Position Statement: Scope of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery agrees with the policy of the American Medical Association that surgeons should be allowed to do…
Position Statement: Reuse of Single-Use Devices: Responsible Recycling of Medical Instrumentation
Our current healthcare environment demands that we advocate for the best quality care delivered in a safe and cost effective manner to our patients. As such, t…
Position Statement: Reimbursement for Taking Hospital Call
Otolaryngologists, through their training in the management of adult and pediatric airway emergencies, facial trauma, foreign bodies and other head and neck em…
Position Statement: Pay-for-Performance
The American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) believes that quality care, access to care and positive health outcomes must be the prim…
Position Statement: Policy on Quality Measures
Statement of PrinciplesThe American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery is committed to advancing the practice of high quality, cost-effective heal…
Position Statement: Patient Physician Covenant
(Modified from the Journal of the American Medical Association, May 17, 1995)Medicine is, at its center, a moral enterprise grounded in a covenant of trust. Th…
Position Statement: Medical Liability
The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) is committed to patient safety and accepts the responsibility to address quality improve…
Position Statement: Industry Representatives in the Operating Room
When the presence of an industry representative is necessary, helpful, or confers an educational benefit in this setting, the otolaryngologist and industry rep…
Position Statement: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination for Prevention of HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer
Over the past three decades, there has been a clear decrease in the prevalence of tobacco use in the United States and an associated decline in tobacco‐related…
Position Statements on e-cigarettes
Recommendations for Teens and Their Parents:Nicotine addiction during teen years correlates with greater risk of subsequent addictions, such as opioids. It als…
Position Statement: Delineation of Hospital Privileges
The ultimate responsibility for delineating clinical privileges in the hospital setting rests with the institution's governing board and is discharged through …
Position Statement: Collaborative Relationships with Industry
The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) seeks to empower members to provide excellent care to patients. This requires constant i…
Position Statement: Choice of Physicians
The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery strongly supports, as being in the public interest, the establishment of reimbursement plans by th…
Position Statement: Ambulatory Procedures
The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) recognizes the existence of lists of surgical procedures that may be appropriately perfo…
Position Statement: Treatment for Microtia and Anotia
The American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery ("AAO-HNS") recognizes microtia and anotia as congential birth defects. These conditions are assoc…
Position Statement: Plastic Surgery
The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery recognizes that facial plastic surgery is an integral part of the specialty and is a fundamental…
Position Statement: Tonsillectomy and OSAs
In the adult population, tonsillectomy is the appropriate first line treatment in select patients (Epstein 2009, Evidence Based Clinical Guideline). After thor…
Position Statement: Pediatric Otolaryngology
The American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS), American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (AAO‐HNS) and the American So…
Pediatric Habilitation Following Cochlear Implantation
The American Academy of Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck Surgery endorses the American Cochlear Implant (ACI) Alliance’s position paper on Pediatric Habilitation F…
Care of Children Infected with Cytomegalovirus
The risk for transmission of congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV), a common in-utero infection and a leading cause of childhood hearing loss, in healthcare settin…
