The Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery offers comprehensive management of both benign and malignant tumors of the head and neck as well as reconstructive surgery for defects. In addition, it offers comprehensive management of voice disorders, balance disorders, hearing loss, sinus disease, and disease of the thyroid and parathyroid. The department is involved in clinical trials on the nebalization of antibiotics to treat patients with chronic sinusitis and the injection of a chemotherapeutic agent directly into recurrent cancers of the head and neck. Exploration of cutting-edge technologies in the area of balance disorders are also a research focus and have led to cooperative ventures with several biotechnology companies.

National and International Recognition

“Best Doctors in America”

• Dennis M. Crockett, M.D.
• Dale H. Rice, M.D.
• Uttam Sinha, M.D., President’s Award, Association of Otolaryngologists of India

Support group focuses on head and neck cancer recovery »
For those with head and neck cancers, the obvious scars and facial and oral reconstruction that accompany cancer treatment stand as visible reminders of the cancer experience. And they often deter survivors from seeing friends or even going out in public.

But at the Keck School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery clinic at Healthcare Consultation Center II, a new support group has drawn head and neck cancer survivors in droves. The support group offers a much-needed outlet for those with a cancer once hidden in shadows. “I operate on about 20 patients with these cancers every month,” said Uttam K. Sinha, associate professor, chief and program director in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at the Keck School.