Department of Otolaryngology

Awards, Honors, and Special Achievements

Richard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH

President, ASPO

Editor-in-Chief, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Journal

Chair of AAO-HNS Guideline Development Task Force

Board of Directors, AAO-HNS Foundation

Listed in America’s Top Doctors, Castle-Connolly Medical Ltd, 2011

Listed in Top Doctors in America, Consumer Research Council, 2011

Listed in Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors Inc. 2011

Listed in Best Doctors in New York, New York Magazine, 2011

Media Spokesperson for American Academy of Pediatrics

Media Spokesperson for AAO-HNS

Co-chair, AMA Sinusitis Performance Measure Group, 2010-11

Co-director, 10th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Otitis Media

Founder and Steering Group Chair, North American Community of the Guidelines International Network (G-I-N North America)

Expert Panel, RAND-AMA-PCPI Office of National Coordinator for Health IT: Advancing Clinical Decision Support, 2011

Sylvan E. Stool Memorial Lectureship, Vail, Colorado, 2011

Television interviews: CBS NewsPath (syndicated)

Radio interviews: CBS Radio, News Radio 880, Talk Radio QR7 (Alberta, Canada), Associated Press, NPR

Print and electronic media: Reuters Health, USA Today, WebMD, US News and World Report, Bloomberg News, CNN, Associated Press, JAMA Medical News, Associated Press, ENT Today, NY Times, Reuters

Frank E. Lucente, MD

Graduation Speaker – Albert Einstein-Montefiore Medical Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, 6/11/11

Elected to life membership of the New York Academy of Medicine

Gady Har-El, MD

Listed in America’s Top Doctors for Cancer, Castle-Connolly Medical Ltd, 2010.

The Stanley M. Blaugrund, M.D. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, New York University – Langone Medical Center, New York, 2010.

Listed in Top Doctors: New York Metro Area, Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd, 2011.

Listed in America’s Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2011.

Listed in New York Super Doctors, The New York Times Magazine, 2011.

Listed in Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors Inc., 2011-2012.

Listed in Best Doctors in New York, New York Magazine, 2011.

The Graduating Residents award for Outstanding Teaching and Support, Department of Otolaryngology, SUNY – Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, 2011.

Krishnamurthi Sundaram, MD

Listed in New York Super Doctors, The New York Times Magazine, 2011.

Listed in Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors Inc., 2011.

Nira A. Goldstein, MD

Listed in Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors Inc., 2011-2012

Sydney C. Butts, MD

Otolaryngology Faculty Award - Kings County Hospital, 2011

Ari J. Goldsmith, MD

Listed in Best Doctors in New York, New York Magazine, 2011.

Listed in Americas Best Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2011.

Joshua B. Silverman, MD, PhD

Reviewer, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Journal

Neil M. Sperling, MD

Listed in America’s Top Doctors, Castle-Connolly Medical Ltd, 2011

Listed in New York Super Doctors, New York Times Magazine, 2011

Abraham Shulman, MD

American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, INC., Life Associate Status, 2010-

Listed in Guide to America’s Top Physicians, Consumers Research Council of America

AAO HNS- First Named Miniseminar of the AAO-HNS:- Abraham Shulman, M.D., Barbara Goldstein PhD, Martha Entenmann Tinnitus Research Center, Inc, International Tinnitus MiniSeminar, 2010 -2014.

Honoree - SUNY Downstate at 150 Years Medical Education: A Celebration of Achievement 2010

Guest of Honor- Course"Acufeni e iperacusia: management clinico e riabilitativo"- Milano, Italy ,11/10.

Guest of Honor: International Tinnitus Seminar- 1979-2011- Florionopolis, Brazil, 4/16/11- 4/19/11.

Christopher de Souza , MD

Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Head and Neck Surgery

Editorial Board - the American Journal of Rhinology