{"id":14,"date":"2017-07-26T21:11:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T21:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/default-wordpress\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:27:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:27:53","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/otolaryngology\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;far&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>About Our Department<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our outpatient faculty clinical practice is based at the Medical Arts Building and part of UT Health Physicians. University Hospital, our main inpatient hospital, is one of the nation&#8217;s leading teaching hospitals and South Texas premier Level I trauma center. University Hospital has been ranked Best Hospital in the region by U.S. News &amp; World Report for six years in a row. The new million-square-foot Sky Tower was opened in 2012 and has brought the most technically advanced care available to South Texas. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Our Mission<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our mission to provide excellence in clinical care and train the next generation of Otolaryngologists remains unchanged. This is accomplished by our commitment to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Providing high-quality medical education and training to medical students and physicians at all career levels with special emphasis on<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Training Otolaryngology-HNS residents to be competent, compassionate, responsible, and ethical leaders in our profession, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Preparing medical students and physicians for managing otolaryngology problems in the primary care setting.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conducting biomedical and other health-related research in the areas of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery and communication disorders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Delivering exemplary quality Otolaryngology services across our health care system<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Providing a responsive resource in health-related affairs for the nation and the state, with particular emphasis on South Texas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;] \n        <a class=\"panel no-equilizer panel-mobile text-center colorized colorized-patientcare\" href=\"https:\/\/uthscsa.referrals.selectminds.com\/faculty\/jobs\/search\/800621\" title=\"Employment\" target=\"\">\n            <span class=\"circle close2x mid-icon\"><span><i class=\"fa fa-check-square-o\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n            <h3 >Employment Opportunities<\/h3>\n            <p><\/p>\n        <\/a> \n        <a class=\"panel no-equilizer panel-mobile text-center colorized colorized-academics\" href=\"https:\/\/makelivesbetter.uthscsa.edu\/sslpage.aspx?pid=456\" title=\"\" target=\"\">\n            <span class=\"circle close2x mid-icon\"><span><i class=\"fa fa-money\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n            <h3 >Donate<\/h3>\n            <p><\/p>\n        <\/a> \n        <a class=\"panel no-equilizer panel-mobile text-center colorized\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/otolaryngology\/about-us\/resources\/\" title=\"Resources\" target=\"\">\n            <span class=\"circle close2x mid-icon\"><span><i class=\"fa fa-info\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n            <h3 >Resources<\/h3>\n            <p><\/p>\n        <\/a>[vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bleed colorized colorized-theme roomy&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1585&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">We have a wonderful team that is dedicated to our core missions of excellence in patient care, education of the next generation of physicians, and research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>-Frank R. 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