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Department of Otolaryngology - Faculty

FACULTY-NAME

Gady Har-El, MD, FACS

Professor of Otolaryngology

Gady Har-El, MD, is a Professor of Otolaryngology and Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery at the State University of New York – Downstate Medical Center.  Dr. Har-El is the Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital and Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Institute.  Dr. Har-El is a graduate of the Otolaryngology Residency Program at SUNY-Downstate Medical Center.  His clinical interests include head and neck cancer, skull-base surgery, and sinus surgery.  Dr. Har-El’s research interests include management and outcome analysis of head and neck cancer, quality of life in head and neck cancer, innovative techniques in skull-base surgery, and minimally invasive skull-base surgery.  Dr. Har-El has authored and co-authored more than 250 scientific publications and book chapters.  In 2007, Dr. Har-El completed his term as the President of The American Broncho-Esophagological Association.  Dr. Har-El is currently a board member of The North American Skull-Base Society, as well as a Chairman of two committees of The American Head and Neck Society, The Finance Committee and The Prevention and Early Detection Committee.  Dr. Har-El has been listed in the “Best Doctors in America” and “Best Doctors in Europe” for fifteen consecutive years (1994-2009).  Dr. Har-El was also selected by Castle Connolly Medical as one of “America’s Top Doctor’s for Cancer.”  Dr. Har-El is a Senior Examiner for The American Board of Otolaryngology.  In 2008, Dr. Har-El received the Distinguished Service Award of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.  In June 2009, he received the Stanley M. Blaugrund Award for Excellence in Teaching from New York University.  In 2009, Dr. Har-El published a two-volume set “Head and Neck Surgery” which he co-edited with Dr. Chris DeSouza.