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Cochlear Implant Program Overview - Meet our Staff - Alan Nissen, M.D.
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Alan Nissen, M.D. FACS
Staff Otologist
Education:
- BS, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 1973
- MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 1977
- Otolaryngology Residency, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1978-81
- Fellowship in Otology-Neurotology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1981-82
Professional Affiliations:
- American Medical Association
- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Society of University Otolaryngologists-Head and Neck Surgeons
- Fellow American College of Surgeons
Areas of Expertise/Interest:
- Otology/Neurotology
- Ear surgery & reconstruction
- Cochlear implants
- Pediatric otology
Representative Publications:
Nissen, AJ, Sikand, A, Curto, FS, Welsh J, Gardi J: Value of intraoperative threshold stimulus in predicting post-operative facial nerve function after acoustic tumor resection. Am J Otology, 18(2):249-51, 1997
Nissen, AJ, Sikand, A, Welsh, JE, Curto FS: Use of the KTP-532 laser in acoustic neuroma surgery. Laryngoscope, 107(1):118-21, 1997
Nissen AJ, Sikand A, Welsh JE, Curto FS, Gardi J: A multifactorial analysis of facial nerve results in surgery for cerebellopontine angle tumors