UNC Endoscopic Skull Base Center

Many tumors of the skull base can be successfully removed using an endoscopic minimally invasive approach. Minimally invasive procedures typically result in shorter hospital stays, decreased surgical complications, and faster recovery. Our ENT surgeons are part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of other surgical and nonsurgical specialties at the UNC Skull Base Surgery Program.

We treat the following conditions:

• Pituitary Tumors
• Craniopharyngiomas
• Sinonasal/skull base cancers
• Meningiomas

UNC Sinusitis Care

• Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis
• Chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps
• Cystic fibrosis
• Primary ciliary dyskinesia
• Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease
• Allergic fungal sinusitis
• Fungal balls
• Odontogenic chronic rhinosinusitis,
• Invasive fungal sinusitis
• Benign nasal tumors

UNC Center of Nasal and Sleep Disorders

• Vasculitis
• Sarcoidosis
• Nasal obstruction
• OSA with poor CPAP tolerance
• History of nasal trauma
• Septoplasty
• ITR
• Concha bullosa resection
• Sleep surgery options

Our Team

Brent A. Senior, MD, FACS, FARS

Vice Chair of Academics & Outreach
Nathaniel and Sheila Harris Distinguished Professor
Chief, Division of Rhinology, Allergy, and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery

Brian D. Thorp, MD, FACS, FARS

Associate Director, NeuroRhinology, Advanced Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellowship
Director, Residency Program
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery

Charles S. Ebert, Jr., MD, MPH, FARS, FAAOA, FACS

Co-Director, NeuroRhinology-Advanced Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellowship
Medical Director of Otolaryngic Allergy Services
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery

Adam J. Kimple, MD, PhD, FACS, FARS

Co-Director, NeuroRhinology-Advanced Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellowship
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery

Cristine Klatt-Cromwell, MD

Associate Professor

Meghan Norris, MS, MSPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant for Rhinology, Allergy and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery

Jackson Vuncannon, MD

Assistant Professor

NeuroRhinology-Advanced Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery Fellowship

We’re proud to offer the NeuroRhinology-Advanced Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery Fellowship. This one-year fellowship program provides comprehensive training in the medical and surgical management of sinonasal inflammatory disease, anterior and central skull base lesions (utilizing both endoscopic and/or open management), allergic disease, and orbital pathology.

Learn more about the NeuroRhinology-Advanced Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery Fellowship.

Michael Armstrong, MD

Rhinology Fellow

Tom Raz Yarkoni, MD

Rhinology Fellow