Do Surgeons Swear When Operating?

Surgeons, whether deserved or not, have a reputation of being mean-spirited and foul-mouthed as a group overall. It does not help that TV sh...

Forbes Critical of Patient Satisfaction Ratings of Physicians

Forbes on January 2, 2013 published a story critical of Press Gainey and other companies that obtain patient satisfaction scores. Please no...

HIPAA Compliant Text Messaging (for Free)

Let's face it... Physicians love to text message given it is fast, easy, and convenient. However, regular instant messaging (SMS, MMS) t...

Is Social Media Bad for Doctors?

I was recently asked to participate as a speaker in a panel discussion on social media next year in Canada and while preparing my thoughts o...

What do Earthquakes Have to do with Thyroid Masses?

I'm not sure what is going on within the Italian Court system, but in October 2012, the Italian Court convicted 7 scientists to jail te...

Find an ENT Doctor App

If you have an iPhone or Android , get the ENTLink App... You can search for an ENT by current location or by zip code. The search can be n...

100% Patient Satisfaction Scores

What if I told you this 100% patient satisfaction score was due to a survey of only two people... that I personally picked? Welcome to the b...

TV Show HOUSE Exploring ENT Problems

I must clarify that I never really like TV show House for reasons explained here ... but patients who love watching House have alerted me t...

If Computer Security Experts are Getting Hacked, Why are Hospitals/Doctors Expected to be Better?

As anyone knows from reading the newspaper recently, major computer security firms like RSA and Verisign have been hacked. Even the pentag...

Dr. Chang a Washingtonian Top Doctor for 2012

For 2012, Dr. Chang was selected as a Washingtonian Top Doctor in the field of otolaryngology (page 120). This year's list was publish...

Dr. Chang a Northern Virginia Top Doctor for 2012

Northern Virginia Magazine  published their annual list of Top Doctors for 2012 in their February 2012 edition.  Dr. Chang  was listed as on...

What Makes a Successful Hospital - Where Are the Tweakers???

First off, I don't have a business degree (in fact, I'm a MBA drop-out) nor a degree in hospital administration (does chairing a hos...

Doctor Distraction Happens... It's Mandatory!

I admittedly snorted out loud when I read a  New York Times article   earlier last week regarding increased physician distraction due to ele...

Want to See a Specialist Doctor Who Does Not Take Your Insurance? There Are Options...

It is not unusual nowadays that a patient may want to see a specific medical specialist who unfortunately does NOT participate with their  h...

United Kingdom Ends $17 Billion Electronic Medical Records Initiative

The Wall Street Journal on Sept 23, 2011 reported that the United Kingdom will scrap the entire electronic medical records (EMR) initiative...

New Webpage on Facial Paralysis

Our office has produced a new webpage on the evaluation and management of facial paralysis without any other symptoms. Click here to read ...

Sermo iPhone App Review

Sermo is an online physician-only forum where doctors ask other doctors for advice. It's where we post particularly thorny/difficult me...

ENT Practices and Physicians Who Twitter...

Did you know Fauquier ENT maintains one of the most comprehensive list of ENT physicians who twitter and are otherwise involved with socia...

Doctors Don't Always Take Their Advice (ENT Perspective)

Reuters published an interesting story about research that showed doctors don't always recommend treatments to patients that they thems...

Video of Monkey Behaving Like a ENT Doctor

All I can say is look at time 0:41 - 1:25 in the video clip below. If you can't see the video below, click here . Coming soon to an otol...