AshleyErinBalakerMD

Neurotology

Physician/Surgeon

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Office
18 Endeavor
Suite 208
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone+1 949-364-4361

Fax+1 949-364-4495

I am a board certified Otolaryngologist and sub-specialist in Otology-Neurotology. My practice focuses on minimally invasive ear surgery for hearing loss, chronic ear infections, otosclerosis, eustachian tube dysfunction, surfer's ear and tumors of the ear and skull base.

California Ear InstituteFellowship, Neurotology, 2012 - 2014
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2007 - 2012
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 2007
University of CaliforniaBS, Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Magna Cum Laude, 2003

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification drchrono EHR, drchrono, Inc., 2012-2013
Chairman’s Resident Award 2011
ARO Resident Travel Grant 2011
AAO-HNS Humanitarian Travel Grant 2011
NIDCD National Temporal Bone Registry Otopathology Research Travel Fellowship 2010
AAO-HNS Resident Leadership Grant 2009
House Scholarship 2007
California Community Foundation Scholarship 2005,2006, 2007
Alpha Omega Alpha USC Chapter, 2006
Dean’s Recognition for Junior-Senior Continuum USC, 2006
Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society USC Chapter, 2003
Commencement Speaker for Departmental Graduation Ceremony UCLA, 2003
Phi Beta Kappa UCLA, 2003
Dean’s Honor List UCLA,1999,2000,2001, 2002
MacKenzie Scholarship 2005,2006
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PubMed

9 citations
HEAR MAPS a classification for congenital microtia/atresia based on the evaluation of 742 patients
Joseph B. Roberson, Hernan Goldsztein, Ashley Balaker, Stephen A. Schendel, John F. Reinisch
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2013-09-01
3 citations
Fibrous Incudostapedial Joint in Congenital Aural Atresia
Ashley E. Balaker, Joseph B. Roberson, Hernan Goldsztein
Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. 2013-09-01
20 citations
Immunocytochemical Localization of the Translocase of the Outer Mitochondrial Membrane (Tom20) in the Human Cochlea
Ashley E. Balaker, Paul Ishiyama, Ivan A. Lopez, Gail Ishiyama, Akira Ishiyama
Anatomical Record. 2013-02-01

Abstracts/Posters

Sensorineural hearing loss in the setting of systemic autoimmune disease: a temporal bone study.
Balaker AE, Lopez IA, Ishiyama A, AAO-HNS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
Cancer of Unknown Primary – Are We Making a Difference?
Balaker AE, Abemayor E, Elashoff D, St. John MA, Triological Society Meeting, Chicago, IL
Immunocytochemical Localization of the Translocase of the Outer Mitochondrial Membrane (Tom20) in the Human Cochlea.
Balaker AE, Lopez IA, Ishiyama G, Ishiyama A, ARO MidWinter Meeting, Baltimore, MD
Immunocytochemistry of the Spiral Ganglia Obtained from Microdissected Human Temporal Bones.
Miller MM, Lopez IA, Ishiyama A, Ishiyama G, American Otological Society Spring Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
Radiographic Findings in Petrous Apicitis.
Balaker AE, Dennis M, Kirsch C, Canalis R, St John M, American College of Surgeons Southern California Section, Santa Barbara, CA
Sinonasal Symptoms After Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery.
Balaker AE, Bergsneider M, Martin NA, Wang MB, AAO-HNS Annual Meeting Scientific Session, San Diego, CA
Oral commissure burns during adenotonsillar surgery due to uninsulated bipolar cautery.
Starkweather AE, Shapiro NL, ASPO Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
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