LEWISTON — Robert S. Warner, D.O., an otolaryngologist, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center medical staff.

Warner is skilled in all aspects of otolaryngology, including the evaluation and problems of the ears, nose and throat, as well as thyroid disorders, skin cancers, head and neck cancers, and plastic and reconstructive surgery of the head and neck. His areas of special expertise include thyroid and parathyroid surgery, and nasal and sinus surgery, including balloon sinuplasty.

Maine is familiar country to Warner. He completed part of his medical training in the state, and in the early 1980s worked as an emergency physician at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway and Goodall Hospital in Sanford. In the early 1990s he provided otolaryngology and facial plastic surgery services in Portland.

Warner is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, and earned his medical degree at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He served an internship at the Osteopathic Hospital of Maine in Portland, and completed residency training in otolaryngology and facial plastic surgery at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

He practices in association with Norris K. Lee, M.D., and Benjamin F. Lounsbury, M.D., at Central Maine ENT Head and Neck Surgery, 12 High St., Suite 102, Lewiston. The practice can be reached at 784-4539.