What is the difference between an Allergist/Immunologist and an ENT/Otolaryngologist Allergist?
Both complete 4 years of college and 4 years of medical school
ENT’s generally do a 1 year general surgery residency and then a 4 year otolaryngology surgery residency where they learn to do surgical procedures like putting in ear tubes, taking out tonsils, straightening septums, reducing the size of turbinates, removing polyps and operating with special scopes and balloon catheters to open the sinuses and use lasers to remove nodules from the vocal cords, etc. Some ENT’s will go on to do extra 1 or 2 years of fellowship training in one of the following specialized areas of otolaryngology surgery: Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Otology (ear, hearing and balance), Neurotology (middle and inner ear, temporal bone, skull base and dizziness), Rhinolgy and Sinus Surgery (Sinusitis, Allergy, Anterior Skull base and snoring), Laryngology and Voice Disorders, Pediatric Otolaryngology and Sleep Medicine.
Allergist/Immunologist complete a 3 year medical residency in pediatrics or internal medicine and then a 2 or 3 year fellowship in allergy/immunology where they are trained to diagnose, treat and manage allergies, asthma and immunologic disorders that can be rare and complex to very common. Allergist use allergy skin test to determine allergic hypersensitivity to employ treatments that can include desensitization with allergy injections. Asthma is caused by an alteration in the immune system and allergist focus on treating this common and debilitating condition. They also treat the immunologic based skin diseases like atopic dermatitis, urticaria and angioedema.
Allergist’s are medical doctors who are trained to treat allergies and immune dysfunction.
ENT’s are surgeons who are trained to use surgical procedures to treat conditions that are amenable to surgery.
ENT’s are as good at treating allergy as allergist’s are at doing surgery.
ENT’s generally do a 1 year general surgery residency and then a 4 year otolaryngology surgery residency where they learn to do surgical procedures like putting in ear tubes, taking out tonsils, straightening septums, reducing the size of turbinates, removing polyps and operating with special scopes and balloon catheters to open the sinuses and use lasers to remove nodules from the vocal cords, etc. Some ENT’s will go on to do extra 1 or 2 years of fellowship training in one of the following specialized areas of otolaryngology surgery: Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Otology (ear, hearing and balance), Neurotology (middle and inner ear, temporal bone, skull base and dizziness), Rhinolgy and Sinus Surgery (Sinusitis, Allergy, Anterior Skull base and snoring), Laryngology and Voice Disorders, Pediatric Otolaryngology and Sleep Medicine.
Allergist/Immunologist complete a 3 year medical residency in pediatrics or internal medicine and then a 2 or 3 year fellowship in allergy/immunology where they are trained to diagnose, treat and manage allergies, asthma and immunologic disorders that can be rare and complex to very common. Allergist use allergy skin test to determine allergic hypersensitivity to employ treatments that can include desensitization with allergy injections. Asthma is caused by an alteration in the immune system and allergist focus on treating this common and debilitating condition. They also treat the immunologic based skin diseases like atopic dermatitis, urticaria and angioedema.
Allergist’s are medical doctors who are trained to treat allergies and immune dysfunction.
ENT’s are surgeons who are trained to use surgical procedures to treat conditions that are amenable to surgery.
ENT’s are as good at treating allergy as allergist’s are at doing surgery.