jump to content  sitemap
Department of Otolaryngology : College of Medicine : The Ohio State University
http://medicine.osu.edu/otolaryngology//7516.cfm

Rhinology / Sinus Surgery

Home > About the Department > Divisions and Specialties > Rhinology / Sinus Surgery

MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
Call: (614) 293-0365
(614) 293-9730
(614) 366-ENTS

The Division of Rhinology/Sinus Surgery provides a nationally recognized expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious, inflammatory, and neoplastic conditions effecting the nose and sinuses. The Division physicians specialize in the medical and surgical management of a broad range of diseases from nasal obstruction and rhinosinusitis to complicated conditions involving the nose, sinuses, and anterior skull base. The Division physicians strive to improve each patient’s nasal and sinus health through specialized medical maximization protocols in close conjunction with their colleagues in the fields of Allergy/Immunology.

Common diagnoses treated by the Division of Rhinology
• Nasal obstruction • Epistaxis
• Nasal polyposis • Chronic rhinnorhea (nasal drainage)
• Acute and chronic rhinosinusitis • Facial pain related to the sinuses
• Smell and taste disorders • Chronic cough secondary to sinusitis
• Reduced nasal patency from allergic
  and non-allergic rhinitis

Regional and national referral center for the following treatments:
  • Fungal sinusitis
  • CSF leaks from the anterior cranial base
  • Inverting papilloma
  • Reactive airway disease secondary to sinusitis
  • Recurrent sinusitis despite previous surgery
  • Autoimmune disease related sinusitis
  • Complications of sinusitis
  • Nasal and sinus neoplasms
  • Care of the sinuses in immunologically-compromised patients

The Division physicians have special expertise in the latest technologies directed at the medical and surgical care of the nose and sinuses including: computer image guided endoscopic sinus surgery, balloon sinuplasty, radiofrequency reduction, and acoustic rhinometry.

Division Contacts:

Subinoy Das, MDSubinoy Das, MD
Director
Phone: (614) 366-ENTS
email

L. Arick Forrest, MDL. Arick Forrest, MD
Co-Director of The O.S.U. Sinus Center
Phone: (614) 293-0364
Fax: (614) 293-9698
email

Douglas Massick, MDDoug Massick, MD
Co-Director of The O.S.U. Sinus Center
Phone: (614) 293-9730
Fax: (614) 293-7027
email

U.S. News & World Report America’s Best Hospitals
The Ohio State University | College of Medicine
Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Cramblett Medical Clinic - 4A | 456 W 10th Avenue | Columbus, OH 43210-1282
Ph: 614.293.8150 | Contact Us