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
• American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

• Board of Directors, Phelps Memorial Hospital Center
• Faculty Senate, New York Medical College
• 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
• Medical Executive Committee, Westchester Medical Center
• Otolaryngology Residency Coordinator – Westchester Medical Center (New York Eye & Ear Infirmary)
• Medical Student Research 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 Australia, Italy, Austria, Switzerland,Turkey, Peru, Singapore, France, and The Netherlands Numerous presentations at prestigious institutions including Manhattan School of Music, The Westchester Music Conservatory, Purchase University – Opera Department, Westchester Medical Center, Phelps 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: Farma vs. Pharma – A Plant Based, Diet Based Approach to Treating Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Diseae
• 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:

• Diet based aproaches to treating Laryngopharyngeal reflux
• EMG findings in the thyroarytenoid muscles of chronic cough patients
• Role of KTP laser in treating base of tongue cysts in patients with chronic dysphagia
• The time course of anesthesia using topical lidocaine in the larynx
• 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