Conditions Treated

As one of the only fellowship sub-specialty trained full-time Rhinologist and Sinus Specialist in the Westchester and Hudson Valley regions, Dr. Jourdy offers advanced and contemporary expertise in nasal and sinus disease, as well as anterior skull base disease. This unique knowledge base and skill set allows Dr. Jourdy to have a better understanding of normal, as well as abnormal, nasal and sinus function, as well as the best treatment strategies for each individual patient. Using state-of-the-art, minimally invasive surgical and non-surgical techniques, Dr. Jourdy can treat difficult and complicated sinonasal disease (some of which are listed below) while shortening patients’ recovery time, and allowing them to return to work and normal activities sooner.

• Allergies
• Allergic fungal sinusitis
• Antrochoanal polyps
• Bleeding from the nose (epistaxis)
• Cerebrospinal fluid leaks from the nose
• Cystic fibrosis with extensive nasal polyps
• Deviated nasal septum
• Epiphora (excessive tearing)
• Eustachian Tube Disorders
• Foreign bodies in the nose or sinuses
• Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasias in the nose
• Inferior turbinate hypertrophy
• Invasive fungal rhinosinusitis
• Mucoceles (cavity with trapped mucous)
• Obstructed breathing through the nose
• Optic nerve decompression (to relieve pressure off the nerve responsible for vision)
• Orbital proptosis (bulging eyes) due to Graves disease or other causes
• Pituitary tumors
• Polyps in the nose/sinuses
• Pott's Puffy Tumors
• Rhinitis (inflammation of the nose)
• Samter's triad (nasal polyps, asthma, and aspirin allergy)
• Sense of smell impairment
• Sinus fungal balls
• Sinusitis (acute, chronic, and recurrent) and its complications (i.e. spread of infection to the eye, brain or bone)
• Skull base lesions/tumors (chondrosarcomas, chordomas, craniopharyngiomas, meningiomas, Rathke’s cleft cysts, etc.)
• Tumors in the sinonasal cavities
  • Benign Tumors (inverted papillomas, juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas, nasal papillomas, osteomas, etc.)
  • Malignant Tumors (adenocarcinoma, esthesioneuroblastoma, malignant mucosal melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, etc.)