Areas of Expertise
- Rhinology and Sinus Surgery
- Ear Nose & Throat
- Sinus surgery
- Septoplasty
- Inferior turbinate reductions
- Frontal sinus surgery
- Maxillary sinus surgery
- Sphenoid sinus surgery
Education
- Program: MD
Institution: University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine - Program: Residency in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Institution: University of Illinois, Chicago - Program: Fellowship in Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery with Roy Casiano, MD
Institution: University of Miami, Florida - Program: Fellowship in Integrative Medicine with Andrew Weil, MD
Institution: University of Arizona - Program: Board Certified
Institution: American Board of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery - Program: Board Certified
Institution: American Board of Integrative Medicine
Associations
- Fellow of the American Rhinologic Society
- Certified Practitioner by the Institute of Functional Medicine
- Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Reviews
Amy Anstead, MD, FARS, IFMCP, ABOIM, is the only fellowship-trained rhinologist and endoscopic skull base surgeon in the world who also has formal education in both functional and integrative medicine. She provides holistic, personalized, patient-centered care, and is unafraid to look outside the box for solutions for her patients. She is one of the most experienced sinus surgeons in the Pacific Northwest, has performed thousands of complex sinus and endoscopic skull base surgeries, and has successfully treated tens of thousands of patients suffering from chronic sinus disease and sinonasal/skull base tumors. She is a Certified Practitioner by the Institute for Functional Medicine and completed two post-residency fellowships; one in Sinus and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery and a second fellowship in Integrative Medicine. She is double board certified in both Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery as well as Integrative Medicine. She has clinics in Seattle and Edmonds. www.pugetsoundsinus.com
Dr. Anstead completed the prestigious fellowship in rhinology 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 where she was awarded the Resident Research Award. She completed her Doctorate of Medicine at the University of Miami, Florida, graduating with honors and 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, University of Arizona.
Dr. Anstead has been voted Best Doctor in Seattle by her peers in the Seattle Metropolitan Magazine many times. She has frequently been an invited speaker on the topics of Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery across the Americas and Europe and directed cadaveric dissection courses on Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery for her peers. 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.