News from the Department

Samuel Selesnick, MD, was President of the American Neurotology Society, and led the Annual Meeting in Las Vegas.

Thomas Murry, PhD, will be awarded the Honors of the Association, which is the highest award given by the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA), in recognition of his distinguished and outstanding contributions to the field.

Robert Ward, MD, and Vikash Modi, MD, were invited participants at the European Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology meeting in Pamplona, Spain. Drs. Ward and Modi taught an instructional course on airway reconstruction, and Dr. Ward participated in a panel discussion on difficult airway cases.

Lucian Sulica, MD, was an invited speaker at the 3rd Annual Phonosurgery State of the Art course at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York, the ASHA Annual Convention in New Orleans, the 5th Annual Advanced Practices in Voice & Dysphagia conference in Las Vegas, the Long Island Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and the 15th International Voice Workshop in Paris.

Michael Stewart, MD, MPH, was visiting professor at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Pennsylvania, was an invited speaker at the Nassau County Surgical Society, and gave the 31st Annual John Daly lecture as visiting professor at New York University.

William Reisacher, MD, was an invited speaker at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Mexican Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, in Veracruz, Mexico, and the Curso de Actualization en Otorrhinolaringologia, in Santiago, Chile.

Max April, MD, was an invited speaker at the Australian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

The Department has sponsored several successful CME courses so far in 2010: "Management of medical problems of the performing artist," director Dr. Sulica; "2nd Annual allergy management for the practicing clinician," director Dr. Reisacher; "Management of the child with cleft palate and resonance disorders," director Dr. Montano; "Advanced endoscopic sinus surgery," directors Dr. Stewart and Dr. Anand.

Samuel Selesnick, MD, was elected a Senior Examiner for the American Board of Otolaryngology.

Ashutosh Kacker, MD, won the 2010 Abramson Teaching and Service Award from the residents in our program.

William Reisacher, MD, won the 2010 Schvey Excellence in Teaching Award from the residents in our program.

Lucian Sulica, MD, received a research grant from the NIH, through the Weill Cornell Center for Translational and Clinical Science for his project, "A minimally invasive electrodiagnostic technique for the quantitative evaluation of laryngeal neuropathic dysfunction."

Samuel Selesnick, MD, Michael Stewart, MD, MPH, and David Kutler, MD, participated as Oral Board Examiners for the American Board of Otolaryngology, and Dr. Selesnick is a Guest Examiner for the Neurotology Board exam.

William Reisacher, MD, received a second research grant from the AAOA Foundation, for his animal research project, "Inducing Tolerance to Ovalbumin through Subcutaneous Microsphere Immunotherapy in Mice."

Kevin Brown, MD, and David Kutler, MD, were named to the Task Force on New Materials for the American Board of Otolaryngology.

Vikash Modi, MD, gave invited Grand Rounds lectures at the University of Southern California, Montefiore Medical Center, SUNY-Stony Brook, Flushing Hospital, and Richmond University Medical Center.

David Kutler, MD, gave invited Grand Rounds at New York University, and Lenox Hill Hospital.

Thomas Murry, PhD, was an invited speaker at the 4th International Course on Laryngostroboscopy in Bologna, Italy, the 15th International Workshop on Laser Voice Surgery and Voice Care in Paris, the 18th Annual Dysphagia Society meeting in San Diego, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing meeting in Atlanta.

Michael Stewart, MD, MPH was elected Vice President-Elect of the Eastern Section of the Triological Society.

Joseph Montano, EdD, was an invited participant at an international symposium on hearing loss and rehabilitation at the Ida Institute in Copenhagen.

Erich Voigt, MD, was an invited speaker at the 11th Annual Sports Medicine for the Young Athlete Conference and gave Grand Rounds at SUNY-Downstate.

Anthony LaBruna, MD, gave an instructional course on complicated rhinoplasty at the annual meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgery.

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