The Medical Consumer's Advocate

...is an educational web page aimed at providing accurate medical information to people with ear, nose and throat problems. Criticism and corrections from my colleagues (and others) are much appreciated.

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NEW!

I've moved (in the real world, that is). I'm now seeing patients at the Santa Rosa office of the California Ear Institute. If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area and would like to give me some business, here's how you can reach me:

Douglas Hoffman MD, PhD
California Ear Institute
196 Sotoyome St.
Santa Rosa, CA 95405-4800
Appointments: 707-528-0565

Don't forget to read the disclaimer. And if you don't want to read the disclaimer, TOUGH, 'cuz here it is:

Here's a big, fat, DISCLAIMER!

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Dr. Hoffman's website does NOT offer medical advice. The material contained in these pages are offered for information purposes only. Do not act or rely upon information from www.doctorhoffman.com without seeking professional medical advice.

The transmission of information from www.doctorhoffman.com to you is NOT intended to create nor does it create a physician-patient relationship between you and Dr. Hoffman. Even if Dr. Hoffman answers your emails, the information he provides MUST be reviewed with your physician.

Dr. Hoffman does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, usefulness or adequacy of any resources, information, apparatus, product or process available at or from www.doctorhoffman.com.

In other words: I'm not your doctor, but I do try to provide information to help you talk to your doctor.

The Medical Consumer's Advocate is the solo project of Douglas Hoffman, MD, PhD

I have 161 articles posted on the Question and Answer Page; you may wish to browse these articles, but I strongly recommend that you search this site using the search function below.

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Medical information for diseases of the ears, nose, and throat by Douglas Hoffman MD PhD is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. For questions on this license, or other matters, contact Dr. Hoffman at: azureus at harborside dot com, but please, read this page first.