Pediatric ENT

"Pediatric ENT Doctor"?

We have found that there is occasionally some confusion about the term "Pediatric ENT" among patients and some pediatricians. After completing four years of medical school and earning their MD degree, all U.S. trained ENT (Otolaryngology) physicians spend a very large part of their additional five or six years of specialty training ("residency") focusing on medical and surgical treatments for children. Therefore, all U.S. trained, Board Certified ENT physicians are fully trained to treat children as a core part of their practice. That is certainly true of all the physicians in our practice, as all of our training programs placed heavy emphasis on pediatric ENT, making further pediatric ENT training unnecessary. Our physicians have performed over 50,000 pediatric ENT surgeries since opening over 25 years ago.

Some ENT physicians choose to attend an additional year of pediatric ENT fellowship. The reasons one might choose to do this vary. Some might do this because of a plan to do research or serve as a university faculty member. Others may choose to do this for marketing reasons or because their particular ENT residency program did not provide them adequate exposure to pediatric ENT problems. Some may decide that they want to treat only children, having no interest in treating adult ENT conditions.

Which ENT Physician Should Treat My Child?

We recommend an ENT physician who relates well to you and your child, and who takes the time to fully explain your child's problem and the rationale for the various treatment options. No one knows your child as well as you do, and we have found that parents have very good intuition about this choice.