Guest guest Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 That's not enough experience, in my opinion. My sons doctor does several cholesteatoma operations a WEEK. I'm told that experience of this magnitude is key to a truly successful surgery, with fewest complications. doctor's credentialsAfter reading some stories about Cholesteatoma, we want to be sure ourdoctor is competant. He is an ENT with head and neck surgery. He isan asst. professor in the dept of surgery at the Texas A & M medicalschool. He stated to us that he does 6-8 of these a year. Some suggestmaking sure the doctor is an Otologist. Somewhere else I read that anOtologist IS head and neck surgery. What should we be looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Hi Skygarner, My Doctor is Roland MD, Southwestern Medical School, in Dallas, Texas. Since you are in Texas he would be a good bet as being one of the best in this or any other region of the US. Name: Sargent Roland, M.D. Endowed Title: Arthur E. Meyerhoff Chair in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Academic Title: Professor Primary Appointment: Otolaryngology Affiliations: Children's - Ears, Nose and Throat (Otolaryngology) Children's Medical Center of Dallas Otolaryngology The W. Aston Clinical Building Department Website: Professor and Chairman Physician Profile: Roland, M.D. His link http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/findfac/professional/0,2356,16205,00.html Sincerely yours, Carl From: cholesteatoma [mailto:cholesteatoma ] On Behalf Of skygarner Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 5:04 PM cholesteatoma Subject: doctor's credentials After reading some stories about Cholesteatoma, we want to be sure our doctor is competant. He is an ENT with head and neck surgery. He is an asst. professor in the dept of surgery at the Texas A & M medical school. He stated to us that he does 6-8 of these a year. Some suggest making sure the doctor is an Otologist. Somewhere else I read that an Otologist IS head and neck surgery. What should we be looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 ---Interesting...are you sure you have his numbers correct?? Our surgeon performs more than 70 of these operations per year. Perhaps you meant to say 6-8 per week??? In cholesteatoma , " Ferrechio " <sferrechio@...> wrote: > > That's not enough experience, in my opinion. My sons doctor does several cholesteatoma operations a WEEK. I'm told that experience of this magnitude is key to a truly successful surgery, with fewest complications. > > doctor's credentials > > After reading some stories about Cholesteatoma, we want to be sure our > doctor is competant. He is an ENT with head and neck surgery. He is > an asst. professor in the dept of surgery at the Texas A & M medical > school. He stated to us that he does 6-8 of these a year. Some suggest > making sure the doctor is an Otologist. Somewhere else I read that an > Otologist IS head and neck surgery. What should we be looking for? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 See if he's board certified in Otology or Neurotology - preferably both. Here's the search interface: http://www.entnet.org/ent_otolaryngologist.cfm Matt skygarner wrote: > > After reading some stories about Cholesteatoma, we want to be sure our > doctor is competant. He is an ENT with head and neck surgery. He is > an asst. professor in the dept of surgery at the Texas A & M medical > school. He stated to us that he does 6-8 of these a year. Some suggest > making sure the doctor is an Otologist. Somewhere else I read that an > Otologist IS head and neck surgery. What should we be looking for? > > -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 I totally agree with Suan on this one......I would strongly recommend finding an experienced Otologist/Neurotologist, preferably one that has been Fellowship Trained. I am sure there are many excellent ENT's out there but remember ENT's have to deal with a much broader spectrum (ears, nose throat, etc.) Otologists/Neurotologists are trained to specifically deal with this type of disease. They truly are the experts and have the most experience in dealing with this problem. is right, most Otologists/Neurotologists do this kind of surgery at least five times a week. When I was originally diagnosed by a local ENT I was very grateful that he recognized the seriousness of my situation. However, he was anxious to perform surgery. He told me that I needed to have a canal wall down procedure and the surgery would take approximately 9 hours! This ENT had only performed this surgery 5 times throughout his career. I sought a second opinion and opted to go with an Otologist/Neurotologist. He performed a canal wall up procedure (far less invasive the the canal wall down) and the surgery only lasted 4 hours. I had excellent results. Unfortunately, the ENT that I did not used was extremely upset that I chose to use another surgeon. At the time, my children were also patients of this practice. Because of his unprofessional attitude toward me I ended up moving my children to another practice. When I did this I received a phone call from another Doctor within the same practice apologizing for his colleagues unprofessional behavior. I have since this time become acquainted with two other local ENT's and they both are excellent physicians. They both told me that they never perform this kind of surgery - they ALWAYS refer their patients to an Otologist/Neurotologist. I don't mean to go on and on......but the point is I think we have to remember that Doctors are humans like the rest of us and with that unfortunately comes a bit of ego. As a patient I think we need to be very careful that we choose a Doctor that truly can offer us the best medical attention for our particular situation. There are many ENT's out there that do not perform this type of surgery very often and would LOVE to the have the opportunity!!! It breaks up the monotony of removing tonsils and inserting tubes:-) There are many excellent surgeons and hospitals to choose from. If you have the luxury to choose, I would really encourage you to weigh all your options carefully. Best Wishes to You! Ferrechio <sferrechio@...> wrote: That's not enough experience, in my opinion. My sons doctor does several cholesteatoma operations a WEEK. I'm told that experience of this magnitude is key to a truly successful surgery, with fewest complications. doctor's credentialsAfter reading some stories about Cholesteatoma, we want to be sure ourdoctor is competant. He is an ENT with head and neck surgery. He isan asst. professor in the dept of surgery at the Texas A & M medicalschool. He stated to us that he does 6-8 of these a year. Some suggestmaking sure the doctor is an Otologist. Somewhere else I read that anOtologist IS head and neck surgery. What should we be looking for? Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join 's user panel and lay it on us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 I would hope it's 6 to 8 per month. I know my doctor has one day per week when he does surgery. With the surgeries often 4 hours long, it would seem like 8 per month would be good. I think these folks would be burned out if they did more than that. I'd also hate to think that cholesteatoma was that common! aanesbit wrote: > > ---Interesting...are you sure you have his numbers correct?? Our > surgeon performs more than 70 of these operations per year. Perhaps > you meant to say 6-8 per week??? > > In cholesteatoma > <mailto:cholesteatoma%40>, " Ferrechio " > <sferrechio@...> wrote: > > > > That's not enough experience, in my opinion. My sons doctor does > several cholesteatoma operations a WEEK. I'm told that experience > of this magnitude is key to a truly successful surgery, with fewest > complications. > > > > doctor's credentials > > > > After reading some stories about Cholesteatoma, we want to be sure > our > > doctor is competant. He is an ENT with head and neck surgery. He > is > > an asst. professor in the dept of surgery at the Texas A & M medical > > school. He stated to us that he does 6-8 of these a year. Some > suggest > > making sure the doctor is an Otologist. Somewhere else I read that > an > > Otologist IS head and neck surgery. What should we be looking for? > > > > -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 ---You are right Matt...sorry I meant to say 6-8 per month...as I said my surgeon does about 60-70 a year so that sounds more correct. Sorry for the error! At my calculations cholesteatoma would be an epidemic! In cholesteatoma , Matt Marsteller <matthewm@...> wrote: > > I would hope it's 6 to 8 per month. I know my doctor has one day per > week when he does surgery. With the surgeries often 4 hours long, it > would seem like 8 per month would be good. I think these folks would be > burned out if they did more than that. I'd also hate to think that > cholesteatoma was that common! > > aanesbit wrote: > > > > ---Interesting...are you sure you have his numbers correct?? Our > > surgeon performs more than 70 of these operations per year. Perhaps > > you meant to say 6-8 per week??? > > > > In cholesteatoma > > <mailto:cholesteatoma%40>, " Ferrechio " > > <sferrechio@> wrote: > > > > > > That's not enough experience, in my opinion. My sons doctor does > > several cholesteatoma operations a WEEK. I'm told that experience > > of this magnitude is key to a truly successful surgery, with fewest > > complications. > > > > > > doctor's credentials > > > > > > After reading some stories about Cholesteatoma, we want to be sure > > our > > > doctor is competant. He is an ENT with head and neck surgery. He > > is > > > an asst. professor in the dept of surgery at the Texas A & M medical > > > school. He stated to us that he does 6-8 of these a year. Some > > suggest > > > making sure the doctor is an Otologist. Somewhere else I read that > > an > > > Otologist IS head and neck surgery. What should we be looking for? > > > > > > > > > -- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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