Otolaryngologist Edward T. El Rassi, M.D., has established his practice with OU Physicians. He has also been named an assistant professor with the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. Otolaryngologists treat patients for conditions relating to the ear, nose and throat.

El Rassi is board-certified in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery with a special focus in rhinology and skull base surgery. He has a clinical interest in treating patients with conditions of the nose, sinuses, and skull base including patients with nasal obstruction, recurrent or chronic sinusitis, nasal polyposis, sinonasal tumors (both benign and malignant) and cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea. He is experienced in revision and complex endoscopic sinus surgery, endoscopic orbital surgery and endoscopic skull base surgery.

El Rassi completed a fellowship in rhinology and skull base surgery through Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. He completed an otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency at Oregon Health and Science University, Portland. He earned his medical degree from the OU College of Medicine, graduating with special distinction.

El Rassi is a member of the North American Skull Base Society, American Rhinologic Society and American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. El Rassi sees patients in Oklahoma City at the OU Physicians building at 825 N.E. 10th St. and Stephenson Cancer Center, 800 N.E. 10th St. For appointments, call (405) 271-1368.

With more than 1,050 doctors and advanced practice providers, OU Physicians is the state’s largest physician group. The practice encompasses almost every adult and child specialty. Many OU Physicians have expertise in the management of complex conditions that is unavailable anywhere else in the state, region or sometimes even the nation. Some have pioneered surgical procedures or innovations in patient care that are world firsts.

OU Physicians see patients in their offices at the OU Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City and at clinics in Edmond, Midwest City, Lawton and other cities around Oklahoma. When hospitalization is necessary, they often admit patients to OU Medical Center. Many also care for their patients in other hospitals around the metro area. OU Physicians serve as faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and train the region’s future physicians.