Education

• MD, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, 1984
• Internship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984-1985, and University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle, WA, 1985-1986
• Research Fellow, Physiology-Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1986-1987
• Residency, University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle, WA, 1987-1991

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Pasic is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Rhinology, and American Academy of Otolaryngology-HNS. He specializes in rhinology, especially diseases of the paranasal sinuses.

Dr. Pasic provides a wide range of services including Adenoidectomy, Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Septoplasty, Sinus Surgery, Tonsillectomy, Tracheostomy, and Tympanostomy (Ear) Tube Placement.

Research Interests

Dr. Pasic’s clinical research efforts are in the study of chronic sinusitis and outcome research.

Recent Publications

• Biological characteristics and propagation of human rhinovirus-C in differentiated sinus epithelial cells.
  Ashraf S, Brockman-Schneider R, Bochkov YA, Pasic TR, Gern JE
  Virology 2013 Feb 5; 436(1):143-9.
  [PubMed ID: 23199420, PMC ID: 3545098]
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• Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: a proteomic analysis.
  Upton DC, Welham NV, Kuo JS, Walker JW, Pasic TR
  Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 2011 Dec; 120(12):780-6.
  [PubMed ID: 22279949]
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• Molecular modeling, organ culture and reverse genetics for a newly identified human rhinovirus C.
  Bochkov YA, Palmenberg AC, Lee WM, Rathe JA, Amineva SP, Sun X, Pasic TR, Jarjour NN, Liggett SB, Gern JE
  Nat. Med. 2011 May; 17(5):627-32.
  [PubMed ID: 21483405, PMC ID: 3089712]
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• Endoscopic surgical treatment of neurogenic tumor in pterygopalatine and infratemporal fossae via extended medial maxillectomy.
  Xu F, Sun X, Hu L, Wang J, Wang D, Pasic TR, Kern RC
  Acta Otolaryngol. 2011 Feb; 131(2):161-5.
  [PubMed ID: 21047192]
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• Association of extraesophageal reflux disease and sinonasal symptoms: prevalence and impact on quality of life.
  Pasic TR, Palazzi-Churas KL, Connor NP, Cohen SB, Leverson GE
  Laryngoscope 2007 Dec; 117(12):2218-28.
  [PubMed ID: 17891051]
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