Education/Research

Research

Dr. Andrew Blitzer–  Current Research Projects

• Botulinum neurotoxin type A for the management of Trigeminal Neuralgia- a pilot study with the Facial Pain Center of the NYU Medical Center.

• Botulinum toxin for the Management of Rhinitis- a pilot study

• Botulinum toxin A in the management of Temporomandibular disorders- a Phase 2 FDA study.

• Genetic Analysis of Primary Onset Adult Dystonia with Dr. Mark LeDoux, Movement Disorders Neurology Division, U. of Tennessee

• 532 nm Angiolytic Laser effects on microcirculation- a study with a chick chorioalantoic membrane model

• Use of  Thullium YAG lasers for in-office laryngeal surgery

• Effect of exercise on the uptake and ultimate result of botulinum toxin injection for spasmodic dysphonia- co-investigator Dr. Celia Stewart

• Merz NT 201(Botulinum toxin type A) phase 3 clinical trial for blepharospasm

• Use of an alcohol receptor blocker (Zyron) for the management of vocal tremor- with Dr. Frucht of the Neurological Institute, Columbia University

Milton Waner

• Etiology and pathogenesis of hemangiomas

• SALL-4 stem cell expression in hemangiomas

• Parotid hemangiomas

• Classification of vascular malformations of the larynx

Peter Costantino

• Facial Allograft Tissue Transplantation

• DuraMatrix Dura Substitute Study in an Animal Model

• Endoscopic Nasopharyngectomy for Recurrent Nasopharyngeal

• Carcinoma

• Omental Free Flap Reconstruction

• Recurrent Extracranial Meningioma

• Surgical Nutrition Project

• Ornithine Alphaketoglutarate Project

• Grapeseed Extract Project

Education
Past Lectures and Instruction Courses:

Yosef Krespi, MD
Laser Induced Microbial Reduction in Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
Triological Society meeting
Orlando FL, May 2008

Laser Disruption of Biofilm
Eastern section of the Triological meeting
Philadelphia
January 2008
(and International Otolaryngology meeting St Petersburg Russia
May 2008)

Marshall Strome, MD
Lectured on Larygeal transplantation.
Rouen France
April, 2008

Presidential address for the American Laryngological Association
May 1, 2008

Honored guest of the American Bronchoesophageal Association
May 2008

Honored guest and Lecturer
Franco Israeli Otolaryngological Society
Juan Le Pins, France
June 2008

Milton Waner
NYU Rhinoplasty course
Hemangiomas of the nose
May, 2008

Annual ESPO Meeting: European Society of
Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Budapest, Hungary,
June 8-11
Invited speaker: Parotid Hemangiomas: Diagnosis,
Management and Treatment

Upcoming lectures and instruction Courses:

Andrew Blitzer, MD
"Blitzer Society" Meeting
Speakers include Paul Castolanos, Milton Waner, Marshall Strome and Yosef Krespi.
 Roosevelt Hospital
June 20th and 21st.

Invited Guest Speaker
International Congress on Neurotoxins
Lake Magiorre, ITALY
June 12-14th.

Education (cont'd):

Instruction Course Coordinator (4 days of 485 Instruction Hours)
AAO-HNS Meetin
Chicago
September, 2008

Special Invited Guest Speaker
European Dystonia Society Meeting
Hamburg, Germany
October 17 to 19th, 2008

Peter Costantino, MD
Grand Rounds lecture
Open vs Endoscopic Cranial Base Surgery
Westchester Medical Center
August 12

John Frank, MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dept of Otolaryngology
Departmental Rounds
“Modern Hair Restoration”
June 26th

Yosef Krespi, MD
Laser Microbial Reduction
Blitzer Society
New York
June 2008

Halitosis Diagnosis and Management
Instruction course presentation AAOHNS
Chicago
Sept 2008

Tonsillolith, Not Just a Stone but a Living Biofilm
AAOHNS
Chicago
Sept 2008

Daniel Kuriloff, MD
Dr. Kuriloff has two accepted abstracts to be presented at the World Congress on Thyroid Cancer this summer in Toronto.

Dear Dr. Kuriloff,
Thank-you for submitting your abstract entitled "Parathyroid Gland Viability Testing Using Topical 2% Lidocaine" for review by the scientific program committee of the World Congress on Thyroid Cancer 2009. We are pleased to inform you that your abstract that was submitted as a Oral Paper has been accepted for a Oral Paper at the World Congress on Thyroid Cancer 2009 meeting in August 2009.

Dear Dr. Kuriloff,
Thank-you for submitting your abstract entitled "Trans-axillary Robotic Thyroidectomy: Limitations of the Standard da Vinci System with a retrofitted fourth arm compared to the da Vinci S HD System" for review by the scientific program committee of the World Congress on Thyroid Cancer 2009. We are pleased to inform you that your abstract that was submitted as a Oral Paper has been accepted for a Oral Paper at the World Congress on Thyroid Cancer 2009 meeting in August 2009.

Talks given at the NYHNI Symposium in Florida.

1. Transaxillary Robotic-Assisted Thyroidectomy
2. Thyroid Ultrasound & Beyond, Update for 2009

Gregory Levitin, MD
The 17th International Workshop on Vascular Anomalies
The International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA)
Surgical Treatment of Buccal Facial Region Vascular Anomalies using an Intra-Oral Buccal Mucosal Flap Procedure (poster)
Venous malformations involving the masseter muscle:  Clinical experience of 27 consecutive cases treated with surgical excision (poster)
Boston, Massachusetts
June 21- 24

Steven Pearlman
Multi-Specialty Foundation for Aesthetic Surgical Excellence meeting “Facial Cosmetic Surgery 2008
Las Vegas, NV
Revision Rhinoplasty, Understanding What Makes a Nose Look Overdone
Panel Moderator
June 18-22

Marshall Strome, MD
Garnett Pass Lecturer
Noosa, Australia
July 30
Laser and cryoablation for the management of laryngeal cancer

Head and Neck Meeting
Shanghai, China
October, 2008

Milton Waner, MD
Blitzer Society
Laser Biophysics
Roosevelt Hospital
June 20-21

ISSVA: International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies
Combined preoperative sclerotherapy and surgical excision for Venous Malformations of the head and neck.
Stem Cell (SALL4+BMI-1) are the putative cells in Hemangiomas
Boston, MA
June 21-24