Douglas A. Chen, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh PA.
 

 
Career and Publications

Pittsburgh Ear Associates, P.C.
 420 East North Avenue, Ste. 402
 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212
 (412) 321-2480 Fax: (412) 321-3229

EDUCATION:

1986-1987 Clinical Fellow (Otology/Neurotology)
 Otologic Medical Group/House Ear Clinic
 Los Angeles, California

1981-1985 Residency - Otolaryngology
 University of Pittsburgh
 Eye and Ear Hospital
 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1981 Internship - General Surgery
 Western Pennsylvania Hospital
 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1980 Ohio State University - Medical Degree

1977 Denison University - Graduation with Honors
 Phi Beta Kappa, Bachelor of Science Degree

1973 Sylvania High School, Diploma

HONORS/AWARDS:

1977 Phi Beta Kappa - Graduation with Honors - Denison University

1979 Internal Medicine Honors - Ohio State University

1983 Bluestone/Stool Pediatric Otolaryngology Book Award - University of Pittsburgh

1985 Chief Resident Book Award - University of Pittsburgh

1996-1997 Listed in "Best Doctors", Worldwide Health Care Services

1996 Pittsburgh "Top Docs" - Pittsburgh Magazine, August, 1996

1997 Physician's Recognition Award ? Continuing Medical Education.
 American Medical Association/Pa. Medical Society

1997 "Health Care Hero" Finalist - Pittsburgh Business Times,
 Westin William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA

1998 Listed in "Best Doctors in America7' - 4th Listing - Woodward/
 White Inc. Publishers (Aiken, SC)

CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE:

1981 Licensed via National Boards in Pennsylvania, California, and
 Washington

1985 Board Certified - American Board of Otoharyngology Head and
 Neck Surgery

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:

1987 - present  Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, Senior Attending

1987 - present UPMC Presbyterian University/Eye and Ear Hospital
 Pittsburgh, PA. Active

1994-1999  UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA Adjunct Attending

1997 - present  St. Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA Associate Staff

1999 - present  UPMC Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA Junior Active Staff

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

July 1998 - present Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

1987 - June, 1998 Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology ? University of
 Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

1991-1997 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery ? Allegheny General
 Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

1997 - present Promotion to Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery/Division
 of Otorhinolaryngology and Neurosurgery - MCP/Hahnemann University School of Medicine

1992-1993 Adjunct Assistant Professor - Department of Physician's Assistants
 John G. Rangos, Sr. School of Health Sciences, Duquesne University , Pittsburgh, PA

MEMBERSHIP/OFFICES:

1985 Fellow - American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

1987 Pittsburgh Otological Society

1987 Alumni Fellowship Group - House Ear Institute

1988 American Neurotology Society

1989-92 Secretary/Treasurer - Pittsburgh Otological Society

1990 Continuing Medical Education Committee - Allegheny General Hospital No

1990 William House Society

1991-92 Medical Consultant - S.H.H.H. - Pittsburgh Chapter Newsletter

1991 Neuroscience Research Standing Committee - Allegheny General Hospital

1992 Fellow - American College of Surgeons

1992 Otosclerosis Study Group

1994 Combined Otologic Research Team (CORT)

1995 Utilization Management Team - Department of Surgery/Division of Otolaryngology- Allegheny General Hospital

1996 Allegheny County Medical Society

1996 Pennsylvania Medical Society

1996 American Medical Association

1996 Faculty Advisor, Allegheny University, Allegheny Campus

1996 Chair, Eastern Region, Medical Advisory Council, Earmark, Inc.

1996 University of Pittsburgh, Otolaryngology Resident Selection Committee

1998 Quality Improvement Committee, Three Rivers Health Plans, (Med Plus), Pittsburgh, PA

1998/99 Manuscript Reviewer for American Journal of Otology

1999 North American Skull Base Society

2000 Co-Director - Neurological Skull Base Lab Department of Neurosurgery

2000 Medical Aspects of Noise Subcommittee - American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Inc.

2000  Neurosurgery Chairman Search Committee

MEETINGS/CONFERENCES:

1986 Updates in Cochlear Implants, Denver, CO

1987 Western Section Triological Society, California

1987 House Ear Institute Cochlear Implant Course, Los Angeles, CA

1988 Eastern Section Triological Society, New York

1988 COSM Spring Meetings, West Palm Beach, FL

1988 Cochlear Implant Training Course, Denver, CO

1988 Cranial Base Surgery Symposium, University of Pittsburgh, PA

1988 AAO-HNS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

1989 COSM Spring Meetings - San Francisco, CA

1989 Eastern Section Triological Society - Toronto, Canada

1989 AAO-HNS Annual Meeting - New Orleans, LA

1990 Antimicrobial Therapy for Otitis Media - Palo Alto Medical Foundation, San Diego, CA

1990 Cochlear Implant Seminar - Sertoma Club, Meadville, PA

1990 Cranial Base Surgery - Practical Application Workshop, Univeristy of Pittsburgh, PA

1990 COSM Annual Spring Meetings - Palm Beach, FL

1991 Cochlear Implant Workshop ? Western Pa. School for the Deaf Pittsburgh, PA

1991 COSM Annual Spring Meetings, Waikoloa, Hawaii

1991 AAO-HNS Annual Meetings, Kansas, MO

1991 Otologic Lasers - Midwest Ear Foundation, Cincinnati, OH

1992 Mini Seminars in Otolaryngology - Pittsburgh Otological Society
 University of Pittsburgh, PA

1992 Masters in Otolaryngology - Snowmass, CO

1992 COSM Annual Spring Meetings, Pahn Desert, CA

1992 Annual Otolaryngology Teaching Day - Department of Otolaryngology - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

1992 AAO-HNS Annual Meetings, Washington, DC

1993 COSM Spring Meetings, Los Angeles, CA

1993 Alumni Teaching Day - Eye & Ear Hospital ? University of  Pittsburgh Department of Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh, PA

1993 Co-Investigator - IONOS America Inc. - Ossicle Group  Raleigh, NC

1993 AAO-HNS Annual Meetings, Minneapolis, MN

1994 IONOS Investigational Meeting, Vail, CO

1994 Annual Alumni Teaching Day - University of Pittsburgh Department of Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh, PA

1994 AAO-HNS Annual Meetings, San Diego, CA

1995 Triologic Meetings - Pittsburgh, PA

1995 Pan Pacific Skull Base Workshop, Lanai, Hawaii

1995 Alumni Teaching Day, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh, PA

1995 COSM Meetings, Palm Desert, CA

1995  IONOS - Co-Investigators Meeting, Vermont

1995 International Congress for Minimally Invasive Techniques in
 Otolaryngology and Neurosurgery, Pittsburgh, PA

1995 AAO-HNS Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA

1995 University of Pittsburgh Mini Seminar Update in Techniques for
 Hearing Restoration - Pittsburgh, PA

1996 University of Pittsburgh, Voice 1996: Twenty Five Years of
 Progress, Pittsburgh, PA

1996 CORT Clinical Research Meeting, Beaver Creek, CO

1996 Minimally Invasive Techniques in Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology, Snowmass, CO

1996 Otolaryngology Teaching Day - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

1996 COSM Annual Meetings, Orlando, FL

1996 University of Pittsburgh, Update in the Treatment of Chronic Ear
 Disease, Pittsburgh, PA

1996 AAO-HNS Annual Meetings, Washington, DC

1997 University of Pittsburgh Mini Seminar ? Genetics of Hereditary
 Hearing Impairment from Newborn to the Elderly, Pittsburgh Otological Society, Pittsburgh, PA

1997 2nd Pan Pacific Neurosurgery Congress, Allegheny Neuroscience
 Institute Allegheny General Hospital, Oahu and MauL Hawaii

1997 Advanced Skull Base Microanatomy & Hands On Dissection Workshop, Allegheny Neuroscience Institute/Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

1997 AAO-HNS Annual Meetings, San Francisco, CA

1997 Clarion Multi Strategy Cochlear Implant Surgical Training Workshop, Advanced Bionics, Raleigh, NC

1997 CORT Investigators Meeting, Boseman, Montana

1997 AAO-HNS Discussion Group - CUE, Scottsdale, AZ

1997 Cochlear Implant 24 Channel Investigators Meeting Cochlear Corp, Scottsdale, AZ

1997 CORT Implantable Hearing Aids/IDE Investigational Device Scottsdale, AZ

1997 COSM Annual Meetings, Scottsdale, AZ

1997 George Schein/Robert Schein Memorial Alumni Day
 Department of Otolaryngology, Eye & Ear Hospital Pittsburgh, PA

1997 University of Pittsburgh Mini Seminar Update on Sleep Disorders
 Eye and Ear Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

1997 Clinical Investigators Meeting - Nucleus 24 Channel Cochlear Implant - Cochlear Corporation, Kansas City, MO

1998 CORT Investigational Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah

1998 COSM Annual Meetings, Palm Beach, FL

1998 Symphonix Investigational Meetings, Chicago, IL Implantable Hearing Aids

1998 Risk Management Seminar- Medical Protective Co. Pittsburgh, PA

1998 AAO-HNS Annual Meetings, San Antonio, TX

1999 1999 Winter International Congress on Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology - Minimally Invasive Techniques; Prospects for the 21 st Century, Snowmass Village, Aspen, CO

1999 3rd International Conference on Acoustic Neurinoma and Other CPA Tumors, Rome, Italy

1999 AAO-HNS Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA

2000 International Tubingen Symposium in Otology - Implantable
 Electronic Hearing Devices for SNHL, Tubingen, Germany

2000 CORT Investigators Meeting, Whistler, BC

2000 COSM Annual Spring Meetings, Orlando, FL

2000 AAO-HNS Annual Meetings, Washington, DC

WORK EXPERIENCE:

1985-1986 South Hills E.N.T. Associates Pittsburgh, PA
 Joel D. Schwartz, M.D. - Owner
 (412) 563-3590
 Physician

1987-1990 Allegheny General Hospital
 Medical College of Pennsylvania
 Director of Otology/Neurotology
 Division of Otorhinolaryngology
 Pittsburgh, PA
 (412) 359-6690
 Staff Physician

1990-1999 Pittsburgh Ear Associates
 420 East North Avenue
 Pittsburgh, PA 15212
 (412) 359-6690
 Physician/Owner

1999-2000 Pittsburgh Ear Associates, P.C.
 420 East North Avenue
 Pittsburgh, PA 15212
 (412) 321-2480
 Physician/ CEO Corporation
2000 Pittsburgh Ear Foundation - CEO/Advisory Board

PUBLICATIONS:

Chen D, Johnson J, Zini I, Myers E, Aramany M: Prosthetic Auricular Reconstruction Otolaryngology HNS, 91: 556-558, 1983

Chen D, Johnson J: Epistaxis Secondary to CREST Syndrome Transactions of PA. Academy of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology, 37: 194-195, 1985

Chen D, Johnson J: "Composite" Tumors ? Mixed Squamous and Small Cell Anaplastic Carcinoma of the Larynx Otohmyngology Head and Neck Surgery, 95: 99-103, 1986

Chen D, Linthicum F: Cochlear Histopathology in the Labyrinthectomized Ear: Implications for Cochlear Implantation Laryngoscope, 98: 1170-1172, 1988

Chen D, Maroon J: Retrolabyrinthine Vestibular Neurectomy Allegheny Neuroscience, Winter, 1989

Chen D, Luxford W: Patulous Eustachian Tube Dysfunction American Journal of Otology, 11: 272-273, 1990

Celin S, Wilberger J, Chen D: Facal Nerve Bifurcation Within the Internal Auditory Canal Otolaryngology HNS, 104: 389-393, 1991

Chen D, Caparosa R: A Non?Prescription Cerumenolytic American Journal of Otology, 12: 475-476, November, 1991

Teeple E, Storick S, Blair E, Chen D: Does Neuromuscular Blockade Inhibit Facial Nerve Monitoring? Otolaryngology HNS, 107: Number 2, 191 ?August, 1992

Teeple E, Storick S, Blair E, Shih. T, Arelt L, Chen D: Does the Use of Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs During Anesthesia Inhibit Effective Neurologic Monitoring of the Facial Nerve? Anesthesiology, 77: No 3A, September, 1992

Durrant J, Kamerer D, Chen D: Combined OAE and ABR Studies in Acoustic Tumor Patients ECoG, OAE and Intmoperative Monitoring, 231-239, First International Congress, Wurzburg, Germany, September, 1992

Blair E, Teeple E, Sutherland R, Shih T, Chen D: Effects of Neuromuscular Blockade on Facial Nerve Monitoring American Journal of Otology, Volume 15, Number 2, March, 1994

Buchman C, Chen D, Flannagan P, Wilberger J, Maroon J: The Learning Curve for Acoustic Tumor Surgery Laryngoscope, Vol. 106, Number 11, November, 1996, 1406-1411

Lustig L, Jackler R, Chen D: Contralateral Hearing Loss After Neurotologic Surgery Otolaryngology HNS, Vol. 113, Number 3, September, 1995, 276?282

McElveen J, Feghali J, Barrs D, Shelton C, Green D, Horn K, McKenna M, Thedinger B, Wilson D, Chen D, Krueger W, Beatty C, Kurokawa H: Ossiculoplasty with Polymaleinate Ionomeric Prosthesis Otolaryngology HNS, Vol 113, Number 4, October, 1995, 420-426

Arriaga, M, Chen D: Surgical Treatment of Uncompensated Vestibular Disease Otolaryngology Clinics of North America, Volume 30, Number 5, October, 1997

Yu C, Arriaga K Chen D: CPA Tumor Outcomes in Patients with Hazardous Occupation Laryngoscope 107: 12, 1610-1613, December, 1997

Goldman S, Ankerstjerne J, Chen D: Fatal Meningitis and Brain Abscess Secondary to Foreign Body Induced Otomastoiditis Otolaryngology HNS, Vol 118, No 1, January, 1998

Chen D, Rothfus W, Arriaga M: Imaging Case of the Month: Cavernous Hemangioma American Journal of Otology, Vol. 18, Number 5, 1997

Arriaga, M, Chen D: Vestibular Nerve Section in the Treatment of Vertigo Contemporary Neurosurgery, Vol 19, Number 14, 1-6, July, 1997

Arriaga K Chen D, Fukushima T: Individualizing Hearing Preservation in Acoustic Neuroma Surgery Laryngoscope, 107: 1043?1047, August, 1997

Chen D, Arriaga M, Fukushima, T: Technical Refinements in Retraction for Middle Fossa Surgery American Journal of Otology, Vol 19: Number 2, 208-211, March, 1998

Arriaga M, Chen D: Tratamiento quirurgicao de [a enfermedad vestibular descompensada ORL Update, Vol 1, numcro 2, 1998

Feghali J, Barrs D, Beatty C, Chen D, Green Jr. D, Krueger W, Shelton C, Slattery III W, Thedinger B, Wilson D, McElveen J: Bone Cement Reconstruction of the Ossicular Chain: A Preliminary Report Laryngoscope, 108: 829-836, June, 1998

Arriaga M, Chen D: Facial Function in Hearing Preservation Acoustic Neuroma Surgery Submitted for publication, Laryngoscope, February, 1999

Chen D, Arriaga M: Lasers in Otology St. Francis Journal of Medicine, Vol 5, Number 1, 19-21,1999

TEXT BOOK CHAPTERS:

Wilberger J, Chen D: Changes in Management of Head Injury; The Skull and Meninges Neurosurgery Clinics ofNorth America, Vol 2, No 2, April, 1991

Jackler R, Brackmann D (Editors) Chen D (Author): Increased Intracranial Pressure Neurotology, Mosby Year Book Inc., 479-488, 1994

Chen D: Retrolabyrinthine and Translabyrinthine Approach Manual of Skull Base Dissection Editor: Takanori Fukushima, M.D., AF Neuro Video Inc 1996

Arriaga M, Chen D: Surgical Treatment of Uncompensated Vestibular Disease Otolaryngology Clinics of North America, October, 1997

Chen D: Management of Acute Facial Nerve Paralysis Controversies in Otolaryngology Thieme Publishers,( submitted for publication)

Arriaga M, Chen D: Jugular Foramen Tumors - Neurosurgical Issues in Otolarynology Principles and Practice of Collaboration, Arriaga M, Day J (eds) Chapter 14, 175?187 Lippincott Williams Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999

Chen D: Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Temporal Bone Encephalocele Neurosurgical Issues in Otolaryngology Editors: Arriaga M, Day J (eds) Chapter 15, 189-192 Lippincott William Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999

Chen D: Otosclirosis Editors: Alper C, Myers E, Eibling D. Decision?Making in Ears, Nose and Throat Disorders WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia, (submitted for publication)

Chen D: Sequelae of Chronic Otitis Media Editors: Alper C, Myers E, Eibling D. DecisionMaking in Ears, Nose and Throat Disorders WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia (submitted for publication)

Chen D: Acquired Cholesteatoma Essentials of Otolaryngology and Neurotology Editors: De la Cruz A, Arriaga M. (submitted for publication)

Chen D: Transcondylar/Elite Approach Essentials of Otolaryngology and Neurotology Editors: De la Cruz, A, Arriaga M. (submitted for publication)

BOOK REVIEWS:

Atlas of Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery by Robert Jackler. Illustrated by Christine Gralapp. Mosby, 1996

Disorders of the Vestibular System: Baloh RW, Hahnagyi GM. New York Oxford, Oxford University Press 1996 - March, 1997, AJO

Clinical Otology Second Edition. Hughes G, Pensak M. Thieme, 1997, March, 1997 American Journal of Otology

The Ear: Comprehensive Otology: Canalis RF, Lambert PR: Philadelphia, Lippincott, 2000, AJO

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Gormley, Fukushima, Chen: En Bloc Petrosectomy for Petroclival Lesions J. Neurosurgery: Vol 84, March, 1996, 536

COURSE FACULTY/ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:

Program Chairman: Surgical Techniques of the Middle Ear and Mastoid for the 90's. Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 6/90

CoDirector: Disease of the Oval Window and Round Window. Otology Update 1992, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 5/92

Panelist: Practical Considerations in Otologic Diagnosis. I Oth Annual Alumni Teaching Program University of Pittsburgh, Department of Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh, PA 5/92

Course Instructor: Temporal Bone Surgical Dissection Course. House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA, September, 1992 and December, 1995

Organizing Committee/Course Faculty: Pan Pacific Skull Base Surgery Workshop, International Forum, Lanai, Hawaii, 3/95

Moderator: Joint International Congress on Minimally Invasive Techniques in Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology, Minimally Invasive CP Angle Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA 6/95

Organizing Committee: Joint International Congress on Minimally Invasive Techniques in Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh, PA 6/95

Co?Director: Advanced Skull Base Microanatomy and Hands On Dissection Workshop. Allegeny General Hospital, Allegheny Neuroscience Instituteffialmernann University, Pittsburgh, PA 11/95

Course Faculty Instructor/Organizing Connnittee: International Winter Congress on Minimally Invasive Techniques in Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology and Radiology. Aspen, CO 3/96

Program Chairman: Teniporal Bone Workshop. Allegheny Neuroscience Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, April 1996, June and October, 1997

Organizing Committee: 2nd International Symposium on Minimally Invasive Techniques and Image Guided Surgery in ENT and Skull Base Surgery. Toulouse, France, July 1998

Panelist: Dilemmas in Otology. George Schein, M.D. Alumni Teaching Day, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh, PA 5/98

Course Director: Medical Legal Evaluation of Hearing Loss Symposium, Hilton Head, SC 7/98

Hearing Loss Panelist: Annual Judges' Conference. Pennsylvania Workers Compensation, State College, PA 7/98

Course Co-Director: Temporal Bone Hands On Dissection Workshop, Allegheny Neuroscience Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 10/98

Course Co-Director: Temporal Bone Hands On Dissection Workshop, Allegheny Neuroscience Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 6/99

Course Faculty: Temporal Bone Surgical Dissection Workshop, Michigan University, Department of Otolaryngology, Ann Arbor, Michigan 9/99

Course Co0Director: Temporal Bone Dissection Workshop, Allegheny Neuroscience Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 10/99

Co-Director: Hearing Loss and Dizziness in Primary Care, Hearing and Balance Center, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 11/99

Course Faculty: Temporal Bone Surgical Dissection Course, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA 12/99

Course Faculty: Temporal Bone Lab, 3rd Pan Pacific Neurosurgery Congress, Kona Resort, Hawaii 3/00

Specialty Panel: Southwestern Pa Chapter American College of Surgeons, Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology, Sheraton Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA 3/00

Co-Director: Temporal Bone Microanatomy and Hands On Dissection Course, Allegheny General Hospital CUE Department, Pittsburgh, PA 4/00

Co-Director: Temporal Bone Microanatomy and Hands On Dissection Course, Allegheny General Hospital CUE Department, Pittsburgh, PA 10/00

PRESENTATIONS:

Prosthetic Auricular Reconstruction with J. Johnson, 1. Zini~ E. Myers, and M. Aramany. Presented as a poster at the American Academy of Otohvyngology HNS annual meetings, New Orleans, LA, 1982

Epistaxis Secondary to CREST Syndrome with J. Johnson. Presented at the Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Hershey, PA 1983

"Composite" Tumors - Mixed Squamous and Small Cell Anaplastic Carcinoma of the Larynx with J. Johnson. Presented as a poster at the American Academy of Otolaryngology HNS annual meetings, Las Vegas, NV 1984

Otolaryugological Manifestations of Cammurati-Engleman Disease with B. Hirsch, and D. Kamerer. Presented as a poster at the American Academy of Otolaryngology HNS, annual meetings, Atlanta, CA 1985

Radiotherapy as Treatment for Acoustic Tumors with F. Rizer and D. Brackmann. Presented at the Western Section of the Triological Society, Los Angeles, CA 1986

Otologic Approaches to the Posterior Fossa and Skull Base. Neuroscience Grand Rounds, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 1987

Management of Acoustic Tumors. Visiting Professor and Lecturer, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 4/87

Surgery for Chronic Otitis Media. Resident Otology Conference, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Otolaryngology, Eye and Ear Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 11/87

Curent Concepts in Otology and Neurotology. Grand Rounds, Indiana Hospital, Indiana, PA 12/87

Cochlear Histopathology in Labyrinthectomized Ear: Implications for Cochlear Implantation with F. Linthicurn and F. Rizer, presented at the Eastern Section Triological Society Meeting, New York, NY 1988

Meniere's Disease - Medical Surgical Therapy, Residents Otology Conference 1988

Middle Ear Reconstruction, Mini Seminars in Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh, PA 1989

Evaluation and Management of Tinnitus, University of Pittsburgh Alumni Day, Department of Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh, PA 1989

Otology for the Primary Care Physician, Columbiana and Lawrence County Medical Society 1989

Treatment of Otitis Media, Grove City, PA 1989

Management of Vertigo, Grand Rounds, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 1/89

Update on Neurotology/Otology, Grand Rounds, Frick Memorial Hospital, PA 2/89

Giant Cerebellopontine Angle Vertebral Aneurysm, with J. Bailes, American Neurotology Society Meeting~, San Francisco, CA 1989

Facial Nerve Bifurcation Within the Internal Auditory Canal with S. Celin, J. Wilberger. Presented as a poster at the annual American Otolaryngology HNS meetings, New Orleans, LA 1989

Tympanoplasty Techniques, House Alumni Practice Survey, New Orleans, LA 1989

An Approach to the Dizzy Patient, Beaver County Medical Society Grand Rounds 1/90

Hearing Preservation in Acoustic Tumor Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Grand Rounds, Pittsburgh, PA 1/90

Updates in Otology, Beaver Medical Center, Beaver, PA 3/90

Hypothermia Circulatory Arrest Techniques with J. Bailes, Eye and Ear Hospital Grand Rounds, Pittsburgh, PA 3/90

Hearing Preservation in Acoustic Tumor Surgery, Pennsylvania Speech and Hearing Assoc. 4/90

Effects of Muscle Relaxants on Intmoperative Facial Nerve Monitoring with N. Teeple, R. Sutherland, S. Weber, presented at the COSM Spring Meetings, Florida 4/90

Dizziness and Balance Disorders, Jewish Community Center, Pittsburgh, PA 5/90

Acoustic Neuroma, Acoustic Neuroma Association Regional Symposium Lecture, Pittsburgh, PA 5/90

Cochlear Implant, Conemaugh Valley Hospital, PA 9/90

Management of Sudden Hearing Loss, University of Pittsburgh, Eye and Ear Hospit4 Pittsburgh, PA 5/91

Distances to Critical Landmarks in the Middle Cranial Fossa, with G. Rodgers, presented at the COSM Spring Meetings, Hawaii 5/91

Stereoscopic Anatomy of the Temporal Bone and Cerebellopontine Angle with R. Caparosa presented at the American Academy of Otolaryngology HNS annual meetings, Kansas City, MO 9/91

Cochlear Implants, Allegheny General Hospital Alumni Day, Pittsburgh, PA 9/91

Help for Hearing Problems, OASIS Organization, Kauftnanns, Pittsburgh, PA 3/92

Sudden Hearing Loss, Masters in Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Snowmass, CO 3/92

Surgical Applications to Acoustic Neuroma with J. Maroon presented to the Acoustic Neuroma Association Regional Symposium 11, Airport Hilton Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA 4/92

Medical Issues and Surgical Considerations, Cochlear Implants in Children Course, Pittsburgh Ear Associates and Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 4/92

Contralateral Hearing Loss Following Otologic Surgery, PA Academy of Otolaryngology annual meeting, Hershey, PA 6/92

Cochlear Implants, Washington Hospital Medical Staff, Medical Education Committee, Washington, PA 7/92

Balance Disorders, Somerset Hospital, Medical and Dental Staff, Somerset, PA 8/92

Stereoscopic Anatomy of the Temporal Bone and Skull Base with R. Kletzker and R. Caparosa, American Academy of Otolaryngology HNS annual meetings, Washington, DC 9/92

International Conference on ECOG, OAE, and Intmoperative Monitoring. Wurzburg, Germany with J. Durrant and D. Kamerer 9/92

Disorders of the Middle Ear Part H, Duquesne University Physician Assistant Program, Pittsburgh, PA 10/92

Disorders of the Middle Ear Part 1, Duquesne University Physician Assistant Program, Pittsburgh, PA 10/92

Cochlear Implants, SHHH Group, Pittsburgh, PA 11/92

Vestibular Dysfunction, Physical Therapy Department, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 1/93

Hearing Loss/Hearing Aids, KDKA Radio Station, Medical Frontiers Program, Pittsburgh, PA 2/93

Update Treatment of Otitis Media in Children, Grand Rounds, Pediatric Department, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 3/93

Otitis Media in Children, WTAE TV Station, Childhood Diseases Program, Pittsburg, PA 4/93

Dizziness, Medical Staff, Waynesburg Hospital, Waynesburg, PA 4/93

Balance Disorders, Medical Staff Clearfield Hospital, Clearfield, PA 4/93

Dizziness/Vertigo, Medical Residents, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 8/93

Hearing Aids, KDKA Radio Talk Show, Medical Frontiers Program, Pittsburgh, PA 11/93

Transmastoid and Transtemporal Approaches in Skull Base Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital Medical Staff, Pittsburgh, PA 4/94

Basic Neuroscience Lecture, Allegheny General Hospital Neurology Resident Program, Pittsburgh, PA 4/94

Cochlear Implants, Sharon Regional Hospital Medical St4 Sharon, PA 6/94

Vertigo, Medical Residents, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 8/94

Otitis Media, Abbott Labs, Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA 12/94

Hearing Disorders, KDKA Radio Medical Frontiers Progran'4 Pittsburgh, PA 12/94

Microplating of the Mastoid Cortex Bone Flap in Neurotologic and Skull Base Surgery, presented with M. Miskavich at the Triologic Meetings, Eastern Section, Pittsburgh, PA 1/95

Transmastoid and Transtemporal Approach in Skull Base Surgery; and Extended Middle Fossa Approach. Pan Pacific Skull Base Workshop, Lanai~ Hawaii 3/95

Neurotologic Approach in Acoustic Tumors, Neuroscience Grand Rounds, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 4/95

Cochlear Implants, WBPV Radio Talk Show, Beaver Falls, PA 5/95

New Instrumentation in Middle Fossa Craniotomy, Joint International Congress on Minimally Invasive Techniques in Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh, PA 6/95

Andiological Analysis and Auditory Neurophysiology , Neuroscience Lecture Series, Allegheny General Hospital Residents and Medical Students, Pittsburgh, PA 7/95

Learning Curve in Acoustic Tumor Surgery, Allegheny Neuroscience Grand Rounds, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 9/95

Cochlear Implants, Brownsville Hospital Medical Staff and Residents, Brownsville, PA 10/95

Principles and Practices in Neuromonitoring During Otoneurologic Surgery, Principles and Applications mi Intraoperative Neuromonitoring, Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny Neuroscience Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 3/96

Middle Fossa Approach in Small Acoustic Neuroma; Transmastoid Keyhole Microsurgery, International Winter Congress on Minimally Invasive Techniques in Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology and Radiology. Snowmass, CO 3/96

Learning Curve in Acoustic Tumor Surgery; Hearing Preservation in Acoustic Tumor Surgery. Acoustic Neuroma Association Meeting, Embassy Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA 4/96

Tympanoplasty; Stapedectomy; Canal Wall Down Mastoidectomy, Temporal Bone Microanatomy Hands On Dissection Course, Allegheny General Hospital and Pittsburgh Ear Associates, Pittsburgh, PA 4/96

Learning Curve in Acoustic Neuroma, Paper presented with C. Buchman at the COSM Meetings, Orlando, FL 5/96

Sensory Systems, Allegheny Neuroscience Lecture Series, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 7/96

Hearing and Balance Disorders, KDKA Radio Talk Show, Medical Frontiers Program, Pittsburgh, PA 12/96

Hearing Preservation in Acoustic Tumor Surgery, Pan Pacific Neurosurgery Congress: Craniovertebral Junction/Cervical Spine/ and CP Angle Lesions. Allegheny Neuroscience Institute and Allegheny General Hospital, Honolulu, Oahu, and Makena, Maui~ Hawaii 3/97

Technical Refinements in Retraction for Middle Fossa Surgery, American Neurotological Society Meetings, Scottsdale, AZ 5/97

Dural Venous Surgery in Chronic Otitis Media, poster presented for the Centenial Meeting of the Triologic Society, Scottsdale, AZ 6/97

Temporal Bone Microanatomy and Hands On Dissection Workshop. Allegheny General Hospitall Allegheny Neurosciencc Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 6/97

Cochlear Implant 24 Channel, Associated Press Release (Radio, Newspaper) 6/97

Balance Disorders, Allegheny General Hospital, OASIS Group Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA 6/97

Hearing Loss, WJAS Radio Station, Pittsburgh, PA 7/97

Dizziness, Department of Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 8/97

Neurosurgical Issues in Otolaryngology, Instructional course given at the American Academy of0tolaryngology HNS annual meetings, San Francisco, CA 9/97 (Arriaga, Chen, Hayden, Day)

Temporal Bone Microanatomy and Hands On Dissection , Allegheny General Hospital and Allegheny Neuroscience Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 10/97

Hearing Aids, KDKA Radio Talk Show, Pittsburgh, PA 10/97

Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak of the Temporal Bone, Neuroscience Grand Rounds, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 10/97

Hearing Loss, WJAS Radio Talk Show, Pittsburgh, PA 12/97

Updates in Cochlear Implant Program, Pittsburgh Ear Associates, and Allegheny General Hospital, SHHH Connnunication Access Festival, Sheraton Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA 12/97

Hearing and Balance Disorders, KDKA Radio Talk Show, Medical Frontiers Program, Pittsburgh, PA 3/98

Hearing Loss, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Dear Doctor Column, Pittsburgh, PA 6/98

AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Hearing Impairment, Medical Legal Conference, Hilton Head, SC, Westin Resort, 6/98

Individualizing Hearing Preservation in Acoustic Neuroma Surgery. 2nd Symposium on Minimally Invasive Tecbniques and Image Guided Surgery in ENT and Skull Base. Toulouse, France 7/98

Hearing Loss and Balance Disorders, Pittsburgh Cable News Network TV, Pittsburgh, PA 8/98

Stapedectomy, Temporal Bone Hands On Dissection Course, Allegheny University Health Sciences, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 10/98

Advances in the Treatment of Hearing Loss, Grand Rounds, Indiana Hospital, Indiana, PA 12/98

Diagnosis and Management of the Dizzy Patient, Grand Rounds, St. Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA V99

Technical Modifications of Middle Fossa Retraction, International Wmter Congress for Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology?, Minimally Invasive Techniques, Snowmass, CO 3/99

Technical Refinements in Acoustic Neuroma Surgery, Third International Conference on Acoustic Neurinorna and Other CPA Tumors. Cavalieri Hilton Hotel, Rome, Italy 6/99

Medical/Surgical Issues: Technical Advancements in Cochlear Implants. Advanced Bionics Corporation and Pittsburgh Ear Associates. Sheraton Hotel, Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA 9/99

Individualizing Acoustic Tumor Treatment; Ossiculoplasty; Advanced Mastoid Techniques and Strategies. University of Michigan, Department of OtoLmyngology Temporal Bone Dissection Course, Aim Arbor, Michigan 9/99

Evaluation and Treatment of the Dizzy Patient. Trinity Health System, Steubenville, Ohio Allegheny General Hospital Outreach Program CME 10/99

Dizziness; Medical Management/ Overview of Hearing Loss/ Conductive Hearing Loss Diagnosis and Treatment. Hearing Loss and Dizziness in Primaxy Care sponsored by Allegheny General Hospital CUE Department, Pittsburgh Ear Associates, and Hearing and Balance Center Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 11/99

Temporal Bone Dissection Course, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA 12/99

Hydroxyapatite Cranioplasty in Posterior Fossa Dura Repair, 3rd Pan Pacific Neurosurgery Congress, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Kom Resort, Big Island, Hawaii 3/00

Treatment of Hearing Loss, Grand Rounds, Butler County Medical Society 9/00
 

RESEARCH GRANTS:

Effects of Muscle Relaxants on Intraoperative Facial Nerve Monitoring, 1991, Singer Research Grant

Distances to Critical Landmarks in the Middle Cranial Fossa, Singer Research Grant, 1990

Roessler Fund for Otitis Media in Chinchillas with David Lim, 1979

INVESTIGATIONAL DEVICE EXEMPTION RESEARCH:

1988-95 Nucleus 22 Channel Cochlear Implant in Prelingual Deafened Adults

1993-95 IONOS Ossicle

1996 Nucleus 24 Channel Cochlear Implant

1997 Clarion Advanced Bionics - Severe Hearing Impaired Adult Protocol

1998 Co-Investigator - Symphonix Implantable Hearing Device

1999 Clinical Trials - Clarion Electrode Positioner in Adults IDE G970198

1999 Clarion High Focus Electrode IDE

1999 Clarion Multi Strategy Cochlear Implant

INSTRUMENTATION:

1996  Fukushima-Chen CP Angle Microdissectors, Ruggles, Elekta Company


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