Welcome to the Department of Otolaryngology
Whether you have a child with a chronic ear infection or you're an adult who needs sinus surgery, the specialists at the University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology (ENT) can help.
Our physicians are experts in the treatment of the most common to the most complex diseases affecting the ears, nose, throat, head, neck and professional voice and speech.
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New Faculty
Margo McKenna Benoit, M.D.Dr. Benoit joins us after an otolaryngology residency at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and a General Surgery Intership at Brigham and Women's Hospital, both through Harvard University. She received her M.D. from University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, and has an undergraduate degree in Biology from Cornell University. She was a clinical teacher in head and neck examination at Harvard Medical School and a Research Fellow in biomedical imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has also been involved in research scholarship at the National Institutes of Health, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and Cornell University. Dr. Benoit has been published in a number of peer review journals in subjects ranging from vascular tumors to brain mapping, and has made presentations at both national and international conferences. |
Li-Xing Man, M.Sc., M.D., M.P.A.Dr. Man joins us after serving at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, where he was a Rhinology Fellow and Clinical Instructor. He has postgraduate training at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and was a surgical intern at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he also received his M.D. He was also a Research Fellow in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Man's other accomplishments include a Masters in Public Admistration from Harvard University, a Master of Sciences with Distinction in environmental Epidemiology and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Princeton University, and a Fulbright Scholarship. He has membership in numerous professional and scientific societies, and has been widely published in peer review journals and clinical abstracts. |
Sveta Karelsky, M.D.Dr. Karelsky is an assistant professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Dr. Karelsky is a native of Russia who has lived in the United States since childhood. She obtained her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley and graduated with a BA in molecular and cell biology. Her seminal undergraduate research work on short interfering RNA was published in the journal Nature. She subsequently completed medical school at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and has recently graduated from the otolaryngology program at the University of Rochester. Dr. Karelsky practices primarily at Highland Hospital and Sawgrass Surgery Center and provides a wide range of ear, nose and throat services to both children and adults. Her academic interests include improving patient care through improving hospital systems, education and communication. |
News & Events
Otolaryngology Department Welcomes Three to Faculty »
November 21, 2011
Bone-Anchored Implant Offers Solution for Some with Hearing Loss »
November 02, 2010
Former Chief of Otolaryngology, Skilled Teacher, Dies at 95 »
April 30, 2010
Publications
ENTell, the Department of Otolaryngology newsletter
