After completing the otolaryngology residency program at IU School of Medicine, most physicians—about 60 percent—enter fellowship programs, such as endoscopic sinus surgery, facial plastics and reconstruction, head and neck cancer and otology/neurolology. The other 40 percent go straight to work. About half of IU School of Medicine otolaryngology residents go into academics; the other half go into private practice/hospital base.
2022 Alumni

Nathan Connell, MD
General ENT
Mayo Clinic Health System

Dhruv Sharma, MD
Rhinology-Skull Base Surgery Fellowship
University of Washington, Seattle

Kolin Rubel, MD
Rhinology Fellowship
Vanderbilt University
2021 Alumni

Kazim Alwani, MD
Head and Neck Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship
University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas TX

Leah Novinger, MD, PhD
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic

Alhasan Elghouche, MD, MS
Faculty, General Otolaryngology
Indiana University School of Medicine
2020 Alumni

John Gettelfinger, MD
General Otolaryngology
Community Physician Network,
Ear, Nose and Throat Care,
Indianapolis

Zach Pflum, MD
Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health at UW-Madison

Rich Kao, MD
Fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Toriumi Facial Plastics,
Rush University Medical College
2019 Alumni

Sarah Drejet, MD
Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Cyrus Rabbani, MD
Fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Dan Martinez, MD
Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
2018 Alumni

Ryan Phillips, MD
General Otolaryngology
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, Jasper, Indiana

Dominic Vernon, MD
Fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Johns Hopkins Medicine
2017 Alumni

Amy Best, MD
General Otolaryngology
Community Physician Network,
Ear, Nose and Throat Care,
Indianapolis

Todd Wannemuehler, MD
Fellowship in Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Chad Ruffin, MD
Fellowship in Otologic Research
Indiana University School of Medicine
2016 Alumni

Brian Lobo
Fellowship in Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
Cleveland Clinic

Jennifer Phan
General Otolaryngology
Community Physician Network,
Ear, Nose and Throat Care,
Indianapolis

Benton Nelson
General Otolaryngology
Ear, Nose and Throat Specialties PC,
Lincoln, Nebraska