25 of the Best ENTs Near Me in North Charleston, SC

**Jason G. Newman, M.D., FACS** received his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University Medical School in 1997 and completed residencies in Otolaryngology at Manhattan Eye, Ear \& Throat Hospital, New York, NY, (1998-1999), New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (1999-2002). Following residency, Dr. Newman completed his fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery/Oncology and Microvascular Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in 2005. After fellowship, Dr. Newman remained on faculty at Penn, where he was a Professor of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Director of the Cancer Service Line at Pennsylvania Hospital, Director of Head \& Neck Surgery, Co-Director of the Cranial Base Center, and Director of the Head and Neck Fellowship.Dr. Newman is board certified in Otorhinolaryngology and holds membership in the American Academy of Otolaryngology. His areas of expertise include head and neck mucosal and cutaneous cancer surgery, robotic surgery, anterior cranial base surgery and complex thyroid surgery with special interest in minimally invasive approaches. Dr. Newman also is actively involved in research focused on head and neck cancer clinical trials, genetic signatures for head and neck cancer, and quality of life for head and neck cancer and cranial base patients.As the Director of the Cancer Service Line of the Abramson Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, Dr. Newman has helped to create a disease-based team approach to cancer care delivery and research. This has helped to strengthen the delivery of cancer care, improve patient outcomes, create leadership pathways, increase patient volumes, increase access to clinical trials, and minimize variations in the delivery of care. Dr. Newman is highly rated in 28 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Throat Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer, Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Laryngectomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Newman is currently accepting new patients.

Rodney J. Schlosser, M.D. is the director of rhinology and sinus surgery at the nose and sinus center. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and serving four years of active military duty in the U.S. Army, Dr. Schlosser received his medical degree from the Mayo Clinic. He then completed his ENT residency at the University of Virginia where he trained under the mentorship of Charles W. Gross, M.D. a nationally recognized sinus surgeon and pediatric otolaryngologist. After his residency, Dr. Schlosser completed an additional year of study during a fellowship devoted exclusively to the treatment of advanced sinus disease at the University of Pennsylvania with David W. Kennedy, M.D. one of the premiere sinus surgeons in the world.Dr. Schlosser has written a textbook on the management of sinus problems and more than 200 articles and chapters dealing with sinus and nasal topics. He regularly travels around the world to speak and teach courses on the latest techniques in endoscopic sinus surgery and computerized image-guided surgery. Dr. Schlosser focuses primarily on difficult adult and pediatric sinus cases, nasal obstruction, revision surgeries, sinonasal tumors. Dr. Schlosser is highly rated in 22 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Sinusitis, Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak, Septoplasty, and Endoscopy. Dr. Schlosser is currently accepting new patients.

**Zachary M. Soler, M.D. MSc,** joined the MUSC sinus center in 2011. Originally from coastal Florida, Dr. Soler attended medical school at Wake Forest University, followed by a residency in otolaryngology -- head and neck surgery at Oregon Health and Science University. He then completed a fellowship dedicated solely to rhinology and endoscopic sinus surgery at Harvard Medical School. After fellowship, Dr. Soler spent an additional year at the Harvard School of Public Health, earning a Master's Degree in epidemiology.Dr. Soler's practice is dedicated primarily to diseases of the nose, sinuses, and skull base. He treats adults and children with a wide range of conditions, ranging from common allergies and sinusitis to skull base tumors and CSF leaks. He has particular expertise with difficult-to-manage cases of sinusitis, revision sinus surgery, and surgical treatment of sino-nasal tumors. He sees patients in Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, and downtown Charleston.Dr. Soler has authored over 100 manuscripts and book chapters related to otolaryngology and rhinology. His research focus is on optimizing clinical outcomes after medical and surgical treatment of chronic sinusitis. He is a principal investigator on several large studies funded through the National Institutes of Health and the American Rhinologic Society. He is board certified through the American Board of Otolaryngology and a member of the American Rhinologic Society. Dr. Soler's practice is dedicated primarily to diseases of the nose, sinuses, and skull base. He treats adults and children with a wide range of conditions, ranging from common allergies and sinusitis to skull base tumors and CSF leaks. He has particular expertise with difficult-to-manage cases of sinusitis, revision sinus surgery, and surgical treatment of sino-nasal tumors. He sees patients in Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, and downtown Charleston.Dr. Soler has authored over 100 manuscripts and book chapters related to otolaryngology and rhinology. His research focus is on optimizing clinical outcomes after medical and surgical treatment of chronic sinusitis. He is a principal investigator on several large studies funded through the National Institutes of Health and the American Rhinologic Society. He is board certified through the American Board of Otolaryngology and a member of the American Rhinologic Society. Dr. Soler is highly rated in 20 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Sinusitis, Nasal Polyps, Septoplasty, and Endoscopy. Dr. Soler is currently accepting new patients.

**Robert F. Labadie, M.D., Ph.D.** is an otolaryngologist, also known as an ear, nose, and throat doctor, who specializes in treatment of ear diseases and has a passion for cochlear implants which are implantable, electronic devices which restore hearing to patients with certain forms of deafness. In addition to being a medical doctor, Dr. Labadie has a Ph.D. in bioengineering and has used that skill set to design and perform studies to improve outcomes for patients with cochlear implants.A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he went to college at the University of Notre Dame where he studied mechanical engineering and returned home to do both his M.D. and Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh. He then completed residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following which he joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee where he practiced for 20 years before being recruited to MUSC to become the chair of otolaryngology in January of 2022.Dr. Labadie is the author of more than 175 peer-reviewed papers, more than a dozen patents, multiple book chapters, and a textbook on image-guided surgery. He has presented his research nationally and internationally and has ongoing support from the National Institutes of Health for his research. He is a member of The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and a fellow of The American College of Surgeons, The American Otological Society, The American Neurotology Society, The Triological Society, and the international group Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum. Dr. Labadie is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hearing Loss, Meniere Disease, Infant Hearing Loss, Mastoidectomy, and Osteotomy. Dr. Labadie is currently accepting new patients.

Shaun Nguyen is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Nguyen is highly rated in 35 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Meniere Disease, Choanal Atresia, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Mastoidectomy, and Adenoidectomy.

Ted A. Meyer, M.D. Ph.D. joined the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at MUSC in 2004 and was later named the director of the MUSC cochlear implant program. Dr. Meyer grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from Washington University, where he majored in mathematics and was captain of the tennis team. In 1995, he graduated from the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Urbana-Champaign with a medical degree and a doctoral degree in Speech \& Hearing Science. Dr. Meyer then completed a residency in otolaryngology - head and neck surgery at Indiana University, where he trained with Dr. Richard Miyamoto. Residency was followed by a fellowship in neurotology at the University of Iowa, where he trained with Dr. Bruce Gantz. Dr. Meyer limits his practice to the evaluation and treatment of adults and children with otologic and neurotologic disorders.Most patients have disorders affecting the ear that are managed surgically. Examples of his specialty areas include acoustic neuromas, cochlear implants, CSF leaks, glomus tumors, meningiomas and other skull-based lesions, hearing loss, ear infections, tympanic membrane perforations, cholesteatoma, otosclerosis, vertigo, Meniere's disease, facial paralysis and congenital ear malformations. As director of the MUSC cochlear implant program, Dr. Meyer oversees all clinical and research protocols involving patients with cochlear implants. MUSC has performed more than 100 cochlear implants yearly since 2012.Dr. Meyer has published numerous manuscripts and book chapters. He has received several grants to study mechanisms of speech perception with cochlear implants and is involved in many clinical trials, He frequently presents his results from these trials at national and international research meetings. Dr. Meyer is a fellow in the American Academy of Otolaryngology \&- Head and Neck Surgery.Dr. Meyer directs the MUSC temporal bone dissection course annually that attracts physicians from around the country to learn the latest techniques in surgical otology. He directs the MUSC otolaryngology residency program and neurotology fellowship program. Dr. Meyer is highly rated in 26 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hearing Loss, Meniere Disease, Infant Hearing Loss, Mastoidectomy, and Myringotomy.

Dr. John Kaczmar is a medical oncologist who specializes in caring for patients with cancers of the head and neck. He attended college at Cornell University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He then obtained his medical degree at Columbia University Medical School in New York City, where he served as president of his class. After medical school, he undertook a residency in internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. There, he served as a member of the resident steering committee and attained an additional certification in health care leadership in quality. Following this, he completed a fellowship in hematology and oncology at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, before joining the Medical University of South Carolina in 2017.There are many challenges involved in treating cancers of the head and neck. Dr. Kaczmar's research interests are focused on overcoming these challenges through the use of the body's own immune system (immunotherapy) and targeted therapies aimed at fighting head and neck cancer growth. In addition to bringing cutting-edge treatment options to patients, he has an interest in working to improve the tolerability of proven treatments so as to maximize quality of life. Dr. Kaczmar is highly rated in 20 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC), Laryngeal Cancer, Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, and Glioma. Dr. Kaczmar is currently accepting new patients.

Maria Vittoria Spampinato, M.D. is an assistant professor of radiology at the Medical University of South Carolina. She graduated from medical school at the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, where she also completed a diagnostic radiology residency. She was a post-doctoral fellow in the intramural program at the National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland. She completed a neuroradiology fellowship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She joined the radiology faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina in November 2005.Dr. Spampinato's primary research interests are functional magnetic resonance imaging, brain tumors, and head and neck cancer. She has presented her research work at major national radiological meetings and has published several peer-reviewed articles and review articles. Dr. Spampinato is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Stroke, Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG), and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Dr. Spampinato is currently accepting new patients.

**Habib G. Rizk, M.D., MSc**, grew up in Beirut, Lebanon. He attended the French Faculty of Medicine at Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon. He pursued an Otolaryngology - Head \& Neck Surgery residency at Htel-Dieu de France Hospital in Beirut, followed by a one-year Otologic Medicine and Surgery Fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Teixido and a two-year Neurotology fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina.Dr. Rizk's interests pertain to all areas of otology and neurotology with a specific focus on medical and surgical management of vestibular disorders. He is an associate professor in the MUSC department of Otolaryngology, Head \& Neck Surgery, and is the Director of the Multidisciplinary Vestibular Program. Dr. Rizk is currently on the board of directors and is vice-president of the Vestibular Disorders Association. He is a member of the Brny society and a fellow of the American Neurotology Society. He is also a member of the American Balance Society and of the Otology and Neurotology Education Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Rizk is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Meniere Disease, Vertigo, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, Infant Hearing Loss, and Laryngectomy. Dr. Rizk is currently accepting new patients.

**W. Greer Albergotti, M.D.** is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at the Medical University of South Carolina. A native of Anderson, SC, Dr. Albergotti completed his undergraduate training at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, with a B.A. in Economics (cum laude). He then returned to South Carolina to complete his Doctor of Medicine with Alpha Omega Alpha honors at the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed his Otolaryngology Residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center before pursuing and completing the Head \& Neck and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at MUSC.Dr. Albergotti has previously served as Associate Residency Program Director, the Chief of the Otolaryngology service at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta, GA, and Associate Fellowship Director of Endocrine Surgery. He has received awards for his teaching, including the Exemplary Teaching Award. He is currently Secretary/Treasurer of the South Carolina Society of Otolaryngology - Head \& Neck Surgery.Dr. Albergotti has clinical interests in all aspects of head and neck surgery (oral cavity tumors, oropharyngeal cancer including transoral robotic surgery, conservation laryngeal surgery, thyroid and parathyroid disorders, salivary gland tumors, skin cancer, sentinel node biopsy, and transoral laser surgery). He also has an interest in advanced reconstruction of the head and neck, including microvascular reconstructive surgery. Dr. Albergotti has published widely on head and neck surgery and teaches medical students, residents, and fellows daily. He believes in patient and family-centered care and that the best outcomes come with sharing as much information as possible. Dr. Albergotti is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Laryngeal Cancer, Throat Cancer, Tongue Cancer, Gastrostomy, and Laryngectomy. Dr. Albergotti is currently accepting new patients.

**Mohamed A. Abdelwahab, M.D., Ph.D** is a sleep surgeon who specializes in providing a variety of procedures for comprehensive management of sleep apnea. This includes surgery to the pharyngeal airway, the nose, the facial skeleton (face), and the tongue base.Dr. Abdelwahab finished his dedicated sleep surgery fellowship in the Sleep Surgery Division, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at Stanford University. This was preceded by his joint supervision PhD program and scholarship in facial skeletal and nasal surgery in the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Stanford University. Stanford has pioneered the field of sleep apnea surgery since the 1970s. Dr. Abdelwahab is otolaryngology trained, and specializes in facial skeletal surgery and nasal surgery.Dr. Abdelwahab's clinical and academic (research) work over the last years has focused on outcome measures after facial skeletal and nasal surgery for sleep apnea, as well as real-world evidence for sleep surgery. Dr. Abdelwahab is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Anosmia, Low Nasal Bridge, Septoplasty, and Osteotomy.

Russell Kitch is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in North Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Kitch is highly rated in 19 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Infant Hearing Loss, Jones Syndrome, DFNB1, Tinnitus, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Kitch is currently accepting new patients.

Richard Harvey is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Harvey is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Sinusitis, Nasal Polyps, Endoscopy, and Balloon Sinuplasty.

Alexandra Kejner is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Kejner is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Throat Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer, Laryngitis, Laryngectomy, and Tissue Biopsy.

Eugene Brown is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Brown is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Sinusitis, Empyema, and Infant Hearing Loss.

Thomas Hester is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Hester is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Infant Hearing Loss, Jones Syndrome, DFNB1, and Grass Allergy.

Dr. Jyotika Fernandes is a Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, and the Endocrine Section Chief at the Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC. Dr. Fernandes completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, and the University of Texas, Houston, and her Endocrine fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the Joint Baylor and M.D. Anderson program in Houston, TX.Her clinical subspecialty is in the area of endocrine neoplasia (Thyroid, Parathyroid, Pituitary, and Adrenal) and she leads a multidisciplinary Endocrine Tumor clinic at Hollings Cancer Center that involves Head and Neck Surgery, Endocrine Surgery, Neurosurgery, Medical Oncology, and Radiation Oncology. She also represents the Endocrinology division at the tumor boards to assist in management plans for these patients. She also sees general endocrinology patients with Thyroid, Adrenal, Pituitary, Parathyroid, and Bone disorders Obesity management, and Diabetes. She is also part of the MUSC Osteoporosis Center.Dr. Fernandes maintains a substantial clinical-translational research portfolio and has served as PI/ Co-PI on several clinical trials involving Pituitary, Thyroid tumors, and Diabetes. Her most recent research is focused on investigating the role of advanced glycation end products in cancer. Dr. Fernandes currently sees patients at Hollings Cancer Center, Charleston, and Health East Cooper Medical Pavilion, Mount Pleasant, SC. Appointments can be made at 843-792-9200, 843-792-9300, or 843-876-8282. Dr. Fernandes is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer. Dr. Fernandes is currently accepting new patients.

Edward Mcnellis is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Mcnellis is highly rated in 20 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Infant Hearing Loss, and Thyroidectomy.

Joseph Russell is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in North Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Russell is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Nasal Septal Hematoma, Low Nasal Bridge, Empyema, and Sinusitis. Dr. Russell is currently accepting new patients.

Matthew Scarlett is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Scarlett is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hearing Loss, Palatal Myoclonus, Nonallergic Rhinopathy, and Ozena.

Shaun Scott is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Scott is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Nonallergic Rhinopathy, Palatal Myoclonus, Ozena, and Grass Allergy.

Edward Behrens is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Behrens is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Grass Allergy, Sinusitis, Allergic Rhinitis, and Empyema.

Michael Noone is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Noone is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Infant Hearing Loss, Sinusitis, Jones Syndrome, Empyema, and Gastrostomy.

Ronald Mcvicar is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Mcvicar is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Empyema, Sinusitis, Infant Hearing Loss, and Grass Allergy.

Erik Swanson is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Swanson is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Empyema, Sinusitis, Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), and Grass Allergy.