Chair WelcomeOn behalf of the entire department, I am pleased to welcome you to our residency program website. On this site, you will learn about our rotations and faculty, who cover the breadth of Otolaryngology. The website will introduce you to Rochester, a wonderful small city that is both livable and vibrant. Links are provided to explore the University of Rochester Medical Center, the leading provider of health care in Western New York, with the motto to provide “Medicine of the Highest Order,” Strong and Highland Hospitals, where we care for our patients, and that of the University of Rochester as a whole, a leading small liberal arts University whose main campus adjoins the Medical Center. Our website details our robust departmental research programs and rotations, and other information that hopefully will entice you to look at us more closely. What is harder to discern from these pages is the close relationships and camaraderie that characterize our program, borne of close daily interactions in the care of our mutual patients. Our philosophy of education is simple; the best learning is done hands on with close supervision by excellent, engaged faculty preceptors. Our goal is to produce thoughtful, skilled, well-trained Otolaryngologists who, whether entering academics or community settings, will practice “Otolaryngology of the Highest Order.” Sincerely, Shawn D. Newlands , M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S. |