Loss of Smell and Taste near Charlottesville, VA

Biography: As an otolaryngologist, Robert Brager, MD, has provided clinical ear, nose, and throat care and consultations for both pediatric and adult patients at virtually all major Richmond, Virginia community hospitals. He has also performed otolaryngologic surgeries of varying degrees of complexity throughout his career. His focuses are pediatrics involving ear tubes, tonsillectomys, adenoidectomys, sinusitis, and noisy breathing as well as adult sinus and laryngeal/voice disorders and general ENT management.Dr. Robert Brager is Board Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, the American Rhinologic Society, the Richmond Academy of Medicine and the Virginia Society of Otolaryngology.Aside from his professional practice of otolaryngologic medicine, he has also been involved with charitable organizations that provide free medical care to those in need. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he treated children from families that could not afford specialty care through an organization called Children's Special Services. More recently, he has been a member of the organization Access Now, a group of specialist physicians in Virginia who offer pro bono care to uninsured patients. He also is a consultant for the University of Richmond sports for ENT disorders and injuries.Dr. Robert Brager finished a 3 year term as president for CenVaNet or InHealth in 2014, a nonprofit organization of Virginia doctors and hospitals sharing a goal to bring private-practice and hospital health-care providers together to improve performance. Dr. Robert Brager has been a physician and surgeon at Virginia Ear, Nose & Throat Associates from the time he began his practice of otolaryngology in 1996.

Biography: A native of Nashville, Tennessee but a resident of Richmond, Virginia for most of his life, Dr. Tarasidis graduated from the University of Virginia and the VCU School of Medicine. He completed his surgery internship at the Medical University of South Carolina and his residency in Otolaryngology at the University of Utah. Dr. Tarasidis is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Rhinologic Society and the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy. He is also a member of the Medical Society of Virginia and the Richmond Academy of Medicine. Dr. Tarasidis is married. While completing his residency in Utah he became an avid skier. He enjoys water sports and he and his wife enjoy trying a variety of restaurants in the Richmond area.

Care Philosophy: Above all else, the patient's needs come first. I believe every patient has unique needs and a life story that deserves to be heard so that I can best accomplish my ultimate goal of providing the most up-to-date, comprehensive, compassionate care to improve the well-being of each individual patient.