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Sinus & Nasal Institute of Florida, p.a.

(SNI) is a subspecialty practice that cares for patients with complex nasal, sinus, skull base and orbit related problems. The majority of patients are referred by otolaryngologists and allergists to this Institute. SNI attracts patients from more than 30 states as well as from 7 countries on 3 continents. Nearly 70 % of patients who have surgery are from outside the Tampa Bay Area. This speaks, to the complexity of care being rendered at SNI. Complex Frontal Sinus disease with 20-30 Draff III procedures per year and dozens of T4 ethmoid lesions per year.

Title of Fellowship
Sinus & Nasal Institute of Florida, p.a.

Contact Name for Applications
Donald C Lanza, MD

Fellowship Type
Rhinology/Endonasal

Location
St Petersburg

Year Fellowship Established
1991-9 Univ of PENN; Clevland Clinic Foundation 01-04; SNI 06-present

Fellowship Director
Donald C. Lanza, MS, MD, FACS

Duration
1 year

Encounter Year Fellowship

Required Prior Training Program
Otolaryngology

Required Prior Training Program Other

Accept Foreign Medical Graduates
No

Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements

Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base
35-40 %

Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year
1

Annual Stipend
Approx $55,000.00

Night and Weekend Call
Yes

Estimated Nights Per Month
3.5

Estimated Weekends Per Month
0.5

Clinical Work

Total potential operative skull base cases per year
50-75

Open Cranial Base

Anterior
0

Anterolateral/ Infratemporal
0

Lateral (temporal bone)
0

Posterior
0

Endonasal Cranial Base

Pituitary/Sella
12

Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary)
2

Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane
6

Temporal Bone

Transtemporal/ Transcochlear
0

Middle fossa
0

Retrosigmoid
0

Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive

Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive
0

Trauma

Trauma
0

Craniocervical

Transcervical
0

Transoral
0

Endonasal
6

Reconstruction

Cranioplasty
0

Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair
6

Free Flap Repair
3

Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Gammaknife
0

Cyberknife
0

Other
0

Cerebral Vascular Surgery

Transcranial
0

Endovascular
0

Additional Information

Anatomical Dissection Laboratory

Opprortunity for at least 1 dissection per year

Laboratory Research Opportunities

none

Prerequisite Training Required

Otolaryngology

US Residency Required:
Yes

US Residency Required In:
Alabama

USMLE

Application Deadline
February 1, 2014

Decision Deadline
February 28, 2014

Fellowship Institution Web Site
http://www.sniflmd.com

Previous Fellows

William Bolger, MD; Eugenia M Viining, MD; Dean M Clerico, MD; David H. Henick, MD; Maurice Roth MD; Brent A Senior, MD; Peter Hwang, MD; Richard Orlandi, MD; Erin Wright, MD; Ryan Gallivan ,MD; Pete Batra, MD; Samer Fakhri, MD; John Alldredge, MD; Victoria Epstein ,MD; Annie Lee, MS, MD; Alla Solyar, MD; Jeb Justice, MD; Adil Fatakia, MD;

Participating Faculty

Donald C Lanza, MS, MD, FACS; Alla Solyar, MD

Additional Features of the Fellowship

(SNI) is a subspecialty practice that cares for patients with complex nasal, sinus, skull base and orbit related problems. The majority of patients are referred by otolaryngologists and allergists to this Institute. SNI attracts patients from more than 30 states as well as from 7 countries on 3 continents. Nearly 70 % of patients who have surgery are from outside the Tampa Bay Area. This speaks, to the complexity of care being rendered at SNI. Complex Frontal Sinus disease with 20-30 Draff III procedures per year and dozens of T4 ethmoid lesions per year.

How to Apply

Go to San Francisco Rhinology Match at: https://sfmatch.org/SpecialtyInsideAll.aspx?id=4&typ=1&name=Rhinology

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