ENT physicians specializing in rhinology collaborate with health care providers across a multitude of specialties such as pulmonary critical care, allergy and immunology, infectious disease and immunology. Through this multidisciplinary effort, we provide comprehensive patient care and resident training in disorders of the nose and paranasal sinuses, including:
- Acute and chronic rhinosinusitis
- Nasal polyposis
- Allergic fungal sinusitis
- Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD)
- Nasal obstruction
- Deviated nasal septum
- Environmental allergy
- Turbinate dysfunction
- Sinonasal trauma
- Benign and malignant tumors of the paranasal sinuses
We provide the latest innovations in surgical treatments, such as:
- Primary and revision functional endoscopic sinus surgery
- Septoplasty and inferior turbinate reduction
- Functional septorhinoplasty and nasal valve repair
- Advanced endoscopic and open approaches to the paranasal sinuses
- Endoscopic and open oncologic procedures for sinonasal neoplasms
- Balloon sinuplasty
Physicians specializing in rhinology collaborate with colleagues across multiple disciplines to conduct cutting-edge, minimally invasive surgeries to treat conditions of the skull base.
Education
In the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery’s highly selective training program, residents are directly involved in treatment of sinonasal disorders, along with patient diagnosis and management.
We also sponsor annual courses in otolaryngic allergy and rhinology and skull base surgery.
Learn more about the residency programResearch
Funding Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Funding Amount: $1,613,656
Funding Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Funding Amount: $846,102
Project Description: In an FDA-funded collaboration with a team of university colleagues led by Laleh Golshahi, PhD, Assistant Professor of Engineering, we are creating three-dimensional nasal models based upon CT imaging in order to study the particle deposition of nasal sprays in adults and children with and without sinonasal disease.
Our Team

Laurence DiNardo, M.D., FACS
Professor

Laurence DiNardo, M.D., FACS
Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
Darlene and George P. Emerson, Jr. Professor
Chair, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Interim Chair, Department of Dermatology

Kelley Dodson, M.D., FACS
Professor

Kelley Dodson, M.D., FACS
Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
Aristides Sismanis, MD and Anna Sismanis MD Professor of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Residency Program Director

Thomas Lee, M.D., FACS
Associate Professor

Thomas Lee, M.D., FACS
Associate Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
Division Chief of Facial Reconstruction & Trauma Surgery
Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Head & Neck Cancer Surgery
Skull Base Surgery

Ryan Nord, M.D.
Associate Professor

Ryan Nord, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
Director, Sleep Apnea Surgery

Rajanya Petersson, M.D., FACS
Professor

Rajanya Petersson, M.D., FACS
Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
Division Chief, Pediatric Otolaryngology
Director, Ambulatory Surgical Clinics

Evan Reiter, M.D., FACS
Professor

Evan Reiter, M.D., FACS
Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
Peter N. and Julia R. Pastore Professor
Vice Chair, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

Theodore Schuman, M.D., FACS
Professor

Theodore Schuman, M.D., FACS
Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
Director, Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery
Department of Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor