Hello, I'm Dr Erin Wright, the Director of the Alberta Sinus Centre. The treatment of sinus disease has made many advances in recent years; here at the Alberta Sinus Centre we aim to provide our patients with the advantages of these innovations along with current cutting edge medical and surgical therapies. The Alberta Sinus Centre is committed to providing you, our patient, with the most comprehensive care as the result of a collaborative approach to clinical and scientific research.

Clinical and Basic Science Reseach

Through a collaborative research effort with the Pulmonary Research Group we hope to develop new insights into diseases of the nose and sinuses including chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposis. It is hoped that these new insights will lead to translational research including new treatments. In addition, the Sinus Centre will provide an ideal setting for the delivery of cutting edge and novel clinical treatments and research efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of new therapies.

Advanced Surgical Care & Skull Base Surgery

The Alberta Sinus Centre specializes in surgical treatment of complex sinus disease including revision surgery, frontal and sphenoid sinus surgery, orbital decompression, and minimally invasive approaches to sinonasal tumours. Collaboration with Neurosurgery will enable minimally invasive surgical care for patients with disorders of the anterior skull base.

About Dr. Wright

Dr. Wright is a medical graduate of McGill University where he also completed his residency in Otolaryngology. He did an additional year of subspecialty training at the University of Pennsylvania with Dr. David Kennedy, the North American pioneer of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. He practiced for nearly 8 years at the University of Western Ontario in London, ON. He was recruited to the University of Alberta in 2007 to establish the Alberta Sinus Centre.

Dr. Wright is an Associate Professor (Tenure) at the University of Alberta and is the Director of the Alberta Sinus Centre. He is a Fellow of the American Rhinologic Society and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. He is also an active Fellow of the Triological Society from whom he received the prestigious Harris P. Mosher Award in 2007 for outstanding clinical research.

He is on the Executive Council of the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Otolaryngology. He serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Rhinology. Dr. Wright has served on the Examination Board for Otolaryngology of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

He is extensively published with more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and 5 book chapters. His research interests include outcomes research in rhinosinusitis, endoscopic management of sinonasal tumours, and the study of underlying mechanisms of chronic rhinosinusitis.

Dr. Wright's  selected CV will be available in pdf format - Dr Erin Wright.

About Dr. Raj Bhalla 

Dr Bhalla is a graduate of the University of Leicester Medical School in England.  He developed an interest in Otorhinolaryngology as an undergraduate and thereafter, focussed his efforts on acquiring the necessary skills for his chosen career.  His specialist surgical training includes rhinology and sinus surgery, otology, head and neck surgery, laryngology, facial plastics, and paediatric otolaryngology.  He has also spent time training in plastic surgery, emergency medicine, and surgery in general.  Dr Bhalla is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Dr. Bhalla’s current position is the prestigious International Surgical Fellow to Dr Wright, where he has acquired skill in advanced sinus surgery, rhinology and anterior skull base surgery.  On his return to England, Dr Bhalla will take a post at a major teaching hospital.

Dr Bhalla has a 1st class Batchelor of Science degree with honours.  The basis of this work was immunology and transplant medicine.  His doctorate thesis is currently under consideration at the University of Liverpool in England.  This work examined in detail the side effects of inhaled corticosteroids in the throat and voice box, and included reviews of asthma, inflammation, inhalers used to treat asthma, and vocal and throat complications of inhaled corticosteroid therapy.

Dr. Bhalla's selected CV will be available in pdf format - Dr. Raj Bhalla

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