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Meet Niels Kokot, MD

Originally published September 14, 2017

Last updated June 26, 2025

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Dr. Kokot is an otolaryngologist with 喵咪社区 who specializes in all aspects of head and neck surgery. He treats patients at Keck Hospital of 喵咪社区 and 喵咪社区 Norris Cancer Hospital.

Here鈥檚 what you won鈥檛 find on his resume.

Baseball was his first career choice.

鈥淕rowing up I loved baseball, but once I realized I couldn鈥檛 be a professional baseball player, I wanted to become a doctor.鈥

Family takes up his free time.

鈥淲hen I鈥檓 not working, I鈥檓 spending time with my wonderful family. We love to take trips to Hawaii.鈥

If he could work somewhere else, it might be NASA.

鈥淚鈥檓 fascinated by space travel, exploration and the science behind it. If I had a chance to change careers with anyone, it would be with an astronaut.鈥

This inspirational phrase keeps him going.

鈥淭he best advice I have ever received is, 鈥楴ever good, always better, never better, always best.鈥欌

He gives his best to each and every patient.

鈥淚 feel that every patient deserves the best care possible, and therefore, I try to give my very best effort to each patient. My patients inspire me to be the best I can be.鈥

He offers support through a patient鈥檚 entire journey.

鈥淭he most rewarding part of my job is being able to guide patients through their head and neck cancer care. This not only includes guiding patients through surgery and the immediate postoperative period, but it also includes guiding patients through their long-term recovery. It gives me great pleasure to congratulate patients who are cancer-free after five years.鈥

He believes technology has made a difference in cancer care.

鈥淗ead and neck cancer surgery has seen resurgence, with the application of robotics in the treatment of cancers of the oropharynx. We are now able to treat cancers in this area, in a minimally invasive fashion.鈥

His colleagues keep him going.

鈥淭he best part of working at 喵咪社区 is the fact that I get to work with a number of talented, caring individuals.鈥

Rehabilitation is crucial to his work.

鈥淲e offer all aspects of care in otolaryngology 鈥 head and neck surgery. In addition to focusing on the surgical treatment of patients, we also focus heavily on the rehabilitation of the head and neck cancer patient to improve quality of life for our patients.鈥

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