About Dr. Justin Khetani, Otolaryngologist, Burlington

Dr. Justin Khetani, otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon, standing with arms crossed in an examination room at his Burlington clinic — Fig. Dr. Justin Khetani, MD FRCSC

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Specialty: Otolaryngology · Head & Neck Surgery
Certification: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC), 2012
Registration: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, #86787
Fellowship: Rhinology & Anterior Skull Base Surgery, University of Alberta, 2013
Hospital privileges: Joseph Brant Hospital (Burlington) · Hamilton General Hospital · St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Academic roles: Fellowship Co-Director, Rhinology & Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, McMaster University · Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct), McMaster University

The Physician

Dr. Justin Khetani, MD FRCSC

Dr. Khetani's medical life has been spent on the anatomy of the head, neck and nose: an Honours BSc at McMaster University, his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, a five-year McMaster surgical residency, and Royal College certification in 2012. He has practised in hospital ever since, operating in Burlington and Hamilton.

His subspecialty fellowship training in rhinology and anterior skull base surgery at the University of Alberta (the surgical discipline of the nose, the sinuses, and the structures at the base of the skull) remains the centre of his practice, his teaching and his research. His clinical focus today is surgical: rhinoplasty, septoplasty and endoscopic sinus surgery, alongside the medical management of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, including the assessment of newer biologic treatment options.

A small physician-led aesthetics practice, Khetani Medical Aesthetics, founded in 2022, continues to offer select non-surgical treatments.

Training & career

2003 Honours BSc, Biochemistry, McMaster University
2007 Doctor of Medicine, University of Toronto
2007 – 2012 Residency, Otolaryngology · Head & Neck Surgery, McMaster University Five years of surgical training in the structures of the head, neck, face and nose.
2012 Royal College certification (FRCSC) · independent practice begins
2013 Fellowship, Rhinology & Anterior Skull Base Surgery, University of Alberta Advanced subspecialty training in endoscopic surgery of the nose, sinuses and anterior skull base.
2013 – 2014 Hospital appointments, Hamilton Health Sciences · Joseph Brant Hospital Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington is the primary site for elective surgery; complex endoscopic and skull-base cases are performed at Hamilton General Hospital as a surgical member of the McMaster Skull Base Group (MacMINS).
2022 Fellowship Co-Director, Rhinology & Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, McMaster University
Today Surgeon, educator and researcher Rhinoplasty, septoplasty and endoscopic sinus surgery · fellowship teaching at McMaster · clinical research in chronic sinus disease.

Credentials you can check yourself.

Certification, registration, hospital privileges and academic appointments, each stated as the issuing body records it and linked to the public register or directory where it can be checked independently. Anything that could not be confirmed against a source of that kind is not listed here.

Canadian Rhinologic Society · directory listing

Expedited care for nasal polyps (CRSwNP).

Dr. Khetani is listed in the Canadian Rhinologic Society's directory of fellowship-trained rhinologists for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis. Listed practices commit to seeing patients whose nasal polyps are confirmed on CT within four months of referral, so that medical therapy, biologic treatment and surgery can be weighed without a long wait.

The society's directory How polyps are managed here

Dr. Justin Khetani standing beside his framed University of Toronto medical degree and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada certificates — Fig. Doctor of Medicine (Toronto) and Royal College certification, Burlington office.

Affiliations & registrations

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of CanadaOtolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 30 June 2012 Certified Certification on the CPSO register (opens in a new tab)
College of Physicians and Surgeons of OntarioIndependent practice since 12 November 2012 · CPSO #86787 Registered Public register (opens in a new tab)
McMaster University, Department of SurgeryOtolaryngology Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) Department directory (opens in a new tab)
Rhinology & Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellowship, McMaster UniversityProgram sheet, December 2021 Co-Director Program sheet (CSO-HNS) (opens in a new tab)
University of TorontoDoctor of Medicine, 2007 MD Degree on the CPSO register (opens in a new tab)
University of AlbertaRhinology, Endoscopic Sinus & Anterior Skull Base Surgery, 2013 Fellowship Fellowship, U of A Otolaryngology (opens in a new tab)
MacMINS · McMaster Skull Base GroupNorth American Skull Base Society Multidisciplinary Team of Distinction Member Members (opens in a new tab)
Canadian Rhinologic SocietyDirectory of fellowship-trained rhinologists · CT-confirmed nasal polyps seen within four months Listed Directory (opens in a new tab)
Canadian Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryFind-a-Surgeon directory Member Academy (opens in a new tab)
American Rhinologic SocietyMembership stated at the practice's instruction; receipt kept on file Member Society (opens in a new tab)
Hospital privilegesJoseph Brant Hospital · Hamilton Health Sciences · St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Privileges Joseph Brant physician directory (opens in a new tab)

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Institution names are recorded above exactly as the issuing body states them, and every row links to the public register or directory where it can be checked. Membership or listing is not an endorsement of this practice by any organisation.

Academic & Research

Teaching the surgeons who come next.

Fellowship-level training programs exist so that complex surgical skills are examined, refined and passed on. Dr. Khetani helps run one, and the practice teaches surgical residents as well as fellows.

Dr. Khetani is Co-Director of the Rhinology & Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellowship at McMaster University (an advanced training program registered with the North American Skull Base Society) and an Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) at McMaster, where he has taught surgical residents since 2013.

As a surgical member of the McMaster Skull Base Group (MacMINS), he works within a multidisciplinary team of otolaryngologists, neurosurgeons and allied specialists, a group designated a Multidisciplinary Team of Distinction by the North American Skull Base Society.

His research activity centres on chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP): he is an active investigator in Phase 3 clinical trials, contributes to national specialist advisory work on emerging therapies, and collaborates on research into AI-assisted diagnostic imaging for nasal endoscopy. Patients of the practice can ask to be considered for studies that fit their condition.

Peer-reviewed research

The complete attributable record from a PubMed author search, not a selection. Each entry links to its record.

Qualitative development of the sinus control test: a survey evaluating sinus symptom control.

Banglawala SM, Schlosser RJ, Morella K, Chandra R, Khetani J, et al. · International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, 2016 · PubMed (opens in a new tab)
Maxillary air cyst.

Doucette-Preville S, Tamm A, Khetani J, Wright E, Emery D · Journal of Radiology Case Reports, 2013 · PubMed (opens in a new tab)
Apnea and oxygen desaturations in children treated with opioids after adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a prospective pilot study.

Khetani JD, Madadi P, Sommer DD, Reddy D, et al. · Paediatric Drugs, 2012 · PubMed (opens in a new tab)
How we do it: mini posterior septal artery flap for coverage after transphenoidal approaches.

Khetani JD, Micomonaco DC, Wright ED · Rhinology, 2012 · PubMed (opens in a new tab)
Staple-assisted endoscopic management of Zenker's diverticula: a role in the geriatric population.

Khetani JD, Janjua A, Fenton RS · Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 2009 · PubMed (opens in a new tab)
Tactile dysgeusia: a new clinical observation of middle ear and skull base surgery.

Chen JM, Bodmer D, Khetani JD, Lin VV · The Laryngoscope, 2008 · PubMed (opens in a new tab)

Residents & Fellows

The practice teaches surgical residents as well as fellows. McMaster otolaryngology residents train with Dr. Khetani in clinic and in the operating room, and the Rhinology & Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellowship he co-directs is listed on the North American Skull Base Society's fellowship registry.

Skull Base Team

MacMINS, the McMaster Skull Base Group, is designated a Multidisciplinary Team of Distinction by the North American Skull Base Society. Dr. Khetani is one of its rhinology surgeons.

CRSwNP Care

The practice provides advanced care for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, including the assessment of newer biologic treatment options.

Dr. Justin Khetani with two members of the clinic team, standing beneath the practice sign in the Burlington office — Fig. The Burlington office team, beneath the clinic sign.

Team & Clinic

A deliberately small office.

The Burlington office on Plains Road East is where consultations, assessments and follow-up visits happen; surgery itself takes place in hospital. Dr. Khetani is supported by an experienced clinical and administrative team.

The office is kept deliberately small: the people who arrange your consultation, support your assessment and answer your follow-up questions are the same people each time you call. Three of them, Brandi, Ana and Debbie, are introduced below.

The phone is answered promptly at any hour: an AI phone assistant takes the call, records what you need and routes it to the right person, so nothing waits for a voicemail to be checked. How calls are handled.

The team

Brandi

Front desk

Brandi looks after the front desk, and brings a good sense of humour to it.

Books your follow-up appointments.
Handles the clinic's phone lines, alongside the AI phone assistant.

Ana

Medical assistant · clinical research

Ana is a medical assistant who helps with clinic operations.

Takes your medical history at your visit.
Is a point of contact for concerns after surgery.
Handles calls about your results.
Supports the clinic's clinical research.

Debbie

Surgical coordinator

Debbie is the clinic's surgical coordinator.

Triages new referrals under Dr. Khetani's guidance.
Books your first appointment.
Plans the date and time of your surgery, and gives you the instructions and guidance that go with it.

Brandi and Ana, two members of the clinic team, standing together in a hallway of the Burlington clinic — Fig. Brandi and Ana · Burlington office

How Care Is Decided

Assessment first. Restraint always.

Four things hold in every consultation, in rhinoplasty as in sinus disease.

Assessment: The history, the examination, and the imaging the case needs.
Medical therapy: Tried first wherever it can reach the same goal as an operation.
The case for surgery: Offered where the anatomy supports it and the likely benefit justifies the risk and the recovery.
Plain answers: If an operation isn't likely to help you, you'll hear that plainly, and you'll hear why — and just as plainly when it is.

Each option is set out with what it offers and what it asks of you in risk, recovery or ongoing effort, and the decision is yours. If you would rather read independently first, the practice points you to national, non-commercial resources rather than pressing for an answer.

Begin with an honest assessment.

A consultation doesn't commit you to surgery. It exists to answer one question well: what, if anything, is right for you.

How to Get Seen See the Procedures

A career spent on the nose,sinuses and skull base.