Sassan Falsafi, MD
Dr. Sassan Falsafi is a Board Certified Otolaryngologist and a Diplomat of the American Board of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery. He is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana. He completed his surgical internship at the Stanford University Medical center in Palo Alto, California and his Otolaryngology, Head Neck Surgery, training at the SUNY Buffalo/Roswell Park National Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, and the Boston University Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. His earlier training includes undergraduate and graduate studies in chemical engineering at the University of California. Following these studies, he joined the 3M Company to help develop novel processes that were used in the manufacturing of data storage products for NASA and IBM. Although these endeavors were intellectually gratifying, because of belonging to a long family tradition of surgeons and scientists, Dr. Falsafi soon discovered his passion for medicine. In this regard, he spear headed numerous scientific projects that were focused on the study of macromolecules essential to life as well as on the regeneration of human tissue in the laboratory. These were performed at the following prestigious academic centers: the University of California, the Harvard Medical School, and the Stanford University Medical Center.
Dr. Falsafi has produced numerous peer reviewed publications summarizing his research activities in a number of highly regarded scientific journals including Science, Archives of Otolaryngology, Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery and Biochemistry. His surgical experience is broad and includes thousands of procedures involving the head and neck region. His special interests are in minimally invasive sinus surgery, cosmetic and reconstructive facial surgery including soft tissue flap reconstruction and rhinoplasty.
In August 2004, Dr. Falsafi relocated from Boston, Massachusetts to join the San Jose Medical Group in the Silicon Valley where he headed the Otolaryngology Department. During this time, he held privileges at the O’Connor Hospital and the Silicon Valley Surgical Center.
