Projects for Fellows and Residents in Otolaryngology

Dr. Sharon Abel
Hearing Research Laboratory, Defence Research and Development Canada - Toronto
Research project in the area of psychoaccoustics, interest in the processing of acoustic stimulus parameters, communication disorders associated with the use of hearing protection, especially in hearing impaired listeners, deficits in perception and cognition with aging, hearing loss and psychoacoustic changes according to site of lesion (peripheral or central).
Contact: Dr. Sharon M. Abel, Tel: (416) 635-2037

Dr. Cho Pang
Division of Experimental Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children
Project involving human skin flap sample use and biochemistry and pharmacological studies on these samples.
Contact: Dr. Cho Pang, Tel: (416) 813-6451

Dr. Bob Harrison
Auditory Science Laboratories, Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto
Studies in animal models of hearing loss, developmental plasticity of auditory system, techniques: electrophysiology, single unit, evoked potentials. Microscopy, light microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy.
Contact: Dr. Robert V. Harrison, Tel: (416) 813-6535

Dr. Jeremy Freeman
Department of Otolaryngology, Mt. Sinai Hospital
with Dr. Michael Dosch
Department of Immunology and Cancer, Hospital for Sick Children.
Studies in cancer and immunology in relation to head and neck oncology.
Contact: Dr. Jeremy Freeman, Tel: (416) 586-5141

Dr. Phil Cole
The Gage Research Institute, St. Michael's Hospital/Hospital for Sick Children
Upper respiratory airway physiology.
Contact: Dr. Philip Cole, Tel: (416) 978-5883

Dr. Martyn Hyde
Otologic Function Unit, Research Division, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Rm 200
Various research projects including assessment of clinical diagnostic techniques, the use of evoked potentials in diagnosis, and new project on evaluating otoacoustic emissions.
Contact: Dr. Martyn Hyde, Tel: (416) 586-8209

Dr. Julian Nedzelski
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Vestibular and oculomotor studies scleral coil system for eye movement tracking.
Contact: Dr. Julian Nedzelski, Tel: (416) 480-4141

Dr. Ralph GilbertSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Microcirculation and flap survival studies, basic science and surgical aspects.
Contact: Dr. Ralph Gilbert, Tel: (416) 480-4823