Daniel I. Choo, MD
Appointment
Director of Otology / Neurotology and associate professor of Otolaryngology
Email
daniel.choo@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-4355
Fax
513-636-8133
Bio
Daniel Choo, MD, obtained his medical degree from the State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, NY, and completed his Otolaryngology residency training in Syracuse.
Dr. Choo completed fellowships in Otology / Neurotology at the Ear Research Foundation, Sarasota, Fla., and the Neurotology Branch of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
Credentials
MD: State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, Syracuse, NY, 1989.
Fellowship: Neuro-otology, Ear Research Foundation, Sarasota, Fla., 1995; Molecular and Developmental Biology of the Inner Ear, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1999.
Residency: State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, Syracuse, NY, 1994.
Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology, 1995.
Awards and Honors
Research
Development of the inner ear; Meniere's Disease.
Publications, Most Recent
Development of the mouse inner ear and its sensory organs, Journal of Neuroscience, 1998, vol.18:9, pp.3327-3335.
The differential sensitivity of inner ear structures to retinoic acid during development, 1998, vol. 204, pp.136-50.
Von Hippel Lindau disease gene alterations associated with endolymphatic sac tumor, Journal of the National
Cancer Institute, 1997, vol. 89:13, pp.970-972.
Axial specification for sensory organs versus non-sensory organs of the chicken inner ear, Development, 1998, vol. 125, pp.11-20.
Differential transcriptional control as the major molecular event in generating Otx1-/- and Otx2-/- divergent phenotypes, Development, 1999, vol. 126, 1417-1426.
Intratympanic steroids treatment of inner ear disease and tinnitus: a preliminary report, ENT Journal, 1996, vol. 75:8, pp. 1067-1074.
Laser-assisted tympanostomy, Laryngoscope, 1996, vol. 106 (9 pt.1), pp.1067-1074.
Laser Tympanoplasty and middle ear endoscopy in Office-Based Surgery of the Head and Neck, Ed. Y.Krespi, Lipincott-Raven Publishers Inc., New York, 1997.
Special Interests
Diagnosis and management of children with hearing loss; pediatric cochlear implantation; surgery for congenital ear abnormalities; hearing restoration surgery; disorders of the endolymphatic system of the inner ear (e.g., Meniere's Disease).
Related Areas
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