Ryan E. Little, MD
About
Dr. Ryan Little is a board-certified, fellowship trained rhinologist and sinus/nasal specialist with Dartmouth Health in the Dartmouth–Lake Sunapee Region of New Hampshire and Vermont. Dr. Little holds a faculty appointment in otolaryngology as an assistant professor of surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. As the only fellowship trained academic rhinologist/sinus surgeon in New Hampshire, Dr. Little's practice is devoted solely to patients with problems of the sinuses, nose and skull base. We utilize the latest technologies and routinely collaborate with other subspecialists from Dartmouth Health to deliver the best and safest care possible.
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctor of Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery Residency
Medical University of South Carolina
Fellowship in Rhinology, Endoscopic Sinus & Skull Base Surgery
Board Certification
Diplomate of the American Board of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, 2021
Clinical Expertise & Research
Dr. Little was the recipient of the North Carolina Board of Governors Medical Scholarship and is an active member of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society. He has written several articles for peer-reviewed medical journals and textbooks, presented research studies at national conferences, and served on multiple committees for patient advocacy, patient safety and quality improvement, medical education and physician wellness. Dr. Little is an active member in the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, and the American Rhinologic Society. Dr. Little completed a two year executive education program offered by the New Hampshire Medical Society, the New Hampshire Hospital Association and the University of New Hampshire’s Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics and College of Health and Human Services.
Dr. Little remains actively engaged in research at all levels of medical and surgical rhinologic care. The Sinus Research Center at Dartmouth Health maintains active collaborations with Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College basic science laboratories and the Dartmouth Space Medicine Innovations & Hyperbaric Medicine Lab. Our clinical team also offers participation in the latest clinical trials, so patients can gain access to new research treatments before they are widely available.
Areas of active academic interest include:
- success rates of endoscopic sinus surgery;
- control of symptoms and disease burden for patients with and without nasal polyps;
- exploring the functional impacts of extreme environmental conditions and hyperbaric oxygen therapy on human olfactory performance;
- investigating the impact of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance receptor modulator therapy on chronic sinonasal disease, microbial communities and olfactory function;
- surgical approaches to the anterior skull base and repair of cerebrospinal fluid leaks
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