B. Todd Schaeffer MD, FACS
B. Todd Schaeffer, MD, FACS, is a board certified surgeon who specializes in surgery of the nose, face, neck, sinuses and endoscopic skull base. He has been performing endoscopic and laser procedures for over twenty years since graduating from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He is the Chief and Associate Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology -Communicative Disorders at North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset. He holds a dual teaching position as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Hofstra North Shore- LIJ School of Medicine. In these capacities, he has helped train the next generation of facial plastic and endoscopic head and neck surgeons.
Dr. Schaeffer has been at the forefront of minimally invasive procedures for the nose, sinus, skull base and facial plastic surgery by helping develop new technologies and techniques. He was a principal investigator for an in office balloon endoscopic sinus procedure to drain and open blocked sinuses. He uses 3D endoscopic technology for skull base and pituitary tumors in pediatric and adult patients. "Endoscopic Liposhaving" is a technique he original described to recontour necks for youthfulness and to remove selected fatty tumors from the neck. These techniques are based from his experiences from the more common operations he performs for correcting a deviated nasal septum, endoscopic sinus surgery with image guidance, balloon dilation of sinuses and plastic surgery of the nose. Dr Schaeffer has numerous original publications and a wide array of medical videos posted on his YouTube channel NoseMD. He has been invited to lecture locally, nationally and internationally.
Dr. Schaeffer has also been involved in local and national organizational affairs. He is a past President of the Long Island Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and is an active committee member for several different surgical Academies.
If you are interested in making an appointment with Dr. Schaeffer, or would like more information from one of our staff specialists, please call our office:
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