Is ENT a subspecialty of something else?

[73BARMYPgsp]

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The thread title should be pretty clear, but I was looking for ENT in the specialty/residency forums and it is not there. As an unfrozen caveman PhD, this frightens and confuses me.

 

[Ziehl-Neelsen]

ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) is a surgical and medical subspecialty in much the same vein as urology, and as follows, the true name of ENT is Otolaryngology. Both specialties treat their respective systems with medical and surgical therapies: urologists treating the urologic system and otolaryngologists treating pretty much everything manifesting above the collar bones and and below the skull base (e.g. Meniere's Disease, Thyroid Cancer, and the procedure that keeps them in style--the tonsilectomy).

They generally refer to themselves as ENT surgeons because laypeople stare blankly at the word otolaryngologist.

 

[73BARMYPgsp]

ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) is a surgical and medical subspecialty in much the same vein as urology, and as follows, the true name of ENT is Otolaryngology. Both specialties treat their respective systems with medical and surgical therapies: urologists treating the urologic system and otolaryngologists treating pretty much everything manifesting above the collar bones and and below the skull base (e.g. Meniere's Disease, Thyroid Cancer, and the procedure that keeps them in style--the tonsilectomy).

They generally refer to themselves as ENT surgeons because laypeople stare blankly at the word otolaryngologist.

Thank you for that excellent explanation! That is pretty cool. During my "search for the truth", I came accross the word Otolaryngology as well. The short version of this entire story is I am trying to get some armchair advice because of BPPV which is driving me crazy as I am having another flare up this month. 🙁