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Otorhinolaryngology, Head, and Neck Surgery (Department)

Emphases in Patient Care

  • Head and Neck Oncology

  • Transoral Laser Microsurgery

  • Oncologic Surgery

  • Surgery of Major Salivary Glands

  • Image guided Sinus and Skull Base Surgery

  • Surgery of the Orbit

  • Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

  • Traumatology

  • Middle Ear Surgery

  • Cochlear Implant Surgery

  • Active Middle Ear Implants / BAHA

  • Audiologic, Neuro-Otologic, and Electrophysiologic Diagnostics

  • Speech Therapy

  • Allergology

Emphases in Research

  • Clinical studies of the efficacy of transoral laser mi- crosurgery for squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck

  • Oncologic and functional outcomes in oncologic surgery

  • Quality of life studies

  • Molecular biological characterization of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

  • Human papilloma viruses in head and neck cancer

  • Inflammation research: influence of endogenous, exogenous and factors on boundary layer lesions of the respiratory epithelium in granulomatosis with polyangiitis

  • Audiologic research: cochlear implants, speech coding strategies, multifrequency tympanometry, and directional hearing

Emphases in Education

  • Lectures, practical skills, and bedside teaching

  • Introduction to clinical medicine (4th semester)

  • Cardinal symptoms course (7th semester)

  • Bedside teaching (9th semester)

  • Praxis and pathophysiological fundamentals of ENT medicine

  • Training of students during internship

  • Training of students within the frame of nursing internships and clinical training

  • Doctoral and post-doctoral programs

  • Lectures for students of the speech therapy school

  • Nursing Education

Additional Information/Services

  • Clinic with comprehensive care

  • International training center for transoral laser microsurgery for head and neck cancer (operation courses for head and neck surgeons)

  • International ultrasound courses

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head, and Neck Surgery

Directorship

Prof. Dr. med. Susanne Wiegand

Prof. Dr. Markus Hoffmann, MaHM


Contact

UKSH International
Phone
Kiel: +49 431 500-10730
e-mail international@uksh.de