Nicolas Y. BuSaba, MD

Adjunct Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Nicolas BuSaba, a fellowship-trained otolaryngologist and surgeon with more than 20 years of experience, specializes in rhinology, paranasal sinus disorders, and obstructive sleep apnea and sleep-disordered breathing. Working for the Mass. Eye and Eye Sinus Center and Snoring and Sleep Apnea Center, his clinical interests include rhinology and sinus disease, snoring and sleep apnea, laryngology, and voice disorders. Dr. BuSaba serves as the Physician Director on the Mass. Eye and Ear Associate Board of Directors, as a member of the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Society of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, and as the Legislative Chairperson for the Massachusetts Society of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. He has participated in several national and international meetings and instructional courses, and has published more than 45 peer-reviewed papers and textbook chapters.

Publications

  • Published 7/14/2025

    D'Ascanio L, Gradoni P, Pierucci L, Motta G, BuSaba NY, Brenner MJ, Di Stadio A. De-escalation of dupilumab for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: analysis of outcomes after modified dosing regimen. Rhinology. 2025 Jul 14. PMID: 40657826.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 2/27/2019

    Yamasaki A, Levesque PA, Bleier BS, Busaba NY, Gray ST, Holbrook EH, Sedaghat AR, Lindsay RW. Improvement in nasal obstruction and quality of life after septorhinoplasty and turbinate surgery. Laryngoscope. 2019 07; 129(7):1554-1560. PMID: 30810237.

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  • Published 10/3/2018

    Wu D, Gray ST, Holbrook EH, BuSaba NY, Bleier BS. SNOT-22 score patterns strongly negatively predict chronic rhinosinusitis in patients with headache. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2019 01; 9(1):9-15. PMID: 30281928.

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  • Published 12/26/2017

    Gregorio LL, Busaba NY, Miyake MM, Freitag SK, Bleier BS. Expanding the limits of endoscopic intraorbital tumor resection using 3-dimensional reconstruction. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2019 Mar - Apr; 85(2):157-161. PMID: 29337012.

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  • Published 1/23/2017

    Miyake MM, Nocera A, Levesque P, Guo R, Finn CA, Goldfarb J, Gray S, Holbrook E, Busaba N, Dolci JEL, Bleier BS. Double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial of verapamil for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 07; 140(1):271-273. PMID: 28126245.

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Education

  • American University of Beirut, MD
  • American University of Beirut, BS

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