Richard Orlandi

Dr. Orlandi is one of only three fellowship-trained nasal and sinus specialists in the intermountain West. All three (including Jeremiah Alt, MD, PhD and Gretchen Oakley, MD) practice at University of Utah Health and focus on the treatment of complex problems of the nose, sinuses, and anterior skull base (the area between the sinuses and the brain). He was born in New York City and subsequently raised in Utah. He completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of Utah and then returned to New York City for medical school at NYU. He traveled to UCLA for residency and then completed a fellowship in Rhinology and Sinus Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Following two years on the faculty at the University of Michigan, he returned to Utah and is currently a tenured professor of surgery at his alma mater, the University of Utah.

He is the principal author of the International Consensus Statement on Rhinosinusitis, published in early 2016, and co-authored the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s clinical practice guideline on adult sinusitis. He has been a principal investigator on a grant from the National Institute of Bioengineering and Biomedical Imaging concerning sinus wound healing modifiers. He formerly chaired the research grant review section for the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy Foundation. Dr. Orlandi is the President of the American Rhinologic Society (ARS) in 2017-18 and a past member of the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (AAOA). He serves as an Associate Editor of the ARS’s and AAOA’s scientific publication, the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, and is a reviewer for all major scientific journals in otolaryngology – head and neck surgery.

He has lectured throughout the United States and in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America on a wide range of sinus and nasal topics. He is the author of over 100 journal articles and book chapters and greatly enjoys teaching medical students and residents. He has been married for over 25 years and has three great kids. He enjoys biking (both road and mountain), and skiing.

Dr. Orlandi serves as the University of Utah Health's Chief Medical Officer of Ambulatory Health.