I have been in Academic and Clinical practice with Loyola University Medical Center/Trinity Health since 1980. I am the Professor and Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (ENT) and also the Director of the Nasal Sinus Center at Loyola. Currently, my clinical activities include diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of nasal sinus disorders. I graduated from the University of Chicago with an undergrad degree in biology and earned my medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1974. My residency in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery was served at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics. I was certified in the ABO in Otolaryngology in 1978. I served a two-year military obligation at the Oakland Naval Hospital in Oakland, CA, where I was also on the faculty of the University of California, San Francisco. In 1985, I started the Nasal Sinus Center at Loyola, the first in the area. I have performed more than 7,000 nasal or sinus procedures and am nationally and internationally recognized for my teaching and clinical research experience and expertise. I have authored more than 200 articles, chapters, and books. I have delivered more than 500 presentations, since 1978, mostly dealing with nasal and sinus disorders.

I have been Chair of the Rhinology and Paranasal Sinus Committee, presented instructional courses for over 25 years, been a free paper presenter and miniseminar speaker numerous times, and worked on multiple academic special committees and task forces including the Task Force for New Materials, the Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership (SAHP) supporting the diagnosis and treatment of Sinusitis and Allergy, the Academy Task Force of Chronic Sinusitis, the Home Study Course, Global Service (RBRUS) Task Force, Task Force on New Technology, Rhinosinusitis Task Force, Health Value Systems Tasks Force on Sinusitis and many others helping to create policy, protocols, guidelines, and standards for our practice in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.