Dr. Kennedy then joined the medical faculty at Loyola University Medical Center as an Assistant Professor of Otolarynology prior to relocating to the Tucson Arizona area, where she practiced both private and academic Otolarynology. Dr. Kennedy is Board-Certified and highly experienced in all aspects of office Ear, Nose and Throat practice. Her primary office hours are Wednesday evenings in Gurnee. Dr. Kennedy is married to Dr. Craig Williams, who specializes in hand and upper extremity surgery at Lutheran General, Evanston, and Glenbrook Hospitals. Otolaryngology - head and neck surgery is a specialty concerned with medical treatment and surgery of the ear, nose, throat and related structures of the head and neck.
Otolaryngology is abbreviated from a still longer name - otorhinolaryngology.
The specialty encompasses cosmetic facial reconstruction, surgery of benign and malignant tumors of the head and neck, management of patients with loss of hearing and balance, endoscopic examination of air and food passages and treatment of allergic, sinus, laryngeal, thyroid and esophageal disorders. To qualify for the American Board of Otolaryngology certification examination, a physician must complete five or more years of specialty training after four years of Medical School. Virtually all ear, nose and throat specialists routinely handle cases such as tonsillectomies, adenoidectomies, nose bleeds, infected mastoids and sinus disease. Those specially trained in ear work are well equipped to restore hearing through modern microsurgery or other operations used to correct deafness. Others have a special interest in neurotology and various problems of balance.