Supriya Mathur, MD

Dr. Supriya Mathur is a board-certified otolaryngologist who has been practicing medicine for the past 22 years. She was drawn to medicine to help and make people feel better.

She strongly believes in treating patients like you would treat a loved one and works hard to create an environment of trust. Respect, communication, and caring are the cornerstones of her philosophy to patient care.

Dr. Mathur offers her medical services to the remote, marginalized, and underprivileged communities, and routinely uses innovative technologies like telemedicine to improve access to medicine.

From 2017 onwards, Dr. Mathur has been providing surgical ENT care to the community of Sitka, Alaska and has helped create a surgical service line at this site.

Dr. Mathur worked at the Alaska Native Medical Center for 10 years and Southern California Permanente Group in LA for an additional four years. Working at ANMC gave her an opportunity to cover the ENT needs of the indigenous population of the state of Alaska, meeting the unique challenges of taking care of patients living in remote areas.

There she had a rich experience learning to do a lot of complex ear cases combined with a wide plethora of other interesting ENT problems including facial fractures, head neck cancers, salivary gland diseases, deep neck infections, and many other routine ENT cases.

From 2011 to 2015, Dr. Mathur practiced at Kaiser in Harbor city. There, her focus was more on adult patients doing more complex sinus cases and thyroid surgeries. Dr. Mathur enjoys taking care of all ages and aspects of otolaryngology.

Outside of work, Dr. Mathur likes to volunteer at a clinic and within her community. She maintains a work-life balance by her yoga practice. She is very fond of traveling and exploring the outdoors with her husband and 2 boys. Skiing and hiking remain her most favorite outdoor pastimes.

Professional Highlights

• Otolaryngologist at South East Alaska Regional Health Council (SEARHC), Sitka, Alaska
• Otolaryngologist at Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska
• Otolaryngologist on a volunteer basis at Venice Family Clinic, Los Angeles.
• Peer review clinician at R3 Continuum
• Otolaryngologist at Kaiser Permanente, South Bay Medical Center, Harbor City, California

License and Certification:

• Board Certified in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery
• USC Advanced Endoscopic Sinus course
• ATA18 Annual conference for American Telemedicine association
• Mastering ENT coding, Karen Zupko workshop
• ACS Thyroid and parathyroid US Skills course, UCSF
• Advanced techniques in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and Balloon Sinuplasty, California Sinus Institute
• AO ASIF Challenges and Advances in Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Reconstruction, San Diego
• Temporal Bone Dissection Course, Palm Beach, Florida

Membership

• American Board of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery
• American Telemedicine Association
• LA Society of Otolaryngology
• ALAPIO (Association of Los Angeles Physicians of Indian Origin)
• American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
• American College of Surgeons
• American Medical Association
• Association of Women Surgeons

Publications

• “Intramuscular Hemangioma of the Hyoglossus-first reported case” 1999 AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting, New Orleans

• Clinical research project: “Estimation of ionized calcium pre and post-operatively in patients undergoing surgery for thyrotoxicosis” 1995, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

Presentations

• September 2019: “Evaluation of thyroid nodule” CME presentation to all providers at SEARHC, Sitka
• September 2017: Doc talk series and a radio interview for the community of Sitka “I’m All Ears: The Role of ENT Care in Optimizing Learning in Children”
• May 2008: Lecture on “Urgent procedures in ENT” to primary care providers in Kodiak
• Nov 2007: Lecture on “Management of Ear Drainage “to primary care providers in Dillingham
• March 2007: Lecture on “Epistaxis” to primary care providers in Bethel
• July 2006: Lecture on “Diagnosis and treatment of Cervical Plunging Ranulas “to primary care providers in Dillingham
• June 2005: Lecture on “Diagnosis and evaluation of Congenital hearing loss” to pediatricians in Alaska Native Medical Center
• Aug 2004: Lecture on “Diagnosis and management of neck mass in children” to primary care Providers in Bethel
• March 2004: Lecture on “OSA” to primary care providers in Bethe
• May 2003: Lecture on “Peri-tonsillar abscess “to primary care providers in Bethel
• March 2002: Grand round presentation on “Lasers and applications in ENT
• August 2001: Grand round presentation on “Tuberculous and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial infection of the head and neck.”
• Oct 2000: Grand round presentation on “Intratympanic gentamycin injection for chemical Labyrinthectomy in Meniere’s disease.”
• March 1999: Grand round presentation on “Physiology of vestibular system.”

Education

• Residency in Otolaryngology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado (1998-2002)
• General Surgery Internship, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado (1997-1998)
• Internship in various subspecialties at LNJPN and GB Pant Hospitals, New Delhi, India (1996-1997)
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India (1991-1995)