Two residents are appointed each year through the Otolaryngology Matching Program. The department incorporates the Divisions of Audiology and Voice Sciences.
Residents rotate to clinical services at five hospitals.
At Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and Leigh Memorial Hospital , residents are exposed to a wide variety of disorders, emphasizing the areas of trauma, head and neck oncology, and general otolaryngology. The DePaul Medical Center provides additional experience in general otolaryngology and features the Hearing and Balance Center, a regional referral facility equipped with the latest technology in auditory and vestibular testing. Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters , the only full-service children's hospital in Virginia, has recently expanded, and houses a new facility devoted to ambulatory care of pediatric otolaryngology patients. The rotation at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital provides an opportunity for residents to refine their skills in facial plastic surgery and general otolaryngology. Residents are required to attend formal teaching rounds and weekly conferences on subjects in head and neck tumor treatment, surgical pathology, oral medicine, otology and neurotoloty, pediatric otolaryngology, and facial plastic surgery.