Dr. Phillip A Wackym MD
Ear-Nose and Throat Doctor (ENT) | Otology & Neurotology
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 10 PLUM ST FL 5 NEW BRUNSWICK NJ, 08901Rating
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About
Dr. P. Ashley Wackym is a seasoned administrator, investigator and surgical otologist-neurotologist and skull base surgeon. He is currently the Chair of Department of Otolaryngology – Head Neck Surgery at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and a Chancellor Scholar of Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences. He serves as the Otolaryngologist-in-Chief for the RWJ Barnabas Health Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Medical Director for the Department of Speech and Hearing.
He is board certified in Neurotology as well as Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. His clinical emphasis is on cochlear implantation and skull base surgery as well as other hearing and balance disorders. He is particularly well known for the surgical management of patients with superior semicircular canal dehiscence and other third window syndrome sites.
Among his 19 national and international awards include the Nicholas Torok Vestibular Award of the American Neurotology Society, the Edmund Prince Fowler Award and a Presidential Citation from the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, the Gold Medal Award from the Prosper Meniere Society, and the Honor Award and Distinguished Service Award of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He has also served as President of the Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum, the President of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, the President of Otology and Neurotology, Inc., among many other national and international leadership roles.
Education and Training
Vanderbilt University MD 1985
Board Certification
American Board of Otolaryngology
Neurotology (Otolaryngology)
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Dr. Phillip A Wackym MD's Expert Contributions
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A critical appraisal of spontaneous perilymphatic fistulas of the inner ear.
- Vascular compression of the cochlear nerve identified by endoscopy during acoustic neuroma surgery.
- Endoscope-assisted surgery for acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannomas): early experience using the rigid Hopkins telescope.
- Endoscopy during neurotomy of the nervus intermedius for geniculate neuralgia.
- Partial cDNAs encoding G-protein alpha subunits in the rat vestibular periphery.
- Cochlear implantation for auditory rehabilitation in Camurati-Engelmann disease.
- Topographic distribution of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the cristae of a
- Adenylyl cyclase isoforms in the vestibular periphery of the rat.
- Evaluation of surgical approaches to endoscopic auditory brainstem implantation.
- Ligand-gated purinergic receptors are differentially expressed in the adult rat vestibular periphery.
- Hearing rehabilitation using the BAHA bone-anchored hearing aid: results in 40 patients.
- Adjunctive use of endoscopy during posterior fossa surgery to treat cranial neuropathies.
- Radiation hybrid mapping of 11 alpha and beta nicotinic acetylcholine receptor genes in Rattus norvegicus.
- The ascending pharyngeal artery: branches, anastomoses, and clinical significance.
- A novel connexin 26 compound heterozygous mutation results in deafness.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 6 - Present
Awards
- Gold Medal Award 2 Prosper Meniere Society
- Presidential Citation 3 Triological Society
- Distinguished Service Award 15 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Care Champion Award 6 Legacy Health
- Care Champion Award 7 Legacy Health
- Teaching and Mentorship Award 13 Medical College of Wisconsin
- Magna Cum Laude Citation 21 The American Society of Neuroradiology
- Honor Award 24 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Edmund Prince Fowler Award 25 The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society
- Shirley Baron Research Award 29 The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society
- Nicholas Torok Vestibular Awar 30 The American Neurotology Society
Professional Memberships
- American Otological Society
- American Neurotology Society
- American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society
- The American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors
- State Theatre of New Jersey
- Vestibular Disorders Association
- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Sons of the American Revolution
- Rutgers University
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- American Neurotology Society
- Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum - US Group
Areas of research
Dr. P. Ashley Wackym's basic research was funded by the National Institutes of Health for over two decades in the area of gene discovery in the inner ear. Currently his research is focused on: cognitive dysfunction before and after surgical management of third window syndrome; cochlear implantation; outcomes of Gamma Knife surgery; balance disorders and the development of new biomedical engineering technologies – the NIH currently funds one of these. He has published over 170 papers, 60 book chapters, 20 video productions and edited three books, including the 18th edition of Ballenger’s Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, which is over 1,400 pages and two volumes.
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