Head & Neck Institute Outcomes
Overview
Institute Summary
Cleveland Clinic’s Head & Neck Institute offers world-class, highly complex care across a very broad array of conditions affecting the face, head, and neck. The institute combines the expertise of head and neck surgeons, otolaryngologists, facial plastic surgeons, audiologists, oral surgeons, dentists, and voice specialists to provide compassionate care for adult and pediatric patients. It collaborated in the world’s first successful larynx transplant and the world’s first near-total face transplant, and it is one of the largest programs of its kind.
The Head & Neck Institute is one of 26 clinical and special expertise institutes at Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit academic medical center recognized in the U.S. and throughout the world for its expertise and care.
Sections
The Head & Neck Institute is comprised of a multidisciplinary team of 150 clinical providers who treat a wide range of head and neck disorders. The institute’s sections include:
| Institute Sections | |
|---|---|
| Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology | |
| Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | |
| Comprehensive Otolaryngology | |
| Laryngology/Voice Center | |
| Otology, Neurotology, and Lateral Skull Base Disorders | |
| Pediatric Otolaryngology | |
| Rhinology, Sinus, and Skull Base Surgery | |
| Surgical Sleep | |
| Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | |
| Allied Hearing and Balance Services | |
| Speech and Language Pathology |
Research
| Clinical Trials Research | |
|---|---|
| 102 active clinical research projects | |
| 400+ patients enrolled in clinical research projects |
Institute Clinical Activity (2022)
| 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Evaluation & management visits | 86,243 |
| New patient visits | 72,505 |
| Primary surgery cases | 7,860 |
| Admissions | 886 |
| Average length of stay | 6.72 |
24/7 referrals are available by contacting the Referring Physician Hotline at 855.REFER.123 (855.733.3712). Learn more at clevelandclinic.org/refer123.
