Gregory J. Basura, MD, PhD

Dr. Basura is a professor, surgeon-scientist in the Division of Otology/Neurotology-Skull Base Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the Director for Global Outreach for the Department. With a fifty percent research appointment he divides his time between patient care, basic science/human translational clinical research, resident/medical student teaching, administrative/committee, institutional service, student mentoring and global outreach/humanitarian efforts.
  
His clinical practice includes all aspects of otology/neurotology including hearing loss, chronic ear disease, facial nerve disorders including lateral skull base cerebrospinal fluid leaks, temporal lobe encephaloceles and skull base tumors. His clinical translational research involves investigating central auditory plasticity with hearing loss and tinnitus using innovative brain imaging involving functional near infrared spectroscopy. 

For humanitarian outreach/service he is involved in a newly established one-year dedicated otology clinical/surgical fellowship at the University of Cape Town in South Africa with fellowship director, Dr. Tashneem Harris. He also started the African Otology Society to build community in Africa to address otology and audiology needs. 

Dr. Basura received his Bachelor of Science in Zoology and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with minors in chemistry and history from the College of Idaho. He completed his PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology with an emphasis in neuroscience and neuroanatomy from Wayne State University of School of Medicine. He completed his MD from the University of Washington and Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then completed a Neurotology/Lateral Skull Base Surgical fellowship at the University of Michigan and rose to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure at the University of Michigan before pursuing his current role as Professor and Global Director in the and Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He is currently completing an MBA in Health Care Finance, Entrepreneurship and Leadership at Johns Hopkins University.