Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
For Patients
To schedule an appointment:
- Call 713-798-3200 for otology and neurotology
- Call 832-822-3250 Option 1 for pediatric otolaryngology
- Call 713-441-FACE (3223) for Facial and Reconstructive Surgery
- Call 713-798-5464 or 888-531-2368 for all other subspecialties
- Visit Baylor Clinic
Please visit our website at: http://www.bcm.edu/oto/
Chair
Bobby R. Alford, M.D.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery is to promote health for all people through education, research and public service. The department is committed to excellence in:
- Providing the highest standards of comprehensive medical and surgical care offered to patients
- Advancing basic and clinical biomedical research into the function and diseases/disorders of the special sensory systems (hearing, balance, smell, taste) and other organ systems of the head and neck
- Educating medical students, residents and fellows, biomedical scientists, and allied health professionals
- Maintaining a diverse, well rounded, multidisciplinary faculty of the highest quality and expertise
- Fostering public awareness of diseases and disorders of the head and neck systems and their causes
- Promoting health and prevention of diseases of the head and neck systems and related structures
Education & Training Programs
- Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Residency Program
- Otology/Neurotology Fellowship
- Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship
Current Research
- Cochlear Biophysics Laboratory
- Karim Al-Fayed Neurobiology of Hearing Laboratory
- National Space Biomedical Research Institute
- Temporal Bone Laboratory
- Laboratory of Holly Birdsall, M.D., Ph.D.
- Center for Balance Disorders
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory
- Laboratory for Cochlear Mechanics and Hearing Loss
Centers & Clinics
- Institute for Head and Neck Surgery
- National Space Biomedical Research Institute
- Cabe Otolaryngology Clinic, Otology Center of Excellence, Neurosensory Center
- Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Consultants, Smith Tower
- Pediatric Otolaryngology Clinic, Texas Children's Hospital
- Center for Balance Disorders
Contact Us
Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology
- Head and Neck Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Neurosensory Center
One Baylor Plaza, NA 102
Houston, TX 77030
- Academic Offices: 713-798-5906
- Clinical Offices: 713-798-3200
- Fax: 713-798-3403
- E-mail: oto@bcm.edu