Mt. Scott Ear, Nose And Throat

Otolaryngology / Facial Plastic Surgery

Mt. Scott Ear, Nose And Throat is an Otolaryngology / Facial Plastic Surgery practice in Clackamas, OR with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in addressing defects, disorders, traumas, and aging effects of the face with surgical and nonsurgical approaches. Otolaryngologist / Facial Plastic Surgeons at Mt. Scott Ear, Nose And Throat perform facial rejuvenation, facial contouring, facial defect repair, and reshaping. Otolaryngology / Facial Plastic Surgery is the surgical specialty dedicated to reconstruction of facial defects due to birth disorders, trauma, burns, disease, and aging. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Otolaryngology / Facial Plastic Surgery practices include sagging brows and furrowed lines, puffy eyes and drooping eyelids, projecting ears, unshapely nose, fine lines, wrinkles, skin lesions, and burn scars.. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Otolaryngology / Facial Plastic Surgery practices include rhinoplasty, nose reshaping, eyelid surgery, facial rejuvenation surgery, fat transfers, facial augmentation, wrinkle treatment, corrective surgery for congenital facial defects, cleft lip and palate repair, ear reshaping, craniofacial surgery, minimally invasive and endoscopic skull base surgery, microsurgery, reconstruction of cancer patients and extensive post-traumatic deformities.

An otolaryngologist who specializes in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of head and neck conditions.

Sleep Medicine

Mt. Scott Ear, Nose And Throat is a Sleep Medicine practice in Clackamas, OR with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in disorders related to patient sleeping patterns and sleep quality. Sleep Medicine Doctors at Mt. Scott Ear, Nose And Throat perform sleep quality testing, clinical condition assessment, sleep studies, and behavioral therapy. Sleep Medicine is a medical specialty focused on identifying sleep disorders and relieving pain, distress, and illness related to those disorders. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Sleep Medicine practices include REM behavior disorder (RBD), sleep paralysis, sleepwalking, sleep apnea, insomnia, recurring nightmares, shift work disorder, circadian rhythm disorders, teeth grinding (bruxism), night terrors, bedwetting, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and restless legs syndrome (RLS). Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Sleep Medicine practices include physical examination, sleep studies, polysomnography, multiple sleep latency testing, maintenance of wakefulness testing, actigraphy, mental health evaluation, prescribing medication, and referral to other specialists as necessary.

An Internist who practices Sleep Medicine is certified in the subspecialty of sleep medicine and specializes in the clinical assessment, physiologic testing, diagnosis, management and prevention of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. Sleep specialists treat patients of any age and use multidisciplinary approaches. Disorders managed by sleep specialists include, but are not limited to, sleep related breathing disorders, insomnia, hypersomnias, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, parasomnias and sleep related movement disorders.

Neurology

Mt. Scott Ear, Nose And Throat is a Neurology practice in Clackamas, OR with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in studying, diagnosing, and treating disorders of the nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). Neurologists at Mt. Scott Ear, Nose And Throat perform diagnostic tests and a wide variety of neurological and cognitive treatments for a range of neurological disorders. Neurology is the branch of biology that studies, assesses, and treats the anatomy, functions, and organic disorders of the nervous system. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Neurology practices include coordination problems, muscle weakness, sensation changes, confusion, dizziness, cluster headaches, migraines, seizure disorders like epilepsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular disorders, encephalitis, meningitis, brain abscesses, neurodegenerative disorders like Lou Gehrig's disease and Alzheimer's, as well as spinal cord inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Neurology practices include lumbar puncture, tensilon test, EEG, CT scan, MRI scan, PET scan, angiography, and sleep studies for diagnosis, then the presciption of physiotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, pain management, medication and/or lifestyle changes.

A Neurologist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or impaired function of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles, autonomic nervous system, and blood vessels that relate to these structures.