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I’m Dr. Deya Jourdy, and I’m a board certified otolaryngologist, commonly referred to as an ear nose and throat doctor, who specializes in rhinology, which deals with nasal and sinus disease. In addition, I have expertise in treating anterior skull-based disease, the region or structure separating the sinuses and nasal cavities from the brain. After graduating from Cornell University, where I met my wife, I attended and graduated medical school at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York, where I was born and raised. I then completed a joint residency at the Columbia University and Cornell University campuses of New York Presbyterian Hospital, where I realized that I wanted a career dedicated primarily to treating sinus and nasal conditions, both medically and surgically. To further refine my skillset, I went on to complete extra fellowship training above and beyond what general ear nose and throat doctors complete, dedicated exclusively to the treatment of advanced sinus disease and minimally invasive skull-based surgery.
I did a world-renowned fellowship at the University of Miami and then returned to New York with my family and settled down in beautiful Westchester as the first and now one of only few fellowship trained full-time rhinology and endoscopic sinus and skull-based specialists in Westchester in the Hudson valley regions. Practicing in Westchester allows me the unique opportunity to offer advanced expertise, managing the most complex of sinus and nasal disorders here locally, without the need for my patients to travel long distances to large academic centers in New York City. In addition to treating the most complex of sinus and nasal problems, I work closely with the region’s top neurosurgeons in a collaborative effort to surgically treat skull-based disease, CSF leaks, and pituitary tumors in a minimally invasive fashion through the nostrils. What I love most about my profession is the opportunity to make such a huge difference in people’s lives.
As a subspecialist, I often see patients who have already been to numerous other doctors, including other ear nose and throat specialists. And many of my patients have had unsuccessful treatment regimens, sometimes multiple surgeries. Many of these patients have lost faith in doctors’ abilities to help them. I take it upon myself to restore that trust and do everything I can to be their last stop on the journey to full sinus health. I believe in deeply that listening to everything a patient has to say is a first step and patient education is vital to their eventual improvement. Just about every time I examine someone’s nasal and sinus passages with my high resolution cameras and scopes, I make it a point to record and review the examination with the patient, teaching them about their anatomy, their disease process, what we’re going to do as a team to make them better.
And when medications fail and a surgical procedure is absolutely necessary, my advanced training in complex sinus and skull-based surgery allows me to safely and effectively address issues that other surgeons may just not have been able to address themselves. I do this by utilizing primarily minimally invasive approaches through the nostrils without disfiguring external incisions, and sometimes with procedures that can even be carried out right in the office setting without general anesthesia, such as the minimally invasive balloon sinuplasty procedure. I’m proud to have established my practice in Westchester, where I’ve been selected as a New York top doc, named as a Westchester Magazine top doctor on several occasions. And I’m humbled to have been voted a Castle Connolly top doctor by my fellow physicians and surgeons on numerous occasions as well. On a personal level, I live in Westchester with my beautiful, wonderful wife and two amazing girls. And although I take such great joy in serving in the role of healer and educator for my patients, I find that I learn so much from them as well.
And one of the many things that I’ve absorbed from the thousands of interactions I’ve had with patients over my career is that I should never take my health or my time with my family and friends for granted. I cherish every moment I spend with my wife and girls. And although my professional life can get pretty hectic and pretty busy, I try to always make time to be at every swim, meet every soccer game, every violin recital and every TaeKwonDo belt test. We spend our winters skiing and our summers hiking and swimming at the beach or pool. And I think of my family and my friends every time I approach a patient encounter wanting to desperately restore my patient’s ability to enjoy their lives and their family and friends the way I do. And I make it my mission to make this a reality.
