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Andrew Thamboo
ENT surgeon
ENT
Experience:
10 years
Location:
Burnaby, BC
Consults:
Virtually & in-person
Speaks:
English
Treats:
Adults
Dr. Andrew Thamboo is a fellowship-trained otolaryngology—head and neck surgeon—based in Vancouver, with a sub-specialty practice in rhinology and endoscopic skull base surgery. He completed his undergraduate degree, medical degree, otolaryngology residency, and a Master of Health Sciences in study design and epidemiology at the University of British Columbia, then completed a Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery fellowship at Stanford University under Drs. Peter Hwang and Jayakar Nayak before being recruited back to UBC. He is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at UBC, Fellowship Director of the UBC Endoscopic Sinus, Allergy and Skull Base Surgery Clinical-Research Fellowship, Program Director for Continuing Medical Education in the Department of Surgery, and Research Director at St. Paul's Sinus Centre. His clinical practice focuses on complex sinus disease and sinonasal and skull base tumours, including a minimally invasive day-surgery approach for select cases of nasopharyngeal cancer.
His private surgical practice is performed at New Westminster Surgical Centre on Nelson's Crescent in New Westminster—a four-operating-room private surgical facility one block from Royal Columbian Hospital, fully accredited by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (including for overnight stays), with experienced surgical and nursing teams focused on patient safety, recovery, and a personalized surgical experience.
3555 Gilmore Wy
Burnaby, BC V5G 3B2, Canada
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Yes. Virtual or in-person consults are available.
Dr. Thamboo can see patients who live outside British Columbia and are seeking private ENT, sinus, or skull base surgery. If you live in British Columbia, he is generally not able to treat you privately for MSP-insured otolaryngology surgery in BC; however, certain non-insured procedures may be offered to BC residents. Non‑insured (private-pay) procedures may include elective ENT services and cosmetic nasal surgery, depending on medical indication and eligibility. You can confirm with his office after contacting them.
English
Patients commonly seek Dr. Thamboo's expertise because they may be experiencing chronic sinusitis, recurring sinus infections or nasal polyps, a sinonasal or skull base tumour, or a recurrent nasopharyngeal cancer, and are considering endoscopic sinus surgery, revision sinus surgery, or endoscopic skull base surgery. Dr. Thamboo is fellowship-trained in rhinology and skull base surgery at Stanford University and directs the rhinology and skull base research and fellowship programs at the University of British Columbia.
