Patient Care

Services

UF Sinus and Allergy Center
Many diseases involving the nose and sinuses go hand-in-hand with the presence of allergies. Therefore, we combine the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions in one setting, the UF Sinus and Allergy Center. We offer full service allergy consultation and treatment, with a broad range of allergy testing and immunotherapy individually designed for each patient. Additionally, we offer comprehensive evaluation and treatment for almost all sinonasal disorders using state-of-the-art technology and focused expertise toward the diagnosis and treatment.

Minimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery
We offer endoscopic removal of many benign and malignant tumors involving the nose, sinuses and the surrounding structures including those involving areas front of the brain. Together with the UF neurosurgeons, we are proud to offer this unique, minimally invasive surgery to our patients. When it comes to malignant tumors involving the head and neck, our multidisciplinary approach, combined with the availability of the UF Proton Therapy Institute, uses the most recent advances in knowledge and technology to ensure the best treatment planned separately for each individual patient.

Audiology/Hearing and Balance Center
The audiology service at Shands Jacksonville provides comprehensive hearing assessments, middle-ear assessment, ototoxicity monitoring, auditory evoked potentials, balance testing and hearing aid services. An audiologist is a professional who diagnoses, treats and manages individuals with hearing loss or balance problems. All evaluations are performed by licensed, certified audiologists for patients of all ages. The hearing tests are often necessary as part of the ENT visit and may be performed on the same day when possible. We also offer the latest in hearing aid technology.

Dizziness or a feeling of being off-balance can present a challenge to anyone. Many times these conditions are a result of inner-ear disease. Our audiologists perform state-of-the-art balance testing, or video electronystagmography (VNG), to help accurately determine the source of the problem. Electronystagmography (ENG) testing is scheduled as a separate procedure.

Speech and Language Pathology
With our team of speech and language pathologists, we provide diagnostic voice and swallowing assessments with the use of videostroboscopy, transnasal-esophagoscopy, in addition to Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES). We also offer comprehensive treatment planning in regards to the management of speech and swallowing problems. For persons using alternative modes of communicating following a laryngectomy or related head and neck operations affecting the speech, the UF speech pathology service provides counseling and instruction on the use of an electrolarynx device, as well as the fitting of a Tracheo-Esophageal Prosthesis (TEP).

Conditions we treat:

• Sinonasal disorders - sinusitis, nasal polyps, rhinitis, nasal deformity, nasal valve dysfunction, CSF leak, deviation of the nasal septum, tumors of the nose and sinuses, loss of smell, turbinate hypertrophy
• Allergies - seasonal and environmental allergies
• Taste and smell disorders
• Throat and larynx - chronic tonsillitis, adenoiditis, laryngitis
• Thyroid disorders - benign and malignant thyroid nodules or tumors, surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism
• Snoring and obstructive sleep apnea
• Head and neck tumors - benign and malignant tumors of the head and neck
• Upper airway disorders - laser and balloon surgery for tracheal and laryngeal scars or stenosis, laryngeal papillomatosis
• Nasal and facial trauma - nasal and facial reconstructive surgery, scar revision
• Aging face/facial cosmetic surgery - dermal fillers; Botox; forehead, brow and eyelid surgery, including endoscopic cosmetic surgery
• Cutaneous/skin malignancies - skin cancers involving the face, head, neck and scalp, including reconstructive surgery
• Ear and hearing problems - earaches, ear infections, mastoiditis, hearing loss
• Dizziness and balance disorders
• Tinnitus or ringing in the ears
• Voice and swallowing disorders - hoarseness, vocal cord paralysis, vocal cord nodules
• Reflux - gastro-esophageal (GERD), laryngopharyngeal "silent" reflux

To learn more about the department's clinical services, please visit UF Otolaryngology at Shands Jacksonville.

Locations

Shands Jacksonville
655 West 8th Street
Jacksonville, FL 32209
(904) 244-0411

UF Otolaryngology Clinic
2nd Floor, Faculty Clinic
653 West 8th Street
Jacksonville, FL 32209
(904) 383-1017

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