Mayo-trained Dr. Charles Anzalone returning to area

LAFAYETTE - Crowley native Charles “Lane” Anzalone Jr., M.D., is returning to the Acadiana area after extensive training in the field of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (Ear, Nose and Throat) with additional fellowship training in disorders of the ear.
He is the only Otologist / Neurotologist (ear surgery and associated cranial structures) in the Lafayette regional area, and one of only a few in the entire state, and has a special interest in hearing loss and chronic ear infections in both the pediatric and adult populations.
Dr. Anzalone will be joining the Acadian ENT / Camellia ENT groups (currently undergoing a merger) beginning in August and will be welcoming patients for comprehensive ENT care in both Lafayette and Crowley clinic locations.
Dr Anzalone is excited to return to his home region of Acadiana with his wife, Mary Gayle — his high school sweetheart — and three young boys.
Born and raised in Crowley, he attended Notre Dame High School where he served as a quarterback for the Pioneer football team and graduated as a class valedictorian. His educational path then continued at Louisiana State University, where he majored in biological engineering, where he earned summa cum laude honors and again graduated first in his class.
Accepted by the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, Dr. Anzalone earned his medical degree and was elected into the nation’s most prominent medical society, Alpha Omega Alpha.
He was one of four residents nationwide earning acceptance to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for their Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (ENT) residency training program, where he gained exposure to the entire spectrum of ENT.
During his five-year tenure, both the ENT department and the hospital were ranked No. 1 in the U.S. News and World Report national rankings.
While at Mayo Clinic, Dr. Anzalone authored several papers in the field of Otology/Neurotology, presented research at national and international academic meetings, and was awarded a congressionally directed medical grant by the US Department of Defense for his work in the field of Otology.
He was elected his department’s resident representative by his peers, scored the highest score in the department on the annual in-service examination, and was voted as the best resident teacher by his peers.
Perhaps most impressively, he was awarded the prestigious Mayo Clinic Karis Award, provided by the Franciscan nuns of the Mayo Clinic to approximately 20 annual recipients (out of over 60,000 employees) for exemplifying the Franciscan values of integrity, compassion and stewardship in caring for his patients.
After graduation, he chose to undertake fellowship training in Otology and Neurotology in Little Rock, Arkansas, under the direction of internationally recognized ear surgeon Dr John L. Dornhoffer, where he split his time treating both pediatric and adult patients with hearing loss and chronic ear infections.
He is the son of Dr Charles and Connie Anzalone of Crowley, and his wife, Mary Gayle, is the daughter of Dennis and Valerie Hensgens of Crowley.