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Griffin Santarelli, MD, is an otolaryngologist in the Department of ENT and Skull Base Surgery, Director of the Head and Neck Cancer Program, and Treasurer of the Arizona Society of Otolaryngology. He is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr. Santarelli’s expertise includes complex sinus disease, sinonasal tumors, skull base approaches and reconstruction, and complex treatment of head and neck cancer. He is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr. Santarelli earned his medical degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences in Ohio. He completed his residency in otolaryngology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk and a fellowship in neurorhinology and open and endoscopic skull base surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Santarelli’s research interests include reconstruction of skull base defects, endoscopic approaches to the skull base, and biomarker assays for sinonasal pathology.
For more information or to request an appointment with Dr. Santarelli, please call (602) 406-8811.

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- AHCCCS (Referral Required)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Third Party
- Cigna
- Commercial Networks
- Government Plans
- Humana
- Market Place Plans (Referral Required)
- Medicare Advantage Plans (Referral Required)
- United Healthcare
- Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Neurorhinology and Open and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, 2019
- Residency, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Otolaryngology, 2018
- MD, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, 2013
- BA, University of Arizona, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, 2009
- BA, University of Arizona, Chemistry, 2009
- American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
- American Rhinologic Society
- North American Skull Base Society
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, 2013
Extracranial-intracranial bypass using a cephalic vein graft for iatrogenic internal carotid artery injury during functional endoscopic sinus surgery: illustrative case.
Date: 10/2024
Authors: Nader Wehbi, Redi Rahmani, Arnau Benet, Jennifer E Kim, Lea Scherschinski, Joshua S Catapano, Austin W Anthony, Ashutosh P Jadhav, Andrew F Ducruet, Felipe C Albuquerque, Andrew S Little, Griffin D Santarelli, Shawn M Stevens, Ameya A Jategaonkar, Michael T Lawton
Extracranial-intracranial bypass using a cephalic vein graft for iatrogenic internal carotid artery injury during functional endoscopic sinus surgery: illustrative case.
Date: 10/2024
Authors: Nader Wehbi, Redi Rahmani, Arnau Benet, Jennifer E Kim, Lea Scherschinski, Joshua S Catapano, Austin W Anthony, Ashutosh P Jadhav, Andrew F Ducruet, Felipe C Albuquerque, Andrew S Little, Griffin D Santarelli, Shawn M Stevens, Ameya A Jategaonkar, Michael T Lawton
A Comparison of Sphenoid Sinus Osteoneogenesis in Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease
Date: 03/2021
Authors: Madison J. Malfitano, Griffin D. Santarelli, Mark Gelpi, William C. Brown, Wesley H. Stepp, Stephen Hernandez, Adam J. Kimple, Brian D. Thorp, Adam M. Zanation, Charles S. Ebert
Radiologic Analysis of Balloon Sinuplasty in a Human Cadaver Model: Observed Effects on Sinonasal Anatomy
Date: 01/2021
Authors: Erin M. Lopez, Zainab Farzal, Meghan Norris, Michael W. Canfarotta, Andrew K. Pappa, Griffin D. Santarelli, Stephen C. Hernandez, Brian D. Thorp, Brent A. Senior, Adam M. Zanation, Charles S. Ebert, Julia S. Kimbell, Adam J. Kimple
Heterogeneity in Outcome Reporting in Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Reconstruction: A Systematic Review
Date: 01/2020
Authors: Christina Dorismond, Griffin D. Santarelli, Brian D. Thorp, Adam J. Kimple, Charles S. Ebert, Adam M. Zanation
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Griffin Santarelli, MD, is an otolaryngologist in the Department of ENT and Skull Base Surgery, Director of the Head and Neck Cancer Program, and Treasurer of the Arizona Society of Otolaryngology. He is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr. Santarelli’s expertise includes complex sinus disease, sinonasal tumors, skull base approaches and reconstruction, and complex treatment of head and neck cancer. He is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr. Santarelli earned his medical degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences in Ohio. He completed his residency in otolaryngology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk and a fellowship in neurorhinology and open and endoscopic skull base surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Santarelli’s research interests include reconstruction of skull base defects, endoscopic approaches to the skull base, and biomarker assays for sinonasal pathology.
For more information or to request an appointment with Dr. Santarelli, please call (602) 406-8811.


- (602) 406-8811
- Fax: (602) 406-8810
- Aetna
- AHCCCS (Referral Required)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Third Party
- Cigna
- Commercial Networks
- Government Plans
- Humana
- Market Place Plans (Referral Required)
- Medicare Advantage Plans (Referral Required)
- United Healthcare
- Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Neurorhinology and Open and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, 2019
- Residency, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Otolaryngology, 2018
- MD, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, 2013
- BA, University of Arizona, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, 2009
- BA, University of Arizona, Chemistry, 2009
- American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
- American Rhinologic Society
- North American Skull Base Society
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, 2013
Extracranial-intracranial bypass using a cephalic vein graft for iatrogenic internal carotid artery injury during functional endoscopic sinus surgery: illustrative case.
Date: 10/2024
Authors: Nader Wehbi, Redi Rahmani, Arnau Benet, Jennifer E Kim, Lea Scherschinski, Joshua S Catapano, Austin W Anthony, Ashutosh P Jadhav, Andrew F Ducruet, Felipe C Albuquerque, Andrew S Little, Griffin D Santarelli, Shawn M Stevens, Ameya A Jategaonkar, Michael T Lawton
Extracranial-intracranial bypass using a cephalic vein graft for iatrogenic internal carotid artery injury during functional endoscopic sinus surgery: illustrative case.
Date: 10/2024
Authors: Nader Wehbi, Redi Rahmani, Arnau Benet, Jennifer E Kim, Lea Scherschinski, Joshua S Catapano, Austin W Anthony, Ashutosh P Jadhav, Andrew F Ducruet, Felipe C Albuquerque, Andrew S Little, Griffin D Santarelli, Shawn M Stevens, Ameya A Jategaonkar, Michael T Lawton
A Comparison of Sphenoid Sinus Osteoneogenesis in Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease
Date: 03/2021
Authors: Madison J. Malfitano, Griffin D. Santarelli, Mark Gelpi, William C. Brown, Wesley H. Stepp, Stephen Hernandez, Adam J. Kimple, Brian D. Thorp, Adam M. Zanation, Charles S. Ebert
Radiologic Analysis of Balloon Sinuplasty in a Human Cadaver Model: Observed Effects on Sinonasal Anatomy
Date: 01/2021
Authors: Erin M. Lopez, Zainab Farzal, Meghan Norris, Michael W. Canfarotta, Andrew K. Pappa, Griffin D. Santarelli, Stephen C. Hernandez, Brian D. Thorp, Brent A. Senior, Adam M. Zanation, Charles S. Ebert, Julia S. Kimbell, Adam J. Kimple
Heterogeneity in Outcome Reporting in Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Reconstruction: A Systematic Review
Date: 01/2020
Authors: Christina Dorismond, Griffin D. Santarelli, Brian D. Thorp, Adam J. Kimple, Charles S. Ebert, Adam M. Zanation
- English