Maria V Suurna, MD

Sleep Surgery, Sleep Medicine, Otolaryngology,

Honors and Awards:

Certificate of Appreciation.  International Surgical Sleep Society. September 2022

Certificate of Appreciation.  PanAmerican Association or Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. June 2022

Certificate of Appreciation. Balkan ORL society.  June 2022

With Distinction Award.  American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society Thesis. 2021

Center of Excellence for building and maintaining a program that delivers positive, predictable and enduring patient outcomes for Upper Airway Stimulation Therapy.  Inspire Medical.  2018

Honors Award, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. 2018

Castle Connolly Top Doctor 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Castle Connolly Exceptional Women in Medicine 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Top Doctor in New York 2018, 2019

Super Doctors New York Rising Stars. 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018

Gerson Lowenthal Award for Outstanding Microsurgical Skills in Temporal Bone Dissection, the Cincinnati Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery and Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.  2009

Marvella Bayh Memorial Scholarship for best research in Indiana School of Medicine Summer Research Program. 2002

NIH Training Grant, Indiana School of Medicine Summer Research Program in Academic Medicine.  2001

 

Maria V. Suurna, MD, FACS, is a Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and Director of Sleep Surgery in the at University of Miami Health and adjunct faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Suurna received her medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine and completed her residency training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She is bord certified in Otolaryngology and subspecialty board certified in Sleep Medicine. Dr. Suurna is nationally and internationally recognized as an expert in sleep surgery. She is dedicated to providing a comprehensive evaluation and treatment for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, with a focus on sleep surgery. She has pioneered the hypoglossal nerve stimulation implant procedure. She is a member of many professional societies; has published textbooks, textbook chapters and articles in scientific journals; is a reviewer for the specialty journals, frequently lectures nationally and internationally; has organized and chaired national and international meetings; and serves on multiple local and national committees. In addition to her clinical duties, she is actively involved in training medical students and residents at the University of Miami.