Donald C. Lanza graduated from Fordham University (New York, NY) in 1979 with a B.S. in Biology. Subsequently, he completed his M.S. in Physiology from Georgetown University (Washington, DC) and in 1985 he obtained his M.D. at the State University of New York, Health Science Center in Brooklyn, NY (Downstate). In 1990, Dr. Lanza completed his general surgery and otolaryngology training at Albany Medical Center in upstate New York and became board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. He began 1 year of fellowship training in Rhinology with David W. Kennedy, MD at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes that was completed at the University of Pennsylvania. After a period as an assistant professor at PENN, Dr. Don Lanza was promoted to associate professor of otolaryngology and was made their director of the Division of Rhinology. In 1992, he became a Fellow of the American Rhinologic Society and in 1994, he became a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. In 1999 he took a position as the Section Head of Nasal & Sinus Disorders in the Department of Otolaryngology & Communicative disorders at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio.

Dr. Don Lanza has been the course director for 27 Continuing Medical Education programs and the host for 2 international meetings on nasal and sinus disorders. Donald C. Lanza, MD is a winner of the prestigious Golden Head Mirror Award from the American Rhinologic Society for meritorious teaching. Additionally, he was awarded as the “Otolaryngology Teacher of the Year” by the residents in 1998 at the University of Pennsylvania and again at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 2004. Donald C. Lanza, MD is listed in Best Doctors in America since 1994 and in Castle & Connolly’s Top Docs in America since it was first introduced in 2001. He was previously listed in Philadelphia Magazine, Cleveland Magazine and Northern Ohio Live Magazine as one of their Top Docs.

Dr. Lanza has over 100 publications, with 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He has given more than 300 invited lectures in the U.S.A. and abroad. Dr. Lanza is internationally recognized as an innovator of surgical procedures for the nasal passages and the paranasal sinuses. He is an active fellow in The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) and an active member of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy. Donald C. Lanza, MD, recently completed a three year term as the AAO-HNS representative to the Sinus & Allergy Health Partnership and was President of the American Rhinologic Society in 2002-3.

Donald C. Lanza, MD was instrumental in developing rhinology centers of excellence that are internationally recognized at both Penn & The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In an effort to be closer to his family in Florida, Dr. Lanza resigned his position as Section Head at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in August 2004 and has established the Sinus & Nasal Institute of Florida, P.A.

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