Saint Peter's Division of Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery offers medical and surgical treatment of illnesses and conditions involving the ear, nose and throat with specific expertise in treating head and neck cancers in both children and adults.
Dr. Kianoush Sheykholeslami is an esteemed physician specializing in complex conditions of the head and neck. Dr. Shay, as he is known, is the Chief of Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery at Saint Peter’s.
Services
At Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, our well-trained ENT specialists are committed to providing every member of our community with access to the best otolaryngology services. When you aren’t feeling well or are in pain, you want and need the most highly skilled physician to diagnose and treat your condition.
Below are ENT services offered by the well-trained physicians at Saint Peter’s:
General/Head and Neck Otolaryngology
- Bronchoscopy (rigid or flexible) with biopsy, foreign body removal or stricture dilatation
- Endoscopy of the larynx, tracheobronchial tree and esophagus to include biopsy, excision and foreign body removal
- Esophageal surgery including diverticulectomy and cricopharyngectomy
- Esophagoscopy (rigid or flexible) with biopsy, foreign body removal or stricture dilatation
- Excision of benign and malignant skin lesion
- Harvesting of skin, fat or bone grafts of the head and neck, hip, trunk and extremities
- Head and neck foreign body removal
- Implantation of autogenous, homologous and allograft materials
- Laryngoscopy
- Ligation of head and neck vessels
- Lip surgery including lip shave, partial or total resection with primary repair or by local flaps
- Local tissue transfer (local flaps)
- Myocutaneous flap (pectorales, trapezius, sternocleidomastoid)
- Tongue tie and lip tie
- Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
Endoscopic Sinus
- Caldwell Luc procedure
- Endoscopic transnasal cerebrospinal fluid leak repair
- Epistaxis surgery and artery ligation
- Excision of skull base tumor
- Excision of tumor ethmoid/cribriform
- Minimally invasive endoscopic navigation-based sinus surgery
- Open sinus surgeries
- Orbital decompression
- Parathyroidectomy
- Radical surgery of the head and neck, including radical neck dissection and radical excision of the maxillary antrum for tumor
- Ranula excision
- Reconstruction aural atresia or ear deformity
- Reconstruction of ear, eyelid, lips and nose
- Reconstructive procedure of the trachea and upper airway
- Repair of CSF leaks with sinus or mastoid surgery via transnasal or transmastoid
- Repair of facial and mandibular fractures
- Repair of fistulas – oral-antral, oral-nasal, oral-maxillary, oral-cutaneous, pharyngocutaneous, tracheocutaneous, esophagocutaneous
- Repair of lacerations, scar revision and removal of lesions
- Rhinoplasty, septoplasty and turbinate surgery
- Salivary gland and duct surgery, including plastic repair of salivary duct, ranula excision, submandibular gland resection and parotidectomy
- Scar revision
- Skin grafting procedures, full thickness or split thickness
- Surgery of the larynx, including biopsy, partial or total laryngectomy and fracture repair
- Surgery of the nasopharynx
- Surgery of the oral cavity, including soft palate, tongue, mandible, composite resection and neck dissection
- Surgery of the oral pharynx and hypopharynx
- Surgical removal of teeth in association with radical resection or facial fracture repair
- Suspension microlaryngoscopy
- Thyroidectomy
- Tongue surgery, reduction and local tongue flaps
- Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
- Tracheal resection and repair
- Tracheostomy
Sleep Apnea Surgery
- Drug-induced sleep endoscopy
- Inspire (hypoglossal nerve stimulator) and sleep implant for obstructive sleep apnea
- Multilevel obstructive sleep apnea surgery
- Transoral robotic surgery for cancer and obstructive sleep apnea
- Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP)
Otology
- All forms of surgery on the auditory canal, the tympanic membrane and the contents of the middle ear including tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy and middle ear surgery (excluding stapedectomy)
- Decompression membranous labyrinth cochleosaculotomy and encolymphatic sac operation
- Electrophysiologic monitoring of cranial nerves VII, VIII, X, XI and XII
- Labyrinthectomy
- Mastoidectomy
- Middle/anterior fossa skull base surgery
- Osseo integrated implants for auricular prosthesis and bone anchored hearing aid
- Radical mastoidoidectomy
- Reconstruction congenital aural atresia
- Repair fistula (oval window and round window)
- Resection CP angle tumor with neurosurgery team
- Stapedectomy
- Transoral robotic surgery for cancer and obstructive sleep apnea
- VII nerve decompression/upper lid gold weight placement
- VII nerve repair/substitution
Facial Cosmetic Surgery
- Blepharoplasty
- Brow lift
- Endoscopic facial surgery
- Excision of benign and malignant skin lesion
- Facial nerve repair
- Facial reanimation procedures, gold weight and canthopexy/plasty
- Harvesting of skin, fat or bone grafts of the head and neck, hip, trunk and extremities
- Implantation of autogenous, homologous and allograft materials
- Liposuction or lipo-injection procedure for contour restoration, head and neck; to include harvest from trunk and extremities
- Mentoplasty and malarplasty
- Rhytidectomy
- Skin resurfacing via chemical peel, dermabrasion or laser