Faculty

Our faculty is made up of clinicians, educators and researchers in the field of Otorhinolaryngology.

 

Soo Kim Abboud, MD

  • Section Chief, Otorhinolaryngology, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

 

Nithin D. Adappa, MD

  • Surgical Director, Penn AERD Center
  • Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 

Devraj Basu, MD, PhD, FACS

  • Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 

Douglas Bigelow, MD

  • Director, Division of Otology/Neurotology
  • Co-Director, Center for Cranial Base Surgery
  • Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 

John V. Bosso, MD

  • Medical Director, Penn AERD Center
  • Director, Otorhinolaryngology Allergy Clinic
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

 

Dr. Jason Brant

Jason A. Brant, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 

Robert M. Brody, MD

Robert Brody, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center

 

Steven B. Cannady, MD

Steven B. Cannady, MD

  • Director, Microvascular Surgery and Education
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

 

Ara A. Chalian, MD

  • Director, Facial Plastic Reconstruction
  • Patient Safety Officer
  • Director, Microvascular Lab
  • Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 

Noam A. Cohen, MD, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center

 

Conor M. Devine, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery in the Associated Faculty of the Perelman School of Medicine

 

Yale E. Cohen, PhD

  • Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  • Professor of Neuroscience

 

Kavita Dedhia, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

 

Dr. Tiffany Chao

Tiffany Chao, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Dr. Chao is a Penn Medicine physician.

 

Raj C. Dedhia, MD, MSCR

  • Director, CPAP Alternatives Clinic | Penn Sleep Center
  • Director, Division of Sleep Surgery | Penn Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

 

 

Richard L. Doty, PhD

  • Director, Smell and Taste Center
  • Professor of Psychology in Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

 

Oren Friedman, MD

  • Director, Facial Plastic Surgery
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

 

Maria N. Geffen, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  • Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

 

James J. Kearney, MD

  • Chief, Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Associate Program Director, Otorhinolaryngology Residency Program
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

 

David W. Kennedy, MD

  • Rhinology Professor

 

Michael A. Kohanski, MD, PHD

  • Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 

Kevin P. Leahy, MD, PhD, FACS

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

 

Robert J. Lee, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  • Assistant Professor of Physiology

 

Jonathan M. Lee, MD

  • Director, Otorhinolaryngology, Penn Medicine Radnor
  • Associate Director, Otorhinolaryngology, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

 

Daqing Li, MD

  • Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 

Natasha Mirza, MD

  • Director, Penn Center for Voice and Swallowing at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center

 

James Palmer, MD

  • Director, Division of Rhinology
  • Co-Director, Cranial Base Center
  • Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Neurosurgery

 

Karthik Rajasekaran, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 

Christopher H. Rassekh, MD, FACS

  • Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  • Director, Penn Medicine Sialendoscopy Program
  • Co-Chair, Hospital University of Pennsylvania Airway Safety Committee
  • Director of Risk Reduction and Director of Professional Practice, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

 

Erle S. Robertson, PhD

  • Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  • Professor of Microbiology
  • Professor of Radiation Oncology

 

Michael J. Ruckenstein, MD, MSc, FACS

  • Vice Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology
  • Director, Implantable Hearing Devices Program
  • Director, Residency Training and Education
  • Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 

Dr. Shanti

Rabie M. Shanti, DMD, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

 

Erica R. Thaler, MD

  • Director, Division of General Otorhinolaryngology
  • Director, Otorhinolaryngology, Penn Medicine Radnor
  • Director, Otorhinolaryngology Outpatient Surgical Practices, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 

Gregory S. Weinstein, MD, FACS

  • Vice Chairman, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  • Director, Head and Neck Surgery Division and Head and Neck Surgery Clinic
  • Co-Director, Center for Head and Neck Cancer
  • Director, Head and Neck Oncology Fellowship
  • Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 

Elizabeth White

  • Assistant Professor Of Otorhinolaryngology: Head And Neck Surgery