Fellows
This ACGME-accredited 2-year clinical fellowship is a neurotology lateral skull base surgery program designed to advance education beyond that of an otolaryngology residency in the diagnosis and management of disorders of the temporal bone, lateral skull base, and related anatomical structures. Fellows will receive comprehensive training in extradural skull base approaches and postoperative care of lateral skill base surgery patients. The program will also permit exposure to new research opportunities and global humanitarian efforts.
Every year between thirty and forty physicians apply to the Fellowship Program. One to two applicants are selected each year and spend two years studying with the otologists of the House Clinic. This program is accredited by the ACGME and allows the individual who finishes the fellowship to apply for board certification in neurotology.
Our Team
Qualifications:
In order to qualify, applicants need to meet certain criteria:
- Completion of residency in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
- Graduate in the top third of class
- Past participation in hearing disorders related research
- Current and valid California medical license*
*The two-year program requires current and valid California medical license, post match after acceptance to the Clinical Fellowship Program. Fellows actively participate in the care of neurotology patients and assist the House Clinic physicians in the management of complex neurotologic disorders.
Education:
Each neurotology fellow will prepare documentation of surgical experience as both assistant surgeon, and surgeon, in middle cranial fossa, posterior cranial fossa, and lateral skull base surgical procedures for the treatment of disorders of the auditory and vestibular system; facial nerve disorders; and congenital inflammatory, neoplastic idiopathic, and traumatic disorders of the extradural petrous bone and apex, occipital bone, sphenoid bone, and related structures.
The program provides structured education regarding the diagnosis and medical, surgical, and rehabilitative management of congenital, traumatic, inflammatory, degenerative, neoplastic, and idiopathic diseases of the temporal bone.
Audiometric testing including auditory brainstem responses and otoacoustic emissions, vestibular testing, facial nerve testing, electrophysiologic monitoring strategies and neuroradiologic procedures used to evaluate the temporal bone, skull base, and related structures are required experiences.
Conference and Lecture Schedule:
The program provides the fellows opportunity to participate in numerous research conferences and didactic educational programs. The main didactic instruction is given through Journal Club participation and Friday morning conferences.
All fellows are required to attend the following conferences and didactic lectures:
- Monday 7:30 AM Journal Club
- Tuesday 6:45 AM Neuroradiology Conference
- Friday 7:00 AM Grand Rounds
- Monthly NF2 Conference
- Quarterly Facial Nerve Conference
Application:
Please complete your application through SFMatch.org. If you have any questions, you can contact housefellowship@hifla.org.
Current Fellows
- Steven Curry, MD
- Susan Ellsperman, MD
- Armine Kocharyan, MD
Fellowship Alumni
1940 – 1959
John Frazer: 1947
Jack Pou: 1951
James Spencer: 1953
John Shea Jr: 1953
Fred Linthicum: 1956 – 1957
Edgar Chiossone Lares: 1958
Victor Hildyard: 1957 – 1959
1960 – 1979
Robert Bruner: 1959 – 1960
Harold Wanamaker: 1960 – 1961
James Donaldson: 1960 – 1961
John Per-Lee: 1962
Ted Steffen: 1963
W. Hugh Powers: 1964
Jack Pulec: 1964
Alex Gorshenin: 1964 – 1965
Dennis Pappas: 1964 – 1965
William Hambley: 1964 – 1965
Bloyce H. Britton Jr: 1966 – 1967
Elliott Greenfield: 1967
Kenneth H. Brookler: 1968
Gale Gardner: 1968 – 1969
Mack Patterson: 1969 – 1970
Derald Brackmann: 1970 – 1971
Donald Goin: 1970 – 1971
Malcolm Graham: 1970 – 1971
Sam E. Kinney: 1971 – 1972
David Wilson: 1971 – 1972
Melton J. Horwitz: 1971 – 1972
Sean Althaus: 1972
Fred T. Shaia: 1972 – 1973
Robert A. Goldenberg: 1973
Mark Altenau: 1973 – 1974
James R. Fancher: 1973 – 1974
William Owens: 1973 – 1974
John Perkins: 1973 – 1974
Antonio De la Cruz: 1974
John House: 1974
Gordon T. McMurry: 1974 – 1975
Robert D. McQuiston: 1974 – 1975
Laverne B. Tubergen: 1974 – 1975
William Call: 1974 – 1975
Ralph Nelson: 1975
Carl L. Reams: 1975
Charles M. Luetje: 1975 – 1976
Robert Mischke: 1975 – 1976
James E. Bush: 1976 – 1977
Oded Gilad: 1976 – 1977
C. Phillip Daspit: 1977 – 1978
Richard T. Miyamoto: 1977 – 1978
Jerald Robinson: 1977 – 1978
Charles Stewart: 1978
Robert Anderson: 1978 – 1979
Matthew Wong: 1978 – 1979
Howard Kaplan: 1979
1980 – 1999
Charles A. Mangham, Jr: 1979 – 1980
Loren J. Bartels: 1980
Wesley Krueger: 1980 – 1981
William M. Luxford: 1980 – 1981
Thomas White: 1981
Paul Lambert: 1981 – 1982
Chester L. Strunk: 1981 – 1982
Paul Dutcher: 1982
David Barrs: 1982 – 1983
Bradley Thedinger: 1982 – 1983
John McElveen: 1983
James E. Benecke: 1983 – 1984
Stewart Gherini: 1983 – 1984
Carol Jackson: 1984
Karl L. Horn: 1984 – 1985
John Shea III: 1984 – 1985
Robert K. Jackler: 1985
Rick Nissen: 1985 – 1986
John Vaughan: 1985 – 1986
Frank Rizer: 1986
Doug Chen: 1986 – 1987
M. Jennifer Derebery: 1986 – 1987
Richard Prass: 1986 – 1987
James S. Atkins, Jr: 1987
Clough Shelton: 1987
Terrence P. Murphy: 1987 – 1988
Fraser Noel: 1988
Michael McKenna: 1988 – 1989
Timothy B Molony: 1988 – 1989
Neil A. Giddings: 1989 – 1990
Michael O’Leary: 1989 – 1990
Richard Crane: 1990
Jed Kwartler: 1990
Moises Arriaga: 1990 – 1991
J. Douglas Green, Jr: 1990 – 1991
Fred Telischi: 1991
Grayson K. Rodgers: 1991 – 1992
James R. House, III: 1992
Robert Briggs: 1992 – 1993
Karen J. Doyle: 1992 – 1993
Sujana Chandrasekhar: 1993 – 1994
Joseph Roberson: 1993 – 1994
William Slattery: 1993 – 1994
James E. Saunders: 1994
Simon Angeli: 1994 – 1995
Charles Syms: 1994 – 1995
Rick A. Friedman: 1995
Donald Robertson: 1995 – 1996
Bruce Fetterman: 1996
Robert Muckle: 1996
Craig Buchman: 1996 – 1997
Michael J. Fucci: 1996 – 1997
David Foyt: 1997 – 1998
Jose Fayad: 1997 – 1999
Robert Owens: 1997 – 1999
2000 – 2019
Bradley Kesser: 1998 – 2000
Elizabeth Toh: 1999 – 2001
Phillip Chang: 2000 – 2001
Mark Syms: 2000 – 2002
Marlan Hansen: 2001 – 2003
Stephanie Moody Antonio: 2001 – 2003
Calhoun Cunningham, III: 2002 – 2004
James V. Crawford: 2003 – 2005
Peter A. Weisskopf: 2003 – 2005
Joni K. Doherty: 2004 – 2006
Robert Cullen: 2005 – 2007
J. Walter Kutz: 2005 – 2007
James Lin: 2005 – 2007
Eric Wilkinson: 2006 – 2008
Marc Bassim: 2007 – 2009
Maroun Semaan: 2007 – 2009
Alexander Bien: 2008 – 2010
Joseph Ursick: 2008 – 2010
John Goddard: 2009 – 2011
Feilpe Santos: 2009 – 2011
Michael Hoa: 2010 – 2012
Mark Lorenz: 2011 – 2012
Adam Cassis: 2011 – 2013
Elina Kari: 2011 – 2013
Audrey Calzada: 2012 – 2014
Courtney Voelker: 2012 – 2014
Eric Lupo: 2013 – 2015
Theodore McRackan: 2013 – 2015
Brian Chen: 2014 – 2016
Daniel Roberts: 2014 – 2016
Michele Gandolfi: 2015 – 2017
Kevin Peng: 2015 – 2017
Adam Master: 2016 – 2018
Aniruddha Pakti: 2016 – 2018
Si Chen: 2017 – 2019
Kathryn Noonan: 2017 – 2019
2020 – Present
Anne Maxwell: 2018 – 2020
Thomas Muelleman: 2018 – 2020
Laura Christopher: 2019 – 2021
Hossein Mahboubi: 2019 – 2021
Sarah Hodge: 2020 – 2022
Helena Wichova: 2020 – 2022
Michael Avillion: 2021 – 2023
Robin Bigelow: 2021 – 2023