Marc D. Coltrera M.D.

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Marc D. Coltrera M.D.

Medical Specialty

  • Otolaryngology [ENT] - head and neck surgery

Locations

Languages

  • English

About Marc D. Coltrera

Mark Coltrera, M.D., is a board certified physician and chief of Head and Neck Surgery at the Seattle VA Medical Center. He also practices at UW Medical Center’s Head and Neck Surgery Center and SCCA. Dr. Coltrara is a UW professor of Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Coltrera believes modern technology is capable of many things, but the best results come from relationships between physicians and patients in which both share responsibility and knowledge to balance quality of life with outcome.

Dr. Coltrera earned his M.D. at Yale. Focusing on diseases of the thyroid and parathyroids, he is a national expert in the use of ultrasound in head and neck surgery and the diagnosis of head and neck disease. His clinical and research interests include diseases of the thyroid and parathyroids and cell proliferation control in normal and malignant cells.

Personal Interests

In his free time Dr. Coltrera enjoys astronomy, aviation, community service organizations, garden design and parenting.

Education and Training

  • Yale Univ. School of Medicine
    Medical education, 1981
  • UW - Dept. of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
    Fellowship, Head & Neck Surgery
  • St. Vincent's Hospital of New York
    Residency
  • Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School Program
    Residency, Otolaryngology

Board Certifications

  • Otolaryngology, 1986, American Board of Otolaryngology