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Dana L. Suskind, M.D.

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Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
5841 S Maryland Ave, , Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-834-9169

email:
dsuskind@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Clinical Interests:
Dr. Suskind's clinical practice is devoted to pediatric hearing loss and cochlear implantation. She is the medical director of the Pediatric Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implant Team. She uses her clinical expertise to provide these patients with superior care and results.

Clinical specialties:

Pediatric ear disease
Pediatric Hearing Loss and Deafness
Pediatric sinus disease
Pediatric airway disease
Sleep apnea
Airway reconstruction
Pediatric head and neck masses


Academic Interests:

Dana Suskind, M.D. is an expert in pediatric diseases of the head and neck. Her clinical and research focus is on childhood hearing loss and cochlear implantation. Project ASPIRE (Achieving Superior Parental Involvement for Rehabilitative Excellence), which she conceived and developed, combines educating parents of hearing impaired parents to help their children achieve their potential after implantation with research into the most effective ways of achieving this. Most significantly she is examining health disparities as it affects the world of pediatric hearing loss and cochlear implantation. She is the co-author of a textbook and the author of several book chapters.

Education:
Board Certification: Otolaryngology/Head and neck Surgery,
M.D.: University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
Internship: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship: Washington University Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Representative Publications:
Year Started in Practice:1992 

Practice Location(s):University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital
5721 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637,
Center for Advanced Medicine
5758 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637, 4801 Southwick Dr, 5th Flr, Matteson Il 60443

 
Memberships:American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
American Medical Association
American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology 
Languages Spoken:English 


Published Works