About Andrea Vambutas MD, FACSDr. Andrea Vambutas is the Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital. She is also Director for the Center of Hearing & Balance at the New York Head & Neck Institute. She is also the Medical Director of the Apelian Cochlear Implant Program and Professor of Otolaryngology & Molecular Medicine. She was instrumental in developing the Apelian Cochlear Implant Center, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2011. The center cares for infants and adults. The cochlear implant team is comprised of surgeons, audiologists, speech pathologists, social workers, sign language interpreters and deaf educators who provide all aspects of evaluation prior to, and rehabilitation following cochlear implantation. The center has been the recipient of many complicated otologic cases, and difficult clinical problems.Dr. Vambutas is a clinician-scientist that studies immune responses and their effect on hearing.There are three unique forms of hearing loss that may be amenable to medical therapy for recovery of natural hearing: Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease, Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Meniere s Disease. Timely treatment with steroids results in hearing recovery in about 60% of cases. Unfortunately, that response is lost over time with repetitive treatment. For those that fail to respond to corticosteroids, there are no alternate treatments. Deteriorating hearing is rehabilitated with hearing aids or cochlear implants. Despite how beneficial these devices are, they do not select for what we want to hear, unlike our brains that do it naturally and seamlessly.Her research interests are in the restoration of natural hearing in these steroid resistant patients.To this end, her laboratory has identified the critical role of an inflammatory protein, interleukin-1 (IL-1), in this disease. Her research group is running a NIH-sponsored phase I open-label clinical trial to determine if blockade of IL-1 can prevent further hearing loss in these steroid-resistant individuals (www.clinicaltrials.gov NCT01267994). Her laboratory is also trying to better understand the molecular mechanisms behind these diseases, specifically in distinguishing steroid sensitive and resistant hearing loss which would identify new biologic markers of disease.Awards and Recognition:Castle Connolley, Best DoctorsBest Doctors in AmericaOutstanding Teacher Awards, North Shore-LIJ Health System & Montefiore Medical CenterService Award, American Academy of Otolaryngology HNSProfessional Affiliations:Diplomat: American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck SurgeryFellow: American College of SurgeonsFellow, American Neurotology SocietyElected Member: New York Otologic SocietyElected Member: Henry Kunkel SocietyElected Member: American Association of Immunologists. Dr. Vambutas is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. Her top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Meniere Disease, and Cholesteatoma.

Maura Cosetti is an Otolaryngologist in New York, New York. Dr. Cosetti is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. Her top areas of expertise are Hearing Loss, Acoustic Neuroma, Schwannoma, Stapedectomy, and Mastoidectomy.

Clara Stringer-Auld is a primary care provider, practicing in Geriatrics and Internal Medicine in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Stringer-Auld is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. Her top areas of expertise are Mastoiditis, Neuroretinitis, Protein Deficiency, and Malnutrition.

Anousheh Ghezel-Ayagh is an Infectious Disease provider in Middletown, New York. Dr. Ghezel-Ayagh is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. His top areas of expertise are Ehrlichiosis, Spotted Fever, Mastoiditis, and Lyme Disease.

Malloy Nair is an Infectious Disease provider in Middletown, New York. Dr. Nair is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. Her top areas of expertise are Mastoiditis, Lyme Disease, Ehrlichiosis, and Pneumonia.

Ernesto Diaz-Ordaz is an Otolaryngologist and a Pediatrics provider in N Tonawanda, New York. Dr. Diaz-Ordaz has been practicing medicine for over 47 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. His top areas of expertise are Mastoiditis, Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Sinusitis, Balloon Sinuplasty, and Gastrostomy.

John Scott is an Otolaryngologist in Mount Kisco, New York. Dr. Scott is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. His top areas of expertise are Otitis, Infant Hearing Loss, Familial Deafness, and Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss.

Evadne Ong is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Jamestown, New York. Dr. Ong is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. Her top areas of expertise are Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, and Hypothyroidism.

Rajneesh Uppal is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Shrub Oak, New York. Dr. Uppal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. Her top areas of expertise are Infant Hyperglycemia, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Xanthoma, and Cirrhosis.

Dr. Stan Pelosi is a board-certified neurotologist affiliated with Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital. His primary clinical focus is in the surgical treatment of disorders affecting the ear, including cholesteatoma, otosclerosis, chronic mastoiditis, and tympanic membrane perforation. He has expertise in performing cochlear implant surgery as well as placement of other implantable hearing devices for hearing restoration. Dr. Pelosi also is part of a multi-disciplinary team at Northwell Health that specializes in management of vestibular schwannoma and other tumors of the lateral skull base. Prior to his arrival at Northwell, Dr. Pelosi spent several years in academic practice in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Pelosi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. His top areas of expertise are Ruptured Eardrum, Hearing Loss, Infant Hearing Loss, Stapedectomy, and Myringotomy.

Upon earning her medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Dinces completed her residency in otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and the Newark Eye and Ear Infirmary and her fellowship in neurotology/skullbase surgery at Northwestern University. She is Chairman of the Quality Improvement Committee at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Dinces is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. Her top areas of expertise are Cholesteatoma, Mastoiditis, Infant Hearing Loss, and DFNB1.

Dr. Ian Storper is the Director of the Otology Program at the New York Head and Neck Institute at Lenox Hill Hospital. He specializes in diseases of the ear, specifically in hearing loss and hearing restoration surgery, stapes surgery, surgery for chronic ear infections and eardrum perforations, cholesteatoma, cochlear implantation, superior semicircular canal dehiscence repair and facial nerve surgery.He joined the New York Head and Neck Institute after being the Director of Neurotology at a major university medical center in New York for 16 years, where he performed their first cochlear implant.At the New York Head and Neck Institute, Dr. Storper performed the first Baha Attract hearing implant in the United States in 2013 and the first MAXUM middle ear implant in the Greater New York Area in 2012.In addition to ear surgery, Dr. Storper maintains a large general practice in Otolaryngology, including sinonasal surgery and offie otolaryngology. Dr. Storper is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, Meniere Disease, DFNB1, and Vertigo.

Steven Alexander is a Pediatrics provider in Astoria, New York. Dr. Alexander is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. His top areas of expertise are Jones Syndrome, DFNB1, Infant Hearing Loss, and Tinnitus.

Dr Goldofsky specializes in all disease of the ear including :InfectionHearing LossRinging in the EarTinnitusInfection. Dr. Goldofsky is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, Jones Syndrome, DFNB1, and Aural Polyps.

Dr. Maja Svrakic holds a full-time faculty appointment at the Department of Otolaryngology at Northwell Health/Long Island Jewish Medical Center and is an Associate Professor of the affiliated Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. She is double-board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology in Otolaryngology and Neurotology and is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, where she serves on various educational committees as well as the American Neurotology Society and North American Skull Base Society,Dr. Svrakic graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis and received her medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed residency in Otolaryngology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center. She subsequently completed the prestigious fellowship in Neurotology at New York University. Dr. Svrakic completed a Masters in Health Professions Pedagogy and Leadership program at the Hofstra University School of Education. She has research interests in resident education, tinnitus, temporal bone models and cochlear implant outcomes. Dr. Svrakic directs an annual symposium on vestibular disorders in New York, bringing together nationally recognized multi-disciplinary speakers. She has presented locally, nationally and internationally on resident education and training, cochlear implant techniques and outcomes, immune mediated sensorineural hearing loss, facial nerve disorders, tumors of the skull base and disorders of balance. Dr Svrakic is active in teaching medical students, otolaryngology residents, physician assistants and audiologists in the New York area as well as national temporal bone courses. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters as well as published her art in medical journals.Dr. Svrakic provides specialized medical and surgical care for disorders of hearing and balance, chronic ear disease, and tumors of the temporal bone and skull base. Dr. Svrakic is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. Her top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, DFNB1, Jones Syndrome, and Hearing Loss.

Anthony Rizzo is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Bay Shore, New York. Dr. Rizzo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. His top areas of expertise are High Cholesterol, Familial Hypertension, Hypertension, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Chun-lun Li is an Otolaryngologist in Flushing, New York. Dr. Li is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. His top areas of expertise are Familial Deafness, Tinnitus, Ruptured Eardrum, and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

Enrique Perez is an Otolaryngologist in New York, New York. Dr. Perez is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. His top areas of expertise are Cholesteatoma, Meniere Disease, Infant Hearing Loss, Stapedectomy, and Mastoidectomy.

Navin Mehta is an Ophthalmologist and an Otolaryngologist in New York, New York. Dr. Mehta is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. His top areas of expertise are Empyema, Tinnitus, Otitis, and Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP).

Jeff Kopelman is an Otolaryngologist in Rockville Centre, New York. Dr. Kopelman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mastoiditis. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Familial Deafness, Mastoiditis, and Empyema.