Awards, Honors, and Special Achievements

July 2023-June 2024 

Sara Abu-Ghanem, MD

National Society Committees

• Chair
  Airway and Swallowing Committee-American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
  Dysphagia in the Older Population, Presbyphagia, and Sarcopenic Dysphagia | AAO-HNS Bulletin (entnet.org)
• Member
  Laryngology and Bronchoesophagology Education Committee
• Member
  Postgraduate American Laryngological Association

Regional Conference Leadership

• NYU Laser Course (April 2024)

Local Clinical Initiatives

• Co-Director: Maimonides Medical Center Multidisciplinary Dysphagia Team

Awards

• 2024 United University Professions Individual Development Award

 

Ofer Azoulay, MD

National Society Committees

• Member
  Humanitarian Efforts Committee- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
• Member
  Head and Neck Surgery Education Committee
• Global Outreach Committee-American Head and Neck Society

 Funded Research

• TRANSPORT Grant-SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
  Principal Investigator: Facial Reanimation in a Rat Model (Funded amount=$20,000)

Local Clinical Initiatives

• Director
  Multidisciplinary Facial Nerve Team-SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Boris Bentsianov, MD

National Society Committees

• Triological Society-Moderator Laryngology Scientific Session and Poster Award Judge (2023 Section Meeting)

Awards

• Castle Connoly Top Doctor

Marina Boruk, MD

National Conference Faculty

• 45^th Annual Vanderbilt Otolaryngology Symposium

Awards

• 2024 United University Professions Individual Development Award

Department/Hospital Service

• Alternate Representative-Clinical Practice Management Plan-Downstate Health Physicians

Sydney C. Butts, MD

National Society Committees

• Member
  Otolaryngology Cleft and Craniofacial Committee- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
• Senior Advisor
  Patient Safety, Quality Improvement and Accreditation Committee-American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Awards

• 2024 United University Professions Individual Development Award

Invited Lectures/Presentations

• 2024 Francis A. Sooy Visiting Professor-UCSF Department of Otolaryngology, Research and Graduation Symposium
• Resident and Student Mentorship Panel presentation at the Society of University Otolaryngologists annual meeting, November 2023

Book Chapters/Special Publications

• Butts SC and Hamlar D. Naso-orbitoethmoid Complex Fractures, in Essential Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Lee Y and Papel I ed. Happhauge NY, Nova Science Publishers; June 2024.

Editorial Work

• Craniofacial Section Editor-Facial Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine (Official Journal of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)

Nira Goldstein, MD MPH

Awards

• 2024 Faculty Member of the Year-Awarded by Residents
• NY Times Super Doctor 2024

Invited Lectures/Presentations

• Northwell Department of Otolaryngology Annual Graduation Faculty Speaker

Editorial Work

• Editorial Board-The Laryngoscope

Matthew Hanson, MD

Awards

• Castle Connoly Top Doctor

Ann Plum, MD

National Society Committees

• Member
  Simulation Education Committee-American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
• Member
  Airway and Swallowing Committee

Regional Conference Leadership

• Faculty
  9^th Annual Otorhinolaryngology SIMFEST-University of Pennsylvania

Local Clinical Initiatives

• Director
  SUNY Downstate Multidisciplinary Pediatric Aerodigestive Clinic

Awards

• New York Times Super Doctors Rising Stars 2024

Richard Rosenfeld, MD MPH MBA

Invited Lectures/Presentations

• Presidential Keynote Lecturer, Swiss ENT Society

National Society Committees

• Reg-ENT Executive Board-American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
• Director
  Guidelines and Quality-American College of Lifestyle Medicine

Special Publications

• Chair
  Adult Sinusitis Guideline Update-American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Awards

• Castle Connoly Top Doctor
• NY Magazine Best Doctors in NY

Local Conference Leadership

• Co-Chair
  3^rd Annual SUNY Downstate Conference on Plant-Based Health and Nutrition (2024)

Krishnamurthi Sundaram, MD

National Society Committees

• Preventive Service Committee-American Head and Neck Society

Awards

• NY Times Super Doctor (2024)