Vijay R. Ramakrishnan MD

​​Vijay Ramakrishnan, MD​, joined the University of Colorado Department of Otolaryngology in 2010 after completing fellowship training in advanced rhinology and skull base surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a board-certified Otolaryngologist and Fellow of the American Rhinologic Society. He serves as Co-Director of the CU Skull Base Program, with clinical expertise including the treatment of nasal obstruction, chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps, complex sino-orbital diseases, CSF leaks and skull base tumors. He has participated in clinical research in the realm of minimally invasive endoscopic and skull base approaches, and is currently involved in a multicenter study of surgical outcomes in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). His research program examines chemosensory detection in the airway with specific regard to the microbiome and mucosal inflammation, with active grants from the NIH and FAMRI.