Department of Otolaryngology

Served as the President of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association and presided over the Annual Meeting of the ABEA in San Diego, California, May 2007

Invited as a Course Instructor to the 57th Annual Meeting of the Mexican Society of Otolaryngology-Head and neck Surgery in Chihuahua, Mexico

Delivered the Presidential Address to the American Broncho-Esophagological Association, San Diego, California, April 26, 2007

Appointed a Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Head and Neck

Appointed as Chairman, Committee on Prevention and Early Detection, American head and Neck Society

Appointed Chairman, Finance, Committee, American Head and Neck Society

Appointed Chairman, The General Otolaryngology Education Committee, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation

Appointed as Director-At-Large, the North American Skull Base Society

Re-appointed a member (third term), Continuing Education Advisory Committee, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation

Appointed a Member, Program Committee, the American Laryngological Association

Appointed a Member, Program Committee, the American Broncho-Esophagological Association

Appointed as Consultant to the following committees in the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery: a) Skull Base Committee; b) Endocrine Surgery Committee; c) Head and Neck Surgery Education Committee

Listed in "Top Doctors: New York Metro Area", 10th Edition, Castle Connolly Medical Limited, New York

Listed in "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", 3rd Edition, Castle Connolly Medical Limited, New York

Listed in "Best Doctors in America", Best Doctors Incorporated, South Carolina

Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology, LICH, Brooklyn, NY

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

Board of Directors, AAO-HNS Foundation

Program Chair, 9th Int'l Symposium on Recent Advances in Otitis Media 2007

Listed in America's Top Doctors, Castle-Connolly Medical Ltd, 2007

Listed in Top Doctors in America, Consumer Research Council, 2007

Listed in America's Top Physicians, New York Magazine, 2007

Media Spokesperson for American Academy of Pediatrics

Media Spokesperson for AAO-HNS

Print media interviews: USA Today 7/06, Washington Post 7/06, WebMD 9/06, Bloomberg News 9/06, Oregonian 9/06, Health Behavior News Service 10/06, Retail Clinician 11/06, Washington Post 12/06, USA Today 12/06, Scientific American Online 3/07, Denver Post 4/07, Forbes.com 6/07, Hearing Health Magazine 6/07, Oregonian 6/07, Bottom Line Personal 6/07.

Television interviews: WNBC Max Gomez 7/06, Science Central (syndicated) 7/06

Appointment as Vice-Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology, Long Island College Hospital of Brooklyn.

Reviewer for Laryngoscope and Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery journals.

Second Place poster award at the American Broncho-Esophagologic Association annual meeting.

Invited International Faculty at the 9th International Otology Course, Causse Ear Clinic, Colombiers, France, June 2007

Teacher of the Year Award - Otolaryngology Cornell-Columbia Program

The American Broncho-Esophagological Association, San Diego, CA, 2nd place poster award, 2007

The Triological Society Travel Grant, Combined Sections Meeting, Marco Island, Florida, February 2007