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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 roughly twenty physicians apply to the Fellowship Program. One to two applicants are selected each year and spend two years studying with the neurotologists at 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 or anticipated 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, obtained 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 formal didactic instruction is given through journal club participation, neuroradiology conference, and Friday morning grand rounds.

All fellows are required to attend the following conferences and didactics:

  • Monday 7:30 AM Journal Club 
  • Wednesday 6:45 AM Neuroradiology Conference 
  • Friday 7:00 AM Grand Rounds
  • Monthly NF2 Conference
  • Quarterly Facial Nerve Conference

  • Quarterly Morbidity and Mortality Conference

 

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Application:  

We participate in SF Match for neurotology fellowship applications.

The interview dates for 2026 are August 31, September 14, and September 21. If you have any questions, please contact housefellowship@hifla.org.

Current Fellows

  • Michael Castle, MD
  • Samantha Cerasiello, MD
  • Sudhir Manickavel, MD

Fellowship Alumni

1940 – 1959
John Frazer, MD (deceased) 1947
Jack Pou, MD (deceased) 1951
James Spencer, MD (deceased) 1953
John Shea Jr., MD (deceased) 1953
Fred Linthicum, MD (deceased) 1956-1957
Victor Hildyard, MD (deceased) 1957-1959
Edgar Chiossone Lares, MD 1958 Miranda, Venezuela
Robert Bruner, MD (deceased) 1959-1960
1960 – 1979
Harold Wanamaker, MD (deceased) 1960-1961
James Donaldson, MD (deceased) 1960-1961
John Per-Lee, MD (deceased) 1962
Ted Steffen, MD (deceased) 1963
Alex Gorshenin, MD 1964-1965 Retired Australia
Dennis Pappas, MD 1964-1965 Private Practice Birmingham, AL
Jack Pulec, MD (deceased) 1964
W. Hugh Powers, MD (deceased) 1964
William Hambley, MD (deceased) 1964-1965
Bloyce H. Britton Jr., MD (deceased) 1966-1967
Elliott Greenfield, MD 1967 Academic New Hyde Park, NY
Gale Gardner, MD 1968-1969 Academic Shreveport, LA
Kenneth H. Brookler, MD 1968 Private Practice New York, NY
Mack Patterson, MD (deceased) 1969-1970
Derald Brackmann, MD 1970-1971 House Clinic Los Angeles, CA
Donald Goin, MD 1970-1971 Retired Denver, CO
Malcolm Graham, MD 1970-1971 Academic Atlanta, GA
David Wilson, MD (deceased) 1971-1972
Melton J. Horwitz, MD (deceased) 1971-1972
Sam E. Kinney, MD (deceased) 1971-1972
Fred T. Shaia, MD 1972-1973 Academic Richmond, VA
Sean Althaus, MD 1972 Academic Georgetown, TX
James R. Fancher, MD 1973-1974 Academic Dallas, TX
John Perkins, MD 1973-1974 Academic Hartford, CT
Mark Altenau, MD (deceased) 1973-1974
Robert A. Goldenberg, MD 1973 Academic Dayton, OH
William Owens, MD 1973-1974 Academic Ogden, UT
Antonio DeLaCruz, MD (deceased) 1974
Gordon T. McMurry, MD 1974-1975 Private Practice Prospect, KY
John House, MD 1974 House Clinic Los Angeles, CA
Laverne B. Tubergen, MD (deceased) 1974-1975
Robert D. McQuiston, MD (deceased) 1974-1975
William Call, MD (deceased) 1974-1975
Carl L. Reams, MD 1975 Academic Danville, PA
Charles M. Luetje, MD 1975-1976 Private Practice Olathe, KS
Ralph Nelson, MD 1975 Academic Manchester, WA
Robert Mischke, MD 1975-1976 Retired Englewood, CO
James E. Bush, MD 1976-1977 Academic San Diego, CA
Oded Gilad, MD (deceased) 1976-1977
C. Phillip Daspit, MD (deceased) 1977-1978
Jerald Robinson, MD (deceased) 1977-1978
Richard T. Miyamoto, MD 1977-1978 Retired Indianapolis, IN
Charles Stewart, MD 1978 Academic Redlands, CA
Matthew Wong, MD 1978-1979 Retired Seattle, WA
Robert Anderson, MD 1978-1979 Academic Fort Worth, TX
Charles A. Mangham, Jr., MD 1979-1980 Retired Ketchum, ID
Howard Kaplan, MD 1979 Retired Plantation, FL
1980 – 1999
Loren J. Bartels, MD, FACS 1980 Private Practice Tampa, FL
Wesley Krueger, MD 1980-1981 Retired San Antonio, TX
William M. Luxford, MD 1980-1981 House Clinic Los Angeles, CA
Chester L. Strunk, MD 1981-1982 Academic Webster, TX
Paul Lambert, MD 1981-1982 Academic Charleston, SC
Thomas White, MD 1981 Academic Martinez, CA
Bradley Thedinger, MD 1982-1983 Academic Kansas City, MO
David Barrs, MD 1982-1983 Retired Scottsdale, AZ
Paul Dutcher, MD 1982 Academic Rochester, NY
James E. Benecke, MD 1983-1984 Retired St. Louis, MO
John McElveen, MD 1983 Academic Raleigh, NC
Stewart Gherini, MD 1983-1984 Retired Sacramento, CA
Carol Jackson, MD 1984 Private Practice Newport Beach, CA
John Shea III, MD, FACS (deceased) 1984-1985
Karl L. Horn, MD 1984-1985 Private Practice Albuquerque, NM
John Vaughan, MD 1985-1986 Private Practice La Jolla, CA
Rick Nissen, MD 1985-1986 Private Practice Minneapolis, MN
Robert K. Jackler, MD 1985 Retired Palo Alto, CA
Doug Chen, MD 1986-1987 Private Practice Pittsburgh, PA
Frank Rizer, MD (deceased) 1986
M. Jennifer Derebery, MD 1986-1987 Retired Los Angeles, CA
Richard Prass, MD 1986-1987 Private Practice Nashville, TN
Clough Shelton, MD, FACS 1987 Retired Walla Walla, WA
James S. Atkins, Jr., MD 1987 Private Practice Kissimmee, FL
Terrence P. Murphy, MD, FACS 1987-1988 Private Practice Baton Rouge, LA
Fraser Noel, MD 1988 Retired Victoria, Canada
Michael McKenna, MD 1988-1989 Academic Boston, MA
Timothy B Molony, MD 1988-1989 Retired New Orleans, LA
Michael O’Leary, MD 1989-1990 Private Practice San Diego, CA
Neil A. Giddings, MD 1989-1990 Private Practice Spokane, WA
J. Douglas Green, Jr., MD 1990-1991 Private Practice Jacksonville, FL
Jed Kwartler, MD 1990 Private Practice Berkeley Heights, NJ
Moises Arriaga, MD 1990-1991 Private Practice New Orleans, LA
Richard Crane, MD 1990 Private Practice Eau Claire, WI
Fred Telischi, MD, FACS, MEE 1991 Private Practice Miami, FL
Grayson K. Rodgers, MD, FACS 1991-1992 Private Practice Birmingham, AL
James R. House, III, MD 1992 Private Practice Jackson, MS
Karen J. Doyle, MD, PhD 1992-1993 Retired Detroit, MI
Robert Briggs, MBBS, FRACS, FACS 1992-1993 Private Practice Melbourne, Australia
Joseph Roberson, MD 1993-1994 Private Practice Palo Alto, CA
Sujana Chandrasekhar, MD, FACS 1993-1994 Private Practice New York, NY
William Slattery, MD 1993-1994 House Clinic Los Angeles, CA
Charles Syms, MD 1994-1995 Private Practice San Antonio, TX
James E Saunders, MD 1994 Academic Lebanon, NH
Simon Angeli, MD 1994-1995 Private Practice Miami, FL
Donald Robertson, MD 1995-1996 Private Practice Hamilton, Canada
Rick A. Friedman, MD, PhD 1995 Academic San Diego, CA
Bruce Fetterman, MD 1996 Private Practice Germantown, TN
Craig Buchman, MD, FACS 1996-1997 Academic Salt Lake City, UT
Michael J. Fucci, MD 1996-1997 Private Practice Gilbert, AZ
Robert Muckle, MD 1996 Private Practice Englewood, CO
David Foyt, MD 1997-1998 Private Practice Albany, NY
Jose Fayad, MD 1997-1999 Private Practice Saudi Arabia
Robert Owens, MD 1997-1999 Private Practice Dallas, TX
Bradley Kesser, MD 1998-2000 Academic Charlottesville, VA
Elizabeth Toh, MD 1999-2001 Academic Burlington, MA
2000 – 2019
Mark Syms, MD 2000-2002 Academic Phoenix, AZ
Phillip Chang, MBBS, FRACS 2000-2001 Private Practice Darlinghurst, Australia
Marlan Hansen, MD 2001-2003 Academic Iowa City, IA
Stephanie Moody Antonio, MD 2001-2003 Private Practice Norfolk, VA
Calhoun Cunningham, III, MD 2002-2004 Academic Raleigh, NC
James V. Crawford, MD 2003-2005 Private Practice Boise, ID
Peter A. Weisskopf, MD 2003-2005 Retired Phoenix, AZ
Joni K. Doherty, MD, PhD 2004-2006 Private Practice Los Angeles, CA
J. Walter Kutz, MD 2005-2007 Academic Dallas, TX
James Lin, MD 2005-2007 Academic Kansas City, MO
Robert Cullen, MD 2005-2007 Private Practice Kansas City, MO
Eric Wilkinson, MD, FACS 2006-2008 Private Practice Boise, ID
Marc Bassim, MD 2007-2009 Academic Cleveland, OH
Maroun Semaan, MD 2007-2009 Academic Cleveland, OH
Alexander Bien, MD, FACS 2008-2010 Academic Oklahoma City, OK
Joseph Ursick, MD 2008-2010 Private Practice Kansas City, MO
Feilpe Santos, MD 2009-2011 Academic Boston, MA
John Goddard, MD 2009-2011 Private Practice Portland, OR
Michael Hoa, MD 2010-2012 Academic Washington, DC
Adam Cassis, MD 2011-2013 Private Practice Chandler, AZ
Elina Kari, MD 2011-2013 Academic San Diego, CA
Mark Lorenz, MD 2011-2012 Private Practice Anchorage, AK
Audrey Calzada, MD 2012-2014 Private Practice San Diego, CA
Courtney Voelker, MD, PhD 2012-2014 Private Practice Los Angeles, CA
J. Eric Lupo, MD 2013-2015 Private Practice Englewood, CO
Theodore (Teddy) McRackan, MD 2013-2015 Academic Charleston, SC
Brian Chen, MD 2014-2016 Private Practice Honolulu, HI
Daniel Roberts, MD, PhD 2014-2016 Academic Farmington, CT
Kevin Peng, MD 2015-2017 House Clinic Los Angeles, CA
Michele Gandolfi, MD, MS 2015-2017 Academic Winston-Salem, NC
Adam Master, MD 2016-2018 Private Practice New Orleans, LA
Aniruddha Patki, MD 2016-2018 Private Practice
Kathryn Noonan, MD 2017-2019 Academic Boston, MA
Si Chen, MD 2017-2019 Academic Gainesville, FL
Anne Maxwell, MD 2018-2020 Private Practice Loma Linda, CA
Tommy Muelleman, MD 2018-2020 Private Practice Kansas City, MO
Hossein Mahboubi, MD 2019-2021 House Clinic Los Angeles, CA
Laura Christopher, MD 2019-2021 Private Practice Flowood, MS
2020 – Present
Helena Wichova, MD 2020-2022 Academic Tucson, AZ
Sarah Hodge, MD 2020-2022 Private Practice Augusta, GA
Michael Avillion, MD 2021-2023 Private Practice El Paso, TX
Robin Bigelow, MD 2021-2023 Private Practice Berkeley Heights, NJ
Susan Ellsperman, MD 2022-2024 Private Practice Evansville, IN
Armine Kocharyan, MD 2023-2025 Private Practice Saint Paul, MN
Steven Curry, MD 2023-2025 Private Practice Los Angeles, CA
Sudhir Manickavel, MD 2024-2026 House Clinic
Michael Castle, MD 2025-2027 House Clinic
Samantha Cerasiello, MD 2025-2027 House Clinic