Christopher Le, MD, FACS

Associate Professor, Otolaryngology
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Director, Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery Fellowship
Chair, Data Safety and Monitoring Board, University of Arizona Cancer Center

As a skilled sinus and skull base surgeon, Dr. Le uses minimally invasive endoscopic sinus surgeries to treat sinus disease and endoscopic and open skull base surgery to treat sinonasal and skull base tumors.

Dr. Le helped develop the Center for Sinus and Allergic Disease with the Division of Allergy/Immunology and Pulmonology to provide comprehensive clinical and surgical care to patients with chronic sinus and airway disease, and teamed up with the Department of Neurosurgery and the University of Arizona Cancer Center to create the Center of Sinonasal and Skull Base Tumors to offer comprehensive management of sinonasal and skull base tumors.

Dr. Le has co-authored over 40 combined peer-reviewed research articles and book chapters. He has given over 60 presentations at medical conferences and academic teaching hospitals nationally and internationally. He has been awarded multiple research grants for studies aiming to enhance medical education and healthcare delivery. He is a principal investigator of a multi-institutional study evaluating treatment outcomes of advanced stage nasal and paranasal sinus cancers.

Dr. Le enjoys anything pertaining to Spider-Man, college/professional football and basketball, craft cocktails and beers, and his Siberian husky, Parker.

Degree(s)

  • MD: Loma Linda University School of Medicine - Loma Linda, 2009
  • BS: Biochemistry (summa cum laude), University of California, Davis
Residency
University of California Davis, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, 2009 - 2015
Fellowship
University of Arizona, Rhinology & Skull Base Surgery, 2015 - 2016
Board Certifications
American Board of Otolarygology, 2016
Clinical Specialties
Disorders of the Nasal Cavity, Paranasal Sinuses and Anterior Skull Base
Nasal Obstruction
Sinus Infections
Benign and Malignant Sinonasal Tumors
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leaks Through the Nose
Skull Base Tumors
Research Interests

improving health care outcomes for patients with chronic sinus disease, sinonasal malignancies