• Providers and Locations
• Audiology
• Balance Center
• Cranial Base Surgery
• Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• General Otolaryngology
  • Thyroid Surgery and Nodules
• Head and Neck Cancer Surgery
• Rhinology (Sino-Nasal Conditions and Surgery)
• Otology/Neurotology
• Smell and Taste Disorders
• Speech-Language Pathology
• Transoral Robotic Surgery
• Voice, Speech and Swallowing Disorders

For Patients Make an Appointment Encyclopedia Articles about Ear, Nose and Throat

General Otolaryngology at the University of Pennsylvania dates back to the inception of the Otolaryngology department, and encompasses almost any complaint seen by the specialty. Penn Medicine physicians have a broad expertise in the field of otolaryngology, and have specific areas of interest that overlap with many of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery's other divisions. As such, otolaryngology physicians are able to see patients with multiple ENT complaints, and patients referred by their primary physicians or other specialists, including other otolaryngologists. Penn otolaryngologists work quite often in conjunction with allergists, pulmonologists, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, and neurologists in managing disorders in the head and neck.

Physicians within the Department of Otolaryngology each have a particular area of interest and expertise, but the group's breadth of practice offers the management and treatment of the following disorders, among others:

• Chronic rhinosinusitis
• Chronic otitis and other hearing complaints
• Voice and airway disorders
• Thyroid and parathyroid tumors
• Salivary gland disorders such as parotid tumors
• Obstructive sleep apnea
• Swallowing disorders that require surgical management such as Zenker's diverticulum.

The Otolaryngology team utilizes a variety of surgical techniques, including:

• Endoscopic approaches to the sinuses, larynx, and esophagus
• Microscopic surgery of the ear and larynx
• Laser surgery of the nose and larynx
• Newly developed robotic surgery of the tongue base for management of obstructive sleep apnea.

Locations

Physicians in the Department of Otolaryngology are available to see patients at all of the department's practice sites, including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital, and at the department's satellite facility at Penn Medicine Radnor. Office visits are available at each site, and surgeries are performed at all of the hospital locations.

Team Members

• Erica R. Thaler, MD
• Soo Kim Abboud, MD
• James J. Kearney, MD
• Natasha Mirza, MD
• Kevin P. Leahy, MD, PhD
• Jason G. Newman, MD

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