Charles A. Elmaraghy, MD, FAAP, FACS

Charles A. Elmaraghy, MD, FACS, FAAP, is Chief of the Department of Otolaryngology at Nationwide Children's Hospital, an active faculty member in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and a Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He is board certified and received his fellowship training at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., in pediatric otolaryngology. His career highlights include being summa cum laude at The Ohio State University, achieving the highest USMLE Step 1 score in the nation in 1998, valedictorian at The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 2000 and achieving the highest score in the nation in 2004 on the annual otolaryngology in-service examination.

His career interests include sinus surgery, airway problems, head and neck masses and general pediatric otolaryngology. His responsibilities include training residents, medical students and other health professionals. Currently, he is an integral part of the medical student otolaryngology curriculum at The Ohio State University College of Medicine for the ambulatory clerkship and is in charge of otolaryngology resident education at Nationwide Children's Hospital. He has authored national publications and is academically active at Nationwide Children's Hospital.