Dr. David R. Edelstein is the former Chief of Otolaryngology at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital (MEETH) and the former Chair of Otolaryngology at Lenox Hill Hospital (LHH). He is a clinical professor of otorhinolaryngology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and is nationally known for work in endoscopic sinus surgery, CT-guided nasal surgery, balloon sinuplasty, hearing loss, nasal polyps, and nasal aging. He is a past chair of the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology (AAOHNS), the senior editor of Revision Surgery in Otolaryngology, and has won numerous awards, including the Practitioner of the Year (only one given per year) from the AAOHNS, the Distinguished Service Award from AAOHNS, the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Boston University School of Medicine and from the Physician Attending Association of LHH, and several Patients’ Choice Awards. He has been included among the “Best Otolaryngologists in New York” by New York Magazine, “New York Super Doctors,” “America’s Top Doctors,” and “New York’s Most Compassionate Doctors” for many years.
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Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1980
Professional Webpage: entmanhattan.com/#doctors
Practitioner of the Year Award, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Srgery, 2023
Distinguided Physician and Surgeon Award, Lenox Hill Hospital Physician Attending Association, 2018
Hal Foster Medal for contributions to the specialty, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Srgery, 2013
Faculty Achievement and Service Award, New York University Langone School of Medicine, 2009
Distinguished Service Award, Boston University School of Medicine, 2005
Distinguished Service Award, Manhattan League of the Helen Keller Society, 2001
Resident Teaching and Chairman Award, Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital, 1999
Honor Award, American Academy of Otolaryngology, 1996
Chief of Rhinology and Sinus Disease and Surgery Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital, Chief of Nasal and Sinus Surgery - Lenox Hill Hospital
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