Academic Achievements, Training, Presentations, and Research
Awards
Best Doctors - 2010 - Castle Connolly - New York Magazine - June 2011
Top Doctors - 2011 - Castle Connolly - Westchester Magazine - November 2011
Top Doctors - 2010 - Castle Connolly - Westchester Magazine - November 2010
Top Doctors - 2009 - Castle Connolly - Westchester Magazine - November 2009
Top Doctors - 2008 - Castle Connolly - Westchester Magazine - November 2008
Top Doctors - 2007 - Castle Connolly - Westchester Magazine - November 2007
Westchester Magazine - Top Doctors - November 2006 - Featured Physician

Committees and Academics
The American Laryngological Association
The American Broncho-Esophageal Association
The New York Laryngological Society
The European Laryngological Society
The Voice Foundation - Physician Member
Reviewer, The Laryngoscope Journal
Reviewer, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Journal
Academy of Otolaryngology
Advisory Board of Mercy College (Department of Speech, Language Pathology)
Advisory Board of WSHLA (Westchester Speech Hearing and Language Association)
Professional Advisory Committee of Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester
Admissions Committee, New York Medical College
Otolaryngology Residency Coordinator - Westchester Medical Center (New York Eye & Ear Infirmary)
Medical Student Coordinator - New York Medical College

Training:
Laryngology Fellowship: St. Lukes/Roosevelt Hospital - Dr. Andrew Blitzer, Laryngologist
Otolarynoglogy - Head and Neck Surgery Residency:
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia
New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center
Manhattan Eye, Ear, & Throat Hospital
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Undergraduate Education: Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Presentations
International Guest lecturer including Peru, Singapore, and The Netherlands
Numerous presentations at prestigious institutions including Manhattan School of Music, The Westchester Music
Conservatory, Purchase University - Opera Department, Westchester Medical Center, Phelp's Memorial Hospital
Center, Vassar Brothers Hospital, Sound Shore Medical Center, New York Eye & Ear, Burke Rehabilitation Center;
Numerous Grand Rounds: Departments of Medicine, Pulmonary, Pediatrics, Gastroenterology.
Keynote Speaker: Practical Approach to Pediatric and Adult Voice Disorders, Puerto Rico Voice Update
Keynote Speaker: Introduction to Laryngeal Diagnosis, Lima, Peru
Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease - Extra-esophageal Manifestations of GERD
Care of the Professional Voice
Pediatric Voice Disorders
Laryngeal Anatomy

Research Interests:
Role of laryngopharyngeal reflux in chronic cough
Role of laryngopharyngeal reflux with mucositis in head and neck cancer patients
Vector Laryngeal Electromyography and Vocal Fold Paralysis
Laryngopharyngeal Reflux disease
Office Based Laryngeal Biopsy
FEESST examination and sensory testing
Vocal Fold Paralysis
Dysphagia - Early Dilation in Head and Neck Cancer patients