Carrie L. Francis

TL;DR: The predominant practice setting for African American otolaryngologists who can be role models and if the presence of an AfricanAmerican otolariesngologist in academic setting influences career choice are determined.

TL;DR: Overall, patients with mucoid effusions are more likely to develop tube otorrhea or obstruction at follow-up than patients with dry ears, and cost-effective drops should be used when prescribing topical therapy to prevent complications after ear tubes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that diversity impacts performance of their teams, fosters innovation, and improves outcomes of their patients in otolaryngology head and neck surgery, and that increasing the diversity of the staff will decrease health care disparities while equity and justice can increase the culture humility to take care of an increasingly diverse patient population.

TL;DR: A case is reported in which the patient had coexisting recurrent sialadenitis and underwent salivary endoscopy, an emerging modality that potentially avoids radiation exposure from CT or sialography and should be considered as another preferred treatment option.