The practice started in 1976 with Dr. Gehris working in a clinic at the old Fallston Hospital. At the time, Dr. Gehris was in association with the late Dr. Kazem Marandi, who operated a practice at Biddle Street in Baltimore and Havre de Grace, as well as Jacobsville in Anne Arundel County. Dr. Gehris discovered the the Fallston Hospital in the process of driving back and forth to Havre de Grace to cover Dr. Mirandi's practice there. It became evident that the Bel Air area was rapidly growing and in 1977, Dr. Gehris took over the practice of Dr. Varah Vorasubin, who returned to Thailand, this establishing the Harford County part of the practice. A small office was also opened in 1205 York Road, just north of the beltway, which soon became the Lutherville end of the practice.

After two years of solo practice, Dr. Gehris was joined by Dr. James Heroy, who had remained on the faculty at Johns Hopkins for several years. Dr. Heroy was the Chief of Otolaryngology at the Good Samaritan Hospital, and Dr. Gehris had been selected for the similar position at the then new Fallston Hospital. A few years later, Dr. Gehris was also asked to become the Head of the Otolaryngology section at Franklin Square Hospital Center. The two doctors were quickly inundated with work, and a succession of colleagues were added, ultimately rising to six full-time physicians.

In 1997, Dr. Heroy retired and the focus of the practice shifted even more to Harford County. To better accommodate the remaining physicians interests, the practice split the offices amongst the physicians. While maintaining the practice in Lutherville/Timonium, Drs. Gehris and Jordan strengthened the offices in Harford County by moving to the campus of the new Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, and new offices in Havre de Grace.

As of 2005, the practice consists of Drs. Gehris, Jordan, Day, Lawson, and Proctore and Nurse Practitioners Clarke and Gagné, and four audiologists, headed by Deborah Doyle Allen, with offices from Lutherville to Havre de Grace and in between. The practice offers a complete array of Ear, Nose and Throat medicine and surgery. In the rare event that a patient requires a service not generally available in the private setting, we have existing relationships with colleagues at both Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland.

Dr. Jordan, who completed not one, but two residencies, and who is Board Certified in both Otolaryngology and Plastic Surgery, adds an extra dimension to the group practice. Most Otolaryngologists today are competent to perform some facial plastic surgery, but Dr. Jordan is trained and certified in all aspects of plastic surgery. Several of our practioners are trained to evaluate allergies and to administer immunotherapy (shots) for allergy. Our Audiologists test hearing, balance, facial nerve function, smell and taste. They are armed with excellent technology for this, and can fit and dispense a wide variety of hearing aides. Drs. Gehris and Lawson are certified to perform the surgery necessary for implantable hearing aides. Our competency extends from ear and balance disorders through sinus conditions, nasal breathing and cosmetic concerns, throat, tonsil and swallowing problems, sleep apnea and snoring disorders, and tumor/cancer treatment of the head and neck area, including major salivary gland tumors, and larynx (voice-box) cancer and benign conditions. In treating cancer, we work closely with the leading oncologists and radiation oncologists in the area to provide the best possible outcome, with a focus on organ preservation.

All the providers in the group spend as much time as possible at continuing medical education, and we are actively engaged in teaching residents in the office. The family practice residents and internal medicine residents from the Franklin Square Hospital Center rotate at our offices and so do nurse practitioner students from the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins. The practitioners belong to numerous professional associations and are also involved in peer review and departmental administrations at many of the hospitals.

Our offices are designed to be child-friendly, with ample play areas and diaper-changing facilities.