Otolaryngology · Burlington
An ENT practice centred on the nose and sinuses.
Dr. Justin Khetani is an otolaryngologist (ENT surgeon) in Burlington, Ontario, whose practice centres on the nose and sinuses: nasal obstruction, chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps, smell loss and nasal deformity. The office also sees hearing loss and tinnitus. Paediatric surgery, head and neck cancer surgery and sleep surgery are not offered. An OHIP-insured assessment begins with a referral from your physician or nurse practitioner.
Written and reviewed by Dr. Justin Khetani, MD, FRCSC, Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery · Last reviewed
Royal College-certified, Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery · Fellowship-trained rhinologist (University of Alberta) · CPSO register (opens in a new tab)
What Is Seen Here
One region, in depth.
Most otolaryngologists cover the whole of the ear, nose and throat. This practice’s surgical work concentrates on the nose and sinuses, and the office also sees hearing loss and tinnitus.
The blocked nose
Deviated septum, enlarged turbinates and other causes of nasal obstruction, assessed with examination and nasal endoscopy, treated from medication to septoplasty.
Sinus disease
Chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps: medical therapy first, then endoscopic sinus surgery or biologic treatment where indicated.
Smell, shape & hearing
Loss of smell, rhinoplasty where appearance and breathing are planned together, and hearing loss and tinnitus, assessed at the Burlington office.
What Is Not Offered Here
And where those concerns should go.
The practice does not offer surgery for children, head and neck cancer surgery, or sleep surgery for snoring and sleep apnea. Those belong with a paediatric otolaryngology service, a head and neck oncology team or a sleep surgery service, and the fastest route is the same one that leads here: ask your physician or nurse practitioner to refer you, naming the concern, so the referral goes to a service that provides that care.
A recent broken nose is seen through the emergency department at Joseph Brant Hospital rather than by office referral.
If you are unsure whether another ear, nose or throat concern fits the practice, the office can say before the referral is sent: (905) 639-2244.
Getting Seen
How to be referred.
An OHIP-insured assessment begins with a referral from your physician or nurse practitioner, faxed to (905) 639-2253. The office contacts you directly once it arrives to arrange the consultation. For cosmetic rhinoplasty, no referral is needed — consultations are requested directly at (905) 639-2244. The two pathways, step by step.
Where Surgery Happens
Hospital-based, in Burlington and Hamilton.
Consultations take place at the Burlington office on Plains Road East. Surgery is hospital-based: elective surgery at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, with complex and skull-base procedures at Hamilton General Hospital as part of the McMaster Skull Base Group. Consultations are held within about an hour’s drive of Hamilton, Oakville, Milton, Georgetown, Brampton, Mississauga, Grimsby and St. Catharines, and referrals are accepted by fax from anywhere in Ontario.
Common Questions
The practical questions, answered.
For medical concerns, yes: an OHIP-insured assessment begins with a referral from your physician or nurse practitioner, faxed to (905) 639-2253. For cosmetic rhinoplasty, consultations are requested directly and no referral is needed.
Surgery for children, head and neck cancer surgery, and sleep surgery for snoring or sleep apnea. Ask your physician to refer those concerns to the appropriate service, naming the concern on the referral. Hearing loss and tinnitus are seen here.
Surgery is hospital-based: elective surgery at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, and complex or skull-base procedures at Hamilton General Hospital with the McMaster Skull Base Group. Consultations are at the Burlington office on Plains Road East.
Assessment first. Then the options are yours.
An OHIP-insured assessment begins with a referral from your physician or nurse practitioner. The office contacts you once it is received.