Vaughan Winston MD

Dr. Vaughan has been an absolute blessing in my life. Not too long ago he was able to restore health back into me during one of the sickest times of my life. I suffered from chronic sinusitis and tried different medications/treatments to no avail, until I went to Dr. Vaughan. The moment I met him I knew I was in good hands and instantly felt at ease. He has by far the best bedside manners I have experienced, immense knowledge and skill in his craft, and advanced technology to help with your diagnosis and treatment.

Everything about his practice is top notch:
1. Making an appointment with him is easy and efficient. No waiting weeks to hear back, you will most likely be seen within a week.
2. Friendliest and knowledgeable staff. All the nurses I have met are kind, patient, effective listeners, and great at summarizing your condition to the doctor.
3. Advanced technology to better understand your condition. Each visit Dr. Vaughan will most likely put an endoscope up your nose and provide VR glasses so you can see what he is seeing to better inform your diagnosis. I appreciated seeing the state of my sinuses to better understand what was causing my issues — it provided a visual to go along with what he was saying.
4. In-house CT scanner. He is able to scan and provide a 3D representation of your head in less than 2 minutes. He will then review with you what he sees and if surgery is necessary he will explain why and show exactly what will be done. At the end he will provide you a copy of your CT scan so you can review it at home as well. I found this fascinating and felt at ease knowing clearly what was physically wrong with my sinuses and how he will fix it.
5. For my case, I needed surgery (keep in mind he is quite conservative in his approach and won’t suggest surgery unless you absolutely need it). Since I wanted to be fixed ASAP, he was able to get me a surgery appointment the next week! He knew this was my first time ever getting surgery and he truly made me feel at ease. He texted me the night before surgery to make sure I was feeling okay, reassured me everything will go well (he has done this procedure over 5,000 times), and even day of surgery he was the absolute sweetest making sure I was at ease. He is truly the kindest soul with the utmost talent.
1. Honestly, his entire OR staff was exceptionally competent and kind. I had full trust in the nurses and anesthesiologist, whom Dr. Vaughan has worked with for 20+ years, so they basically can read his mind and make the surgery go even smoother.
2. Dr. Vaughan provides you a DVD of your entire surgery, which was absolutely fascinating!
6. Surgery went very well and I was feeling back to normal in less than a week. You will need to have a few post-op appointments to make sure you are healing properly and clean out any residual blood to speed up recovery.

Words cannot express my gratitude towards Dr. Vaughan. He is a true legend with magical healing powers. I always leave his office in a better mood and look forward to my next appointment lol. Please do yourself a favor and see Dr. Vaughan, he is remarkable.

Thank you for everything you do, Dr. Vaughan!

I highly recommend Dr. Vaughan and his staff. I've seen a number of ENTs and Dr. Vaughan is best for me. I have been seeing him for a number of years with a difficult case. He brings broad experience to bear on recommending treatment plans that are appropriate (not too aggressive or too minimal). Discusses his findings and recommendations, then answers all of my questions thoroughly in an approachable and friendly manner. His staff is also cordial and helpful.

Dr. Vaughn and his team are excellent. He has the knowledge, experience, interpersonal skills and team to de-mystify and de-stress what otherwise could have been a much more complicated chronic Sinusitis problem. What is so engaging in Dr. Vaughan's process is that he allows the patient to see exactly what he sees during the examination by using both special glasses and an in office CT scan that can show if and where your sinus problems exist. He is straightforward, conservative in his recommendations, engaging, funny and all of these characteristics build a level of trust and confidence that these days, in my experience, just doesn't exist with many other MDs. His team is excellent as well, his PA, Jackie, listened carefully and almost verbatim was able to explain my issues to Dr. Vaughan, and Kathleen, his aftercare person, did an above and beyond job helping me get the prescribed meds through a "you can't believe this is for real" non formulary Medicare/Insurance process. Hope not to need much more follow up or surgery, but I feel much better to be in the good care and offices of Dr. Vaughan.

Only my first visit. I must return. Good impression. I feel good about being in his care.
His staff is good about explaining everything before seeing the doctor.
Then he is good at explaining procedure. He puts you at ease.
I was in for my second visit. I have a serious condition. He did a procedure on me which was not comfortable but he made it as easy as possible.
I trust him. He is a very gentle doctor. We will see if this will help.
I must see him again. The procedure wasn’t enough. I have an old infection that sealed and clogged up solid my right internal sinus.
I just saw him again for sinus surgery to take care of my problem. It was not an easy surgery. Some pain occurred but again he made it as easy on me as possible. Hopefully my problem is fixed. I believe this problem affected my eye health and my ear tubes. We will see. I will continually
See him for post op follow ups.

I drove 4 hours; braving the bay-area traffic to see Dr Vaughan a few days ago for sinus issues that have been bothering me over the past several years. Lately, I have been experiencing a sort of vapor-lock in my sinuses. So bad that it has been affecting my sleep. Dr. Vaughan has an extremely efficient and competent staff. My experience began with a kind greeting from the front receptionist. I had already completed the initial questionnaire, so I took a seat in the waiting area. Within 2-3 minutes a nurse took me into the treatment room, and we went over my sinus issues as well as my overall health. She then sprayed a burst of type of lidocaine/decongestant concoction into each nostril. A few minutes later Dr Vaughan came in and we further discussed my situation. Once Dr. Vaughan had a good idea of my complaints, he scoped my sinuses. It was pretty cool; I wore a pair of glasses that showed everything he was seeing on his monitor. Thankfully the sinus tissue looked disease-free with no polyps/tumors, infections, ect…Dr. Vaughan was extremely gentle causing no pain or discomfort. We then went back to another room where a CT scan of my sinuses was taken. Dr. Vaughan went over the entire scan with me pointing out an area that seems to have some mild swelling (probably from allergies). I have a copy of the entire procedure on CD and am in the process of being referred out to an allergist. The entire trip to see Dr. Vaughan took nearly 8 ½ hours (including the 45-minute visit) and was worth every minute. If you want a high-quality ENT evaluation without the hassle of running between some radiology-lab and your ENT specialist I recommend you give Dr. Vaughan a call. He and his staff are top-notch.