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