Specialty	Ear, Nose, Throat/ Otolaryngology
Clinical Interests	Cochlear Implantation
	Balance Disorders
	Facial Nerve Disorders
	Ear Disorders
	Hearing Loss
	Otosclerosis
	Acoustic Neuroma
Languages	English
	French
Gender	Male
E-mail	eric.smouha@mountsinai.org
Education and Training	MD, McGill University
	Fellowship, Ear research Foundation of Florida
	Internship, General Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital & Medical Center
	Residency, Otolaryngology, Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital

Eric Smouha, M.D., F.A.C.S. joined the faculty of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in June, 2005 as Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Director of Otology and Neurology after spending 15 years at SUNY Stony Brook. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the American Otological Society, the American Neurotological Society, the Triological Society, the North American Skull Base Society, and a recipient of the Certificate of Honor of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 
His clinical and academic interests span all aspects of otology and neurotology. He has performed over 400 surgical operations for cholesteatoma, and he has given instructional courses on cholesteatoma and on complications of otitis media at the American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery and in Graduate Education at Mount Sinai.
He has published papers on the management of cholesteatoma in the normal hearing ear, and he has developed innovative techniques aimed at conserving function in cholesteatoma surgery. He has also conducted basic research on enzymes that regulate cholesteatoma, and on three-dimensional imaging of the temporal bone.
Dr. Smouha has done pivotal basic research in hearing preservation surgery of the inner ear. He established a thriving Cochlear Implant program at Stony Brook, which helped restore hearing to many deaf adults and children, and is developing a similar program at Mount Sinai. He has also performed hundreds of successful stapedectomy operations for the treatment of otosclerosis, as well as newer implanted hearing devices including BAHA.
He has treated hundreds of patients with dizziness and balance disorders, and written on the treatment of benign positional vertigo and Meniere's disease. At Mount Sinai, his goal is to develop a multi-specialty balance center.
Dr. Smouha has expertise in the treatment of acoustic neuromas and diseases of the skull base. His meta-analysis on the conservative management of acoustic neuromas was recently presented at the North American Skull Base Society and published in the journal Laryngoscope. 
Dr Smouha is listed in the Best Doctors in America database. 

Education and Training	MD, McGill University
	Fellowship, Ear research Foundation of Florida
	Internship, General Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital & Medical Center
	Residency, Otolaryngology, Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital
Board Certification	Ear, Nose, Throat/ Otolaryngology

Specialty	Ear, Nose, Throat/ Otolaryngology
Clinical Interests	Cochlear Implantation
	Balance Disorders
	Facial Nerve Disorders
	Ear Disorders
	Hearing Loss
	Otosclerosis
	Acoustic Neuroma
Languages	English
	French
Board Certification	Ear, Nose, Throat/ Otolaryngology

Partial labyrinthectomy with hearing preservation.

Role of matrix metallo-proteinases in bone resorption by cholesteatoma.

Cholesteatoma in the normal-hearing ear. Three-dimensional CT scanning for surgical planning in otology.

Javidfar J, Smouha EE. Cholesteatoma in the normal hearing ear. Laryngoscope 2007 May; 117: 854-858.

Smouha EE, Karmody CS. Complications of therapeutic radiation to the lateral cranial base. In: Brackmann DE, Jackler RK, editors. Neurotology. 2nd Philadelphia, Elsevier Mosby; 2005. pp1187-96.

Smouha EE, Yoo M, Mohr K, Davis RP. Conservative management of acoustic neuroma: a meta-analysis and proposed treatment algorithm. Laryngoscope 2005 Mar; 115(3): 450-4.

Smouha EE. Surgery of the inner ear with hearing preservation: serial histologic changes. Laryngoscope 2003 Sep; 113(9): 1439-49.

Smouha EE, Chen D, Li B, Liang Z. Computer-aided virtual surgery for congenital aural atresia. Otol Neurotol 2001 Mar; 22(2): 178-82.

Smouha EE, Shapiro AW, Davis RP, Shindo LL, Acker DE. Image-guided surgery of the skull base using a novel miniature position sensor. Skull Base Surg 1999; 9: 101-07.

Smouha EE. Time course of recovery after Epley maneuvers for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Laryngoscope 1997 Feb; 107(2): 187-91.

Smouha EE, Coyle PK, Shukri S. Facial nerve palsy in Lyme disease: evaluation of clinical diagnostic criteria. Am J Otol 1997 Mar; 18(2): 257-61.

Smouha EE, Namdar I, Michaelides EM. Partial labyrinthectomy with hearing preservation: an experimental study in guinea pigs. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996 Jun; 114(6): 777-84.

Smouha EE, Roussos C. Atypical forms of paroxysmal positional nystagmus. Ear Nose Throat J 1995 Sep; 74(9): 649-56.