Dr. Samuel S. Becker MD

Professional Statement

Dr. Samuel S. Becker, Director of Rhinology at The Nose & Sinus Center, is a highly trained, board-certified specialist. Dr. Becker graduated from Amherst …

Dr. Samuel S. Becker, Director of Rhinology at The Nose & Sinus Center, is a highly trained, board-certified specialist. Dr. Becker graduated from Amherst College in 1991 where he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. He completed his pre-medical studies at Harvard University, attended medical school at University of California San Francisco, and performed his residency training at the University of Virginia. Dr. Becker then completed an additional one-year fellowship specializing in sinonasal disorders and sinus surgery. His fellowship was a prestigious sinonasal disorders and sinus surgery fellowship with Dr. James A. Duncavage, a world-renowned surgeon at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. During this year Dr. Becker also served as a clinical instructor at Vanderbilt teaching surgical techniques to residents. Dr. Becker maintains an active affiliation with Vanderbilt's internationally recognized Otolaryngology Department, where he is Clinical Instructor. He also holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Pennsylvania, where is Clinical Assistant Professor.

As part of his ongoing university appointment at Vanderbilt, Dr. Becker works with a team of nationally and internationally recognized research specialists on projects geared toward the management of nasal and sinus disorders. Some of these projects are listed below. Dr. Becker's involvement with Vanderbilt allows his patients in New Jersey and adjacent areas to have access to some of the most advanced, cutting edge sinus research being performed today. Dr. Becker is one of the only otolaryngologists in the state of New Jersey who is sub-specialty trained in the diagnosis and treatment of allergy and sinonasal disorders.