Founded in 1981
ISSN 1908 4889 (Print)
ISSN 2094 1501 (Online)
PJOHNS aims to provide local and overseas otolaryngologists, other surgeons and physicians, health and allied medical professionals, academicians and scientists from other disciplines, with a scholarly forum for the exchange of ideas and information in the discipline of otolaryngology - head and neck medicine and surgery and related fields that are especially relevant to health professionals in the Philippine and Asia Pacific context. It publishes peer-reviewed original articles (including clinical trials, laboratory investigations, effectiveness of diagnostic or therapeutic techniques); evidence-based medicine (including clinical practice guidelines, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, evaluations of current practices and commentaries); case reports with discussions; surgical and instrumentation innovations and illustrations of new techniques; review articles; imaging and histopathology cases; lectures and symposia; brief reports and abstracts; correspondence and guest editorials and studies relating to behavioral, epidemiological, educational or controversial issues in otolaryngology - head and neck medicine and surgery and related fields. We are particularly committed to publishing research and innovations for health that are relevant in low and middle-income countries.
Founded in 1981
ISSN 1908 4889 (Print)
ISSN 2094 1501 (Online)
Editor
José Florencio F. Lapeña, Jr., MA, MD
Manila, PHILIPPINES
Associate Editors
Christopher Malorre E. Calaquian, MD
Muntinlupa City, PHILIPPINES
Ryner Jose D. Carrillo, MD, MSc
Taguig City, PHILIPPINES
Samantha R. Soriano-Castañeda, MD
Pasig City, PHILIPPINES
Antonio H. Chua, MD
Quezon City, PHILIPPINES
Rhodora A. del Rosario-Ocampo, MD, MPH
Los Baños, Laguna, PHILIPPINES
Rodante A. Roldan, MD
Quezon City, PHILIPPINES
Marifee U. Reyes, MD
Naga City, Camarines Sur, PHILIPPINES
Filipina T. Cevallos-Schnabel, MD, MPH
Manchester, Tennessee, USA
Peter George J. Tian, MD, MPH, MSc
Alberta, CANADA
Managing Editor
Erasmo Gonzalo dV. Llanes, MD
Pasig City, PHILIPPINES
Editorial Advisory Board
Jose M. Acuin, MD, MSc
Las Piñas City, PHILIPPINES
Robert G. Berkowitz, MBBS, MD
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Charlotte M. Chiong, MD, PhD
Malolos, Bulacan, PHILIPPINES
Jose Angelito U. Hardillo, MD, PhD
Rotterdam, The NETHERLANDS
KJ Lee, MD
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Editorial Assistant
April Christine E. Dagame
Quezon City, PHILIPPINES
Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Founded in 1981
ISSN 1908 4889 (Print)
ISSN 2094 1501 (Online)
The Philipp J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg is indexed on the Health Research and Development Network (HERDIN-NeON) available at http://pjohns.herdin.ph/ supported by the Philippine Council for Health Research Development, Department of Science and Technology (PCHRD-DOST); the ASEAN Citation Index available at https://www.asean-cites.org/index.php?r=journal%2Fpublic-view&id=618 ; the Asia Pacific Medical Journal Articles Central Archives (APAMED Central) available at https://apamedcentral.org/search.php?where=jvolume&id=11&code=0011PJOHNS ; and the WesternPacific Region Index Medicus (WPRIM) available at http://www.wprim.org/ of the World Health Organization (WHO).
PHILIPPINE SOCIETY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY
HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, Inc.
No. 27 Manga Road
Bgy.Kaunlaran
Quezon City 1111
Philippines
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