What Color are Your Ear Tubes

Book excerpt: Meet Tracks the Bunny... Tracks' ears are hurting! He needs ear tubes. Come with Tracks as he learns about ear tubes and what it is like to have them placed! Dr. Harold S. Pine graduated in the top 1% at Rush Medical College in Chicago. He was elected to the prestigious medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha, during his third year. He completed his five-year residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then went on to complete a clinical and research fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, England. This tertiary care center is world renowned for advances in the field of pediatric otolaryngology. Dr. Pine is currently a tenured Associate Professor of pediatric otolaryngology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Dr. Pine reads extensively and continues to attend both national and international meetings in his field. Additionally, Dr. Pine is an active participant in yearly medical missions to Vietnam and the team leader for Everest Medical Expedition. His particular areas of interest include: tonsil and adenoid problems, recurrent ear infections, foreign body removal, airway evaluations, and of course, ear tubes.