Dr. Frederick Adair Kuhn, M.D., FACS

Expert Publications

• Middle turbinate stabilization after functional endoscopic sinus surgery: the controlled synechiae technique.
• Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis: perioperative management, prevention of recurrence, and role of steroids and antifungal agents.
• Allergic fungal sinusitis: a four-year follow-up.
• Stereotactic computer-assisted navigational sinus surgery: accuracy of an electromagnetic tracking system with the tissue debrider and when utilizing different headsets for the same patient.
• Primary endoscopic management of the frontal sinus.
• Revision endoscopic frontal sinusotomy with mucoperiosteal flap advancement: the
• The frontal sinus unobliteration procedure.
• Stereotactic computer-assisted navigational sinus surgery: historical perspective and review of the available systems.
• Lacrimal drainage system injury in functional endoscopic sinus surgery. Incidence, analysis, and prevention.
• Allergic fungal sinusitis: diagnosis and treatment.
• Low-grade fibrosarcoma of the anterior skull base: endoscopic resection and repair.
• A preliminary report on the effects of paclitaxel-impregnated stents on sheep nasal mucosa.
• Role of endoscopy in the management of chronic rhinosinusitis.
• Stereotactic computer assisted navigation: state of the art for sinus surgery,
• Endoscopic modified Lothrop (Draf III) with frontal sinus punches.

Media Releases

Get to know Otolaryngologist, Dr. Frederick Adair Kuhn, who serves patients in Savannah, Georgia

A board-certified otolaryngologist, Dr. Kuhn specializes in the surgical and medical management of conditions of the head and neck. He practices in Savannah, Georgia, and is affiliated with several local hospitals. Prior to his current endeavors, he served with the Georgia Nasal & Sinus Institute in Savannah GA, and as an Adjunct Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of North Carolina.

Dr. Kuhn received his medical degree in 1966 from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. He then pursued his internship year at the University Hospital & Clinics (1967), followed by his general surgery residency at St Luke’s Hospital (1968). Dr. Kuhn completed his residencies in otolaryngology at Washington University Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Subsequent to his education, Dr. Kuhn attained board certification in otolaryngology through the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. The American Board of Otolaryngology, located in Houston, Texas, is a non-profit corporation that has set the mission of ensuring professional standards with certificates and memberships, and has offered training in the fields of head neck surgery to professionals since 1924.

Otorhinolaryngology is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the surgical and medical management of conditions of the head and neck. Doctors who specialize in this area are called otorhinolaryngologists, otolaryngologists, head and neck surgeons, or ENT surgeons or physicians.

A Fellow of the  American College of Surgeons, Dr. Kuhn received the 2011 Fiero Award from the Setliff Sinus Institute and was listed among America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly, (2002-2014).

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