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Dr. Amir's Curriculum Vitae

 

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Doctor of Medicine, May 1997

           

University of California at San Diego; San Diego, California

Bachelor of Science, Molecular Biology, June 1993

 

 

HONORS

 

Regents Scholar, 1992, Goldwater Scholar, 1992, Phi Beta Kappa, 1993, Summa Cum Laude, 1993

 

 

RESIDENCY TRAINING

           

Resident in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

 

 

 

FELLOWSHIP TRAINING

 

Fellow in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Rousso Facial Plastic Surgery Clinic

Birmingham, Alabama

 

 

 

BOARD CERTIFICATION

 

American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

 

 

NATIONAL/REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS

           

Roy Amir, Steven Dayan

The Effects of Aluminum Oxide Microdermabrasion on Photo-damaged Skin

American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fall Meeting

Denver, CO, 2001

 

Roy Amir, Arvind Kumar

The Test-Retest Variability of Air Versus Water Caloric Testing

American Otologic Society, Combined Otolaryngologic Spring Conference
Palm Desert, CA, April 24, 1999

 

Roy Amir, Maria Chand, Kevin O’Grady, Dean Toriumi

The Use of Alpha-Bone Substitute Material in a Canine Mandible Defect Model

Chicago Laryngological and Otological Society

Chicago, IL, April 5, 1999

 

 

AFFILIATIONS/COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1999-

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1998-

Agnew Surgical Society, 1993-1997

Nu Sigma Nu Medical School Fraternity, 1993-1996

Martial Arts Instructor, University of Pennsylvania, 1995

First Degree Black Belt, Taekwondo,  American Taekwondo Assoc., 1992

Volunteer Big Brother, Big Brothers of San Diego County, 1991-1993

 

 

BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH

 

Further Characterization of the Chick Endocochlear Potential following Acoustic Trauma, with J. Saunders, PhD, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1996           

 

Treatment of Malignant Mesothelioma in Rats using Recombinant Adenovirus Vector, with S. Albelda, M.D., Thoracic Oncology Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1994

 

Elucidation of the Tryptophan Biosynthesis Pathway, with S.E. Mills, PhD, Department of Biology, University of California at San Diego, 1993

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Abstracts

 

Amir R, Dayan S. The Effects of Aluminum Oxide Microdermabrasion on Photodamaged Skin. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fall Meeting, 2001

 

Kumar A, Amir R . The Air versus Water Caloric. American Otologic Society,  Abstracts of the One Hundred Thirty-second Annual Meeting, 1999 

           

Manuscripts

 

Amir R, Goldberg AN. Chronic Rhinitis: A Manifestation of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. American Journal of Otolaryngology. 1999; 20: 328-331.

 

Amir R, Young NM. Facial Neuroma in a Five-year-old Child. Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 2001; 127:213-216.

 

Amir R, Dunham ME. Bilateral Choanal Atresia with Nasal Dermoid Cyst and Sinus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology.  2001; 58 (1): 81-85.

 

Amir R, Altman K, Zaheer S: Neurilemmoma of the Hard Palate. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2002; 60 (9):1069-1071

 

Amir R, Danahey D, Ferrer K, Maffee M. Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor Presenting with Airway Obstruction in a Pregnant Female. American Journal of Otolaryngology. 2002; 23(6): 362-367