Marina Boruk, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Director of Division of Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery
Dr. Marina Boruk joined the Department at the State University of New York – Downstate Medical Center in July of 2010 and serves as the Director of the Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery Division. Dr. Boruk is a graduate of the College of Medicine at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, where she also completed her residency in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. She continued her training with an American Rhinologic Society accredited fellowship in Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, under the direction of Dr. James Duncavage. Dr. Boruk also has additional training in the field of allergy and in 2016 became a Fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (AAOA).
Dr. Boruk serves as Deputy Director of Finance and a full-time teaching faculty in the Department of Otolaryngology as well as a voluntary faculty in the Department of Medicine Division of Allergy and Immunology. She has been an invited speaker at regional, national and international meetings and has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in the field of Otolaryngology.
Dr. Boruk is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, The American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, and the American Rhinologic Society. She has received many honors including the Full Time Teaching Faculty Award. Dr. Boruk’s clinical interests are in the medical and surgical management of the nose and paranasal sinuses. Her expertise includes both minimally invasive and traditional surgery of the nasal cavity and sinuses, endoscopic repair of CSF leak and base of skull defects as well as skull-based and orbital tumors.
Education
Undergraduate: University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Medical School: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Internship: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Residency: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Research Interests
- Inflammatory diseases of the paranasal sinuses
- physician training education
For Patients
Conditions and Treatments: Benign and inflammatory diseases of the nasal airway and paranasal sinuses, allergic and non-allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis with and without polyps, endoscopic minimally invasive procedures and surgery
Site of Clinical Practice: 185 Montague Street, 5th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Call 718 270-7207 for an Appointment