Author: Elizabeth Jane Walker

Many people are surprised to learn that hundreds of children travel to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital each year for otolaryngology services related to cancer and sickle cell disease. Anthony Sheyn, MD, chief of the Division of Otolaryngology in the St. Jude Department of Surgery, says the multidisciplinary otolaryngology team performs more than 100 operations, with about 500-700 outpatient clinic visits annually. Sheyn recently took a break to discuss the hospital’s growing otolaryngology services with St. Jude Progress. St. Jude Progress: What are the top diagnoses you encounter in your practice at St. Jude? Tony Sheyn: I think the...