Department of Otolaryngology Faculty

Sydney C. Butts, MD

Interim Chair
Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology

• sydney.butts@downstate.edu
• (718) 270-1638

Sara Abu-Ghanem, MD, MMedSc

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Director of Clinical Research

• sara.abu-ghanem@downstate.edu
• (718) 270-1638

Mahmoud I. Awad, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Otolaryngology

• Mahmoud.Awad@downstate.edu
• (718) 270-1638

Ofer Azoulay, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Chief of Robotic and Microvascular Reconstruction

• ofer.azoulay@downstate.edu
• (718) 270-1638

Boris Bentsianov, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Director of the Division of Laryngology, Voice and Swallowing Disorders

• boris.bentsianov@downstate.edu

Marina Boruk, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Director of Division of Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery

• marina.boruk@downstate.edu
• (718) 780-1498

Rashid Chaudhry, MD

Chief of Otolaryngology
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center

Natalya Chernichenko, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Otolaryngology

• natalya.chernichenko@downstate.edu
• (718) 270-3958

Nira A. Goldstein, MD, MPH

Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology
Residency Program Director, Clinical Advisory Dean

• nira.goldstein@downstate.edu
• (718) 270-1638

Matthew Hanson, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
Chief of Otology at UHD and KCHC

• Matthew.Hanson@downstate.edu
• (718) 270-1794

Richard Kollmar, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Department of Otolaryngology

• Richard.Kollmar@downstate.edu
• (718) 221-6559