Dr. Greg Basura is a professor, surgeon-scientist in the Division of Otology/Neurotology-Skull Base Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. With a fifty percent research appointment he divides his time between patient care, basic science/human translational clinical research, resident/medical student teaching, administrative/committee, institutional service, student mentoring and global outreach/humanitarian efforts. 

 His clinical practice includes all aspects of otology/neurotology including hearing loss, chronic ear disease, facial nerve disorders including lateral skull base cerebrospinal fluid leaks, temporal lobe encephaloceles and skull base tumors. His clinical translational research involves investigating central auditory plasticity with hearing loss and tinnitus using innovative brain imaging involving functional near infrared spectroscopy.

 For humanitarian outreach/service he is involved in a newly established one-year dedicated otology clinical/surgical fellowship at the University of Cape Town in South Africa with fellowship director, Dr. Tashneem Harris. He also started the African Otology Society to build community in Africa to address otology and audiology needs.