YouTube Enforces Graphic Content Restrictions Against Surgical Videos

Over the last few months, quite a few of the surgical videos uploaded by Fauquier ENT has been slapped with "graphic content restrictions" which is prohibited by YouTube policies. Although these surgical videos are still "allowed" due to its educational nature, any videos showing enough blood and guts are now placed behind an age restriction. It's not just ENT surgical videos... its ANY videos by any surgeon showing actual surgical footage. You can read more about t…

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Dr. Chang Assisting in the Production of DIY Physical Therapy

SUBSCRIBE to the the YouTube Channel! In early 2018, Dr. Chang was asked by a pair of physical therapists, Andy Dart and Nick Gallo, to see about making some videos to help individuals perform physical therapy at home rather than in a medical office. Such DIY videos are helpful ESPECIALLY because there is often a yearly insurance cap on physical and speech therapy services combined (~$3700). After agreeing to help make these videos, it was noted that there are already MANY physical t…

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Why Don't I Respond to Online Comments?

It's really a matter of time. I just don't have enough of it to respond to every single comment made on the blogs, videos, and webpages I have made over the years. As of today, I have written 1466 blog articles , 1000+  webpages , and produced 95 videos . That also means I get a lot of comments on a daily basis... About 50 comments per day. And although in my early years I did respond to comments, I just don't have time to do so anymore as I have produced more content which …

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Mastoid Surgery Video (Basic to Radical Mastoidectomy)

This video demonstrates what mastoid surgery is. Both animation and actual surgery are shown to illustrate how a basic mastoidectomy to radical mastoidectomy is performed. This type of extensive surgery is usually done whenever extensive ear disease is present, whether infection or cholesteatoma . The video also demonstrates why such surgery has a risk of: facial paralysis since the facial nerve does through this bone. taste loss/change since the chorda tympani nerve (responsible for…

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Fauquier ENT Social Media Update

About once per year, I like to reassess how Fauquier ENT is doing online ever since it was digitally born in 2005. And over the years, I am happy to say it has grown substantially beyond anything anyone would have expected. I would like to think it's because quality and trusted information is provided, but who knows? Overall, the website now gets about 28,000 hits per day or almost one million hits per month. Since 2005, it has received more than 13 million views. Of these, there has…

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General ENT Video of 16 Disease Conditions

This video has probably taken more of my time from initial concept, to preparation, and finally execution than any other video  I have made so far. The initial idea for this video probably occurred back in 2012 when my wife showed me a very creative video of an attractive woman showing 25 different ways of wearing a scarf . This video in turn was based on the Brady Brunch intro . At that moment, I knew I wanted to do something similar, but showing different ENT conditions instead. Bu…

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New Movie Trailer for Fauquier ENT YouTube

It has been an amazing experience with how successful our videos have been on YouTube . We now have 60+ different videos of ENT procedures that has been viewed over 247 million times since 2007. We also now have over 12,300 subscribers to our video channel. To celebrate, a movie trailer of sorts has been created to introduce new viewers to the sort of videos they will see and will continue to see from us. Check it out! And... if you haven't yet subscribed to our video channel, please d…

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Surgical Video Recording: How I Do It

A number of people have asked how I go about video-recording surgeries ... Beyond having hospital administration on board as well as obtaining appropriate consents from all involved parties, the technical aspects are actually quite straightforward. I have tried all sorts of methods in order to obtain the closest and most vivid images possible. I tried cameras mounted on the surgical headlight which did work... but there was too much motion artifact leading to unusable footage. Even though I…

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daVinci Surgical Robot Makes Paper Airplane... Yawn!

A blog reader of mine informed me about this YouTube video of a surgeon, Dr. James Porter, making a paper airplane using a daVinci surgical robot . For those unawares, the daVinci robot is used to assist the surgeon in "difficult-to-reach" procedures. It is used in the fields of urology, ENT, gynecology, and general surgery. There is much debate whether the daVinci robot really is worth it. This paper airplane video is a perfect example of why it is NOT worth the $1.3 mil…

6/06/2012 1

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Fauquier ENT Reaches 5 Million Web Visits

It is with some amazement that a certain milestone was reached this past week... Fauquier ENT's online presence received over 5,000,000 web visits since first coming into existence in 2004. This number includes practice website and blog . There has been exponential growth year over year with daily web visits now averaging close to 8,000 hits per day with some occasional peak days exceeding 10,000 views. Our YouTube channel has done even better on its own with over a QUARTER BILLIO…

5/19/2012 1

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YouTube Ranks Fauquier ENT as Most Viewed for Medical Videos

I was informed that our practice's  YouTube channel  has been ranked as one of the most viewed channels related to medicine  in the world ! As of Oct 6, 2011, our channel  which contains 52 videos has received 198,064,840 views. We currently average over 500,000 views a day! We far surpass other more "prestigious" medical organizations with a YouTube channel. Mayo Clinic Channel Channel 4,936,943 views University of Maryland Medical Center Channel 2,047,260 view…

10/06/2011 1

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Dr. Chang Quoted in Nationally Circulated Monthly Magazine

In the June 2011 edition of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery monthly magazine ( AAO-HNS Bulletin ) delivered nationally to otolaryngologists, Dr. Chris Chang was quoted for a story published on page 43 in an article titled "Technology Offers Physicians Opportunity, Peril". In the article, Dr. Chang discusses use of social media including Twitter , Facebook , Blog , and YouTube . Click on the image to read the article.

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ASHA Recognizes Dr. Chang for His Educational Videos

ASHA , the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, recently recognized the contributions that Dr. Chang has provided in  ENT videos he has created for educational purposes. In their recent newsletter on October 12, 2010, an article written by Judith Maginnis Kuster, MS, CCC-SLP, wrote an article titled "Videos on the Web". On page 24, she wrote: Check out the videos she is talking about here .

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Homeless Man With the Golden Voice

A  video of Ted Williams, a homeless man with a golden radio voice, has gone viral taking him from the streets of Columbus, Ohio, to the national airwaves in just three days. If unable to view the video, click here .

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Fauquier ENT YouTube Channel Ranked As One of the Most Viewed In The World!

Today, it was with pleasant surprise that I was informed that our practice's YouTube channel has been ranked as one of the most viewed channels in the world ! In fact, our YouTube channel now has a ribbon with our ranking. Yes... We are ranked #99 and nowhere even close to breaking the top 10... but still very cool and who knows in the future! As of Oct 5, 2010, our channel has received 97,216,403 views.

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Fauquier ENT Rated #1 in Being Most Influential in Otolaryngology

According to WeFollow , a user powered Twitter directory which ranks profiles based on influence and popularity, Fauquier ENT is rated #1 in influence. We are not the most popular, however, ranked #3 behind Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary as well as the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Check out the rankings here ! Further statistics show that in the area of allergy , Fauquier ENT is ranked #15 in influence and #24 in popularity. Not bad for a small priva…

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Fauquier ENT Social Media Update

I have had a few readers comment that our office should offer twitter, have a facebook page, or some other social media outlet... My answer is that we actually already do! So here's the full list along with subscribers (as of June 8, 2010) for each and link. YouTube Channel (1,865 Subscribers) http://www.YouTube.com/FauquierENT We get about 250,000 hits a day on YouTube!!! Facebook Page (80 Friends) http://www.facebook.com/FauquierENT Twitter (267 Followers) http://twitter.…

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Fauquier ENT YouTube Recognized as a Top Medical Video Channel!

It was with pleasant surprise that I discovered that the YouTube channel our office manages has been recognized by Goomedic (an informatics blog) for providing influential medical videos. We apparently are ranked #13 (out of 30) along with University of Maryland Medical Center (#1), CDC (#8), and British Medical Journal (#10). For those curious, we get about 250,000 views a day on average. Check out our YouTube video channel here . See the full list of influential medical videos here …

4/25/2010 1

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New NeilMed Sinus Rinse Video

The NeilMed company has produced a sinus rinse video on YouTube. All I can say is it is about time! Our office had to produce a video on this product given the absence previously. There are also devices that make it easier to rinse your nose and sinuses:

7/08/2009 0

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Online Fan Overview: The Good and The Bad

Every once in awhile, I take a look and see how the online presence of our practice is doing... As of today, our numbers our astounding in some areas! YouTube : 382 subscribers Stroboscopy Video on YouTube: 7,030,395 views with over 1900 ratings (WOW!!!) Other YouTube Videos : Many of our other videos have over 50,000 views Practice Website : Average about 4000 hits/day However, there is room for improvement in other areas: Twitter : 9 followers (though we just started this up a few weeks ago)…

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