About Dr. Anstead
Amy Anstead, MD, FARS, IFMCP is the only Fellowship trained Sinus and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgeon in the world who has completed a second fellowship in Integrative Medicine and received certification through the Institute for Functional Medicine. She provides holistic, personalized, patient-centered care and is unafraid to look outside the box for solutions for her patients. She is the most experienced fellowship trained Sinus and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgeon in the Pacific Northwest, has performed thousands of complex sinus and endoscopic skull base surgeries, and has successfully treated patients from all over the world suffering from chronic sinus disease and sinonasal/skull base tumors.
Dr. Anstead completed the prestigious Fellowship in Sinus and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at the University of Miami, Florida with one of the founding fathers of Skull Base Surgery, Dr. Roy Casiano. She is a Fellow of the American Rhinologic Society and a Diplomat of the American Board of Otolaryngology. Dr. Anstead completed her Residency in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Illinois, Chicago including the famous Cook County Hospital, where she was awarded the Resident Research Award. She attended medical school at the University of Miami, Florida, graduating with honors at the top of her class and was nominated to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society. Prior to medical school, Dr. Anstead completed two concurrent Bachelor of Science degrees in Microbiology and Psychology. She is a Certified Practitioner by the Institute for Functional Medicine and completed a second fellowship with Dr. Andrew Weil at the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona.
Dr. Anstead has been voted Best Doctor in Seattle by her peers in the Seattle Metropolitan Magazine six times. She has frequently been an invited speaker on the topics of Sinus and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery across the Americas and Europe and has directed cadaveric dissection courses on Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery for her peers from all over the world. She has served as a reviewer for several academic journals and has published in the areas of Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery in both peer reviewed journals and book chapters including Dr. Casiano’s bestselling Endoscopic Sinonasal Dissection Guide.
Dr. Anstead is married and has two beautiful children.
What is a Fellowship?
After medical school, Dr. Anstead completed 5 years of surgical residency training in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery and is Board Certified by the Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
After spending 5 years training in all aspects of general ENT, Dr. Anstead then went on to complete a one-year fellowship with Dr. Roy Casiano in Sinus and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at the University of Miami, FL. By performing the most complex surgeries alongside some of the best Sinus and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgeons in the world, Dr. Anstead was able to hone her skills to become an expert sinus surgeon.
After fellowship in 2010, Dr. Anstead was recruited to Seattle to build one of the first Sinus and Endoscopic Skull Base Centers in the region. Several years later, Dr. Anstead completed a second Fellowship in Integrative Medicine. This included two years of training with Dr. Andrew Weil at the University of Arizona, which allowed Dr. Anstead to further expand her understanding of health and healing to address the whole patient. This training was then further augmented by the intensive education she pursued at the Institute for Functional Medicine to further understand the root cause of disease.
Dr. Anstead is now a Certified Practitioner by the Institute for Functional Medicine.
Learn more about Dr. Anstead
Doctor Anstead is Board Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology.
Doctor Anstead scored in the top one percent of all doctors licensed to practice medicine in the United States by the United States Medical Licensing Exam.
Doctor Anstead is a Fellow of the American Rhinologic Society.
Doctor Anstead completed a specialized additional year of training as a Fellowship in Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at the University of Miami, Florida.
Doctor Anstead has been voted Top Doctor in the SeattleMet Magazine many times.
Doctor Anstead is a lifetime member of Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.
Doctor Anstead is a Certified Practitioner by the Institute for Functional Medicine.
Doctor Anstead completed a two year Integrative Medicine Fellowship with Andrew Weil, MD at the University of Arizona.
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