Dr. Bill Collins

Dr. Collins received his undergraduate degree from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. He then graduated from the University of Miami School of Medicine, before pursuing a residency in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Collins completed a one year fellowship in Rhinology & Advanced Endoscopic Sinus Surgery under the direction of Dr. Roy Casiano at the University of Miami. He then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology at Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC) in Washington, D.C. under the direction of Dr. George Zalzal. Dr. Collins stayed on as an attending physician at CNMC within the Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, with an academic appointment with the George Washington University School of Medicine.

Dr. Collins has been at the University of Florida since 2006, and is now a Professor at the University of Florida College of Medicine, with appointments in both the Departments of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Pediatrics. He has been the Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology since 2006, as well as the Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery since 2022. Previously he served as the Surgical Director of the UF Health/Shands Hospital operating rooms and the Medical Director for the Oaks Otolaryngology Clinic His special interests include management of disorders of the pediatric airway, including sinonasal disorders, snoring/obstructive sleep apnea, stridor, laryngomalacia, vocal cord paralysis, subglottic stenosis, airway reconstruction, and tracheomalacia.