Dr. Donald Charles Lanza, MD

Donald C Lanza, MD, MS is a board certified ears, nose, and throat physician who is internationally recognized as a subspecialist called a %u201CRhinologist & Skull Base Surgeon%u201D. Dr. Lanza sub-specializes in managing difficult health challenges affecting the nose, sinuses, orbits and the skull base. He is an innovator of minimally invasive surgical techniques and has introduced or aided in the development of nearly a dozen surgical techniques. Dr. Lanza has more than 20 years experience with refractory sinusitis and complicated frontal and sphenoid sinus disease. Dr. Lanza was quoted by both the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal for his expert opinion on treatment of sinus diseases. He and one of his patients were the subject of a Tampa Tribune news article regarding curative minimally invasive surgery for a rare sinus cancer. Related to his success as a surgeon, Donald C. Lanza, MD has been listed in %u201CBest Doctors in America%u201D continually since 1994 and in %u201CTop Doctors in America for Cancer%u201D since 2006. In 2011 he was acknowledged by Castle & Connelly as being ranked nationally among the top 1% within his specialty according to his peers. His work on sinusitis has been referenced by the Food & Drug Administration. Dr. Lanza has over 125 publications with nearly 100 in the peer-reviewed literature. Additionally, he was awarded as the %u201COtolaryngology Teacher of the Year%u201D by the residents in 1998 at the University of Pennsylvania and again at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 2004. In 2009, he received the %u201CDistinguished Service Award%u201D from the AAO-HNS to acknowledge his commitment to that organization. Dr. Lanza served on the Board of Directors for St. Anthony%u2019s Hospital Foundation and is currently the division head of otolaryngology for St. Anthony%u2019s Hospital (2010-2014).