SAVE THE DATE and join us on June 7th for Gator Otolaryngology Research Day 2024!

Register today for the 2024 ENT Skills for Non-ENTs CME course to be held on October 5, 2024 8:30am-3:30pm at the UF Oaks ENT Clinic! ent.ufl.edu/events/2024-en…

Happy COSM week! The ARS Skull Base and Orbital Section with the ARS Residents and Fellows Committee will be hosting a social/mentoring event for members at Ace Bounce in Chicago on Wednesday May 15th from 7:30-9:30pm! Mingle, compete, and show off your ping pong skills!

UF Rhinology “Team Sinus” had an amazing showing at COSM with 5 podium talks. They presented research featuring the role of complement, vitamin D, purine metabolism, and molecular biomarkers in chronic sinusitis.

Plasma circulating tumor DNA testing in the management of HPV‐associated sinonasal and nasopharyngeal tumors onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/al…

UF Health Shands medical specialty, Otolaryngology, ranked 35th in the nation’s top 50 in the U.S. News 2024-25 “Best Hospitals” report! UF Health Shands has ranked among the nation's best for the 15th consecutive year!

Attention Residents! Applications to attend the 2024 Annual Resident Dissection Course in Miami, FL September 26-27 will open TOMORROW at 9AM EST! Spots have historically filled very quickly, so bookmark 1l.ink/NL6WDPH and be ready to go when the application goes live!

Our department was honored to host Dr. Rick Chandra as a visiting faculty. Dr. Chandra is a Professor of Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery at Vanderbilt University and a national leader in the field.

Honored to have our efforts recognized and to expand the care for patients with sinonasal tumors! "UF Health is a Leading Regional Referral Center for Sinonasal Tumors" William Collins, MD UF ENT innovation.ufhealth.org/2024/11/21/uf-…

Thanks to Drs. Chapurin, Justice, and Lobo of the rhino group, and to Dr. Collins, for being such great hosts at the University of Florida. Nikita Chapurin, MD UF Medicine VUMC Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Hot off the press! Our multi-institutional study shows that Type 2 mucus cytokine levels, especially IL-9, correlate with important CRS patient outcome measures: SNOT-22 and the rhinologic subdomain scores, regardless of nasal polyp status. doi.org/10.1002/alr.23…

Dr. Bill Collins wants you to please take the opportunity to vote today for UF Health Shands Hospital’s ENT program in this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals” reputation survey! innovation.ufhealth.org/2025/02/17/uf-…

Check it out✔️ our proof-of-concept talk on HPV-ctDNA for surveillance of sinonasal cancers is featured on the American Head and Neck Society – Skull Base Section. Circulating Tumor DNA for Surveillance of HPV-Associated Sinonasal Carcinoma ahns.info/sections/skull…

Welcome to The Gator Nation! The Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery is excited to work with our 2025-2026 interns who matched on March 21, 2025. See you all in July!

This Saturday join us for Virtual Rhinology VIII! A complete program and list of panelists is available at 1l.ink/RLDRJ2V. Register today to secure your spot. We can't wait to see you there!

The UF COM Faculty Council has honored Dr. Nikita Chapurin! Congratulations on winning the Rising Star Award, Dr. Chapurin, and thank you for all you do for UF ENT and the institution!🏆

Our rhinology research fellow Avi Adelman took 1st place poster award at ARS for his work on “Silastic septal splints to manage refractory HHT epistaxis” with Dr. Justice! He also presented “Changing epidemiology and outcomes in HPV associated sinonasal cancer” with Dr. Chapurin

We are celebrating our outstanding match - Drew Smith, MD for our UF Rhinology/Skull Base Surgery Fellowship. Dr. Smith is a current senior otolaryngology resident at Texas Tech University. Welcome to the team Drew, we are thrilled to have you join us for 2026-2027 academic year!

Huge Congratulations to our Otolaryngology 2025 Graduates! 🎓🎓🎓🎓 Michael Gebhard, MD - Chief Resident Sina Koochakzadeh, MD - Chief Resident Christina Palomo, MD - Chief Resident Fahad Aldhahri, MD – Head and Neck Fellow