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Our Otology and Neurotology Experts

Peter L. Santa Maria, MD, PhD

  • Vice Chair of Clinical and Translational Research
  • Chief, Division of Otology/Neurotology
  • Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
  • Director of Faculty Innovation, Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Co-Director, CREATES
  • Co-Director, Pitt SPARK and Gorongosa SPARK

Thanos Tzounopoulos, PhD

  • Vice Chair of Basic Science Research, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
  • Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
  • Director, Pittsburgh Hearing Research Center
  • UPMC Endowed Professor of Auditory Physiology

Gregory J. Basura, MD, PhD

  • Professor of Otology/Neurotology, Director of Global Otolaryngology

Hari Bharadwaj, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Science and Disorders

Christopher L. Cunningham, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Michele Insanally, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology, Neurobiology, and Bioengineering

Melissa M. McGovern, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Adele Moatti, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Catherine V. Palmer, PhD

  • Director of Audiology, UPMC
  • Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Science and Disorders
  • Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Aravind Parthasarathy, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Science and Disorders

 

Philip Perez, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Ross S. Williamson, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology and Neurobiology

Anping Xia, MD, PhD

  • Research Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery 

Vincent Yuan, MD, PhD

  • Research Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Lori Zitelli, MA, AuD

  • Managing Audiologist, UPMC Audiology
  • Adjunct Instructor