Jeffrey Sharon, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery division, and he is also the Director of the Balance and Falls Center in Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) at the University of California, San Francisco. He received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, New York. He completed both his one-year internship and his OHNS residency at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital / Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, followed by a Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery fellowship at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Sharon is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, the Barany Society, and the American Neurotology Society. He has expertise in all aspects of ear and skull base surgery, including cochlear implants, vestibular schwannoma, otosclerosis, tympanoplasty, and mastoidectomy. His research interests include improving patient outcomes in vestibular disorders, including vestibular migraine, superior canal dehiscence syndrome, and Meniere’s disease. With vestibular migraine, he was the first to show the prevalence of the disease in the United States, develop a disease specific patient oriented outcome measure (VM-PATHI), and to demonstrate the effectiveness of CGRP medications in a placebo controlled randomized clinical trial.
Specialty:
Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery
Expertise:
Dizziness, vertigo, hearing loss, ear infections, cholesteatoma, otosclerosis, tumors of the ear and lateral skull base, vestibular schwannoma, cochlear implants, superior canal dehiscence syndrome
Professional Interests:
Vestibular disorders, superior canal dehiscence syndrome, vestibular migraine, Meniere’s disease, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, outcomes in vestibular disease, temporal bone surgery
Education and Training:
• Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
• Internship: Barnes-Jewish Hospital / Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
• Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital / Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
• Fellowship: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD - Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery
Awards and Honors:
• 2009 Alpha Omega Alpha
• 2013 Michael Paparella Research Award
• 2016 American Neurotology Society, Chicago - Nicholas Torok Vestibular Award
Dr. Sharon is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, the Barany Society, and the American Neurotology Society. He has expertise in all aspects of ear and skull base surgery, including cochlear implants, vestibular schwannoma, otosclerosis, tympanoplasty, and mastoidectomy. His research interests include improving patient outcomes in vestibular disorders, including vestibular migraine, superior canal dehiscence syndrome, and Meniere’s disease. With vestibular migraine, he was the first to show the prevalence of the disease in the United States, develop a disease specific patient oriented outcome measure (VM-PATHI), and to demonstrate the effectiveness of CGRP medications in a placebo controlled randomized clinical trial.
Specialty:
Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery
Expertise:
Dizziness, vertigo, hearing loss, ear infections, cholesteatoma, otosclerosis, tumors of the ear and lateral skull base, vestibular schwannoma, cochlear implants, superior canal dehiscence syndrome
Professional Interests:
Vestibular disorders, superior canal dehiscence syndrome, vestibular migraine, Meniere’s disease, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, outcomes in vestibular disease, temporal bone surgery
Education and Training:
• Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
• Internship: Barnes-Jewish Hospital / Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
• Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital / Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
• Fellowship: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD - Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery
Awards and Honors:
• 2009 Alpha Omega Alpha
• 2013 Michael Paparella Research Award
• 2016 American Neurotology Society, Chicago - Nicholas Torok Vestibular Award