Franklyn R. Gergits, DO, MBA
Franklyn R. Gergits is a board-certified otolaryngologist and fellowship-trained otolaryngic allergist with a clinical focus in rhinology and airway disorders and more than 30 years of clinical experience. He is affiliated with HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center and is the founder of Sinus & Allergy Wellness Center of North Scottsdale.
Dr. Gergits performs in-office balloon sinuplasty, turbinate reduction, NEUROMARK posterior nasal nerve ablation, and Eustachian tube dilation under local anesthesia. He performed the first balloon sinuplasty in Pennsylvania and holds dual Entellus Centers of Excellence certifications.
His recent scholarly work includes "Posterior Sinonasal Syndrome: A Pepsin-Mediated Hypothesis for Chronic Rhinosinusitis" and "The Continuous Mucosal Liquid Layer: A Unified Hypothesis for Airway-Digestive Immune Surveillance, Mucociliary Transport, and Disease Susceptibility." His ORCID profile is available at ORCID. He also publishes patient education and clinical commentary through the Airway & Sinus Wellness Review and shares updates through Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and TikTok.
Physicians
The referral came from a mental health clinic. A woman had been putting the hose of a handheld vacuum cleaner into her mouth, pushing the nozzle toward the back of her throat, and turning it on. She had done this…
The referral came from a mental health clinic. A woman had been putting the hose of a handheld vacuum cleaner into her mouth, pushing the nozzle toward the back of her throat, and turning it on. She had done this more than once a day for several days. The clinician who examined her found bruising and abrasions throughout her mouth. She was referred to me because her mouth and throat …
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Diagnostic overshadowing and the war in her throat
Conditions
There is a sentence I hear from older patients that bothers me more than it used to. "I guess I'm just getting old." They say it almost apologetically. They came to see me because they can't breathe through their nose,…
There is a sentence I hear from older patients that bothers me more than it used to.
“I guess I’m just getting old.”
They say it almost apologetically. They came to see me because they can’t breathe through their nose, they wake up exhausted, or have lived with sinus pressure and congestion for years. But somewhere near the end of the visit, another symptom slips out.
“I can’t concentrate like I used to.” …
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When chronic sinusitis and brain fog get blamed on age
Conditions
Here is a question I have never been able to get comfortable with: How did we build an entire prescribing system for one of the most common infections in America without ever confirming what we are treating? Acute sinusitis generates…
Here is a question I have never been able to get comfortable with: How did we build an entire prescribing system for one of the most common infections in America without ever confirming what we are treating?
Acute sinusitis generates more than 30 million patient encounters a year in the United States. Antibiotics are prescribed at 84 to 91 percent of those visits. And at virtually none of them does …
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We prescribe antibiotics for sinusitis without a diagnosis
Conditions
Years ago, when I was the only otolaryngologist in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, I treated a young boy with allergies. We had tested him, confirmed his sensitivities, and gotten him stable: a daily antihistamine, a nasal steroid spray, and allergy shots…
Years ago, when I was the only otolaryngologist in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, I treated a young boy with allergies. We had tested him, confirmed his sensitivities, and gotten him stable: a daily antihistamine, a nasal steroid spray, and allergy shots he received in my office. He was doing well. Then, at the end of one summer, he went back to school and fell apart. His controlled allergies flared. His asthma …
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Your sinus infection may not be an infection
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Adam was twenty-four years old. He was a passenger in a car that struck a guardrail on the interstate. The airbag hit him in the face. He lost consciousness for a few seconds and was alert and walking by the…
Adam was twenty-four years old. He was a passenger in a car that struck a guardrail on the interstate. The airbag hit him in the face. He lost consciousness for a few seconds and was alert and walking by the time paramedics arrived.
The emergency doctor did everything right. CT scan, labs, neuro checks. The scan was uncertain enough (possible early changes after a head impact with witnessed loss of consciousness) …
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Hospital room contamination is a prescribing problem
Conditions
When a patient walks into my office after five failed antibiotic courses, the first thing that goes through my mind isn't clinical. It's human. I'm worried about what happened to the healthy bacteria in her nose, the protective organisms that…
When a patient walks into my office after five failed antibiotic courses, the first thing that goes through my mind isn’t clinical. It’s human. I’m worried about what happened to the healthy bacteria in her nose, the protective organisms that have been defending her sinuses since the day she was born. I’m worried about her gut. And honestly, I’m worried about something bigger than both: the generations of kids and …
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Recurrent sinus infections leave damage beyond your sinuses
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