Patient Care Centers
The Head and Neck Cancer Center
Daniel Karakla, M.D., F.A.C.S., Director
This center provides evaluation and management of benign and malignant processes involving the thyroid, parathyroid, salivary gland, paranasal sinuses, and aerodigestive tract. Surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy are often combined with new clinical protocols to enhance patient outcome. Newer techniques including Endoscopic sinus surgery and minimally invasive endocrine surgery enable improved patient outcomes with reduced morbidity.
The Hearing and Balance Center
Barry Strasnick, M.D., F.A.C.S., Director
The Voice Center
John T. Sinacori, M.D., F.A.C.S., Director
This Center provides management of a wide range of airway, voice and swallowing disorders including spasmodic dysphonia, hoarseness, Vocal fold immobility, professional voice, and tracheal & laryngeal reconstruction.
The Center for Pediatric Otolaryngology
Craig Derkay, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P. and David Darrow, M.D., D.D.S., F.A.A.P., Directors
Based at the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, this provides otolaryngology care for all pediatric patients including management of Otitis media, adenotonsillar disease and airway disorders.
The Aesthetic Surgery Center
This Center is devoted to cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic care is provided in a confidential fashion the Aesthetic Surgery Center in Va Beach which includes 2 fully equipped operating rooms.
The Center for Hemangiomas and Vascular Birthmarks
David H. Darrow, M.D., D.D.S., Judith Williams, M.D. and George Hoerr, M.D., Directors
This Center is one of the few in the MidAtlantic region that provides multi-disiplinary care to children and adults with vascular birthmarks. The core faculty from the dermatology, plastic surgery and otolaryngology are complemented by specialists from interventional radiology, and genetics. Patients with hemangiomas and a variety of vascular malformations are treated using a combination of laser therapy, pharmacotherapy, surgery, and sclerotherapy.
The Center for Skull Base Surgery
Barry Strasnick, M.D., F.A.C.S., Director
This Center combines the expertise of head and neck oncology, neurotology, neurosurgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, radiation therapy and interventional radiology to address benign and malignant disease involving the skull base. By utilizing this multi-disciplinary team approach, curative therapies are available for patients once felt to have untreatable disorders of the head and neck. |
