ENT Specialists of Milwaukee

	Dr. Dindzans has been a practicing ENT physician serving all ages in the Milwaukee area since 1990. She has particular interests in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Voice disorders. She strives for an educational approach to effectively include the parent or patient in decisions regarding care. She has been married for over 25 years to Vincents Dindzans, M.D. and has three young adult children. She has had the pleasure of being a “stagemom”, “hockeymom”, “chef’s mom”. Her own interests include choir singing, community theatre, reading, theology, and travel.
EDUCATION Harvard University - A.B. Biology, Magna Cum Laude McGill University, M.D. Beth Israel Hospital (Harvard) - General Surgery Intern and Resident University of Toronto - Otolaryngology Resident, Silverman Research Fellow Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh - Medical Research Council of Canada Fellow, Pediatric Otolarngology Fellow CERTIFICATION 1986 American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and neck surgery 1986 Canadian Board of Otolaryngology - Head and neck surgery
CURRENT POSITIONS Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - Chief of Section ofOtolaryngology University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Adjunct Associate Professor Medical College of Wisconsin - Clinical Instructor, Department of Otolaryngology Christian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery - National Executive Board Voice Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Chapter - Founding Board Member Surgicenter of Greater Milwaukee - Limited Partner's Operations Committee Harvard Club of Wisconsin - Executive Board
PAST POSITIONS Independent Physicians Network - Board Member Independent Physicians Network - Medical Review Committee
MEMBERSHIPS American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Millennium Society – AAO – HNS The Voice Foundation – National Christian Society of Otolaryngologists Head & Neck Surgeons Christian Medical & Dental Associations American Rhinologic Society Milwaukee Head & Neck Society The Voice Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Chapter Wisconsin State Medical Society Harvard Club of Wisconsin Harvard Varsity Club FOCUS – Business Women’s Organization HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Surgicenter of Greater Milwaukee Columbia-St. Mary's Hospital System - Milwaukee, Ozaukee, and Columbia Campuses Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center Elmbrook Hospital PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND ARTICLES Dr Dindzans has been published in medical/research journals as well as given presentations at regional and national meetings of surgeons, nurse practitioners and speech language pathologists. Her most recent publication is: Dindzans,L.J., Wangerin,K.,Woodard,J.: A “Doctor’s Dozen”: Some Observations of Voice Care of the Young Performer. On the Voice, Journal of the American Choral Director’s Association December, 2006 Currently, she works to enhance her care and communication with primary care physicians and pediatricians through “Lunch and Learn” sessions .