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Dr. william lippy, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr. William Lippy is founder of the Lippy Group for Ear, Nose & Throat. He is an internationally recognized expert in stapedectomy surgery for treatment of deafness. He is one of a handful of surgeons in the world who has performed thousands of stapedectomies. Dr. Lippy created "The Lippy Stapes Prosthesis", many instruments used in stapdectomy surgery, and has many scientific publications to his name. His efforts in educating young otologists and audiologists are internationally recognized. He also teaches and performs ear surgery abroad. He is the past president of the Otosclerosis Study Group.

Dr. Lippy has supported humanitarian causes since his youth. He has a special interest in athletics, and tennis in particular. These efforts led to the founding of Israel Tennis Centers that have served over 400,000 children. Jump Start America in 1992 was another of Dr. Lippy's creations. Employers supporting this initiative gave a bonus to any employee who purchased an American built automobile. That year the American share of the automobile market increased for the first time in 30 years

Dr. Lippy's special interest is the treatment and surgery for otosclerosis. He has done over 17,000 stapedectomies including 2000 revisions for otosclerosis. Revision surgery is done for patients whose original surgery was unsuccessful or whose original surgery was successful and then failed. His success rate in revision surgery has dramatically increased over the years because of his great experience, and the advent of the laser. He has written more than 50 peer review papers and five chapters in textbooks. He has taught courses for over 25 years at the Academy of Otolaryngology on unusual problems of the bones of the middle ear and on stapedectomy. He has developed many of the instruments and techniques that are widely used throughout the world. He has written on such exotic subjects as far advance otosclerosis, stapedectomy in the elderly patients, stapedectomy in children, stapedectomy in combat pilots, what to expect in the second ear, based on what was found in the first ear, and the largest series ever published on revision stapedectomy. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Michigan, Ohio State University, The Michigan Ear Institute, The University of Miami, The University of Colorado, The University of Pittsburgh, Sanford University, The University of Texas, Long Island Jewish Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, Henry Ford Hospital, in Detroit, The Cleveland Clinic, The University of Cincinnati, Tel Aviv University, The University of Eastern Virginia, Western Reserve University, Kings Hospital in Amman Jordan, The University of Cairo, Egypt, The University of Istanbul, Turkey and the University of Burkerest, in Romania.

 

Education:

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, B.A.
Ohio State Medical School, Columbus, OH, M.D.

Internship:

Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

Military Service:

U.S. Air Force Flight Surgeon
Strategic Air Command
Loring A.F.B., Limestone, ME

Residency:

University Hospital, Columbus, OH, Otolaryngology

Post-Graduate:

  • Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO, Nasal Allergy
  • Columbia University, New York, NY, Rhinoplasty
  • Columbia University, New York, NY, Temporal Bone Surgery

Honorary Degree:

Youngstown, OH, Doctorate of Science

Academic Appointments:

  • Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, Sr. Instructor
  • Kent State University, Kent, OH, Lecturer
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Instructor
  • Northeastern Ohio College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH, Clinical Professor
  • University of Eastern Virginia, Norfolk, VA, Clinical Asst. Professor
  • Ohio State University Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Columbus, OH, Clinical Professor

Hospital Appointments:

  • St. Joseph Riverside Hospital, Warren, OH, Chief - Otology
  • Trumbull Memorial Hospital, Warren, OH, Active
  • Western Reserve Care System, Youngstown, OH, Courtesy Staff

Medical License:

  • State of Ohio
  • State of Pennsylvania
  • Israel

Specialty Boards:

American Board of Otolaryngology: Certification

Societies:

  • American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  • Triological Society
  • Otologic Society
  • Otosclerosis Study Group - President 1992
  • Deafness Research Foundation
  • American College of Surgeons - Fellow
  • American Medical Association
  • Ohio State Medical Association
  • Trumbull County Medical Association

Past and Present Philantropic Activities:

  • Chairman, Hearing Research Foundation, Warren, OH
  • National Young Leadership Cabinet
  • Board Member, United Appeal, Warren, OH
  • Chairman, Warren Jewish Foundation
  • Israel Bond Chairman, Warren, OH
  • Board Member, YMCA, Warren, OH
  • Board Member, Beth Israel Temple
  • Founding Trustee, Israel Tennis Center
  • National Campaign Cabinet, USA
  • Pacesetter, Co-Chairman, Greater Youngstown Jewish Federation
  • President, Israel Tennis Center, American Board
  • Chairman, Israel Tennis Center, International Board
  • Founder, Jump-Start America
  • The Best Doctors In America

International Seminars Given:

  • Stapedectomy - State of the Art
  • Stanford University
  • University of Texas

Courses Given:

  • Stapedectomy
    University of Colorado
    University of Miami
     
  • Stapedectomy: Problems and Complications
    American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
     
  • Stapedectomy: Problems and Revisions
    American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
     
  • Mini seminar- Contemporary Management of Otosclerosis

Visiting Professor:

  • University of Michigan
  • Ohio State University
  • Michigan Ear Institute
  • Long Island Jewish Hospital
  • Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York
  • Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of Cincinnati
  • Tel Aviv University
  • University of Eastern Virginia
  • Western Reserve University
  • Kings Hospital, Amman, Jordan
  • University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
  • Teheran Clinic, Teheran, Israel
  • University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
  • University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Publications:

  1. Total ossiculoplasty with footplate removal. Berenholz LP, Lippy WH. Otol Head Neck Surg. In press.
  2. Twenty-year review of revision stapedectomy. Lippy WH, Battista RA, Berenholz L, Schuring AG, Burkey JM. Otol Neurotol 24(4):560-566.
  3. Revision stapedectomy in Israel. Berenholz L, Lippy W, Harell M. Otol Neurotol 23(6):850-853.
  4. Promontory drilling in stapedectomy, Lippy, WH, Berenholz LP, Schuring, AG, Rizer FM, Burkey JM. Otol Neurotol 23(4):439-41.
  5. Stapedectomy Revision in Elderly Patients, Lippy, WH, Wingate, J., Burkey, JM., Rizer, FM, Schuring, AG: Laryngoscope 112: 1100-1103.
  6. Special Problems in Otosclerosis Surgery, Lippy, WH: Otologic Surgery, Second Edition, Brackmann, DE, ed: WB Saunders, New York, (2001) 26: 276-283
  7. Otosclerosis Management, Lippy, WH ; Controversies in Otolaryngology, Pensac, M.L. ed: Thieme Medical Publishers, New York (2001) 15: 233-238
  8. Stapedectomy following tympanoplasty: Berenholz, LP, Lippy, WH, Burkey, JM, Schuring AG., Rizer, FM, The Journl of Laryngology & Otology, 115(6)444-446.
  9. Cavum Major Tympano-Ossuculoplasty. Schuring AG, Berenholtz et al. Am J Otol. 21:306-309
  10. Ossiculoplasty in canal wall down mastoidectomy. Berenholtz LP, Rizer FM, Burkey JM, Schuring AG, Lippy WH. Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery. 123: 30-30.
  11. The Other Ear- Findings and Results in 3,600 Bilateral Stapedectomies, Lippy WH, Daniels RL, Kreiger L. Otol Neurotol 22 (5): 603-607.
  12. Hearing Better: Understanding Your Hearing and Ear Care Options. Burkey JM, Lippy WH, Schuring AG, Rizer FM, Universal Publishers.
  13. Otosclerosis in the 1960's, 1970's, 1980's and 1990's. Lippy, WH., Berenholz LP, Burkey JM. Laryngoscope. 109: 1307 -1309.
  14. Small air-bone gaps: Sometimes they are a sign of otosclerosis. Burkey JM, Lippy WH, Hearing Journal 52:63-67
  15. Partial Ossicular Reconstruction in Children: A Review of 62 Operations, Daniels, RL, Rizer, FM, Schuring, AG, Lippy, WH; Laryngoscope 108:1674-81
  16. Revision Stapedectomy for Incu Erosion: Long-Term Hearing, Krieger, LW, Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG, Rizer, FM; Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 199(4):370-73
  17. Partial Footplate Removal in Stapedectomy, Rizer, FM, Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG; Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 9(1):13-19
  18. Prosthesis Size in Stapedectomy, Fucci, MJ, Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG, Rizer, FM; Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 118:1-5
  19. Practical Use of Total and Partial Ossicular Replacement Prostheses in Ossiculoplasty, Slater, PW, Rizer, FM, Schuring, AG, Lippy, WH; Laryngoscope 107:1193-98
  20. Stapedectomy, Lippy, WH, Grant I. In Gates: Current Therapies in Otolaryngology; Mosby Year Book 1998 Sixth Edition.
  21. Stapedectomy in children: Short and long-term results, Lippy, WH, Burkey, JM, Schuring, AG, Rizer, FM; Laryngoscope 108:569-572.
  22. Clinical Utility of the 512 Hz Rinne Tuning Fork Test, Burkey, JM, Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG, Rizer, FM; The American Journal of Otology 19:59-62
  23. Word Recognition Score Changes Following Stapedectomy for Far Advanced Otosclerosis, Lippy, WH, Burkey, JM, Schuring, AG, Rizer, FM; The American Journal of Otology 19:56-58
  24. Practical Use of Total and Partial Ossicular Replacement Prosthesis in Ossiculoplasty: Slater, PW, Rizer, FM, Schuring, AG, Lippy, WH; Laryngoscope 107:1193-1198
  25. Prosthesis on a Mobilized Stapes Footplate: Lippy, WH, Fucci, MJ, Schuring, AG, Rizer, FM; American Journal of Otology 17:713-716
  26. Stapedectomy in Patients with Small Air-Bone Gaps, Lippy, WH, Burkey, JM, Schuring, AG, Rizer, FM; Laryngoscope 107:919-922
  27. Acoustic Reflexes, Auditory Brainstem Response, and MRI in the Evaluation of Acoustic Neuromas, Burkey, JM, Rizer, FM, Schuring, AG, Fucci, MJ, Lippy WH; Laryngoscope 106:839-841
  28. Stapedectomy in Combat Pilots, Lippy, WH; The American Journal of Otology 17(6):847-849.
  29. Stapedectomy in the Elderly Patient, Lippy WH; The American Journal of Otology 17(6):831-834.
  30. Intraoperative Audiometry, Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG, Rizer, FM; Laryngoscope 105(2):214-16
  31. Special Problems in Otosclerosis Surgery, Lippy, WH; "Otologic Surgery", Brachmann, DE, ed.: WB Saunders, New York, 29:347-356
  32. Simultaneous Presentation of Facial Nerve Neuroma and Otosclerosis: Rizer, FM, Guthikonda, M, Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG; The American Journal of Otology 15:(5 Pt 3):427-30
  33. Revision Stapedectomy: Lippy, WH; AAO-HNS Instructional Courses, Mosby Year Book, 1994
  34. Far Advanced Otosclerosis: Lippy, WH, Battista, RA, Schuring, AG, Rizer, FM; The American Journal of Otology 15:(5 Pt 2):225-28
  35. Evolution of Techniques of Stapedectomy from the Total Stapedectomy to the Small Fenestra Stapedectomy: Rizer, FM, Lippy, WH; The Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America 26(3):443-51
  36. Staging for Cholesteatoma in the Child, Adolescent, and Adult: Schuring, AG, Lippy, WH, Rizer, FM, Schuring, LL; Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology 99(4 Pt 1):256-60
  37. A Postoperative Audiometric Evaluation of Cochlear Implant Patients: Rizer, FM, Arkis, PN, Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG; Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 98(3):203-6
  38. Reconstructing the Absent Lenticular Process: Schuring, AG, Lippy, WH, Rizer, FM; Laryngoscope 97(10):1149-50
  39. The Ossicle-Cup Prosthesis: Five Years Later: Schuring, AG, Lippy, WH; Otolaryngology 95(2):219-21
  40. Validating the Excision of Cholesteatoma: Schuring, AG, Lippy, WH; Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 93(3):288-92
  41. Stapedectomy Revision Following the Sensori-Neural Hearing Loss: Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG; Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 92(5):580-2
  42. Solving Ossicular Problems in Tympanoplasty: Schuring, AG, Lippy, WH; Laryngoscope 93(9):1151-4
  43. Solving Ossicular Problems in Stapedectomy: Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG; Laryngoscope 93(9):1147-50
  44. Stapedectomy Revision of the Wire-Gelfoam Prosthesis: Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG; Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 91(2 Pt 1):9-13
  45. Semibiologic Middle Ear Prosthesis: Ossicle Cup and Ossicle Columella: Schuring, AG, Lippy, WH; Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 90(5):629-4
  46. Stapedectomy Revision: Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG, Ziv, M; Journal of Otology 2:(7 Pt 1):15-21
  47. An Incus Replacement Prosthesis. The Ossicle Cup: Schuring, AG, Lippy, WH, Ziv, M; Archives Otolaryngology 104(8):439-41
  48. Stapedectomy for Otosclerosis with Malleus Fixation: Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG, Ziv, M; Archives Otolaryngology 104(7):388-9
  49. Unilateral Hearing Loss in Acoustic Neuroma: Owen, WS, Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG, Ziv, M; Ohio State Medical Journal 73(4):219-20
  50. Incus Window in Transposition: Schuring, AG, Lippy, WH; Archives Otolaryngology 101(3):192-5
  51. Prosthesis for the Problem Incus in Stapedectomy: Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG; Archives Otolaryngology 100(3):237-9
  52. Treatment of the Inadvertently Mobilized Footplate: Lippy, WH, Schuring, AG; Achives Otolaryngology 98(2):80-1
  53. Bone Conduction Measurement: Mastoid Versus Upper Central Incisor: Lippy, WH, Rotolo, AL, Berger, KW; Transactions of American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology 70(6):1084-8



 

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