The Rhinology and Sinus Surgery Program provides comprehensive care for inflammatory, infectious, and neoplastic diseases of the sinus and nasal cavities. Our subspecialist physicians treat patients with a variety of sinonasal disorders, including:

• Chronic sinusitis and nasal polyposis

• Complex frontal sinus disease

• Septal deviation and turbinate hypertrophy

• Nasal obstruction

• Cystic Fibrosis

• Smell disorders

• Sinonasal and skull base tumors

• Pituitary tumors

• Cerebrospinal fluid leaks and encephaloceles

• Inhalant allergies

Our multidisciplinary approach also incorporates the expertise of a number of subspecialties, including neurosurgery, ophthalmology, allergy/immunology, pulmonology, radiation oncology, and hematology/oncology. We use state-of-the-art endoscopic equipment and advanced monitors. We provide complete management of the complicated patient and are the major referral center for Alabama and the surrounding regions for these disorders.

The Rhinology and Sinus Surgery program has developed a productive basic science and translational research laboratory, led by Dr. Brad Woodworth, a fellowship-trained sinus surgeon with a strong translational focus on research to improve outcomes in patients suffering from sinusitis and other sinonasal disorders. He has produced over a hundred peer-reviewed publications in these areaa, and has obtained over $2m in research funding for these endeavors, including a prestigious R01 grant from the NIH. Basic research interests of the faculty include dysfunctional sinonasal epithelial ion transport, novel treatment strategies for chronic rhinosinusitis, and tobacco smoke-related effects on the mucociliary apparatus. Clinical research interests of the faculty include outcomes of complicated frontal sinus surgery, novel surgical methods to improve Cystic Fibrosis-related chronic sinusitis, and advanced techniques in skull base repair and tumor removal.

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