As an otologist, I specialize in the treatment of chronic ear disease and perform surgery for tympanic membrane perforations, cholesteatoma, otosclerosis, ossicular chain reconstruction, and cochlear implants. I treat patient of all ages, children and adults.
The otologic condition in which I have the broadest surgical expertise is cholesteatoma, an aggressive epithelial cyst grows in the ear and left untreated, can cause serious complications.
Since 2013 I have been performing endoscopic ear surgery for all middle ear surgeries and selected cases of cholesteatoma. This minimally invasive surgical technique allows for improved visualization, structure preservations, avoidance of a a scar behind the ear, quicker recovery and decreased postoperative pain.
Expertise
Otology
Education
Medical School: University of Milan School of Medicine, Cum Laude
Internship: Wake Forest University
Residency: Washington University, St. Louis
Fellowship: Otology & Neurotology, Paparella Ear Institute, Minneapolis
Board Certification
Board Certified in Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
Publications
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McCabe R, Lee DJ, M. Fina Endoscopic Management of Congenital Cholesteatoma Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. 2021 Feb; 54 (1): 111-123.
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Chiao, W, Chieffe, D, Fina M, Endoscopic Management of Primary Acquired Cholesteatoma Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. 2021 Feb; 54 (1) 129-145.
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Miller KA, Fina M, Lee DJ. Principles of Pediatric Endoscopic Ear Surgery Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. 52(5): 825-845, 2019 Oct.
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