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Michael Stewart, MD, MPH, was elected to a four-year term on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Thomas Murry, PhD, was 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.

W. Shain Schley, MD, was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art First Class by Ambassador Christian Prosl, the Austrian Ambassador to the United States, for many years of dedicated service to the American Austrian Foundation, and the Salzburg Medical Seminars.

Samuel Selesnick, MD, was an invited speaker at the Japan Otological Society in Matsuyama, Japan, the Osaka Otological Society, and the Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Espanola de Otorrinolaringologia in Valencia, Spain.

Michael Stewart, MD, MPH was visiting professor at the meeting of the Paul Ward Society and resident graduation at UCLA, and was visiting professor at resident research day and resident graduation at Baylor College of Medicine.

Ashutosh Kacker, MBBS, , was invited to participate in panel discussions on difficult sinus cases at both the American Rhinologic Society and the Triological Society Annual Meetings in Chicago.

Max April, MD, received a Distinguished Service Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Lucian Sulica, MD, was an invited speaker at the 6th Annual Advanced Practices in Voice & Dysphagia meeting in Las Vegas, at ÒContemporary Voice Care: A Practical ApproachÓ in Santa Monica, and at ÒNeuromuscular Directions 2011Ó at Hospital for Special Surgery. He gave Grand Rounds at Lenox Hill Hospital, and at the Medical College of Georgia.

Ashutosh Kacker, MBBS, won an award for his poster presentation at the Triological Society meeting in Chicago.

Kevin Brown, MD, PhD spoke at the European Symposium on Pediatric Cochlear Implantation in Athens, Greece, and gave Grand Rounds at the Department of Otolaryngology at UMDNJ.

Samuel Selesnick, MD, Chair of the Subspecialty Advisory Council of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

David Kutler, MD, is President-Elect of the New York Head and Neck Society

William Reisacher, MD, was an invited speaker at Department of Otolaryngology at SUNY-Downstate, and gave instructional courses and a miniseminar at the AAOA Annual Meeting and the AAO-HNS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

Max April, MD, was an invited speaker at 'Dialogues in Pediatric Otolaryngology' in Champery, Switzerland.

Samuel Selesnick, MD, was named to the Editorial Board of the journal Skull Base: An Interdisciplinary Approach.

Michael Stewart, MD, MPH, gave an invited keynote address, "Two decades of outcomes research in rhinology: what have we learned?" at the American Rhinologic Society meeting in Chicago.

Ashutosh Kacker, MBBS, won an award for his poster presentation at the Triological Society meeting in Chicago.

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

Thomas Murry, PhD, was an invited speaker at the 4^th 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 is Vice President 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 11^th Annual Sports Medicine for the Young Athlete Conference and gave Grand Rounds at SUNY-Downstate

Michael Stewart, MD, MPH, was appointed as a Consultant to the Board of Directors of the American Rhinologic Society.