Base, and Neurotology.
Applications are available from the central application process. Further details on the application process are available from the National Resident Matching Program.
Additional Program Information
Didactic
There is a resident-directed, structured didactic schedule every Monday afternoon, from 3-5 PM. Several scheduled didactic sessions are scheduled each week with lectures on topics directly relevant to developing core knowledge in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Didactic sessions held each week include Grand Rounds, Tumor Board, and Skull Base Film Conference. In addition, there is an annual Sinus & Anatomy course with a cadaver lab in the fall, as well as a temporal bone anatomy course. Bi-yearly, the Voice Center sponsors a Laser Course. Incoming PGY-1 residents participate in the Advanced Trauma Life Support® (ATLS®) program and ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) and BLS (Basic Life Support) through WISER.
Journal Club & Annual Resident Retreat
Program Director Noel Jabbour, MD, MS hosts various journal clubs throughout the academic year. The annual resident retreat provides residents an exclusive opportunity to convene as a collective group with their fellow peers and program directors. In recent years, the retreat has been held at the Trillium Lodge, located in the serene setting of Ohiopyle State Park. This overnight experience provides residents the opportunity to review the residency program goals, objectives, and do team-building activities such as ax throwing, paintball, white water rafting, and spelunking.
Educational Allowances
Otolaryngology residents at UPMC have numerous opportunities to attend various educational meetings and conferences. Some include the American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, COSM, PAO Spring Meeting, Sinus/Skull Base Course, American Head and Neck Society Meeting, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and many others.
Funds are provided for expenses related to attendance to educational conferences, and travel related to attending an educational conference or course. Additional funding is available for chief residents to attend outside courses.
The yearly In-Service Exam is paid for by the department for all residents.
Medical society dues to the American Academy of Otolaryngology (AAO-HNSF) are also fully funded by the department.
Meals, Uniforms, and Parking
Resident Meals are available at hospital site cafeterias and vending machines while on call duty.
Each resident is supplied with two white lab coats annually, with drop-off services for weekly dry cleaning. Additionally, at all of the participating institutions, scrubs are the property of the institution and are laundered by the institution.
The department funds parking leases to all residents for premium, on-site parking at all facilities.
Contact Information
Program Director: Noel Jabbour, MD, MS
Residency Program Coordinator: Virginia Matesic
OtoHNS@upmc.edu
Eye and Ear Institute, 203 Lothrop Street, Suite 519, Pittsburgh, PA 15213