Ear, Nose & Throat Institute history

He later developed and popularized the tonsillar snare technique which was gradually adopted by nearly all otolaryngologists in the US. In 1927, Carlos Pitkin MD joined the growing department after training at Harvard with Harold Mosher at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear infirmary.

With its expanding patient population, the third Eye and Ear Hospital was ready for occupancy in 1934, replacing the building on Fifth Avenue.

In 1948 the School of Audiology was set up and funded by the Department of Health to train, to teach and develop audiology services in the UK and Commonwealth.

Doctor Raymond Jordan, a very prominent otologic surgeon who practiced with Doctor Kenneth Day Sr. and Doctor Kenneth Day Jr., became Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology in 1961 after Doctor McCullough's retirement.

In 1964, a new addition called the West Wing was completed.

Doctor Sataloff's primary long-term associate was his son Robert Thayer Sataloff, MD, DMA, who joined the practice in 1980.

After an extensive national search, Dr Anthony J. Maniglia was selected from the University of Miami in 1985 as our first official department chairman.

The Eye & Ear Institute was established in 1987.

In 1988, Dr Melvin Strauss joined the faculty from Penn State at Hershey after training under Dr Joseph Ogura at Washington University in St Louis.

The Eye & Ear Hospital ceased to exist as a separate entity on October 1, 1990.

Ear, Nose & Throat Consultants of Nevada (ENTC) was founded in 1991 by Doctor Walter W. Schroeder and Doctor David Foggia.

Dale B. Smith, D.O. opened his private practice in Lawton in 1992 as Southwest Oklahoma Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialists with 4 staff members.

The Eye & Ear Institute, as an entity, was sold to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for an additional 3 million dollars in 1993 bringing the endowments to a total of 20 million dollars.

Doctor Smith along with three other surgeons also founded the first free-standing multi-speciality surgery center in Lawton in 1996.

In 1998, Wright, Forge and Kemp drew up outline plans to create a new building which was to be a centre for auditory research housing the hearing scientists from across UCL in a purpose-built facility.

By the year 2000, the practice grew to include these physicians: California Ear/Sinus Institute Fellowship trained otologist Doctor Ashley Sikand, Doctor Charles Abdo, Doctor James H. Heroy III, Doctor Frederick Goll III, Doctor Mead Hemmeter, Doctor Larry Yu, and Hearing Aid Specialist Laurie Abdo.

After many years of successfully practicing otolaryngology, Doctor Hemmetter chose to retire in 2002.

In 2003 expanding staff and continuing to add the latest in medical and surgical care, lead to the practice to change its name to the Allergy, Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute.

Following this £10.98m award, the new building was constructed, and opened in January 2005.

In 2006, Prof David McAlpine was appointed the Director of the Ear Institute, taking over from Prof Tony Wright.

ENTC opened a new office in the Southwest region of Las Vegas in January 2009 and closed the La Canada office.

By 2010, at the request of local Altus physicians, the Altus Satellite office was added in the Carter Medical Building across the street from Jackson County Memorial Hospital.

Doctor Charles Abdo retired from medical practice in September 2011 and his patient records will be stored with ENTC.

ENTC opened their newest office in the Green Valley region of Henderson in July 2012 on St Rose Parkway.

ENT Institute was recognized nationally by the Hearing Healthcare Industry in 2014 for demonstrating “Best Practices for Patient Care, Service and Satisfaction”. Our Providers are used as benchmarks for other practices to achieve.

In August of 2017 Doctor Christine Mirabal joined Ear, Nose Throat as our first female physician.

The Institute had interim directorship for a couple of years until January 2019 when Prof Jonathan Gale was appointed as the Director of the Institute.