About the College

Dr. Douglas C. Kubek is board-certified in otolaryngology, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and sleep medicine. He specializes in diseases of the sinuses and performs complex sinus surgeries on adults and children. Dr. Kubek was in the first group of surgeons trained in balloon sinuplasty in 2005. Additionally, he is recognized as an expert in reconstruction of skin cancer defects and performs plastic and cosmetic surgery.

Dr. Kubek is one of only three board-certified sleep medicine surgeons in the metropolitan Detroit area. He has served on the national advisory board for the American Academy of Otolaryngology’s sleep medicine section. Dr. Kubek provides treatment for snoring and sleep apnea.

Dr. Kubek is committed to academic medicine and serves as director for the Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery Residency Program at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital. He is an associate professor of surgery at Michigan State University and holds clinical professor positions at four medical schools. Dr. Kubek is a graduate of Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency through the St. John Health System-Michigan State University.

Dr. Kubek has been selected by his peers as an Hour Detroit Magazine Top Doc for 8 consecutive years. In addition, he has been voted by his patients as a winner of the Compassionate Doctor Award, Top 10 Doctor Award and Patient Choice Award through Vitals. Dr. Douglas Kubek cares for patients of all ages and is committed to providing the highest quality of compassionate care.

Dr. Julia Agapov is Regional Medical Director of Ophthalmology and a board-certified ophthalmologist and glaucoma surgeon at SSM Health Davis Duehr Dean Eye Care. She specializes in glaucoma, cataract surgery, and complex anterior segment surgery.

Dr. Agapov earned her DO from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and her MD from Russian State Medical University in Moscow. She completed her internship at Nassau University Medical Center, ophthalmology residency at Metro Health Hospital/Michigan State University, and glaucoma fellowship at Indiana University School of Medicine.

Dr. Agapov currently serves as President-Elect of the American Osteopathic Colleges of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AOCOO-HNS), having previously served as Secretary-Treasurer. Her longstanding involvement with the College also includes service on the Board of Governors and as Ophthalmology Course Director.

Beyond her clinical practice and College leadership, Dr. Agapov is the founder of JAGS International, a physician-led initiative dedicated to advancing glaucoma care through international education, surgical training, and professional collaboration. Her work includes international surgical missions, educational initiatives, and partnerships aimed at strengthening local expertise and expanding access to specialized eye care.

Carissa Wentland, DO is a pediatric otolaryngologist at Children's Hospital of Michigan. She has an appointment of Assistant Professor at Wayne State University and Michigan State University.
She completed her residency through Michigan State University at Genesys Regional Medical Center. She then completed a Pediatric Otolaryngology fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear. After 3 years of practice at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, she then completed an Advanced Otology fellowship at the University of Missouri. Her current practice focuses on all aspects of pediatric otolaryngology. Special interests include childhood hearing loss, cochlear implantation, chronic ear disease and endoscopic ear surgery.

Dr Humphreys completed Otolaryngology residency training at Michigan State University - Detroit Medical Center in 2014. He subsequently completed an Advanced Rhinology & Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellowship at Stanford University. In 2015 he joined the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. He is currently an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Medical Director of Otolaryngology at the University of Washington Medical Center (all campuses), Chief of the Division of Rhinology & Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, and Co-Director of the Advanced Rhinology & Neurorhinology Fellowship. He serves on numerous national committees in the both the American Rhinologic Society and American Osteopathic College of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery.

Dr. Leonid Skorin, Jr. is meritoriously retired from the Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea and Austin, MN where he was a Consultant in the Department of Surgery, Community Division of Ophthalmology and was an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Rochester, MN.

Dr. Skorin completed his OD at the Illinois College of Optometry and his DO at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. He did his medical/surgical internship in Tulsa, OK and his ophthalmology residency at Michigan State University/Metropolitan Hospital. He did a neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at the University of Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary.

Dr. Skorin is a Past-President of the Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Society. He is a Costin Institute Scholar in osteopathic medical education and received the Presidential Achievement Certificate for his medical and surgical mission work in Ukraine from the American Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology. He has presented over 700 invited and named lectures throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, England, Germany and Ukraine. These included presentations at various optometry and osteopathic medical colleges. He has served as the Director and Chair of Continuing Medical Education at the Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea, Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Society and the American Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology. He has several hundred scientific publications including various textbook chapters. He is the Co-Editor and Co-Author of seven ophthalmic textbooks. He has served as a reviewer, columnist, member of the Board of Consultants for various professional journals and as both the Editor-In-Chief and the International Editor-In-Chief for the Clinical & Surgical Journal of Ophthalmology. In 2006 he was awarded the Distinguished Clinician of the Year Award from the Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea. In 2016 he was named Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences NP/PA Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program - Educator of the Year. He has trained osteopathic ophthalmology residents at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and was a preceptor for osteopathic medical and optometry students. In 2017 the American Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology awarded him the Governor's Achievement Certificate.

Dr. Skorin completed the Mayo Clinic/University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management Leadership Development Program in 2010 and a Master of Science in Medical Education Leadership through the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2011. He completed the American Osteopathic Association Health Policy Fellowship in 2012. Dr. Skorin is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and the American Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology.

Currently, Dr. Skorin teaches ophthalmology track courses at several osteopathic medical colleges, continues to present lectures and hands-on wet-labs at medical and optometry conferences and is the medical director and board member of the CBS non-profit support group, Mary Carmel’s Light.