Charley C. Della Santina, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
Director, Johns Hopkins Vestibular NeuroEngineering Laboratory
Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Vestibular Clinical Testing Laboratory

TELEPHONE
443-997-6467 (443-997-OHNS)

EDUCATION - Medical School
University of California at San Francisco

EDUCATION - Residency
The Johns Hopkins University, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

EDUCATION - Post-Graduate
PhD Bioengineering, University of California at Berkeley & University of California at San Francisco

BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Otolaryngology

CLINICAL INTERESTS

• Acoustic Neuroma
• Balance Disorders
• Bone Anchored Hearing Devices
• Cholesteatoma
• Cochlear Implantation
• Diseases of the Ear
• Dizziness
• Ear Surgery
• Hearing Aids
• Hearing Disorders
• Hearing Restoration
• Meniere’s disease
• Neurotology
• Otology
• Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome
• Vertigo
• Vestibular Disorders
• Vestibular Schwannoma

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Design, development, testing and application of the Johns Hopkins MVP Multichannel Vestibular Prosthesis (a new implantable stimulator intended to restore inner ear balance sensation in individuals disabled by unsteady vision due to hair cell injury after gentamicin, Meniere’s disease, or other disorders)
• Developing new technologies for neural stimulation
• Developing new technologies for vestibular function testing and rehabilitation
• Epidemiology of bilateral vestibular hypofunction and other vestibular disorders
• Genetics of Meniere’s disease, Superior Canal Dehiscence and other inner ear disorders
• Magnetohydrodynamic vestibular stimulation
• Auditory cortex activity during stimulation by cochlear implants

PRINCIPAL HOSPITAL
Johns Hopkins Hospital

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