Charles Riley, MD

Biography

Dr. Charles A. Riley, MD, is an Otolaryngologist – Head and Neck Surgeon at the VA Boston and is an Assistant Professor at Boston University Medical Center. Previously, Dr. Riley was the Chief of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in the National Capital Consortium in Washington, D.C. Dr. Riley served honorably as a MAJ(P) in the United States Army and was the Otolaryngologist to the White House and White House Medical Unit from February 2022 to June 2024. Dr. Riley is fellowship trained in Rhinology: Advanced Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery. He treats the full spectrum of sinonasal and skull base disorders in adults and children.

Dr. Riley has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and textbook chapters. He has presented his research at national and international conferences, and he is on several national committees for otolaryngology societies. Dr. Riley is also a collaborating author of international clinical practice guidelines.

Dr. Riley attended at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He then completed his residency in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Tulane University and Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. He completed a fellowship in Rhinology: Advanced Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery, at the Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, New York. Dr. Riley’s clinical interests include the treatment of chronic sinusitis, revision sinus surgery, nasal polyps, complex frontal sinus surgery, sinus and nasal tumors, skull base tumors, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks, encephaloceles, endoscopic skull base surgery for brain tumors, thyroid eye disease, and endoscopic orbital surgery. His research interests include the effect of long-term inflammatory conditions and environmental exposures on the respiratory tract, patient health literacy, and novel surgical techniques for endoscopic skull base and orbital surgery.