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Bozena B. Wrobel

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Dr. Bozena B. Wrobel, is a Polish born rhinologist. She received her undergraduate and M.D. degree from the Medical University of Warsaw in Poland. She completed an Otolaryngology Residency at the University of Colorado. She is Board-Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery. She completed a one-year fellowship in Rhinology (including advanced endoscopic sinus surgery) and Chemosensory Disorders (Smell & Taste) at the University of Nebraska with Donald A. Leopold, M.D., F.A.C.S.

In 2004, Dr. Wrobel joined the full-time faculty at the USC Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Wrobel is the Director of the Allergy Clinic for the USC Head & Neck Group. In the Fall of 2005, she visited with Peter J. Wormald, M.D. at Adelaide University in Australia, to study and observe endoscopic surgical approaches to the anterior skull-base. The past two years Dr. Wrobel has been an active reviewer for the American Journal of Rhinology. For the past year she served as a Treasurer of the Los Angeles Society of Otolaryngology. Dr. Wrobel is the Course Director of the annual USC Advanced Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course. In January 2008 she organized and directed the first USC Master's Class -- anterior skull base surgery course and in March 2008 organized and conducted the 1st International Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course in Kajetany, Poland.

Dr. Wrobel is an invited Speaker on national and international sinus surgery courses and rhinology conferences. Dr. Wrobel's medical practice is oriented toward Rhinology and complex disorders of the Paranasal Sinuses. Her research interests include endoscopic anterior skull-base surgical approaches, advanced endoscopic frontal sinus surgery and chemosensory disorders of smell and taste. Dr. Wrobel is fluent in English, Polish and Russian.

Clinical Interests

Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
Image Guided Sinus Surgery
Surgery to Correct Nasal Obstruction and Deviated Septum
Surgical treatment of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Endoscopic Anterior Skull Base Surgery
Endoscopic Anterior Skull Base Surgery
Endoscopic Repair of Csf Leaks and Encephaloceles
Advanced Endoscopic Frontal Sinus Surgery -- Modified Endoscopic Lothrop Procedure
Endoscopic Treatment of Nosebleeds -- Endoscopic Sphenopalatine Artery Ligation
Endoscopic Treatment of Epiphora (Tearing Eye) - Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)
Smell and Taste Evaluation and Treatment
Allergy Testing and Immunotherapy
Chronic and Acute Sinusitis
Nasal Polyps
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis
Sinus Headaches
Smell and Taste Disorders
Nasal Allergies
Deviated Septum
Hypertrophy of the Inferior Turbinates
Sino-Nasal Inverted Papiloma
Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Rhinology
Advanced Sinus Surgery
Chemosensory Disorders




HISTORY & EDUCATION

Degrees

Medical University of Warsaw, MD, 1994

Internships

Clinical Teaching Hospital, 1994 - 1995
Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital, 1998 - 1999

Residencies

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1999 - 2003

Fellowships

University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2003 - 2004
Institute of Physiology and Pathology, 1994 - 1996

Board Certification

American Board of Otolaryngology, 2004


MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

Memberships

American Rhinologic Society
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy
Los Angeles Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Orange County Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

 

 

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

GNH 4136, 9300
Phone: (323) 226-7315
Fax: (323) 226-2780
E-mail: bwrobel@usc.edu