Yale Otolaryngology

Clarence Sasaki, MD, FACS, Charles W. Ohse Professor and Chief
Steven Leder, PhD, Professor and Director, Communications Disorders Center
Douglas Ross, MD, FACS, Associate Professor; Program Director, Yale Otolaryngology Residency; Director, Allergy and Sinus Program
Stanley Friedman, MD, FACS, Assistant Clinical Professor
David Karas, MD, FACS, Assistant Clinical Professor
Sanchayetta Mitra, MD, MBA, FACS, Assistant Clinical Professor

General Information (203) 785-2593

Yale Otolaryngology provides world-class care for diseases related to auditory function, speech and swallowing behavior, taste and oral pain syndromes, progression of sinonasal inflammatory disease and head and neck cancer. Our Head and Neck Cancer Services team handles the most serious cancers to improve patient care and quality of life for these challenging conditions. The Communications Disorders Center produces positive results for even the most challenging speech and swallowing conditions. Our Allergy and Sinus Center provides multidisciplinary care for complicated allergy, asthma and sinus conditions.

	General and Pediatric Otolaryngology
	Communications Disorders Center
	Head and Neck Cancer Services
	Allergy and Sinus Program

We see patients for all of our clinics on the 4th Floor of Yale Physicians Building, 800 Howard Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut.

Our extensive research faculty and staff study head and neck cancer prevention and treatment, speech pathology, taste receptor identification, outer ear hair cell physiology, reconstructive surgery, and surgical simulation in education. Please scroll down for profiles of our research faculty.

We train residents and medical students in Otolaryngology. Learn more about our Residency and Clerkship.

Clarence Sasaki, MD, FACS
Charles W. Ohse Professor
Chief, Otolaryngology
Department of Surgery
800 Howard Avenue, 4 th Floor
P.O. Box 208041
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8041
(203) 785-2593
(203) 785-3970, fax

Clinical Faculty

• Clarence Sasaki, MD, FACS
  Charles W. Ohse Professor of Surgery
  Chief, Otolaryngology
  Director, Yale Head and Neck Services
• Steven Leder, Ph.D.
  Professor and Director, Communications Disorders
• Douglas Ross, MD, FACS
  Associate Professor
  Program Director, Yale Otolaryngology Residency
• Stanley Friedman, MD, FACS
  Assistant Clinical Professor and Director, General Otolaryngology Clinic and ENT Allergy
• David Karas, MD, FACS
  Assistant Clinical Professor
• Sancheyetta Mitra, MD, MBA, FACS
  Assistant Clinical Professor
  Chief, Otolaryngology, Connecticut Veterans Administration Medical Center
• John M. Kirchner, MD
  Professor Emeritus

Clinical Staff

• Lynn Acton, M.S.
  Lecturer; Voice and Swallowing
• Shelley Jolie, R.N.
  Lecturer; Head and Neck Service Patient Education
• Heather L. Lisitano, M.A.
  Lecturer; Speech and Swallowing
• Joseph Mendes, P.A.-C
  Physician Assistant
• Bernadette Palmese, M.A.
  Lecturer; Audiology
• Carol A. Powell, M.S.
  Lecturer; Audiology
• Nancy Smith-Bruno, M.S.
  Lecturer; Audiology
• James Williams, P.A.-C.
  Physician Assistant

Research Faculty

• Linda Bartoshuk, Ph.D., Professor
• Barry Green, Ph.D., Professor and Fellow, John B. Pierce Laboratory
• Joseph Santos-Sacchi, Ph.D., Professor
• Ilsa Schwartz, Ph.D., Professor
• Dana Small, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Assistant Fellow, John B. Pierce Laboratory
• Valerie Duffy, Ph.D., Visiting Lecturer
• Carol Fowler, Ph.D., Professor Adjunct
• Miriam Grushka, Ph.D., Clinical Instructor
• Philip Rubin, Ph.D., Professor Adjunct
• Jiajun Xu, MD, Visiting Associate Professor