Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery is a unique subspecialty in medicine that deals with medical and surgical management
of disorders affecting the ear, nose, throat, and the neck; the care of the senses including smell, taste, balance and hearing
fall under its domain. As a specialty, it interfaces with other medical and surgical subspecialties including allergy and
immunology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, neurology, neurosurgery, oncology, ophthalmology, pediatrics,
plastic and reconstructive surgery, pulmonology, radiation oncology, rehabilitation medicine, rheumatology, thoracic surgery,
among others. Further, the specialty encompasses the care of the young and the old, man and woman, as well as benign and
malignant diseases.