Jeffrey M. Ahn, M.D., jma2@columbia.edu
Sleep disorder surgery. Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and sinus surgery. Research area includes basic science research of facial nerve regeneration. Clinical research on sleep disorder and its treatment. Pathogenesis of rhinitis and sinusitis.
Jonathan E. Aviv, M.D., G.C.R.C., jea10@columbia.edu
Head and neck cancer surgery and reconstructive surgery of the head and neck. Clinical research includes innovative methods, techniques and devices that measure sensory discrimination in the pharynx and larynx.
Edward W. Chang, MD, DDS, ewc3@columbia.edu
Facial plastic and maxillofacial surgery. Sleep surgery and sinus surgery. Clinical research in the area of sleep disordered breathing, and facial plastic surgery.
Lanny Garth Close, M.D., lgc6@columbia.edu
Head and neck surgery. Endoscopic sinus surgery. Skull base surgery. Clinical research includes evaluation of head and neck cancer invasion and outcomes research in head and neck cancer.
Joseph Haddad, Jr., M.D., jh56@columbia.edu
Pediatric Otolaryngology. Lab projects include those on the pathogenesis of otitis media with effusion, examining the role of free radicals as contributors to inflammation. Clinical projects include antibiotic trials in acute media and otorrhea and epidemiologic studies of cleft lip and cleft palate in patients in Central America.
Shyam M. Khanna, Ph.D., smk3@columbia.edu
Basic research lab. Projects include: biophysics of hearing; cellular mechanics of the inner ear; confocal microscopy of inner ear in living animals; laser interferometric measurement of cellular vibration; neural coding in the auditory system.
Spiros Manolidis, M.D, FACS, FRCS, sm2397@columbia.edu
Basic science research: Robotic insertion of cochlear implant electrodes with minimal trauma to the cochlea for hearing preservation approaches (in conjunction with the mechanical engineering department) Robotic applications in Head & Neck cancer surgery. Clinical Research / Otology - Neurotology: Cochlear implant outcomes studies, Surgical technique and outcomes studies in advances chronic ear disease. Clinical Research / Head & Neck Surgery: combined treatment outcome studies in head & neck cancer, outcome studies on lateral skull base surgery for malignant tumors.
Thomas Murry, Ph.D., HP 8-812, tm2103@columbia.edu
Voice science including speech, voice and upper airway physiology. Acoustic, aerodynamic and sensory testing of vocal function and swallowing physiology. Voice research in the areas of new diagnostic technology, efficacy of treatment outcomes assessment and vocal fold physiology. Effects of respiration and vocal function.
Elizabeth Olson, Ph.D., ea92004@columbia.edu
Basic research lab. Projects include: biophysics of hearing; inner ear mechanics; intracochlear pressure measurements; confocal imaging of the inner and middle ear; laser interferometric measurements of inner and middle ear vibration.
Hector P. Rodriguez, M.D., hpr1@columbia.edu
Endoscopic sinus surgery, laser surgery for snoring and sleep apnea. Radio frequency waves (somnoplasty) for the treatment of nasal congestion and snoring. Rhinology and nasal allergy testing and immunotherapy.
Jaclyn Spitzer, Ph.D., jbs50@columbia.edu
Audiologic methods including hearing, balance and tinnitus evaluation, central auditory processing assessment, electrophysiologic measurement of processes involving auditory and vestibular pathways. Hearing research and rehabilitation studies utilizing cochlear implants, conventional and implantable hearing aids, bone-anchored hearing aids; evaluation of expanded criteria for these treatments; outcomes assessment of treatment efficacy.
Ian S. Storper, M.D., jss9@columbia.edu
Otology, neurotology, skull base surgery. Basic science research includes using the optical sectioning microscopy/laser interferometry to describe cochlear hair cell motion and using galvanic evoked potentials to measure the human vestibulospinal reflex. Clinical projects include the use of anticholinergic drugs to suppress vertigo, the use of antiviral drugs in the treatment of sudden-onset hearing loss and outcomes analysis of cranial nerve function in skull base surgery.
Gloria H. Su, Ph.D., gs2157@columbia.edu
Molecular oncology/cancer genetics. Basic research includes identifying tumor-suppressor genes important for head and neck tumorigenesis and studying their tumor-suppressive functions using transgenic and knock-out gene approaches. Transgenic and conditional knock-out mice and created for cancer modeling for the purposes of identifying novel markers, furthering our understandings of tumor biology, and developing early detections and chemopreventive therapeutics.