Nicolas Y. BuSaba, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor, Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School

Specialty Area

Rhinology-Sinus disease, snoring and sleep apnea, general otolaryngology

Address

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

MEEI

Tel: 617-573-3558
Office hours: Tues. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Wednesday 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Clinical Background

Medical School

American University of Beirut. Lebanon

Residency

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School

Board Certification

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Professional Affiliations

American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head And Neck Surgery Foundation, Association of Research in Otolaryngology, American Rhinologic Society, American Bronchoesophagological Association, American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, New England Otolaryngology Society, Massachusetts Medical Society, Massachusetts Society Of Otolaryngology, Trigologic Society

Clinical Interests

Rhinology and sinus diseases, snoring and sleep apnea, laryngology and voice disorders

Research Interests

Gene mutations and sinusitis, clinical research in the field of sinus disorders and sleep apnea

Selected Publications

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Busaba NY, Salman SD. Ethmoid mucocele as a late complication of endoscopic ethmoidectomy. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2003; 128:517-522

Kieff DA, Busaba NY. Same-day discharge for selected patients undergoing combined nasal and palatal surgery of obstructive sleep apnea. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology, 2004; 113:128-131

Kieff DA, Busaba NY. Non-dental related isolated chronic maxillary sinus opacification does not correlate with ipsilateral intranasal structural abnormalities. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology 2004: 113: 474-476

Busaba NY, Siegel NS, Salman SD. Microbiology of chronic ethmoid sinusitis. Is this a bacterial disease? American Journal of Otolaryngology, 2004; 25: 379-384

Busaba NY, Hossain M. Clinical outcomes of septoplasty and inferior turbinate reduction in the geriatric veterans population. American Journal of Rhinology 2004; 18: 343-347

Busaba NY, Oliveira LV, Kieff DA. Correlation between clinical diagnosis and histopathologic findings in patients with sinonasal disease. American Journal of Rhinology 2005, 19: 153-157

Kieff DA, Busaba NY. The efficacy of monteleukast in the treatment of nasal polyposis: A pilot study. Accepted for publication in the Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, 6/2005

Publications

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