Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, Inaugurated President, AAO-HNS

Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, Inaugurated President, AAO-HNS

by NY Otology • Featured, News & Events

Excerpted from www.entnet.org press release
September 30, 2015

Dallas, TX—Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, is the new president of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) and its Foundation. Elected by AAO-HNS members, Dr. Chandrasekhar will serve a one-year term leading the Academy’s nearly 12,000 members who specialize in the treatment of the ears, nose, throat, and related structures of the head and neck.

“Change is happening rapidly in healthcare, and I think the challenges we are facing as physicians and surgeons are actually opportunities for us to have a strong voice in shaping the future of our field,” said Dr. Chandrasekhar. “As the daughter of an internist and an otolaryngologist, the Academy has long held a special place in my life. Service to patients and colleagues is in my blood. I definitely see my term as president as an opportunity to be a positive influence on younger otolaryngologists who are starting to fill leadership roles.”

Dr. Chandrasekhar is Director of New York Otology, Director of Neurotology at the James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center, an otologist and neurotologist at the New York Head and Neck Institute, and Clinical Associate Professor at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. She is also Medical Director of the Vestibular Disorders Evaluation Clinic at the Bronx VA Hospital, and is currently building the Comprehensive Balance Center at Lenox Hill Hospital/Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital.

Her clinical interests include the management of disorders related to hearing, balance, tinnitus, facial nerves, and skull base tumors. She has several published papers in otology and otolaryngology, including a landmark study on sudden hearing loss.

Dr. Chandrasekhar has made significant contributions to the work of the AAO-HNS/F as co-chair of the Foundation’s clinical practice guideline on sudden hearing loss, chair of the guideline for improving voice outcomes after thyroidectomy, and as a methodologist for the guidelines on tinnitus and adult sinusitis. She previously served as chair of the Board of Governors. Among her awards are two Distinguished Service Awards from the AAO-HNS, the Helen Krause Trailblazer Award from the Academy’s Section for Women in Otolaryngology, and the Physician Mentor Recognition Award from the American Medical Association Women Physicians Section.

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4 Responses to “Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, Inaugurated President, AAO-HNS”

  1. Solomon Meisels

    I would like to get an appointment for next week about my hearing loss, at East 64th Street office.

    • Sujana S. Chandrasekhar MD

      Please call the office at 212-249-3232 to schedule an appointment.

  2. Tarkan Bastiyali

    hi have horrible hissing sound or tinnitus for 4 years please help

    • Sujana S. Chandrasekhar MD

      Please seen an otolaryngologist in your area for thorough assessment and treatment options.