Pediatric otolaryngology is the field of medicine primarily concerned with problems with the ear, nose and throat in infants, children, and adolescents. A pediatric otolaryngologist is a head and neck surgeon who diagnoses and provides comprehensive medical treatment in children for disorders of the ears, nose, sinuses, throat, respiratory system, and other head and neck systems. This surgeon also treats children’s disorders of the larynx (voicebox) and hearing.
Other areas of concern to the otolaryngologist are treatment of diseases, allergies and related disorders of the head. Otolaryngology is commonly called ENT, because it primarily deals with the ear, nose and throat.
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 58 practicing pediatric otolaryngologists. Broken out by state, pediatric otolaryngology doctor density in Alabama is 1, in Alaska is 1, in Arizona is 1, in California is 12, in Colorado is 4, in Connecticut is 2, in Delaware is 5, in District of Columbia is 1, in Florida is 9, in Georgia is 6, in Illinois is 6, in Iowa is 3, in Kansas is 1, in Kentucky is 5, in Massachusetts is 4, in Michigan is 4, in Minnesota is 1, in Mississippi is 2, in Missouri is 4, in Nebraska is 4, in New Hampshire is 1, in New Jersey is 1, in New York is 5, in North Carolina is 2, in Ohio is 4, in Pennsylvania is 5, in South Carolina is 2, in South Dakota is 1, in Tennessee is 2, in Texas is 16, in Virginia is 3, in Washington is 3, and in Wisconsin is 4.
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