Dr. Smith spent nine years on active duty with the U.S. Army including deployment to Desert Storm. His areas of special interest includes allergy, nasal and sinus surgery, head and neck cancer, and facial cosmetic surgery. As part of Dr. Smith’s dedication to education and staying up with the newest in medical research and techniques, he served as an associate clinical professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Oklahoma for many years. Dr. Smith is a past president of the Oklahoma Academy of Otolaryngology.
Dr. Smith heads a team of licensed health care providers at the Institute that includes a doctorate level physicians assistant , audiologist, two estheticians, micropigmentation specialist, cosmetologist, and a massage therapist. The Institute is organized into Centers of Excellence to better delineate the scope and passion of the practice while assisting patients in understanding what sets the Institute apart from all other medical practices in the area.
Excellence has been said to be “doing ordinary things extraordinarily well”. Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, said that “Excellent things are rare”. At the Allergy Ear Nose and Throat Institute, we do many things that are out of the ordinary, in fact, we represent the “cutting edge” of ear, nose, and throat practice. We also strive to do these things to the very best of our ability, exceeding expectations, and reaching for the highest standards of excellence. Our Centers of Excellence represent areas of our practice where we believe that our expectations of excellence can be achieved not just rarely, but routinely. Our mission is a commitment to exceeding our patient’s expectations with excellence in health care, delivered with personal compassion and to the glory of God.