Following the trend of every previous fellow’s experience, my fellowship year was life-changing from both a professional and personal standpoint. Traveling 15,550 km from Toronto to Sydney, my wife and I didn’t know what [...]
The SEES fellowship really changed my career and gave me the opportunity not only to learn from the best endoscopic ear surgeons, but moreover to develop myself as a confident otologist and teacher and in the end to get the job [...]
The SEES fellowship was a lifechanging year for me, both professionally and personally. Completing an international fellowship at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic was wrought with unique challenges. In spite of these, I had an [...]
My wife and my 1-year-old son spent the year in Sydney and had a wonderful time. Everyone we encountered was very welcoming. Despite being in the midst of the pandemic we felt safe and supported. Sydney and NSW have so much to [...]
Avid users of the endoscope in the ear enjoy the minimally invasive nature of the technique compared to open ear surgery. Children usually have a smaller ear canal and often smaller thinner tragal cartilage to graft from. Whether the [...]
One of the main, justifiable, criticisms of the Endoscopic technique is the lack of outcomes data. The requirement for a technique to have to prove itself compared the gold standard of the microscope is understandable in surgery. [...]