Advanced Otology

Overview:

The Advanced Otology Fellowship provides training in the diagnosis and management of complex middle and inner ear disorders. The clinical education will focus on middle ear diseases, implantable devices for hearing loss, acute and chronic vestibular disorders. Our training better prepares an otolaryngology residency graduate to perform surgery on extensive cholesteatomas, offer stapes or cochlear implant surgery, and counsel patients with significant vestibular disorders. The Advanced Otology fellow will gain more hands-on experience with larger number of patient volume in order to achieve increased clinical competence in the medical management and surgical techniques of complex ear disorders. The fellow will learn to treat hearing and balance disorders in the setting of significant co-morbid conditions such as speech and developmental delay, learning disabilities, sinonasal pathology, autoimmune/inflammatory disease, neurodegenerative disorders, migraine, and traumatic brain injury. The fellowship emphasizes the importance of multidisciplinary care by collaborating with audiologists, speech-language pathologists, neurologists, neuroradiologists, and neurosurgeons.

Application Process: Advanced Otology Fellowship Program

Academic Year 2025-2026: FILLED

Academic Year 2026-2027: FILLED

Academic Year 2027-2028: FILLED

Academic Year 2028-2029: OPEN AND ROLLING

Start Date: July 1

Duration: 1 year

Salary: post graduate level 6

Licensing Requirements: Florida Medical License is required prior to beginning the fellowship

Fellows Per Year: 1

To apply, please send a letter of intent, CV and three letters of recommendation to Dr. Chen.

Department: MD-OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK

Si Chen MD

Assistant Professor, Division Of Otology/Neurotology, UF Health The Oaks Clinic Medical Director, Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education

Email: sichen1@ufl.edu

Faculty:

Department: MD-OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK

Patrick J Antonelli MD

George T. Singleton Professor – Division of Otology/Neurotology

Department: MD-OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK

Si Chen MD

Assistant Professor, Division Of Otology/Neurotology, UF Health The Oaks Clinic Medical Director, Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education

Department: MD-OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK

Rex S Haberman MD

Associate Professor, Division of Otology/Neurotology

Department: HP-SLP LANG & HEARING SCI

Susan Nittrouer Ph.D.

Professor

Department: Department of Physiology and Aging

Shinichi Someya PhD

Associate Professor

Current Fellow:

2025-26: Catherine Loftus, MD

Past Fellows:

2023-24: Alberto Arteaga, MD

Current practice: Baptist Health, Jacksonville, FL

2022-2023: Samuel Smith, MD

Current practice: University of Tennessee Health Science Center