Special Areas of Practice and Expertise

• Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, Vertigo and Balance Disorders
• Meniere's and Immune Inner Ear Diseases
• Inner Ear Perfusion Treatment
• Repositioning Procedures for Benign Positional Vertigo
• Migraine Associated Dizziness/Vertigo.
• Vestibular & Balance Rehabilitation
• Hearing Loss & Tinnitus Rehabilitation
• General Medical Otolaryngology

Education/Training

• Medical Otolaryngology/NeurOtology Fellowship, Internship
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland OH, 1994-1996
• Doctorate of Medicine (MD)
• Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 1994
• Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering & Vestibular Neurophysiology.
• Imperial College and Royal National ENT Institute
• University of London, London, UK 1979
• Audiology Fellowship, Denmark, 1972-1973
• Hearing Aids and Electro-Acoustics Fellowship, Phillips, Holland, 1971
• B.Sc. Electrical & Communication Engineering
• Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt 1968

Professional Appointments

• Medical Director, Cleveland Hearing & Balance Center Inc. 1997-Present
• Founder & Director, Section of Vestibular & Balance Disorders
• ENT Department, Cleveland Clinic Foundation 1980 - 1996
• Audiologist & Vestibular Scientist, NeurOtology Department
• Royal National ENT Institute, London, UK 1973-1980
• Cairo Hearing & Speech Institute, Cairo, Egypt 1971-1973

Hospital & Academic Affiliation

• University Hospitals of Cleveland. St. Vincent Charity Hospital.
• Clinical Professor & Adjunct Faculty of Otolaryngology & Audiology
• Otolaryngology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
• Otolaryngology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
• Audiology & Speech Pathology, Kent State University, Kent, OH

Membership/Professional Affiliation

• American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
• American NeurOtology Society , American Otologic Society
• Barany Society, Prosper Meniere's Society (Board of Directors)

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