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Craig A. Buchman, MD, FACS

 Buchman

Professor
Vice Chairman for Clinical Affairs
Chief, Division of Otology/Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery
Director, UNC Ear and Hearing Center
Director, UNC Skull Base Center
Administrative Director, W. Paul Biggers Carolina Children's Communicative Disorders Program (CCCDP)

Specialty:

Otology, neurotology, lateral skull base surgery, acoustic tumors, cochlear implants, hearing preservation.

Education:

  • MD: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1990
  • Internship, Surgery: Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 1991
  • Research Fellowship, Pediatric Otolaryngology: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Children's Hosp. of Pittsburgh, 1992
  • Residency, Otolaryngology: Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 1996
  • Fellowship, Oto/Neuroto/Skull Base Surg: House Ear Institute & Clinic, Los Angeles, CA, 1997

Professional Experience:

  • Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, UNC, 2008-present
  • Professor, Dept. of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, UNC, 2005-present
  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, UNC, 2001-2005
  • Chief, Division of Otology/Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery, Dept. of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, UNC, 2001-present
  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL, 2000-2001
  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL, 1999-2001
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology, Dept. of Otolaryngol., Univ. of Miami, 1997-2000
  • Attending Physician & Surgeon, Univ. of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hosp., 1997-2001
  • Attending Physician & Surgeon, Veterans Administration Hosp., Miami, FL, 1997-2001
  • Attending Physician & Surgeon, Anne Bates Leach Eye Hosp & Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL, 1997-2001
  • Attending Physician & Surgeon, Univ. of Miami Hosp. & Clinics/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1997-2001
  • Attending Physician & Surgeon, Miami Children's Hosp., Miami, FL, 1998-2001

 

Recent Honors:

  • Presidential Citation, Triological Society, Annual Meeting, Olando, FL, May 1, 2008
  • Best Doctors in America 2007-2008 database
  • Triological Society, Harris P. Mosher Award for best clinical thesis, "Vestibular Effects of Cochlear Implantation." January 2004
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Dept. of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2003.
  • Triological Society Career Development Research Award, "Inflammatory Mechanisms in Viral Otitis Media." October 1, 2003
  • Honor Award, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, October 2003

Recent Publications:

  • Adunka OF, Buss E, Clark MS, Pillsbury HC, Buchman CA. Effect of preoperative residual hearing on speech perception after cochlear implantation. Laryngoscope. 2008 Nov;118(11):2044-9.
  • Balkany T, Hodges A, Buchman C, Luxford W, Pillsbury C, Roland P, Shallop J, Backous D, Franz D, Graham J, Hirsch B, Luntz M, Niparko J, Patrick J, Payne S, Staller S, Telischi F, Tobey E, Truy E. Cochlear implant soft failures consensus development conference statement. Cochlear Implants Int. 2005 Sep;6(3):105-122.
  • Ebert CS Jr, Zanation AM, Buchman CA. Another cause for conductive hearing loss with present acoustic reflexes. Laryngoscope. 2008 Nov;118(11):2059-61.
  • Francis HW, Buchman CA, Visaya J, Wang NY, Zwolan TA, Niparko JK, The CDaCI Research Team. Surgical results of pediatric cochlear implantation in a prospective study of language development. Otol Neurotol (in press).
  • Cullen RD, Luxford WF, Fayad J, Buchman CA. Revision cochlear implantation in children. Otol Neurotol. 2008 Feb;29(2):214-220.
  • Buchman CA, Adunka OF. Scala tympani cochleostomy I: Results of a Survey. Laryngoscope 2007;117:2187-94.
  • Adunka OF, Radeloff A, Gstoettner WK, Pillsbury HC, Buchman CA. Scala tympani cochleostomy II: Topography and histology. Laryngoscope 2007;117:2195-2200.
  • Buss E, Pillsbury HC, Buchman CA, Pillsbury CH, Clark MS, Haynes DS, Labadie RF, Amberg S, Roland PS, Kruger P, Novak MA, Wirth JA, Black JM, Peters R, Lake J, Wackym PA, Firszt JB, Wilson BS, Lawson DT, Schatzer R, D'Haese PS, and Barco AL. Multicenter U.S. Bilateral MED-EL Cochlear Implantation Study: Speech Perception over the First Year of Use. Ear Hear 2008;29:20-32.
  • Bassim MK, Patel KG, Buchman CA. Lateral Semicircular Canal Dehiscence. Otol Neurotol. 2007;28(8):1155-6. Jun 7; Epub ahead of print.
  • Adunka OF, Buchman CA. Cochlear Implant Fixation in Children Using Periosteal Sutures. Otol Neurotol. 2007;28 (6):768-70; Jul 14; Epub ahead of print.
  • Bassim MK, Ewend MG, Buchman CA. Secondary intracanalicular extension of a primary intracochlear schwannoma. Otol Neurotol. 2007;28(6):863-4; Feb 5; Epub ahead of print.
  • Adunka OF, Jewells V, Buchman CA. Value of computed tomography in the evaluation of children with cochlear nerve deficiency. Otol Neurotol. 2007;28(5):597-604;
  • Adunka OF, Buchman CA. Cochlear implantation in the irradiated temporal bone. J Laryngol Otol. 2006;16;1-4.
  • Eisenberg LS, Johnson KC, Martinez AS, Cokely CG, Tobey EA, Quittner AL, Fink NE, Wang NY, Niparko JK, CDaCI Investgative Team. Speech recognition at 1-year follow-up in the childhood development after cochlear implantation study: Methods and preliminary findings. Audiol Neurootol. 2006;11(4):259-68.
  • Adunka OF, Roush PA, Teagle HF, Brown CJ, Zdanski CJ, Jewells V, Buchman CA. Internal Auditory Canal Morphology in Children with Cochlear Nerve Deficiency.Otol Neurotol. 2006;27(6):793-801
  • Cullen RD, Zdanski C, Roush P, Brown C, Teagle H, Pillsbury HC 3rd, Buchman C. Cochlear Implants in Waardenburg Syndrome. Laryngoscope. 2006;116(7):1273-1275
  • Buchman CA, Roush PA, Teagle HF, Brown CJ, Zdanski CJ, Grose JH. Auditory neuropathy characteristics in children with cochlear nerve deficiency.Ear Hear. 2006;27(4):399-408.
  • Adunka O, Roush P, Grose J, Macpherson C, Buchman CA. Monitoring of Cochlear Function During Cochlear Implantation. Laryngoscope 2006;116(6):1017-20.
  • Bassim MK, Buss E, Clark MS, Kolln KA, Pillsbury CH, Pillsbury HC 3rd, Buchman CA. MED-EL Combi40+ Cochlear Implantation in Adults. Laryngoscope 2005;115(9):1568-73.
  • Das S, Palmer OP, Leight WD, Surowitz JB, Pickles RJ, Randell SH, Buchman CA. Cytokine amplification by respiratory syncytial virus infection in human nasal epithelial cells. Laryngoscope 2005;115(5):764-768.
  • Copeland BJ, Senior BA, Buchman CA, Pillsbury HC. The accuracy of computer-aided surgery in neurotologic approaches to the temporal bone: A cadaver study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2005;132(3):421-8.
  • Downs BW, Buchman CA. External auditory canal translocation for cochlear implantation. Laryngoscope 2005;115(3):555-6.
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