Seth Pransky, M.D.

Bio

Dr. Seth Pransky is a pediatric otolaryngologist.

Dr. Pransky graduated from Washington University School of Medicine and then completed an otolaryngology residency at the University of Pennsylvania and a pediatric otolaryngology fellowship at Children's National Medical Center.

Dr. Pransky actively participates in various national pediatric otolaryngology organizations. He was the president of the Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children in 2008. Additionally, he has served on the board of directors and has chaired various committees for the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology. He also served six years on both the Pediatric Otolaryngology Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology (AAO) and the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.

In 2011 Dr. Pransky received the R.R. Skoglund Physician Recognition Award for Excellence in Teaching from Rady Children's Hospital. He has given instructional courses at the American Academy of Otolaryngology (AAO) each year since 1985. In addition, he was named by his AAO peers as one of their top ten instructors and has received the AAO Honor Award. He has also lectured multiple times at American Academy of Pediatrics educational forums. Dr. Pransky has lectured as a guest professor in 18 countries. He co-founded and currently directs International Endoscopy Days, a live airway endoscopy course recognized as one of the finest educational activities in pediatric airways.

His research in pediatric otolaryngology has resulted in numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and multiple book chapters. His current research interests include an ongoing study of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis as well as issues related to tympanostomy tubes and otorrhea and operative management of nasal and sinus disease in children.

Dr. Pransky was honored by receiving the Gabriel F. Tucker Award for outstanding contributions in pediatric laryngology from the American Laryngological Association and in 2013 received the prestigious Chevalier Jackson Award from the American Bronchoesophagological Association. In 2014 he was given the Sylvan Stool Award for outstanding lifetime contributions to teaching and service in the field of ear, nose and throat advances in children and delivered the honorary lecture at SENTAC. He has also been recognized in Best Doctors in America yearly since 1992.