The Otolaryngology team consists of an R3 and an R5. Patients often present with general Otolaryngology problems. Surgery and inpatient care is provided at the Swedish Medical Center, a medical center immediately adjacent to our clinics at Pac Med. The service consists of an R4. The Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System also serves as a secondary and tertiary care center for a region extending from Alaska, Idaho, Montanta and eastern Washington.
Clinical work is divided evenly between the operating room and the clinic.
The facility is modern and hosts good support services. The team here consists of an R3 and an R6. An Otology service with an R5, and the general head and neck service which has an R6, an R5, and an R3. The UWMC is a major secondary and tertiary referral center drawing from the entire Pacific Northwest. The general head and neck service sees many head and neck, facial plastics and reconstruction, sinus, and general otolaryngology patients.