Ear, Nose and Throat

Have you been up all night with your child's chronic ear infection? It may be time to ask your child's physician for a referral to the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) physician. Riverside Medical Clinic ENT physicians provide services to patients as young as six months of age. Special care is taken with each patient to obtain a history of their symptoms, along with a complete examination of the ears, nose and throat.

We recognize that along with the quality of care, patients also need the convenience of care. With this in mind, we've established resident ENT specialists at the Canyon Springs/Moreno Valley and Corona locations. Dr. Rhett Nelson sees patients at the Canyon Springs clinic and Dr. James Sun sees patients at the Corona faciity.

Once your initial exam has been completed, the physician may request that you see an audiologist before making a complete diagnosis. Because the audiologist is a key factor in making an accurate diagnosis, they are located in the same office as the ENT physician. Physicians can have the audiologist see patients and receive the data immediately to complete a patient's examination.

Once you have been diagnosed with an illness, your treatment plan will begin immediately. There are those rare occasions when the non-invasive treatment may not work and the physician will have to perform surgery.

Both physicians make sure their youngest patients have surgery first thing in the morning. This takes some of the worry from parents, who can get their child out of bed, put them in the car, and have the surgery done before their child is hungry.

Common procedures children will encounter are:

Tonsillectomy

Tympanostomy Tubes (ear tubes)

Adenoidectomy

Tympanoplasty

Otoplasty

Usually our adult patients have been referred to the ENT department due to sudden onset of an unexplained illness. In the cases where it is not sudden onset, but rather progressive, your primary care physician will refer you to the ENT physician.

Common procedures for adult patients are:

Rhinoplasty

Endoscopic sinus surgery

Ear/mastoid surgery

Voice surgery

Facial reconstruction

Snoring surgery

Otoplasty

To help educate our patients and their parents, the ENT and audiologist provide patients with pamphlets and documentation on the patient's specific illness. Patients are also welcome to visit the medical library or visit some of the websites we have listed for your convenience.

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

The American Academy of Audiology

Nucleus Cochlear Implant System