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UC Irvine Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Leading Otolaryngology Teaching Hospital: Research, Expanded Residency Program, Continuing Medical Education

Welcome to University of California Irvine Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. We are your comprehensive resource for all medical issues related to the ear, nose, throat, head and neck tumors, and facial plastic surgery. UC Irvine Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery ranked #33 in the U.S. on US News and World Report's ranking of top hospitals for Ear Nose and Throat. The 2014-15 rankings cover nearly 5,000 medical centers across the country and span 16 medical specialties.

101 The City Drive South, Pavilion II, Orange, CA 92868
714-456-7017
and
62 Corporate Park Ste # 115
Irvine, CA 92606

11/12/2025

Join us for Grand Rounds on Wednesday, November 12 with UCI's own Victoria M. Villaflor, MD for "Bridging Surgery and Systemic Therapy: A New Era in Head and Neck Cancer Treatment." We meet at 5pm PT via ZOOM!

11/05/2025

Join us for Grand Rounds on Wednesday, November 5 for Peter H. Hwang, MD of the Stanford University School of Medicine for "Pathways to Medical Entrepreneurship: Lessons Learned from Silicon Valley." We meet at 5pm PT via ZOOM!

10/29/2025

Join us for Grand Rounds on Wednesday, October 29 for Muhammed F. Shand, MD of the University of California, Los Angeles and David Geffen School of Medicine for "Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP)." We meet at 5pm PT via ZOOM!

10/24/2025

Join us in congratulating the newest faculty members of the University of California, Irvine's Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery! These 2025 additions bring our department to a total of 15 clinical faculty and 3 basic scientists. We're proud to welcome these talented surgeons and scientists to our team!

10/22/2025

UCI Department of Otolaryngology welcomes Dr. Eric Abello!

Eric H. Abello, MD recently returned to Orange County to join the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of California, Irvine. A Southern California native, he completed his residency training in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at UCI before pursuing fellowship training in Head and Neck Oncologic and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Fluent in Spanish, Dr. Abello is passionate about caring for diverse patient populations and connecting with the community he grew up in. Dedicated to education and mentorship, he has received recognition for his teaching and remains active in national and international collaborations to advance research and surgical care. Dr. Abello is especially excited to be back home serving the Orange County community and contributing to patient care, innovation, and training the next generation of surgeons. He is currently accepting new patients at the brand-new Brea outpatient clinic.

10/01/2025

Join us for Grand Rounds on Wednesday, October 1 for Meghan Turner, MD, FACS of the West Virginia University of Health Sciences Center for "Complications After TORS." We meet at 5pm PT via ZOOM!

09/24/2025

Coming Soon! This fall, we are excited to be opening a UCI Health Ear, Nose, and Throat clinic to serve our North Orange County population, located in the city of Brea. This shared space between the Departments of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery and Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences will feature 18 exam rooms. Nine rooms will be dedicated to ear, nose, and throat patients with state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment and a full range of audiology services. More to come!

09/17/2025

We are excited to share that Dr. Miriam Smetak has joined our department as our third clinical Neurotologist.

Originally from Fullerton, Dr. Smetak returns to Orange County after completing her undergraduate degree at USC with a BS in Aerospace Engineering and a BA in Interdisciplinary Archaeology, her MD at the University of Minnesota, where she also completed an MS degree in Biomechanical Engineering, her residency training in otolaryngology – head & neck surgery at the Vanderbilt University, and most recently her fellowship training at Washington University in St. Louis, which is one of the premier training programs in the country in neurotology and lateral skull base surgery.

She will initially be seeing patients in Pavilion II in Orange and at the Irvine Wen Center, but once our Brea clinic opens in October, she will help expand our skull base, hearing, and balance services to North Orange County, Los Angeles County, and San Bernardino / Riverside County patients. She will also be pursuing a number of clinical and translational research projects, likely in collaboration with our hearing scientists in the Center for Hearing Research. She has a particular interest in studying and improving surgical ergonomics, an area that combines her engineering and clinical expertise. Dr. Smetak has been officially onboarded as an Assistant Professor of clinical otolaryngology in the UCI School of Medicine and is our 18th faculty member in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery.

Welcome Dr. Smetak! We’re so excited to have you join us!

09/16/2025

Join us for Grand Rounds on Wednesday, September 17 for Rosh K.V. Sethi, MD, MPH, FACS of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School for "Patient Reported Outcomes in Head and Neck Surgery." We meet at 5pm PT via ZOOM!

08/30/2025

The gift of hearing again! Dr. Djalilian shares some of the powerful moments patients experience when their hearing is restored:

✨ Hearing the hum of the air conditioner for the first time.
✨ Realizing toilets make a sound when they flush.
✨ Discovering that songs have words, not just melodies. 🎶

These little moments remind us that hearing restoration isn’t just about sound… it’s about rediscovering life itself.
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08/27/2025

Join us for Grand Rounds on Wednesday, August 27 for Maki Yamamoto, MD, FACS of UC Irvine Health for "What's New in Melanoma: The Paradigm Shift." We meet at 5pm PT via ZOOM!

08/19/2025

Join us for Grand Rounds on Wednesday, August 20 for Jon Mallen-St. Clair, MD, PhD of Cedars-Sinai for "Evolving Concepts in Mandibular Reconstruction." We meet at 5pm PT via ZOOM!

Address

101 The City Drive South, Pavilion II
Orange, CA
92868

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+18002639547

Website

http://www.ent.uci.edu/

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