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Eric Sugihara, DO, Otolaryngology (ENT), Fullerton, CA

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Otolaryngology (ENT) • Fullerton, CA

Neurotology

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  • Office

    2240 N Harbor Blvd
    Ste 200
    Fullerton, CA 92835
    Phone+1 714-447-4100
    Fax+1 714-447-1923

Summary

  • Dr. Eric Sugihara is a board-certified otolaryngologist. He earned his medical degree from Western University of Health Sciences in 2013, graduating with Dean’s List honors. He completed internship and residency at the Detroit Medical Center in 2018, where he was designated chief resident and awarded resident of the year in 2017. He additionally completed an otology fellowship with Dr. Douglas Backous at Proliance Surgeons in 2019. Dr. Sugihara practices comprehensive general otolaryngology and has special interests in otology, sinus and nasal disorders, and pediatric otolaryngology.

    Dr. Sugihara has interest in humanitarian mission work and has participated with multiple organizations to provide educational, medical, and surgical support in Malawi, Haiti, and Honduras. He has received multiple humanitarian travel grants and presented his most recent otolaryngology mission in Malawi at the AAO-HNSF 2016 national meeting and later published the sustainable otolaryngology model in the “Ear, Nose & Throat Journal” in 2019.

    Dr. Sugihara has been involved in research with several publications and presentations at national meetings. His most recent project with Cochlear Ltd. and Dr Douglas Backous studied cochlear implants and the delivery of care, presenting at the American Cochlear Implant Alliance 2019 symposium.

    • Greater Orange County Ear, Nose, Throat - Head & Neck Surgeons

    https://entorangecounty.com/

Education & Training

  • Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University
    Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State UniversityResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2013 - 2018
  • College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
    College of Osteopathic Medicine of the PacificClass of 2013, DO, Dean's List (Top 10%)
  • Chapman University
    Chapman UniversityBS, Biology (Major), Chemistry (Minor), Summa Cum Laude, Departmental Honors, Gray Key, Dean's List, Provost's List, Ronald Huntington Award (Valedictorian), Presidential Scholar, 2005 - 2009

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State License 2018 - 2025
  • AOA Board of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Resident of the Year Detroit Medical Center, 2017
  • MSU Resident Research Day 1st Place Oral Presentation Michigan State University, 2017
  • Beulah Chan Wong Memorial Scholarship Western University of Health Sciences, 2011
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Otogenic Versus Neurogenic Dizziness: The Neurotology Perspective  
    Dworkin-Valenti JP, McNulty BN, Amjad EH, Sugihara EM, Naumann IC, Curr Trends Neurol, 2016
  • Numb Chin Syndrome and Metastatic Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Prolonged Outcome and Propensity for Younger Age  
    Sugihara EM, Dworkin-Valenti JP, Taweel JG, Thottam PJ, JJ Otolaryn, 2015
  • Laryngeal Inflammation  
    Dworkin-Valenti JP, Sugihara EM, Stern N, Naumann I, Bathula S, Amjad E, Ann Otolaryngol Rhinol, 2015

Abstracts/Posters

  • Reduction in audiology time spent at cochlear implant switch-on using artificial intelligence-based mapping and preliminary auditory experience
    Sugihara EM, Peterson K, Kenney A, Backous DD, American Cochlear Implant Alliance 16th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Hollywood, FL, 7/2019
  • Crack cocaine induced upper airway injury
    Vandjelovic ND, Larson A, Sugihara EM, Stern N, Emergencies in Medicine 37th Annual Conference, Park City, UT, 2/2019
  • Mastoid and inner measurements in patients with Ménière’s disease
    Sugihara EM, Marinica AL, Vandjelovic ND, Kelley BM, Sana SS, Babu SC, American Neurotology Society 52nd Annual Meeting, Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings, San Diego, CA, 4/2017
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Lectures

  • The effect of intratympanic steroid injection frequency in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss 
    AAO-HNSF 2016 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA - 9/2016
  • Malawi relief 
    AAO-HNSF 2016 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA - 9/2016
  • Effects of particle size on arsenic speciation, distribution, and bioavailability in mine wastes 
    Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, TX - 10/2008

Grant Support

  • AOCOO-HNSF Humanitarian Travel GrantAmerican Osteopathic Colleges of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation2016–2017
  • AAO-HNSF Humanitarian Travel GrantAmerican Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation2016

Professional Memberships

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