Origin Dr. Hal Foster called the first meeting of what became the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in 1896; Head and Neck Surgery was added to the name in 1980.
The specialty concerned with diseases and surgery of the ear, nose, throat and related structures of the head and neck, commonly known as ENT. In the United States its organizational history is intertwined with ophthalmology, sharing a single founding academy from 1896 and splitting into fully independent professional bodies only in 1979. The modern discipline gained Head and Neck Surgery formally in its name in 1980, reflecting its expansion into head and neck oncologic and reconstructive surgery.
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Origin PeriodDr. Hal Foster called the first meeting of what became the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in 1896; Head and Neck Surgery was added to the name in 1980. 2 Classification
Type/Classification Connections
Associated With
Otolaryngology and ophthalmology shared a single joint professional academy in the United States from 1896 until they formally separated into independent academies in 1979.
Source History of AAO-HNS/F
Notable Specialists
Source Hermann Gutzmann (Wikipedia)
Source Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (Wikipedia)
Source Wilhelm Fliess (Wikipedia)
Treats
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1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
WikipediaClassification tableQuote, Classification table
Surgical specialties focus on manually operative and instrumental techniques to treat disease.
2. History of AAO-HNS/F
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgeryentnet.org Legacy History page, Early Academy History section
In 1896, Dr. Hal Foster, an otolaryngologist in Kansas City, Missouri, called the first meeting of what would later become the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
- Associated With: Ophthalmology
View the Source Wilhelm Fliess (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Wilhelm Fliess, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Wilhelm Fliess, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
was a German otolaryngologist who practised in Berlin
Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Career, Other worksQuote, Notable Specialists: Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Career, Other works
In 1821, Itard published a major work on otology
Hermann Gutzmann (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hermann Gutzmann, Career [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Hermann Gutzmann, Career [specialist-in]
practised as a specialist in diseases of the vocal organs
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