Michael Pitman, MD
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Michael J. Pitman MD is the Director of the Division of Laryngology and the Director of The Voice and Swallowing Institute in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Pitman provides comprehensive care in all aspects of Laryngology including such disorders as laryngotracheal stenosis, vocal fold paralysis, swallowing disorders, spasmodic dysphonia, laryngopharyngeal reflux, chronic cough, vocal fold polyps, nodules and cysts and care of the professional voice.
Dr. Pitman received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he graduated as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. During his tenure there, Dr. Pitman was the recipient of a research grant from the American Academy of Otolaryngology.
Following his residency, Dr. Pitman completed a fellowship in Laryngology and Care of the Professional Voice at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center under the direction Dr. Robert Ossoff. Dr. Pitman has received numerous honors in his career. He has also published and presented nationally in the field of Otolaryngology.
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| Curriculum Vitae |
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New York Eye and Ear Infirmary |
| EDUCATION |
Sept 1989-May 1993 B.S. Architecture June 1993-Jan 1994 Post-graduate
Pre-Medical Studies Aug 1994- June 1998 M.D. |
| POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING |
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July 1998-June 1999 Intern, General Surgery
July 1999-June
2003 Resident, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery July 2003-June
2004 Dr. Robert Ossoff Laryngology Fellow
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| HOSPITAL AFFILIATION |
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New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
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| APPOINTMENTS |
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Assistant Professor
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| LICENSURE |
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July 1999 New York
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| SOCIETIES |
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2004-present American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery - Fellow
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| COMMITTEES |
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2005-present Operating Room Committee – New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
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| HONORS |
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1989-1991 University of Michigan Honors Program – College of Literature, Science and Arts 1993 Golden Key National Honor Society 1998 Albert Einstein College of Medicine
International Health Fellowship 1998 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society 2001 American Academy of Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Surgery 2001 American Academy of Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Surgery 2003 American Academy of Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Surgery 2003 Resident Teaching Award in
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2003 J Swift Hanley MD Memorial Award for
Excellence in Research 2007 Research Poster Award – 2nd Place: Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Recovery Evaluation using Transoral Bipolar Electromyography (ToL EMG): A rat model. Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting 2007 -2008 Peer Election to "Best Doctors in America" 2008 Research Poster Award – 1st Place: Evaluation of Functional Recovery of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Using Transoral Laryngeal Bipolar Electromyography (ToL EMG): A rat model.
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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1997 Oruwariye, TN, Pitman MJ: Influence of Medicaid Managed Care on Sub-specialty Referrals. Abstract. Ambulatory Child Health – The Journal of General and Community Pediatrics. 3:136,1997 2001 Pitman, MJ, Abdelmonem, E, Moscatello, AL: Xanthoma of the Maxillary Sinus. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. 126(4):426-7, 2002 2003 Pitman MJ, Rosenthal J, Savage H, Goupei Y, McCormick S, Alfano R, Schantz SP: The Fluorescence of Thyroid Tissue. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004 Nov;131(5):623-7. 2003 Pitman MJ, Wittkopf J, Ossoff RH: Intralesional Cidofovir for Adult Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis. ENT Journal. Submitted 2004 Silverman D, Pitman MJ: Current diagnostic and management trends for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004 Dec;12(6):532-7 2007 Pitman MJ: Treatment of Vocal Fold Immobility After Thyroid Surgery. In Thyroid Cancer After Chernobyl ed. Daniel Branovan, Accepted 2008 Tessema, B, Pitman MJ, Roark RM, Berzofsky C, Sharma S, Schaefer SD: Evaluation of Functional Recovery of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve using Transoral Laryngeal Bipolar Electromyography (ToL EMG): A rat model. Presented at COSM 2007, Accepted to Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngo 2008 Tessema, B, Pitman MJ, Roark RM, Berzofsky C, Sharma S, Schaefer SD: Evaluation of Functional Recovery of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve using Transoral Laryngeal Bipolar Electromyography (ToL EMG): A rat model., Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2008 Aug;117(8):604-8 2009 Pitman MJ, Weissbrod P: Endoscopic Cricopharyngeal Myotomy: History and Technique. Laryngoscope. 2009 Jan;199(1):45-53. 2009 Belachew Tessema, MD; Rick M. Roark, PhD; Michael J Pitman, MD; Philip Weissbrod, MD; Sansar Sharma PhD; Steven D. Schaefer, MD : Observations of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and recovery using a rat model. Laryngoscope, In Print 2009 Pitman, MJ: Free Vocal Health Screening for Singers: A World Voice Day Celebration. VoicePrints, Journal of the New York Singing Teachers Association. Mar-Apr 2009: 4-5 2009 Belachew Tessema, MD; Rick M. Roark, PhD; Michael J Pitman, MD; Philip Weissbrod, MD; Sansar Sharma PhD; Steven D. Schaefer, MD: Observations of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and recovery using a rat model. Laryngoscope, 2009 Aug;119(8):1644-51. 2009 Tan M, Pitman MJ: A Case of Bilateral Vocal Fold Mucosal Bridges, Bilateral Trans-Vocal Fold Type 3 Sulci and an Intracordal Polyp. Journal of Voice. In Print 2009 Pitman MJ: Singer’s Dysphonia – Etiology, Treatment and Team Management. Music and Medicine. In Print 2009 Brown DJ, Pitman MJ: Retained Bjork Flap Suture: Nine years of morbidity. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2010; (142): 626-627 2009 Rousso J, Pitman MJ: Enterococcus Abcess after Nasolabial Fold, Injection Augmentation with Hyaluronic Acid. In Print 2009 Pitman MJ: The Larynx, book review. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 2009;118:612-0 2010 Pitman MJ: Singer’s Dysphonia: Etiology, Treatment, and Team Management Music and Medicine, 2010 Apr 2(2): 95-103. 2010 Mayerhoff R, Pitman MJ: The Atypical and Disparate Presentations of Laryngeal Sarcoidosis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol In Print 2010 Weissbrod P, Pitman MJ, Roark R, Sharma S, Schaefer SD: Electromyographic and Histologic Evolution of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve From Transection and Anastomosis to Mature Reinnervation. Laryngoscope. Submitted 2010 Pitman MJ, Weissbrod P, Roark R, Sharma S, Bender A,Schaefer SD: Quantity and 3 Dimensional Position of the Recurrent and Superior Laryngeal Nerve Lower Motor Nuclei – A rat model. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol . Submitted 2010 Pitman, MJ: Vocal fold Hemorrhage: A singer’s emergency VoicePrints, Journal of the New York Singing Teachers Association. Mar-Apr 2010: 5-6
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| MONOGRAPHS |
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2007 Pitman MJ, Schaefer SD: Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer of the Glottis and Subglottis. Am Acad Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, Washington DC, 2007.
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2001 Pitman, MJ, Williams, J: Merkel Cell Carcinoma. In: Emedicine at www.emedicine.com 2006 Pitman MJ, Pearson JM, Williams, J: Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Skin: M Abraham Kuriakose ed. In: Emedicine at www.emedicine.com 2007 Pitman MJ, Ossoff RH. Airway Stenosis: Diagnosis and Management. In: Merati A, Bielamowicz S, eds. Textbook of Laryngology. 1st ed. San Diego, CA: Plural; 2006 351-376 2007 Pitman MJ, Blixinkas D, Baredes S: Spasmodic Dysphonia. In: Emedicine at www.emedicine.com 2009 Pitman MJ, Kamat AR, Bliznikas D, Baredes S. Spasmodic Dysphonia. In: eMedicine from WebMD
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| RESEARCH INTERESTS |
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Recurrent laryngeal nerve reinnervation
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| RESEARCH GRANTS |
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2001 Thyroid Fluorescence – The use of light to diagnose thyroid nodules American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Resident Research Grant 2008 Laryngeal Fracture Fixation with Sonic Weld Technology, Sponsor: KLS Martin, Role: Primary Investigator 2009 A Rat Model of Recurrent laryngeal Nerve Injury: RLN Motoneurons Sponsor: Triological Society Career Development Grant, Role: Primary Investigator
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| DIRECTORSHIP, CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION COURSES |
2007 New Technology in Laryngology-The spectrum of Office Based Procedures
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| SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS |
1996 Medicaid in the Pediatric Population:
Managed Care vs. Fee-for-Service. 2003 Fluorescence – The use of light to
diagnose thyroid nodules. 2004 Intralesional Cidofovir for Adult
Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis. Triological Society Southern Section
Meeting 2005 Layngology-Beyond LPR 2005 Spasmodic Dysphonia – Alternative Therapy 2005 Spasmodic Dysphonia – Treatment Update 2006 Motor Unit Decomposition of Laryngeal Muscles In Spasmodic Dysphonia: RM Roark, MJ Pitman 2006 Extraesophageal Reflux - Case Studies 2007 Parkinson’s Disease – Laryngologic Manifestation and Treatment
2007 Optimal Treatment of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Section
2007 Spasmodic Dysphonia – Vector Laryngeal EMG 2007 Alternative Uses of Botox in the Head and Neck 2007 Office Lasers in Laryngology – What are they and when should they be used 2007 Endoscopic Cricopharyngeal Myotomy Grand Rounds New York Eye and Ear Infirmary New York, NY 2007 Unsedated Office-based Laser Laryngeal Surgery Grand Rounds New York Eye and Ear Infirmary New York, NY 2008 RLN Anastomosis Technical Consideration 18th Annual Course on Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY 2008 How to manage severed RLN or unanticipated VF paralysis 18th Annual Course on Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases Tarrytown, NY 2008 Hoarseness after thyroid surgery: managing patients’ expectations and treatment Living with Radiation: Medical and Psychological Consequences of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident United Nations Headquarters New York, NY 2008 Laryngeal Case Panel John F. Daly Conference New York University New York, NY 2008 Suspension Phonomicrosurgery - Tools and Exposure Tips, Phonosurgery & Phototherapy: State-of-the-Art, Mt. Sinai Hospital Center, New York, NY 2008 Vocal Fold Lesions - Panel Moderator, Phonosurgery & Phototherapy: State-of-the-Art, Mt. Sinai Hospital Center, New York, NY 2009 Spasmodic Dysphonia – A Laryngologist’s Perspective, Department of Neurology Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 2009 Spasmodic Dysphonia, Voice Disorders: Anatomical and Physiological Aspects, Assessment, Treatment, and Management, Department of Speech Communication Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn College – City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 2009 Benign Lesions – Polyps, Nodules, Cysts and Sulci, Voice Disorders: Anatomical and Physiological Aspects, Assessment, Treatment, and Management, Department of Speech Communication Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn College – City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 2009 Videostroboscopy, Voice Disorders: Anatomical and Physiological Aspects, Assessment, Treatment, and Management, Department of Speech Communication Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn College – City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 2009 Laryngeal Anatomy and Physiology,Voice Disorders: Anatomical and Physiological Aspects, Assessment, Treatment, and Management, Department of Speech Communication Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn College – City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 2009 Muscle Tension Dysphonia, Voice Disorders: Anatomical and Physiological Aspects, Assessment, Treatment, and Management, Department of Speech Communication Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn College – City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 2009 Vocal Fold Immobility, Voice Disorders: Anatomical and Physiological Aspects, Assessment, Treatment, and Management, Department of Speech Communication Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn College – City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 2009 Laryngopharyngeal Reflux, Voice Disorders: Anatomical and Physiological Aspects, Assessment, Treatment, and Management, Department of Speech Communication Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn College – City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 2009 The Cost of Treating Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis, Living with Radiation After Chernobyl: Treating Thyroid Cancer in the Era of Health Care Reform, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY 2009 Evaluation and Management of Zenker’s Diverticulum and Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction Department of Gastroenterology Grand Rounds, Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 2009 Your Instrument – The Larynx, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY 2009 Singer’s Dysphonia – Etiology, Treatment and Team Management, Keynote Lecture, A music & health symposium for: musicians,performing artists, & medical professionals, Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine, New York, NY 2010 Electromyographic and Histologic Evolution of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve From Transection and Anastomosis to Mature Reinnervation, Triological Society Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV 2010 Quantity and 3 Dimensional Position of the Recurrent and Superior Laryngeal Nerve Lower Motor Nuclei – A rat model. American Bronchoesophageal Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV 2010 Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Case Panel – Member, American Bronchoesophageal Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
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1997 The Influence of Medicaid Managed Care on Sub-specialty Referrals. 2007 Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Recovery Evaluation using Transoral Bipolar 2008 Evaluation of Functional Recovery of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve 2009 Motoneuron Firing Characteristics in Adduction Spasmodic Dysphonia, Roark R, Pitman MJ, Thomas JM, Ahmed OI, 32nd Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Baltimore, MD 2009 The Atypical and Disparate Presentations fo Laryngeal Sarcoidosis, Mayerhoff R, Pitman MJ, Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting, Phoenix, AZ 2009 A Case of Bilateral Vocal Fold Mucosal Bridges, Bilateral Trans-Vocal Fold Type 3 Sulci and an Intracordal Polyp, Tan M, Pitman MJ, Voice Foundation, Philadelphia, PA |
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