Nathalia Velasquez, MD

Appointed
2022

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - Emory University
Rhinology and Skull Base surgery
Atlanta, GA USA
2022

Residency - University of Pittsburg Medical Center
Otolaryngology, head and neck surgery
Pittsburgh, PA USA
2021

Internship - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Otolaryngology, head and neck surgery
Pittsburgh, PA USA
2017

Graduate School - National University of Colombia
Otolaryngology
Bogota, D.C., Colombia
2013

Medical Education - National University of Colombia
Bogota, D.C., FL USA
2008

Professional Highlights

• Co-Director of the Endoscopic Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery Center, Cleveland Clinic FL
• Diplomate, American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Certifications

• Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Specialty Interests

Acute and chronic sinus disease, sinonasal malignancies, skull base tumors, nasal obstruction, pituitary surgery, endonasal endoscopic approaches to the cranial base, nasal mass.

Awards & Honors

• Best Clinical Research Award “The ENS6Q: A validated 6-item questionnaire as a diagnostic aid for empty nose syndrome”. American Rhinologic Society section of the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. May 2016.
• Best junior resident- Temporal bone drilling contest. University of Pittsburgh Medical center. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. June 2018.
•  “Golden Endoscope Award” Fall Film FESStival-Finalist. “Posterior pedicle lateral nasal wall flap for reconstruction of clival osteoradionecrosis with exposed carotid stent and coil”. American Rhinologic Society section of the AAO-HNS. Atlanta, Georgia. 2018.
• AAO-HNS/F Leadership Resident Travel Award. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 2019
• AAO-HNS/F Leadership Fellow Travel Award. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2022

Memberships

• American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2016-Present
• American Rhinologic Society 2016-Present
• American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy 2016-Present
• American College of Surgeons 2018-Present
• Pennsylvania Academy of Otolaryngology 2018-Present
• North American Skull Base Society 2018-Present
• Colombian Society of Otolaryngology 2010-Present

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