The Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery offers a comprehensive five-year residency training program, which covers the breadth of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery in wide array of clinical settings. The Department has outstanding clinical programs in Head and Neck Oncological Surgery, Neurotology, Skull Base Surgery, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Laryngology, Rhinology, Sleep Apnea Medicine and Surgery, Dysphagia, and Audiology.

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• The Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery matches three resident applicants each year.
• Graduates from the past three years have performed 1,000 to 1,400 total cases during their residency training, each with three-quarters of these as the primary surgeon.
• The vast majority of residents have become board certified during their first post-residency year. (In the last 10 years, 100% have passed on the first try.)
• UCSF- Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery alumni practice in all geographic regions of the country and are in both full-time academic positions and private practice.

The four years of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery residency training consist of progressive experiences in the outpatient clinics, on inpatient wards, and in the operating rooms of four primary premier teaching hospitals:

• The Medical Center at the University of California, San Francisco – UCSF (The University hospitals and clinics.)
• San Francisco General Hospital – SFGH (The city’s municipal hospital and only level-1 trauma center.)
• The UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center at Mt. Zion (Northern California’s only NCCN-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.)
• The Veterans Administration Medical Center- VAMC (A referral center for other regional V.A. hospitals.)

Within the department active investigative work in the basic sciences is being conducted in the Epstein and Coleman Memorial Laboratories. The residents are encouraged to participate in ongoing basic science and/or clinical research projects during their entire residency. In addition, during a four month protected research rotation during the PGY-4 year, the resident is expected to design and complete individual research project suitable for presentation and publication.