William H. Sher
Bradley A. Schiff
The clinical focus is on all aspects of head and neck cancer surgery including cancers and masses of the oral cavity, larynx, pharynx, and neck as well as tumors of the parotid thyroid and parathyroid glands.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
Dr. Schiff’s research primarily focuses on improving the safety of patients with tracheostomies. <quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
<p>Bradley A. Schiff, MD, is Professor, Otorhinolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery, Director, Otorhinolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery and Director, Head & Neck Cancer Service at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus is on all aspects of head and neck cancer surgery including cancers and masses of the oral cavity, larynx, pharynx and neck as well as tumors of the parotid thyroid and parathyroid glands.</p><p>After receiving his Bachelor of Arts at Wesleyan University in 1993, Dr. Schiff attended New York University School of Medicine, earning his Doctor of Medicine in 1997. His postdoctoral training began at Georgetown University Medical Center, where he completed his internship in 1998 and his otolaryngology–head and neck surgery residency in 2002, acting as Chief Resident in his final year. He went on to complete a two-year fellowship in head and neck surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2004.</p><p>Dr. Schiff’s research primarily focuses on improving the safety of patients with tracheostomies. He is also involved in a number of projects, including projects improving the utility of fine needle aspiration of the head and neck, and projects involving thyroid parotid and squamous cell carcinoma. He has shared his work through peer-reviewed journals, books and oral and poster presentations, and is a reviewer for several journals including <em>Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Laryngoscope</em> and <em>Trends in Anesthesia and Critical Care</em>. He is an editorial board member for the <em>Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology</em>.</p><p>Dr. Schiff is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and is a member of multiple professional societies, including the American Head and Neck Society and the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. He also served as president of the New York Head and Neck Society. Dr. Schiff has been listed on <em>New York Times Magazine’s</em> list of Super Doctors and <em>New York Magazine’s</em> New York’s Best Doctors.</p>
Robert J. Ruben
<p>Dr. Ruben is the Distinguished University Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Montefiore Medical Center.</p>
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<p>He was born in New York City on August 2nd 1933. He had his primary and secondary education in the public schools and was the recipient of an honorable mention in The Westinghouse Science Talent Search for is isolation of a mutant strain of mice with audiogenic seizures. He attended Princeton University and graduate maga cum laude in1955. At Princeton he had the good fortune of having Ernest Glen Weaver as his advisor. In Weaver’s laboratory he participated in fundamental comparative auditory physiological studies. Following Princeton, he went to the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and remained there for his residency in Otolaryngology under the direction of Professor John Bordley. Among his teachers and friends at Hopkins were Stacey Guild, PhD, Gabriel F. Tucker Jr. MD and Francis Catlin, MD.</p>
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<p>During his last year as a medical student and his five years of residency he was the director of the auditory physiology laboratory. Amongst the research fellows who were trained and participated in Dr, Ruben’s laboratory were Jan Sekula of Krakow Poland, Dirian Mikellian, Hugo Fisch of Zurich Switzerland, Booby Alford , William Hudson , Charles Berlin and others.</p>
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<p>Dr. Rubens initial work in the use of genetic models to understand the physiology and pathological anatomy of inner ear hearing loss provided the early scientific bases for the current work for genetics of deafness. Successfully applying laboratory physiological techniques to the clinical problems of recording the electrical activity of the cochlea and eight nerves in humans, he was the first to record the human eighth nerve action potential, and the first to record the physiological functions of the inner ear in humans.</p>
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<p>Following his residency he became a research associate at the NIH. He perceived that much of the understanding and eventual treatment of inner ear deafness would come about from the knowledge of the developmental cell biology of the inner ear. Working in the laboratory of A. J. Columbre PhD he carried out the studies of the terminal mitosis of the inner ear which were the basis fro his now classic monograph - Ruben RJ. Development of the inner ear of the mouse: a radioautographic study of terminal mitoses. Acta Otolaryngol [Stockh] 1967; Suppl 220:1 44.</p>
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<p>Following NIH he went to New York City and working with Thomas van de Water PhD established the first techniques, in 1970, for organ culture of the mammalian inner ear – now a basic technique for much of the cell biology of the inner ear. During the next three decades he published numerous studies contributing to the understanding of the normal and abnormal development of the inner ear.</p>
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<p>Believing in the need and challenge for increased resources for research in communication disorders, Dr. Ruben organized a special conference, in 1987, held in Denmark to address the question of research opportunities for communication disorders. The report from this conference became the basis for establishing a new institute at NIH, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), in 1989. Since then, Dr. Ruben has been a leading Congressional advocate for the institute, providing testimony to pertinent committees and working with Members of Congress.</p>
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<p>Through his scientific work, Dr. Ruben came to recognize that the otorhinological problems of children require a special focus that would be most appropriately served by the creation of a separate discipline; he joined with colleges from Europe and North America to found the specialty of Pediatric Otolaryngology. He was the founding president of the Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children, founder of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology and the Section of Otorhinolaryngology and Broncoesphogology of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He founded the first scientific journal devoted to pediatric otolaryngology in 1978, the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, of which he serves as Editor-in-Chief. He has numerous publications in the field with a special emphasis on the use of language as metric and as an outcome measure for medical/ surgical interventions</p>
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<p>Dr. Ruben's contributions have been well recognized by his peers, as evidenced by the numerous awards he has received, including the Edmund Prince Fowler award of the American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society; Gold Medal Ninth World Congress on Otolaryngology for the film Extracorporal Growth of the Inner Ear; Schrelber Gold Medal of the National Association of the Deaf; Society Scholars of Johns Hopkins University; Member Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitae Sacrum (CORLAS); George Shambaugh Award of CORLAS; Award of Merit of the American Otological Society; Honorary Professor to the Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology; Honorary Member of the Polish Otolaryngology Society; guest of honor at various ORL societies worldwide; President of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology; President of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; President of the Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children; and Director of the American Board of Otolaryngology.</p>
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<p>Ruben has been an ardent student and collector of artists' books for more than twenty-five years, and an exhibition of his artists' books, "Beyond the Text", was held at Adelphi University and was an invited speaker at the 2005 Wellesley College Artist Book Conference. He is a member of the Grolier Club - <a href="http://www.grolierclub.org/">http://www.grolierclub.org/</a> and presently he is a member of the Grolier council and chairperson of the Committee for Public Exhibitions. At the Grolier he has been the curator three exhibitions of his collections which were <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Hear, Hear! Six Centuries of Otology in 2002 </span></em>all which detailed the history of otology<em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">; Beyond the Text: Artist Books in the Collection of Robert J Ruben</span></em> the catalog was written by Yvonne Korshak and Robert J Ruben in 2010, which was a sampling of his collection of artist books. This exhibition traveled to Burlington Vermont, San Francisco California, and to Lyon France in the museum of the history of printing. His latest exhibition was entitled <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Extraordinary Women in Sciences and Medicine: Four Centuries of Achievement</span></em> which was curated in collaboration with Ronald Smeltzer PhD and Paulette Rose PhD in 2013. This exhibition had more than 2000 visitors and will be further extended as a series of books for middle school, various websites, and travel to other cities in the United States and Europe. He is a member of the council and has served for four years as Chairperson of the Friends of the Princeton University Library - <a href="http://www.fpul.org/">http://www.fpul.org/</a> - and is presently the President of the Center for Book Arts - http://www.centerforbookarts.org/.</p>
<p>He has been a student an active scholar in the area of history of medicine since his first year in medical school. This has resulted in numerous historical publications and he is presently the Chairperson of the Section of History of Medicine and Public Health at the New York Academy of Medicine.</p>
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Howard S. Moskowitz
Clinical focus is on the medical and surgical treatment of ear and skull base disorders in adults and children, including chronic ear disease, hearing loss, dizziness, cochlear implants and ear and skull base tumors.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
Dr. Moskowitz’s research focuses on the development of novel treatments for skull base disorders, management of vestibular disorders, quality improvement in medical education and understanding the neural bases of auditory processing.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
<p>Howard S. Moskowitz, MD, PhD, is an attending physician and Associate Professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery at Montefiore-Einstein. His clinical focus is on the medical and surgical treatment of ear and skull base disorders in adults and children, which includes chronic ear disease, hearing loss, dizziness, cochlear implants and tumors of the ear and skull base.</p><p>A graduate of Cornell University, Dr. Moskowitz received his Bachelor of Science in 1998. In 2005, he earned his Doctor of Philosophy at Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences, followed by his Doctor of Medicine in 2006 at Weill Medical College. He began his postdoctoral training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, completing his residency in otolaryngology–head & neck surgery in 2011. He then pursued a fellowship in otology, neurotology, and skull base surgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, completing it in 2013.</p><p>Dr. Moskowitz’s research focuses on the development of novel treatments for skull base disorders, management of vestibular disorders, quality improvement in medical education and understanding the neural bases of auditory processing. His work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, books and abstracts, as well as presented nationally.</p><p>He is board certified in otolaryngology–head & neck surgery and neurotology. In 2017, Dr. Moskowitz received the Teacher of the Year Award from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. He was named one of New York Super Doctors Rising Star Edition from 2015 to 2017. Dr. Moskowitz is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and the American Neurotology Society.</p>
Vikas Mehta
Clinical focus is on the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer, diseases of the salivary glands and thyroid/parathyroid disease, with a particular interest in transoral robotic surgery and minimally invasive endocrine surgery.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
Currently, Dr. Mehta is interested in researching the clinical outcomes in head and neck cancer patients, and patients with thyroid conditions, looking particularly at health disparities, cost-effectiveness, quality of care and systems improvements.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
<p>Vikas Mehta, MD, MPH, FACS, is the Vice Chair and an Associate Professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus is on the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer, diseases of the salivary glands and thyroid/parathyroid disease, with a particular interest in transoral robotic surgery and minimally invasive endocrine surgery.</p><p>Dr. Mehta received his Bachelor of Science in Molecular Cell Biology at the University of California Berkeley in 2001. In 2006, he received his Doctor of Medicine at the University of California Irvine. Dr. Mehta completed an internship in general surgery at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center in 2007. He then completed a residency in otolaryngology at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. In 2012, he completed a fellowship in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He also attended Johns Hopkins University where he received his Master of Public Health in 2015.</p><p>Currently, Dr. Mehta is interested in researching the clinical outcomes in head and neck cancer patients, and patients with thyroid conditions, cost-effectiveness, quality of care and systems improvements. He also serves as the Quality Improvement Coordinator for the Montefiore Einstein Cancer Committee and received a green belt in Lean Six Sigma training in 2022. His previous work on a range of topics has been published in many peer-reviewed journals and books, as well as presented nationally and internationally.</p><p>Dr. Mehta is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Head and Neck Society, the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the New York Head and Neck Society. He maintains active board certification with the American Board of Otolaryngology.</p>
Andrew Hu Young Lee
Clinical focus includes gender affirming surgery, including facial feminization surgery (FFS), facial masculinization surgery, tracheal shave, and voice feminization surgery. His other clinical interests include functional and cosmetic rhinoplasty, aging face procedures, and facial reanimation.
Dr. Lee’s research interests include optimizing outcomes and improving the safety of the procedures included in facial feminization surgery.
<p>Andrew H. Lee, MD is an attending physician and Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus includes gender affirming surgery, including facial feminization surgery (FFS), facial masculinization surgery, tracheal shave, and voice feminization surgery. His other clinical interests include functional and cosmetic rhinoplasty, aging face procedures, and facial reanimation.</p><p>In 2008, Dr. Lee received his Bachelor of Arts in biophysical chemistry from Dartmouth College. He later attended Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, earning his Doctor of Medicine in 2015. He began his postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, completing his residency in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck surgery in 2015. In 2021, he completed his fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Boston Medical Center and The Spiegel Center. Upon completion of fellowship, he was awarded the Sir Harold Delf Gillies Prize for his research on the tracheal shave procedure.</p><p>
Dr. Lee’s research interests include optimizing outcomes and improving the safety of the procedures included in facial feminization surgery. He is also interested in describing novel surgical techniques, and in combination with his art background, has published medical illustrations in numerous journals and presentations. He is a co-author of over 50 publications/presentations and has been published in preeminent plastic surgery journals such as <em>Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS) and Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine (FPSAM)</em>.
</p><p>Dr. Lee is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery.</p>
David M. Jakubowicz
<div>David M. Jakubowicz, MD, FACS, FAAOHNS</div>
<div>Director of ENT and Allergy</div>
<div>Essen Medical Associates</div>
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<div>Albert Einstein College of Medicine</div>
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<div>305 E 149th St Bronx, NY 10451</div>
<div>3231 E Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY 10461</div>
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