Dr. Andrea Vambutas
Overview
About Andrea Vambutas MD, FACS
Dr. 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 Doctors
Best Doctors in America
Outstanding Teacher Awards, North Shore-LIJ Health System & Montefiore Medical Center
Service Award, American Academy of Otolaryngology HNS
Professional Affiliations:
Diplomat: American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Fellow: American College of Surgeons
Fellow, American Neurotology Society
Elected Member: New York Otologic Society
Elected Member: Henry Kunkel Society
Elected Member: American Association of Immunologists.
Dr. Vambutas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Occupational Hearing Loss. Her top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Meniere Disease, and Cholesteatoma.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 27 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
430 Lakeville Road, 1st Floor, New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Vambutas has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
I strive to provide the best and most current techniques in head and neck surgery. Following my training at the University of Toronto, Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles and Sloan Kettering here in NY, I was appointed as Residency Director at Manhattan Eye Ear Throat Hospital. Since 1987, I have been in private practice in Manhattan and Queens, where I am the Chief of the Head and Neck Service. I have had over 30 years of experience dealing with tumors in this region.My interests include thyroid and parathyroid surgery, salivary gland surgery, cancers of the oral cavity and larynx and the treatment of sinusitis. Nerve monitoring during complex surgery is frequently utilized.This is a solo practice so all patients are seen and treated by myself, both in the office and in the operating room. Dr. Shemen is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Occupational Hearing Loss. His top areas of expertise are Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss, Deafness Hypogonadism Syndrome, Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Painful Swallowing, and Thyroidectomy.
Coastal Ear Nose And Throat LLC
Sean Houston is an Otolaryngologist in Neptune, New Jersey. Dr. Houston is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Occupational Hearing Loss. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, DFNB1, Jones Syndrome, and Occupational Hearing Loss. Dr. Houston is currently accepting new patients.
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Gary Snyder is a Pediatrics provider in Plainview, New York. Dr. Snyder is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Occupational Hearing Loss. His top areas of expertise are DFNB1, Jones Syndrome, Infant Hearing Loss, and Tinnitus.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- CholesteatomaDr. Vambutas isDistinguished. Learn about Cholesteatoma.
- Deafness Hypogonadism SyndromeDr. Vambutas isDistinguished. Learn about Deafness Hypogonadism Syndrome.
- DFNB1Dr. Vambutas isDistinguished. Learn about DFNB1.
- Familial OtosclerosisDr. Vambutas isDistinguished. Learn about Familial Otosclerosis.
- Hearing LossDr. Vambutas isDistinguished. Learn about Hearing Loss.
- Infant Hearing LossDr. Vambutas isDistinguished. Learn about Infant Hearing Loss.
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- Acoustic NeuromaDr. Vambutas isAdvanced. Learn about Acoustic Neuroma.
- Familial DeafnessDr. Vambutas isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Deafness.
- Glomus Jugulare TumorDr. Vambutas isAdvanced. Learn about Glomus Jugulare Tumor.
- Glomus Tympanum TumorDr. Vambutas isAdvanced. Learn about Glomus Tympanum Tumor.
- OtitisDr. Vambutas isAdvanced. Learn about Otitis.
- Ruptured EardrumDr. Vambutas isAdvanced. Learn about Ruptured Eardrum.
- Experienced
- Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum DisorderDr. Vambutas isExperienced. Learn about Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder.
- Aural PolypsDr. Vambutas isExperienced. Learn about Aural Polyps.
- Bell's PalsyDr. Vambutas isExperienced. Learn about Bell's Palsy.
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional VertigoDr. Vambutas isExperienced. Learn about Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.
- Facial ParalysisDr. Vambutas isExperienced. Learn about Facial Paralysis.
- LabyrinthitisDr. Vambutas isExperienced. Learn about Labyrinthitis.