Professor and Chairman
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Medical College
of Georgia
Augusta University
706-721-6100 Academics
Dr. Kountakis received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, Texas and his medical degree from the University of Texas-Houston. He completed a general surgery residency at UT-Houston Medical School, Hermann Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Center and Memorial Hospital System of the Texas Heart Institute, and an otolaryngology residency at UT-Houston Medical School, Hermann Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, and MacGregor Medical Associates. He completed a PhD at the University of Crete Medical School. He came to MCG in 2003 from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, where he was director of the Division of Rhinology and Virginia Sinus Center. Dr. Kountakis has served as Vice President of the Southern Section of the Triological Society, and as member of the Board of Directors and Past President of the Georgia Society of Otolaryngology-HNS. He is Past President of the American Rhinologic Society and received the society’s 2015 Golden Head Mirror Teaching Award. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and has served as Associate Editor of the American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy and the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology. Dr. Kountakis is Editor-in-Chief of the first “Encyclopedia of Otolaryngology-HNS” and has edited 3 additional textbooks, “The Frontal Sinus 2nd edition”, “Rhinologic and Sleep Apnea Surgical Techniques” and “Revision Sinus Surgery”. Dr. Kountakis has published extensively and his research interests include pathophysiology and pathogenesis of sinusitis and polyps, medical and surgical outcomes, and allergic fungal sinusitis. He is consistently ranked among America’s Best Doctors.
| Diseases of the Nose and Sinuses |
| Acute and Chronic Sinusitis |
| Rhinology |
| Endoscopic Sinus Surgery |
| Nasal Polyps |
| Nasal Obstruction |
| Deviated Nasal Septum |
| Nasal Allergies |
| Nasal and Sinus Tumors |
| Pathophysiology and Pathogenesis of Sinusitis |
| Surgical Outcomes |
| Immune Parameters in Sinusitis |
| Allergic Fungal Sinusitis |
| Pathophysiology of Nasal Polyps |
| Leukotrienes in Chronic Sinusitis |
Selected Publications
Department of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery
Health Sciences Campus
1120 15th Street, BP 4109 Augusta, GA 30912
706-721-4400 Appointments
706-721-6100 Academic Office
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