Jay Youngerman is an Otolaryngologist in Plainview, New York. Dr. Youngerman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Nonallergic Rhinopathy, Ozena, Palatal Myoclonus, Septoplasty, and Gastrostomy.

Gary Snyder is a Pediatrics provider in Plainview, New York. Dr. Snyder is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are DFNB1, Jones Syndrome, Infant Hearing Loss, and Tinnitus.

Care with compassion. Comprehensive care and prevention of diseases of Ears, Nose and Throat. Care hearing loss, sinusitis, sinus problems, hoarseness, thorat problems, allergic rhinitis. Surgery of Thyroid, parathyroid and other lumps in the neck. Hearing tests, Ultrasound exmaination, Fine needle biopsies, Allergy tests, hearing aids available. Dr. Kakani is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss, Deafness Hypogonadism Syndrome, DFNB1, and Infant Hearing Loss.

Barak Greenfield is a Pediatrics provider in Levittown, New York. Dr. Greenfield is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Nonallergic Rhinopathy, Trachoma, Laryngitis, and Leukoplakia.

Henry Deblasi is an Otolaryngologist in Levittown, New York. Dr. Deblasi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, Autonomic Neuropathy, and Hyperventilation.

Shira Koss is an Otolaryngologist in Levittown, New York. Dr. Koss is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Perichondritis, Nasal Septal Hematoma, Low Nasal Bridge, Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder, and Laryngectomy.

Joseph Capo is an Otolaryngologist in Levittown, New York. Dr. Capo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Retropharyngeal Abscess, Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder, Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), and Empyema.

Joseph Capo is an Otolaryngologist in Levittown, New York. Dr. Capo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder, DFNB1, Infant Hearing Loss, and Jones Syndrome.

Russell Beckhardt is a Pediatrics provider in Garden City, New York. Dr. Beckhardt is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, DFNB1, Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder, and Jones Syndrome.

Jay Rechtweg is a Pediatrics provider in Garden City, New York. Dr. Rechtweg is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Nonallergic Rhinopathy, Ozena, Palatal Myoclonus, and Infant Hearing Loss.

Jeffrey Zauderer is an Otolaryngologist in Garden City, New York. Dr. Zauderer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, Jones Syndrome, Nonallergic Rhinopathy, and Palatal Myoclonus.

Paul Bell is a Pediatrics provider in Garden City, New York. Dr. Bell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Trachoma, Laryngitis, Nonallergic Rhinopathy, and Ozena.

Bradley Block is a Pediatrics provider in Garden City, New York. Dr. Block is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, DFNB1, Jones Syndrome, and Swimmer's Ear.

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 Meniere Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Meniere Disease, and Cholesteatoma.

Eric Last is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Wantagh, New York. Dr. Last is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are High Cholesterol, Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Familial Hypertension.

George Alexiades is an Otolaryngologist in Garden City, New York. Dr. Alexiades is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, DFNB1, Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss, Nerve Decompression, and Stent Placement.

Danny Meslemani is an Otolaryngologist in Melville, New York. Dr. Meslemani is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, Jones Syndrome, DFNB1, and Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder.

John Grosso is an Otolaryngologist in Lindenhurst, New York. Dr. Grosso is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Jones Syndrome, DFNB1, Otitis, and Infant Hearing Loss.

Daniel Pender is an Otolaryngologist in Long Beach, New York. Dr. Pender is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Meniere Disease, Otitis, Jones Syndrome, and DFNB1.

Neal Gehani is a Pediatrics provider in Melville, New York. Dr. Gehani is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Swimmer's Ear, Infant Hearing Loss, Palatal Myoclonus, Nonallergic Rhinopathy, and Glossectomy.