📢 Applications are open for the 2023-2024 Paediatric Anaesthesia Training in Africa (PATA) fellowships in Nigeria, Uganda & Zambia! Deadline to apply is 15 May 2023. Spread the word! wfsahq.org/news/latest-ne… WFSA Society of Anaesthetists of Zambia (SAZ) Association of Anesthesiologists of Uganda National Hospital Abuja The University Of Zambia

We had a packed house for our head & neck cancer screening outreach event in the San Francisco Chinatown community. Shout out to Connie Zhou, Shauna Brodie & Dr. Mary Xu for organizing, & Marita for translating! #HNCancerAwareness

.UCSF School of Medicine's @erickidongkim (& incoming UCSF Otolaryngology | Head and Neck Surgery resident!) contributed to this review in Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery about the affordability of article publishing charges: bit.ly/4363IfF

Dr. Prabhu is a surgeon who knows and deeply cares about his community with unwavering dedication to health equity in rural India. A must read for all of us who are interested in #globalsurgery!

🎉 Delighted to be published in The Lancet📚 Just in ⏰ for the imminent passage of the ECO resolution #WHA76 World Health Organization (WHO)👏Let's transcend boundaries and seize this opportunity to help This is close to my🫀& reminds me why we started🌍#Health4all #GlobalSurgery #ecosaveslife #ECO4UHC

An international team of researchers including UCSF Otolaryngology | Head and Neck Surgery's Dr. Mary Jue Xu analyzed the national health policies of 100 countries & conducted a keyword search of ear & hearing care mentions. Here's what they found in HealthPolicyPlanning. bit.ly/3nWk9ft

Really proud of this accomplishment just in time for intern year to start. Super excited to be able to speak to my patients in my native language!

What a weekend! Here are highlights from our 2023 UCSF Otolaryngology | Head and Neck Surgery graduation celebration. Congratulations to our graduating residents & fellows, & welcome to our new residents!

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New in the Journal of Otology by UCSF Otolaryngology | Head and Neck Surgery Resident Eric Kim (Eric K. Kim) & members of the Global Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Initiative: "Vestibular migraine in low- & lower-middle-income countries: A scoping review." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37497329/

Attn Oto Applicants UCSF Diversity First Look Event 8/21 5PM PST Learn about UCSF GME community, our DEI mission, and mentorship opportunities. Meet faculty leadership from OHNS & hear the inside story from our OHNS Residents Register 👇👇👇

🌍 Exciting news! We published a comprehensive study on the global ear, nose, & throat surgery workforce in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. 👂 Findings: 2.19 ENTs per 100k people, but varies by region. Europe has 5.70, while Africa and SE Asia have 0.18 & 1.12. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao… #GlobalOHNS

Transplanting livers in MELD≥35 recipients? 1. Highly selected donor/recipient pairs: e.g.: donor age of <30yo ⬇️risk of graft loss by 30%. 2. DCD/DBD LOS was 12/11d. 2. HD at DC was 34/22% 3. Ischemic cholangiopathy remain⬆️ in DCDs (12%). MP will ⬆️ use frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Daily dizziness symptoms are better correlated with VM-PATHI score than the DHI, providing further validation of VM-PATHI as a disease-specific outcome measure for patients with VM. UCSF Otolaryngology | Head and Neck Surgery journals.lww.com/otology-neurot…

Check out how Nina Zhao, MD, MAEd and Rosie Krauter introduced and implemented interprofessional education (IPE) in OHNS to medical students and NP students UCSF School of Medicine UCSF Otolaryngology | Head and Neck Surgery link.springer.com/article/10.100…

An excellent Otology&Neurotology review led by Hasan Abdulbaki on the impact of #music rehab on #CI #outcomes. I refer to this review when counseling patients on reasonable and detailed #expectations with musical #ear training after surgery. UCSF Otolaryngology | Head and Neck Surgery #hearing journals.lww.com/otology-neurot…

To tip or not to tip? Check out our commentary in Cancer Research on a new Kura Oncology study for combination therapy in PIK3CA/HRAS-dysregulated HNSCC. UCSF Otolaryngology | Head and Neck Surgery Jennifer Rubin Grandis aacrjournals.org/cancerres/arti…

Dr. Eric Kim (Eric K. Kim) delivered a fantastic oral presentation on how to more accurately account for costs and inefficiencies within healthcare processes at the AmAcadOtolaryngology 2024 Meeting. UCSF Otolaryngology | Head and Neck Surgery UCSF Otolaryngology Innovation Center

Excited to head back to the 29th annual Chinatown Community Health Fair to offer free head and neck cancer screenings THIS SATURDAY as a part of a larger event with other fantastic offerings🎉 Please share with anyone who might be interested⤵️