Department of ENT / Head & Neck Surgery
ENT department of PGMI is situated in newly constructed phase II building of Lahore General Hospital and comprises of 35 beds. The Unit One of the ENT department is headed by Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tariq. There are 02 resident Medical Officer and 12 postgraduates with 01 house officer in ENT unit I. There are 05 resident FCPS part II training course, 04 residents in MS (ENT) and 02 students in DLO teaching programme. Prof. Dr. Tahir Rashid is the incharge of ENT Unit II. There is 02 resident Medical Officer with 09 postgraduates in ENT unit II. Apart from 05 MS (ENT) residents there is 01 trainee of MCPS and 03 trainees of DLO programme. The department has an outdoor where the daily number of patients attendance is from about 300. There are three operation days with each list comprising of 8-10 patients. Department provides most of the surgical facilities like mastoid surgery, head and neck surgery, skull base surgery along with routine surgery on nose and throat and larynx. Department also provides emergency operation facilities like Tracheotomies, removal Foreign bodies from upper aero digestive tract and management of epistaxis.
We have keen interest in the management of Angiofibroma as we have the backup of digital subtraction angiography with embolization. Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery is fully operational. The department has keen interest in Head & Neck Surgery and Thyroid Surgery & Salivary Gland Surgery. Cancers of Oral Cavity, Pharynx and Larynx. Audiological section of ENT Department is functional. It has the facilities of Pure Tone Audiometry, Tympanometry, Auditory Brain Stem Responce Audiometry. The SNE is in process. As far the education programmes, the students are regularly trained by teaching staff through morning rounds, lectures, seminars and clinical conferences and case presentations by the students. A meticulous record of their teaching is maintained both at departmental and institutional levels. Various part I courses of diploma and degree are run by the basic departments of PGMI. In addition to this there is main library, which contains numerous latest book on all aspects of the fields. Twenty four hour internet service is available in the department. This is in addition to a computer library available in Lahore General Hospitals, which has access to several on line free of cost journal services around the world.
Courses Offered
- FCPS Otorhinolaryngology
- MS Otorhinolaryngology
- MCPS Otorhinolaryngology
- DLO
Research Publications
Faculty Unit I
