Facial Nerve Disorders
Superior Treatment for Facial Nerve Disorders Backed By Experience
Facial paralysis is devastating to one’s identity. Patients with facial paralysis experience physical, social, and emotional changes. At PNI, our specialists treat all types of facial paralysis and related conditions. Every face is unique and our team takes a compassionate, patient-centric approach to designing a unique treatment for each individual.
Facial Nerve Disorders Conditions We Treat
- Bell’s palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
- Ramsay Hunt syndrome
- Synkinesis
- Facial paralysis related to brain tumors (acoustic neuroma)
- Facial paralysis related to tumors of the salivary gland (parotid gland)
- Facial paralysis related to tumors of the salivary gland (Radical Parotidectomy Surgery)
- Chronic facial paralysis
- Congenital facial paralysis (occurring at birth)
- Hemifacial spasm with contractions on one side of your face
Facial Nerve Specialist
Facial Nerve Disorders Program Director and Otolaryngologist, Dr. Amit Kochhar, has over ten years of experience managing patients with facial paralysis. He treats and is accepting new patients from all over California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. With a unique skill set in both reconstructive and aesthetic surgery of the face, he provides advanced treatments and care to all his patients.
A Highly Specialized, Collaborative Team
Together, our team creates a customized care plan for each patient’s specific needs.
As the powerful keystone of our practice, patients can expect highly coordinated care through the collaboration of multiple specialists in neurosurgery, otolaryngology (head and neck – ENT), ophthalmology, neurology, facial plastic surgery, physical therapy and speech pathology.
Nowhere else in Los Angeles are all these experts housed under one roof!
Additional Resources
Facial Paralysis Clinic Locations
Pacific Neuroscience Institute surgeons practice at the award-winning hospital: Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, and Providence Little Company of Mary in Torrance.
PNI – Santa Monica
2125 Arizona Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: 310-829-8701
Fax: 310-582-7495
1301 20th St, #300, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: 310-829-7792
PNI – South Bay
5215 Torrance Blvd, #300, Torrance, CA 90503
Phone: 424-212-5361
Videos about Facial Paralysis
Meet Dr. Amit Kochhar
A PNI Minute: Gracilis Free Tissue Transfer for Facial Paralysis | Dr. Amit Kochhar
A PNI Minute | Causes of Facial Paralysis
A PNI Minute | Treatments for Facial Paralysis
A PNI Minute | What is Bell’s Palsy?
In-Person or Virtual Video Visit
Our specialists have consultation openings for new patients.