AshleyErinBalakerMD

Otolaryngology (ENT) • Irvine, CA

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
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Summary

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.

Education & Training

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

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2009 - 2025
American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Otolaryngology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

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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Publications & Presentations

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 Sep 1
3 citations
Fibrous Incudostapedial Joint in Congenital Aural Atresia
Ashley E. Balaker, Joseph B. Roberson, Hernan Goldsztein> ;Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. 2013 Sep 1
18 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 Feb 1
35 citations
Cancer of unknown primary: Does treatment modality make a difference?
Ashley E. Balaker, Elliot Abemayor, David Elashoff, Maie A. St. John> ;The Laryngoscope. 2012 Jun 1
15 citations
Temporal bone histopathology and immunoglobulin deposition in Sjogren's syndrome.
Audrey P. Calzada, Ashley E. Balaker, Gail Ishiyama, Ivan A. Lopez, Akira Ishiyama> ;Otology & Neurotology. 2012 Feb 1
47 citations
Evolution of Sinonasal Symptoms Following Endoscopic Anterior Skull Base Surgery
Ashley E. Balaker, Marvin Bergsneider, Neil A. Martin, Marilene B. Wang> ;Skull Base. 2010 Jul 1
Effect of ciprodex on graft healing in tympanoplasty.
Starkweather A Friedman RA > ;Adv Ther . 2007 Mar-Apr
7 citations
Magnetic resonance imaging findings in delayed facial palsy after stapes surgery
Marc Cohen, Ashley E. Balaker, Claudia Kirsch, Abie H. Mendelsohn, Akira Ishiyama> ;Otology & Neurotology. 2010 Sep 1
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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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