Sebastian Jara, MD

Sebastian Jara, MD, MPH, is a sleep fellowship-trained otolaryngologist at Keck Medicine of USC, who specializes in treating snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. Dr. Jara is committed to listening to and partnering with his patients to provide exceptional care that best matches their needs, preferences and values. He uses his expertise to design personalized treatment plans to improve the overall health and quality of life of his patients.

Dr. Jara is a dedicated researcher, whose focus is to understand the causes of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea and to develop cutting-edge surgical and non-surgical treatments for these conditions as an alternative to CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machines.

In addition to his research projects, he has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles in his field of expertise, including a study with over 1.5 million veteran patients on the association between sleep apnea and cancer, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He also authored a study describing a novel surgery to facilitate widening of the maxilla (i.e., the upper jaw) to help address sleep and nasal breathing issues in patients with this condition.

Dr. Jara is passionate about providing care to underserved communities, and he has served as a volunteer surgeon/otolaryngologist at the Hospital Loma de Luz, located in the northern coast of Honduras.

Dr. Jara is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, the International Surgical Sleep Society, the Triological Society and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He also serves as an assistant professor of clinical otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

In his free time, Dr. Jara enjoys sports, traveling, exploring the Los Angeles food scene and spending time with his family.

• Posterior Palatal Expansion via Subnasal Endoscopy (2PENN) for Maxillary Deficiency: A Pilot Study Laryngoscope. 2024 04; 134(4):1970-1977. . View in PubMed
• Association of Sleep Characteristics with Tinnitus and Hearing Loss OTO Open. 2024 Jan-Mar; 8(1):e117. . View in PubMed
• Targeted Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation-An Inspiring Alternative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 06 01; 149(6):520-521. . View in PubMed
• Enhanced drug-induced sleep endoscopy: Distinguishing central from obstructive apnea Laryngoscope. 2023 03; 133(3):706-708. . View in PubMed
• The Association of Sleep Apnea and Cancer in Veterans Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 04; 162(4):581-588. . View in PubMed
• Association of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment With Sexual Quality of Life in Patients With Sleep Apnea: Follow-up Study of a Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 07 01; 144(7):587-593. . View in PubMed
• Association of palatine tonsil size and obstructive sleep apnea in adults Laryngoscope. 2018 04; 128(4):1002-1006. . View in PubMed
• Utility of BRAF mutation detection in fine-needle aspiration biopsy samples read as “suspicious for papillary thyroid carcinoma” Head Neck. 2015 Dec; 37(12):1788-93. . View in PubMed
• The association between secondhand smoke and sleep-disordered breathing in children: a systematic review Laryngoscope. 2015 Jan; 125(1):241-7. . View in PubMed
• The relationship between chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis and central neck lymph node metastasis in North American patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma Surgery. 2013 Dec; 154(6):1272-80; discussion 1280-2. . View in PubMed
• Creating and providing predictions of melanoma outcome Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Aug; 17(8):1981-2. . View in PubMed
• Detection of patients with functional dyspepsia using wavelet transform applied to their electrogastrogram Braz J Med Biol Res. 2009 Dec; 42(12):1203-9. . View in PubMed
• Galleria mellonella as a model system to study Acinetobacter baumannii pathogenesis and therapeutics Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Jun; 53(6):2605-9. . View in PubMed

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