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