Otologic Surgery

 

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Clinical Offices

863 Park Avenue, Suite 1E
New York, NY 10075
(212) 472-1300
(212) 472-1336 (Fax)

Department of Otolaryngology
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
121 DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 250-8520
(718) 250-6327 (Fax)

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Specialty Otologic Surgery
Experience Post – Doctoral Training:

1984 - 1986 Residency - General Surgery Beth Israel Medical Center Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

1986 - 1990 Residency - Otolaryngology
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY

1990 - 1991 Fellowship - Otology/Neurotology
Department of Otolaryngology
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY

Noel L. Cohen, M.D.
Chairman and Professor

Academic Appointments:
July 1987 - June 1990 Teaching Assistant
Department of Otolaryngology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY

July 1990 - June 1991 Instructor in Clinical Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY

July 1991 - August 1993 Clinical Instructor
Department Of Otolaryngology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY

September 1993 - August 1998 Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY

September 1998 - Present Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology Department of Otolaryngology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY

Hospital Appointments:

July 1991 - 1996 Assistant Attending
Acting Chief of Otology-Neurotology
Department of Surgery /Division of Otolaryngology
Beth Israel Medical Center – Petrie Division
New York, NY

July 1991 - Present Assistant Attending
Department of Otolaryngology
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY

July 1991 - Present Assistant Attending
NYU Medical Center
Department of Otolaryngology
New York, NY

July 1991 - Present Assistant Attending
Bellevue Hospital Center
Department of Otolaryngology
New York, NY

July 1991 - Present Assistant Attending
Manhattan Veterans Administration Hospital
Department of Surgery
Division of Otolaryngology
New York, NY

March 1993 - 1999 Director, Cochlear Implant Program
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, NY

February 1994 - 2002 Assistant Attending – Lecturer
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Department of Otolaryngology
New York, NY

June 1994 - August 1996 Chief, Division of Otolaryngology
NYU Brooklyn Hospital Center
Brooklyn Hospital Center
Brooklyn, NY

August 1996 - Present Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology
Cornell University\Columbia Presbyterian Hospital System
Brooklyn Hospital Center
Brooklyn, NY

January 2001 - Present Medical Co-Director
The League for the Hard of Hearing
New York, NY

May 2001 - Present Director of Otology
Lenox Hill Hospital/Manhattan Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat
Hospital
New York, NY

June 2006 - Present Assistant Attending
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
New York, NY

Employment:

1991 - 1994 Otologist/Neurotologist, NYU Medical Center-Bellevue Hospital
New York, NY

1991 - Present Medical Co-Director Otologist/Neurotologist- Volunteer, League for the Hard of Hearing
New York, NY

1993 - Present Private Practice of Otolaryngology
863 Park Avenue, Suite 1E. New York, NY 10075

1994 - Present Chairman Department of Otolaryngology
Brooklyn Hospital Center
Brooklyn, NY
Honors & Awards

1980 Founder's Day Award
New York University

College of Arts and Sciences
1980 Cum Laude

New York University
College of Arts and Sciences
1987 New York Academy of Medicine
Section on Otolaryngology
Resident's Night

Certificate for Outstanding Presentation
1998 - Present Castle Connolly “Top Doctor”
Annual New York Metropolitan Area

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

1987 - 1990 Resident Member
American Academy of Otolaryngology-
Head and Neck Surgery

1987 - 1990 Junior Member
American Academy of Facial Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery

1988 - 1990 Junior Member
American Rhinologic Society

1990 - Present Fellow
American Academy of Otolaryngology-
Head and Neck Surgery

1990 - Present Fellow
American Board of Otolaryngology

1991 - Present Member
New York County Medical Society

1991 - Present Member
Medical Society of the State of New York

1993 - Present Member
American Medical Association

1994 - Present Member
American Neurotology Society

1995 - Present Member
New York Head and Neck Society

1998 - Present Member
New York Otologic Society

2004 - 2011 Candidate Member
Triologic Society

2011 - Present Member
Triologic Society

Research

1993 - Present Revision Stapes Surgery Outcome by Various SurgicalTechniques

1993 - 2003 Chronic Otitis Media Surgery-Resident Clinical Outcome

1999 - Present Multiple Cochlear Implant Investigational Protocols with Cochlear Corp., Advanced Bionics Corp., and Med-El at Beth Israel Medical Center/New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, and Lenox Hill Hospital

2004 - Present Applications of Image Guidance Navigation in Otologic Surgery

2010 - Present Implantable Hearing Aids and Hearing Restoration


PRESENT PERCENTAGE OF EFFORT:
Clinical Care - 70%
Teaching - 15%
Administration - 10%
Research - 5%

Education

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:
1976 - 1980 New York University BA Awarded 1979
School of Arts and Sciences
New York, NY

GRADUATE EDUCATION:
1980 - 1984 New York University MD Awarded 1984
School of Medicine
New York, NY

Credentials

CITIZENSHIP: USA

LICENSURE: New York State #164531
Date of Issue – 10/22/85
Registration expires 2/28/2011
California #G069743
Date of Issue – 9/10/90
Registration expires 3/31/2012
DEA Number: 1990 – BK2308458

BOARD CERTIFICATION: 1985 Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners 1990 Diplomat of the American Board of Otolaryngology

LANGUAGES (FLUENT): French, Romanian and Spanish

Awards Teacher of the Year Award [Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery / ENT] New York Presbyterian Hopsital - Cornell and Columbia

Alpha Omega Alpha:  Medical School Honor Society - The New York Hospital-Weil/Cornell University Medical Center

Distinguished Housestaff Award, The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center

Invited Panelist: Gene Therapy, 5th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer

T32 CA 09685: The United States Public Health Service NCI Training Grant: Head and Neck Oncology -Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Triological Society Research Training Grant

American Society of Head and Neck Surgery Research Grant

Society of Head and Neck Surgery Research Grant

Elected to the Committee on Residents and Fellows in Training of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (peer elected)

Resident Research Award, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital

Papanicolaou Fellow of Anatomy: Weil/Cornell University Medical College

James A. Moore Prize in Otology: Weil/Cornell University Medical College

Publications 

PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

1987 Pneumocystis Carinii of the Temporal Bone by Kohan D, Breda P, Hammerschlag PE, Schinella R, Gigliotti F, at The New York Academy of Medicine Section on
Otolaryngology, Resident's Night. New York, NY. December 1987.

1988 The Combined use of Split Calvarial Bone and Cancellous Iliac Bone to Reconstruct a Difficult Frontal Bone Deformity by Kohan D, Plasse H, Zide B, at The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Eastern Meeting, New York, NY. January 1988.

1988 Evaluation of Nasal Airway Utilizing the Rhinotest MP Rhinomanomer in Allergic Rhinitis Patients on Nasal Steroid Inhalant Therapy by Kohan D, Jacobs J, Nass R,
Gonzalez S, at The American Rhinologic Society, 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Palm Beach, FL. April 1988.

1988 Otologic Manifestations of Patients with AIDS by Kohan D, Rothstein SG, Cohen NL, at The American Otological Society 121st Annual Meeting, Palm Beach, FL.
April 1988.

1988 A New System for the Quantification of Hoarseness by Schneider KL, Kohan D, Gittelman P, Breda S, Gonzalez S, at The American Laryngological Association 109th Annual Meeting, Palm Beach, FL. April 1988.

1989 A Reevaluation of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery by Jacobs JB, Holliday R, Rotterdam H, Kohan D, Gittelman PD, at The American Laryngological, Rhinological, and
Otological Society, Eastern Section Meeting, Toronto, Canada. January 1989.

1989 Otologic Disease in AIDS Patients - CT Correlation. by Kohan D, Hammerschlag P, Holliday R at The American Neurotology Society, Spring Scientific Meeting, San
Francisco, CA. April 1989.

1989 Sinus Disease in the Immunocompromised Host by Kohan D, Jacobs JB, Lebowitz A, at The VIIIth International Symposium of Infection and Allergy of the Nose and
International Rhinology Conference, Baltimore, MD. June 1989.

1990 Madelung's Disease: Case Histories and Literature Review by Kohan D, Rothstein SG, Kaufman D at The Triological Society, Eastern Section Meeting, New Haven,
CT. January 1990.

1991 Cochlear Implants in the Management of Bilateral Acoustic Neuromas by Kohan D, Hoffman RA, Cohen NL at The American Neurotology Society, 26th Annual
Scientific Meeting, Hawaii. May 1991.

1992 Bilateral Acoustic Neuroma Management - Cochlear Implants and Auditory Rehabilitation by Kohan D, Cohen NL, Hoffman RA, at The First International Skull
Base Congress, Hannover, Germany. June 1992.

1993 A Multidiscipline Approach to Glomus Tumors of the Temporal Bone by Kohan D, Cohen NL, Berenstein A, Richard M, at The Triological Society Eastern Section
Meeting. New York, NY. January 30, 1993.

1994 Pitfalls in the Diagnosis and Management of Vascular Tumors of the Petrous Apex by Kohan D, Stern I, at The Triological Society Easter Section Meeting, Ottawa,
Canada. January 29, 1994.

1996 Uncommon Lesions Presenting as Tumors of the Internal Auditory Canal and Cerebellopontine Angle by Kohan D, Downey L, Cohen NL, et al, at The American
Neurotology Society, 31st Annual Scientific Meeting, Grand Cypress, Florida. May 1996.

2001 Cochlear Implant Function Index for Adults in a Real World Setting by Hamerschlag P, Bat-Chava Y, Rothschild P, Kohan D at The American Otologic Society Annual
Meeting, Palm Desert. May 2001.

2007 Reconstruction of Congenital Microtia-Atresia: Outcomes With the Medpor/BAHA Approach by Kohan D, Romo T, Morris L, at The Triological Society Annual Meeting,
San Diego, CA. April 2007.

2007 Reconstruction of Congenital Microtia-Atresia: Outcomes With the Medpor/BAHA Approach by Kohan D, Romo T, Morris L, at The First International Symposium Bone Conduction Hearing and Osseointegration, Halifax, Nova Scotia. July 2007.

2007 Single-stage BAHA Implantation: Is it Safe? By Kohan D and Morris L, at The American Otologic Society Spring Meeting, San Diego, CA. April 2007.

2007 Single-stage BAHA Implantation: Is it Safe? By Kohan D and Morris L, at The First International Symposium Bone Conduction Hearing and Osseointegration, Halifax,
Nova Scotia. July 2007.

2009 Medical Factors Associated with Soft Failures in Revision Cochlear Implant Surgery by Chun D, Kim A, Parisier S, Linstrom C, Hoffman R, Alexiades G, Kohan D, Madell J, at The International Cochlear Implant Symposium.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
1997 Otologic Surgery in Patients with HIV-1 and AIDS - Poster Nr.144 by Giacchi R, Kohan D, at The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.
San Francisco, CA. September 1997.

1998 Fitting Hearing Aids-Unusual Complications - Poster Nr.129 by Kohan D, Mara S, Gottlieb M, at The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
San Antonio, TX. September 1998.

2002 PCR Identification of Mycobacterium in Otologic Infection – Poster Nr. 5 by
Abraham MT, Martinuk F, Yee H, Levenson MJ, and Kohan D. at the American
Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Research Forum. San Diego,
CA. September 2002.
Darius Kohan, M.D.
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2002 Hemangioma of the Middle Ear and External Auditory Canal – Poster Nr. 092 by Abraham MT, Kohan D, Opher E, and Levenson MJ, at The American Academy of
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Scientific Posters. San Diego, CA. September 2002.

2003 Revision Stapes Surgery – The Malleus to Oval Window Wire Piston Technique –Poster Nr. by Kohan D. and Sorin A. – The Triologic Society – Eastern Section
Meeting. Boston, MA. January 2003.

COURSES PRESENTED:

1993 Testing and Habilitation of Infants at Risk for Hearing Loss - Instruction Course 2539-2, at The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery -
97th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. October 3, 1993.

1996 Diagnosis and Habilitation of Hearing-Impaired Infants - Instruction Course 2829-1, at The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - 100th
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. September 30, 1996.

1997 Management of Chronic Otitis Media – an Update - Instruction Course 4520-1, at The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery - 101st Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, CA. September 10, 1997.

1997 Sinusitis and Otitis Media: Current Concepts and Management – Bacteriology and Antibiotics Treatment Options at the NYU Medical Center, New York, NY.
September 27, 1997.

1997 Update in Otology/Neurotology 1997: Facial Nerve Pathology: Evaluation and Management at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY. 1997.

1999 Surgical Management of Chronic Otitis Media - Update 1999 – Instruction Course 4605-1, at The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery –
103 rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. September 1999.
2002 Management of Challenges in Otology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY June 10, 2002.

2004 Management of Challenges in Otology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY June 13, 2003.

2005 Implantable Hearing Devices: BAHA Surgical Technique and Applications at The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Implantable
Committee Symposium, Los Angeles, CA September 25, 2005.

GRAND ROUND PRESENTATIONS:

1991 Diseases of the External Ear. The Department of Otolaryngology. Lenox Hill Hospital. October 1991.
1991 Cochlear Implants. Department of Otolaryngology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. October 1991.

1992 Vestibular Pathology and Rehabilitation. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Beth Israel Medical Center. August 11, 1992.

1992 Chronic Otitis Media. Department of Otolaryngology. Mount Sinai Medical Center. September 23, 1992.

1992 Update in Acute Otitis Media. Department of Pediatrics. Beth Israel Medical Center. Oct. 14, 1992.

1992 Cochlear Implants. Department of Pediatrics. Beth Israel Medical Center. November 17, 1992.

1993 Cochlear Implants. Department of Otolaryngology. Mount Sinai Medical Center. Feb. 17, 1993.

1993 Pediatric Otologic Trauma. Department of Pediatrics. Beth Israel Medical Center. December 8, 1993.

1995 Chronic Otitis Media - Update. Department of Otolaryngology. Long Island College Hospital - Downstate School of Medicine. September 7, 1995.

1996 Update on Otitis Media. Department of Pediatrics. Beth Israel Medical Center. June 1996.

1996 Update in Chronic Otitis Media. Department of Otolaryngology. Albert Einstein School of Medicine. November 1996.

1998 Management of Chronic Otitis Media – 1998 Update. Department of Otolaryngology. Columbia University, 1998.
2011 Image Guided Navigation in Otologic Surgery. Department of Otolaryngology. North Shore/LIJ. April 2011
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Journal Articles:
Kohan S, Beckman EM, Kohan D: The Use of Lasers in Gynecology. Internal Medicine for the Specialist, 5:4:131-138. April 1984.

Kohan D, Rothstein SG, Cohen NL: Otologic Disease in Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome. Annals of Otolaryngology, Rhinology and Laryngology, Vol 97, 6:636-640. November 1988.

Schneider KL, Kohan D, Gittelman PD, Breda SD, Gonzalez S: A New System for the Quantification of Hoarseness. Transactions, American Laryngological Association, 9:109:203-205. 1988.

Kohan D, Jacobs JB, Nass R, Gonzalez S: Rhinomanometric Evaluation of Two Nasal Steroid Sprays in Rhinitis. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 101:4:429-433. October 1989.

Kohan D, Plasse HM, Zide B: Frontal Bone Reconstruction with Split Calvarial and Cancellous Iliac Bone. Ear, Nose, and Throat Journal, 68:845-854. November 1989. Kohan D, Hammerschlag P, Holliday R: Otologic Disease in AIDS Patients-CT Correlation. Laryngoscope, 100:1326-1330. December 1990.

Rothstein SG, Schneider KL, Kohan D, Persky MS and Holliday R: Emergencies in AIDS Patients: The Otolaryngologic Perspective. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 104:4:545-548. April 1991.

Kohan D, Skorina JMG, Jacobs JB, Lebowitz A and Rothstein SG: Sinus Disease in the Immunocompromised Host. Journal of Rhinology, 6(3): 115-118. May-June 1992.

Cohen NL, Ransohoff J, Kohan D and Hoffman R: Cochlear Implants in the Treatment of Acoustic Neuromas: A Treatment Algorithm for Bilateral Acoustic Neuromas (BAN). Acoustic Neuroma 1991, p. 857-862. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Acoustic Neuroma. Tos M
and Thomsen J (eds), Kugler Publications, Amsterdam/New York, 1992.

Hoffman RA, Kohan D, and Cohen NL: Cochlear Implants in the Management of Bilateral Acoustic Neuromas. The American Journal of Otology, 13(6): 525-528. November 1992.

Kohan D, Miller P, Rothstein SG, Kaufman D: Madelung's Disease: Case Histories and Literature Review. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 108(2): 156-159. February 1993.

Kohan D, Downey LL, Lim J, Cohen NL, and Elowitz E: Uncommon Lesions Presenting as Tumors of the Internal Auditory Canal and Cerebellopontine Angle. The American Journal of Otology, 18:3:386-392. 1997.

Kohan D, Giacchi R: Otologic Surgery in Patients with HIV-1 and AIDS. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Vol 121, NR.4, p.355-360 October 1999.

Kohan D, Sorin A: Revision Stapes Surgery – The Maleus to Oval Window Wire Piston Technique. The Laryngoscope, 113; p.1520-24 September 2003. Kohan D, Sorin A., Marra S., Hoffman R.: Hearing Aid Fitting – Unusual Complications and Surgical Management. The Laryngoscope, 116 January 2004.

Kohan D, Morris L, Romo T: Single-stage BAHA Implantation: Is it Safe? Otolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery, Vol 138, NR.5, p.662-666 May 2008.
Romo T, Morris L, Kohan D: Reconstruction of Congenital Microtia-Atresia: Outcomes With the Medpor/BAHA. Annals of Plastic Surgery, April 2009.

Coelho D, Hammerschlag P, Bat-Chava Y, Kohan D: Psychometric Validity of the Cochlear Implant Function Index (CIFI): A Quality of Life Assessment Tool for Adult Cochlear Implant Users. Cochlear Implants International, Wiley InterScience DOI: 10.1002/cii.395, 2009.

Chung D, Kim AH, Parisier S, Linstrom C, Alexiades G, Hoffman R, Kohan D: Revision Cochlear Implant Surgery in Patients with Suspected Soft Failures. Otology & Neurotology, 31(8):1194-8, October 2010.

Triologic Thesis Pending Publication:

Kohan D, Jethanamest D: Image Guided Navigation in Otologic Surgery, Laryngoscope.

Books:
Kohan, D. Uncommon Lesions Presenting as Tumors of the Internal Auditory Canal and Cerebellopontine Angle. Year Book of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1998.

Paparella Michael M., Holt G. Richard, eds. 1998.

Kohan D, Levy L: Aural Rehabilitation- Hearing Aids and Assistive Listening Devices. SiPAC. American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Alexandria, VA, April 1999.

Kohan D, Hanin L. Evaluation and Habilitation of the Hearing Impaired Child. SiPAC. American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, April 2000.

Kohan D, Sorin A, Hanin L. Evaluation and Habilitation of the Hearing Impaired Child. SiPAC Second Edition. American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, September 2006.

Kohan, D, Sikora, A. Lee, K.C.: AIDS and the Otolaryngologist. SiPAC Second Edition. American
Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, September 2006.

Slide Lecture Series:
Kohan D: Hearing Aids and Assistive Listening Devices. American Academy of Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Surgery, Alexandria, VA, October 1999.