EXCELLENCE. INTEGRITY. SERVICE. TEAMWORK.
The academic advantage for patient-centered quality health care.

Professor and Chairman
Otology/Neurotology
Skull Base Surgery
Director, Hearing and Balance Center

Clinical Interest and Skills:
Diseases of the ear and hearing and balance system
Newborn hearing testing
Disorders of the facial nerve and facial nerve regeneration
Acoustic neuromas and skull base malignancies; cochlear implants.

Medical School:
Baylor College of Medicine (1985).

Resident Training:
Baylor College of Medicine (General Surgery).
UCLA School of Medicine (Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery).

Fellowship Training:
The Otology Group (Otology/Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery).

Board Certification:
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Professional Organizations:
American Neurotology Society.
Fellow-American College of Surgeons.
American Academy of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery.
North American Skull Base Society.

Assistant Professor
Otology/Neurotology

Clinical Interests:
Adult and Pediatric Hearing and Balance disorders
Chronic Otitis Media and Cholesteatoma
Cochlear Implantation
Temporal Bone Cancer
Facial Nerve Disorders

Research Interests:
Outcomes after cochlear implantation
Complications of BAHA
Implantable Hearing Devices
Temporal Bone Cancer – new treatments and staging

Medical School:
Indiana University School of Medicine

Residency:
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Fellowships:
Hamburg Fellow for research in Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
House Ear Clinic and Institute

Board Certification:
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Neurotology

Professional Organizations:
American Neurotology Society.
Triologic Society
American Academy of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery.
North American Skull Base Society.
Implantable hearing devices committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

Professor of Otolaryngology & Pediatrics
Vice-Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology
Director, Pediatric Otolaryngology

Clinical Interest and Skills:
Pediatric Otolaryngology with special interest in otitis media and recurrent respiratory papillomas
Airway reconstruction
Pediatric sinusitis
Congenital and inflammatory processes of the head and neck
Outcomes studies.

Medical School:
Medical College of Virginia (1983).

Resident Training:
Medical College of Virginia (Surgery), 1984.
University of Pittsburgh (Otolaryngology), 1984-88.

Fellowship Training:
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC (Pediatric Otolaryngology) 1989.

Board Certification:
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Professional Organizations:
American Society Pediatric Otolaryngology.
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
American College of Surgeons.
American Academy of Pediatrics.

Professor
Department of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics

Clinical Interest and Skills:
Disorders of pediatric airway
Sinusitis and disorders of smell and nasal airflow in children
Pathophysiology of otitis media in children
Oral manifestations of systemic diseases

Medical School:
Duke University School of Medicine (1987).

Dental School:
New York University College of Dentistry (1983).

Resident Training:
University of California San Diego (Surgery) 1988.
University of California San Diego (Otolaryngology) 1989-1993.

Fellowship Training:
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago (Pediatric Otolaryngology) 1994.

Board Certification:
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Professional Organizations:
American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngologists.
American Academy of Pediatrics; Otolaryngology Executive Committee.
Society for Ear, Nose & Throat Advances in Children.
American Bronchoesophagological Association.

Associate Professor
Head and Neck Oncology
General Otolaryngology

Clinical Interest and Skills:
Head and Neck Cancer.
Melanoma and Skin Malignancies.
Parathyroid and Thyroid Disorders.
Sinus disease.
Microvascular reconstruction.

Medical School:
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD 1986.

Resident Training:
Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth VA 1989-1993.

Fellowship Training:
Methodist Hospital of Indiana (Head and Neck Surgery, Microvascular Resonstruction) 1995.

Board Certification:
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Professional Organizations:
American Head and Neck Society-Fellow
Fellow: American College of Surgeons
Society of University Otolaryngologists.

Assistant Professor
Laryngology/ General Otolaryngology
Director, Voice and Swallowing Center
Director of Residency Training, Department of Otolaryngology

Clinical Interest and Skills:
Laryngeal and voice disorders
Treatment of the professional voice
Neurolaryngeal disorders
Advanced microlaryngeal techniques
Laryngeal and tracheal reconstruction

Medical School:
State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY, 1996

Resident Training:
State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY (Otolaryngology) 2001

Fellowship Training:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Laryngology) 2002

Board Certification:
American Board of Otolaryngology

Professional Organizations:
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy
American Rhinologic Society

Associate Professor

Clinical Interest and Skills:
Rhinology, Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery
Director, Division of Rhinology and Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery

Clinical Interest and Skills:
Diseases of the nose and sinuses
Chronic Sinusitis
Sinonasal tumors and cancers
Skull base defect and CSF leakage repair
Skull base and pituitary tumors

Medical School:
Medical College of Pennsylvania (1997)

Resident Training:
Medical College of Wisconsin (General Surgery)
Medical College of Wisconsin (Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery)

Fellowship Training:
Oregon Health and Science University (Rhinology/Allergy/Endoscopic Sinus Surgery)

Board Certification:
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Professional Organization:
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
American Academy of Otolaryngology Allergy
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Fellow of American Rhinologic Society

Assistant Professor

Clinical Interest and Skills:
Head & Neck Oncology, Microvascular Reconstruction, Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery

Medical School:
University of Rochester

Residency:
University of Rochester

Fellowship Training:
Thyroid Head and Neck Cancer Foundation Microvascular Fellow at Beth Israel Medical Center, NY

Assistant Professor, Director, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Clinical Interest and Skills:
Plastic and reconstructive surgery of the face and neck
- Cosmetic facial rejuvenation - face lift, blepharoplasty (eyelids), brow lift, injectables
- Otoplasty
- Cosmetic and functional rhinoplasty (nose surgery)
- Reconstruction of soft tissue defects following resection of skin cancer
- Reconstruction of congenital deformities, including cleft lip/palate and microtia (ear deformity)
- Rehabilitation after facial paralysis
- Post-trauma facial reconstruction

Research Interests:
- Development of tissue engineered cartilage for cosmetic and reconstructive correction of facial deformities
- Clinical outcomes of functional and aesthetic improvements after rhinoplasty surgery 

Medical School:
Eastern Virginia Medical School (2003)

Resident Training:
University of Virginia - General Surgery (2004)
University of Virginia - Otolaryngology (2008)

Fellowship Training:
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - University of Minnesota (2009)

Board Certification:
American Board of Otolaryngology
Professional Organizations:
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society