Dr. David R. Edelstein, an honors graduate of Princeton University, completed medical training at Boston University and his residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center-New York.  He is an internationally recognized expert in rhinology, diseases of the paranasal sinuses and minimally invasive CT guided endoscope surgery.  He is Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Chief of Nasal and Sinuses Disease and Sleep Disorders at Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital and Chief of Rhinology at Lenox Hill Hospital.

Dr. Edelstein is a Clinical Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and has appointments at the New York University School of Medicine and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.  He has received many national and local awards for his commitment to patient care, teaching and research.  He has given over 125 talks at local, national and international meetings on sinus surgery, CT guided endoscopic sinus surgery, nasal physiology, aging of the nose, ear surgery, laser surgery of the larynx, complexities of rhinoplasty and geriatric diseases of the ear nose and throat.  He has published extensively including a books on Revision Surgery in Otolaryngology and is the coauthor of one on Ear Disease.  He has published numerous articles in major texts and journals and has a CD rom in 8 languages on Sinus Disease and an audiotape on Controversies in Sinus Disease in Children and Adults.  He is a member of the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology and sits on many national and local committees.  He is listed as an outstanding specialist in America’s Top Doctors and has been named one of the “Best Doctors” by New York Magazine for over 10 years in a row.   

Boston University School of Medicine : 1980
Princeton University AB cum laude 1976

Resident and Chief Resident Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery : 1984
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York

Clinical Instructor
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Chief, Research in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Chief, Sleep Disorders
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
New York University School of Medicine
Clinical Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Chief, Nasal and Sinus Diseases
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Chairman, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Co-Chief Allergy Service
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Chief, Rhinology
Lenox Hill Hospital

Society Membership

The Triological Society
The American Rhinologic Society
The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
The American Academy of Otolarynogic Allergy
The American Medical Society
The New York State and County Medical Societies
The New York Laryngological Society
The New York York Otologic Society
The New York Academy of Medicine
Society of University Otolaryngologists
Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery : 1985

1984

Jamaica Hospital : 1996
New York Presbyterian Hospital – Cornell : 1987
Lenox Hill Hospital : 1987
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital : 1984
Bellevue Hospital : 1984
Mount Sinai Medical Center : 1984

Distinguished Alumni Award : 2005
Boston University School of Medicine

Distinguished Physician Award : 2002
Helen Keller Manhattan League

Teaching in Otolaryngology Award : 1999
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital

Honor Award : 1996
American Academy of Otolarynogology - Head and Neck Surgery

Award in History and Philosophy of Science : 1976
Princeton University

Prize in American History
Bicentennial Year

Selection of Positions of Responsibility

Governing Body
    Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital-1998
President-Board of Surgeon Directors
    Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital-2004
Chairman-IRB Institutional Research Board-2003
    Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
President-New York Laryngological Society-1997
Chairman-Section on Otolaryngology
    New York Academy of Medicine-1993
American Academy of Otolarngology Committees
Infection, Geriatrics, Hearing, Development, Education

Monographs
Aging of the Nose
Books
Revision Surgery in Otolaryngology
    Cholesteatoma, Otolaryngology Clinics of North America

Articles
Abnormally Large Frontal Sinuses
    Problems and Pitfalls of the Posterior Paranasal Sinuses
    Once a Day Therapy for Sinusitis
    Concurrent Rhinoplasty and Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
    Management of Osteomas of the Paranasal Sinuses
    Adult versus Pediatric Cholesteatoma


Chapters
Revision Ethmoid Sinus Surgery
    Acute Otitis Media
    Epistaxis in Children
    Applied Nasal Pysiology
    Sensorineural Hearing Loss-Rehabilitation Techniques
    Meningitis and Hearing Loss

Presentations
Complications of Sinusitis
    Use and Misuse of Antibiotics
    Diagnosis and Treatment of Vertigo
    Rhinologic Manifestations of systemic Disease
    Advances in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
    External Rhinoplasty
    Objective Evaluation of Rhinologic Complaints
    Advances in Nasal Physiology
    CT Guided Surgery
    New Antibiotics: Are they better?
    Physiologic Effects of Rhinoplasty
    Medical and Alternative Therapy for Sinusitis

CD ROM
The Diagnosis and Management of Sinusitis in Adults and Children

Audiotapes
Sinusitis: Sound Advice