Dr. Hegarty's Care Philosophy
Dr. Hegarty's Specialty
What Is a Specialty or Area of Special Expertise?
A specialty is the branch of medicine in which a doctor has completed advanced clinical training and education. Most doctors are board certified in their specialty. To receive the best healthcare for your needs, consider choosing a doctor who specializes in your particular medical condition. A specialist will concentrate on your specific needs and will be familiar with the best treatment methods.
Read MoreA specialty is the branch of medicine in which a doctor has completed advanced clinical training and education. Most doctors are board certified in their specialty. To receive the best healthcare for your needs, consider choosing a doctor who specializes in your particular medical condition. A specialist will concentrate on your specific needs and will be familiar with the best methods of treatment.
Examples of specialists are a pediatrician who focuses on the physical, emotional, and social health of children from birth to young adulthood; or a cardiologist who specializes in diseases and conditions of the heart and blood vessels.
A doctor may have more than one specialty, along with one or more subspecialties. For instance, a doctor could specialize in internal medicine and have a subspecialty in infectious disease. A subspecialty is a concentration within a specialty.
Your primary care doctor (who is often a specialist in family medicine or internal medicine) can help you choose the right type of specialist. In fact, some health insurance plans require a referral from your primary care doctor before you visit a specialist.
Dr. Hegarty's License & Board Certification
Why is Board Certification Important?
Board certification requires extensive training and a rigorous review of a doctor’s knowledge, experience and skill in a medical specialty. Board certification also means that a doctor is actively improving his or her practice of medicine through continuing education. A board-certified doctor is more likely than a non-board-certified doctor to have the most current skills and knowledge about how to treat your medical condition.
Read MoreBoard certification requires extensive training and a rigorous review of a doctor’s knowledge, experience and skill in a medical specialty. Board certification also means that a doctor is actively improving his or her practice of medicine through continuing education. A board-certified doctor is more likely than a non-board-certified doctor to have the most current skills and knowledge about how to treat your medical condition.
A doctor who is board certified has taken an important step beyond getting a required state medical license to practice. Some doctors choose not to apply for board certification. A doctor who is not board certified may be an excellent doctor who is fully licensed to practice medicine in his or her state.
If you are considering a doctor who is not board certified, consider asking the doctor why he or she is not certified. This information might provide you important background information to help you decide whether or not to see that doctor.
Procedures Performed by Dr. Hegarty
- Stereotactic Brain Tumor Surgery
- Ear Infection
- Electrocochleography
- Craniotomy
- Myringotomy
- Hearing Test
- Skull Base Neurosurgery
- Microsurgery
- Audiogram
- Ear Reshaping (Otoplasty)
- Mastoidectomy
- Auditory (Baer's)
- cerumen impaction (earwax) removal
- Evoked Potential
- Audiological Evaluations
- Cochlear implant insertion
- hearing impairments
- Ear Reconstruction (Tympanoplasty With Ossiculoplasty)
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Vestibular Testing
- Removal Of Ear Wax (Ear Irrigation)
- Skull Base Surgery
- Electronystagmogram
- Intracranial Tumors
- Minor Office Surgery
- Neurotology/Otology (Ear Neurology)
- Tympanometry
- Electrodiagnostic Procedures
- Nerve Reconstruction
- Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- hearing aid evaluation and consultation
- minor office procedures
- speech testing
- Laser microsurgery
- Congenital ear, nose & throat surgeries
- Ear tube placement
- Ear repair - internal or inner
- Ear surgery
- state-of-the-art equipment
- micro-surgery
- Minimally invasive surgery
Conditions Dr. Hegarty Treats
- Mastoiditis
- Otitis Externa
- Barotrauma
- Ear Cancer
- Hearing Disability
- Otitis
- Balance Problems
- Bullous Myringitis
- Mastoid Surgery
- Hyperacusis
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (Bppv)
- Usher Syndrome
- Middle Ear Infection (Otitis Media)
- Otalgia (Ear Ache)
- Vertigo
- Barotitis Media
- Deafness
- Brain Tumors & Skull Base Tumors
- Conductive Deafness
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Ear Infection
- Chronic Ear Disease
- Nystagmus
- Menier's Disease
- Waardenburg Syndrome
- Neurotology
- Earache
- Neurofibromatosis-2
- Migraine Associated Dizziness
- Vestibular Neuronitis
- Paraganglioma
- Tinnitus
- Hearing Impairment
- Facial Pain
- Ear Disorder
- Temporal Bone Disorder
- Otorrhea
- Auditory Diseases, Central
- Otosclerosis
- Dizziness
- Malignant Otitis Externa (Swimmer's Ear)
- Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases
- Otitis Media
- Facial Paralysis
- Labrynthitis
- Nystagmus, Benign Paroxysmal Positional
- Auditory Processing Disorder
- Ear Foreign Body
- Glue Ear
- Facial Nerve Palsy
- Balance Disorders
- Audiometry Screenings
- Hearing Aids
- Sea Sickness
- Basilar Artery Migraine
- Auditory Neuropathy
- Auditory Perceptual Disorder
- Nerve (Facial) Repair
- Meniere's Disease
- Otolaryngology
- Ear Conditions
- Balance Testing
- Otitis Externa (Swelling or Infection Of Inner Ear)
- Hearing Disorders
- Ear Wax
- Middle Ear Infection
- Microtia, Meatal Atresia and Conductive Deafness
- Perilymph Fistula
- Perilymphatic Fistula
- Ear Pain
- Audiology
- Ruptured Eardrum
- Hearing Test
- Acute Sensorineural Hearing Loss By Acute Acoustic Trauma or Sudden Deafness or Surgery Induced Acoustic Trauma
- Labyrinthitis Syndrome
- Hearing Loss
- Otosclerosis, Familial
- Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease
- Motion Sickness
- Infectious Myringitis
- Vertigo, Benign Paroxysmal, In Childhood
- Ear Infection (Infant)
- Banf Acoustic Neurinoma
- Middle Ear
- Nerve Deafness
- Glomus Tympanicum
- Auditory Seizure
- Congenital Deafness
- Continous Dizziness Similar To Menier'e Disease
- Vestibular Neuritis
- Speech Delay
- Idiopathic Facial Palsy
- Bor Syndrome
- Facial Nerve Repair
- Facial Palsy
- Gait Disorders
- Ear Infections - Exterior or Outer
- Ear Infections - Interior or Inner
- Otitis Media (Swelling Or Infection Of Outer Ear)
- Conductive Deafness - Malformed External Ear
- Ear wax - excessive buildup
- Bell's palsy
- Noise - Induced Hearing Loss
Dr. Hegarty's Education & Training
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What Is a Residency?
Residency is a medical training program that a doctor completes to gain expertise in a specialty. To receive the best healthcare for your needs, consider choosing a doctor who has completed a residency and therefore specializes in the area of your particular medical condition. A specialist will concentrate on your specific needs and will be familiar with the best treatment methods. Read MoreResidency is a medical training program that a doctor completes to gain expertise in a specialty. To receive the best healthcare for your needs, consider choosing a doctor who has completed a residency and therefore specializes in the area of your particular medical condition. A specialist will concentrate on your specific needs and will be familiar with the best treatment methods.
Examples of specialists are a pediatrician who focuses on the physical, emotional and social health of children from birth to young adulthood; or a cardiologist who specializes in diseases and conditions of the heart and blood vessels.
Residency training takes place in accredited hospitals or other healthcare facilities under the supervision of experienced doctors. Residency training lasts from three to seven years, and the exact duration varies from specialty to specialty. Residency is required for specialty board certification.