Roles
Asst. Professor
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Biography
I graduated from Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School in 2014 with a medical degree and was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. During my time in medical school, I also completed a prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship where I worked on optogenetic manipulation of hyperactive circuits in the temporal lobe under the mentorship of Dr.Rafael Yuste (Columbia University).
I then graduated from residency in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School. I trained at many of the Harvard Medical School teaching hospitals including Mass Eye and Ear, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Boston Childrens Hospital.
During this time, I also completed a NIH T32 research fellowship at Mass Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School with Dr. Daniel Lee, Dr. Chris Brown, and Dr. Anne Takesian. My project (still ongoing) involved developing a conformable auditory brainstem implant and novel strategies for stimulation peripheral nerves.
I most recently completed a Neurotology fellowship (Ear and Lateral Skull Base surgery) at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. My research efforts during this time focused on targeting of the auricular vagus nerve for modulation of tinnitus and spinal cord recovery. I also started a multidisciplinary tinnitus clinic at University of Miami and led the effort to become a site for a multi-institutional randomized controlled trial for the use of a TNF-alpha inhibitor in tinnitus.
I am currently faculty in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and at the Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The goal of the research is to extend my previous research on non-invasive auricular vagus stimulation for tinnitus, spinal cord injury and cardiovascular disease. -
Education & Training
Education
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Research Interests
The goal of my research is to understand the mechanisms of non-invasive auricular stimulation and its utility in the treatment of tinnitus, spinal cord injury, and cardiovascular disease. -
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