Jordan Varghese, MD, MSCI

Hometown: Peachtree City, GA

Personal Statement: I had the privilege to spend a month as a visiting student with the department and was astounded by the quality and balance in all aspects of training. In particular, I was impressed by the breadth of hearing research. I also enjoyed exploring Forest Park and wanted the opportunity to experience a different part of the country. Outside of medicine, I love to spend time getting outdoors with my wife, consider myself an amateur home barista, and enjoy listening to audiobooks and podcasts.

Education

Undergraduate: Georgia Institute of Technology, Biomedical Engineering (Minor in Spanish), 2016

Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine, 2020

MSCI: Washington University in St. Louis, 2024

Honors/Awards

• Resident Leadership Travel Grant, AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting, 2025
• Resident Research Travel Award, Triological Combined Sections Meeting, 2025
• CORE Grants Resident Research Award, AAO-HNSF, 2024-2025
• 1st Place Student Poster in Surgery, CI2024 American Cochlear Implant Alliance, 2024
• Resident Research Travel Award, Triological Combined Sections Meeting, 2024
• Bernard and Lottie Drazin Memorial Grant, American Hearing Research Foundation, 2023-2024
• Resident Leadership Travel Grant, AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting, 2023
• 1st in Clinical Michael Paparella Research Award, WashU Medicine Department of Otolaryngology, 2023
• Faculty Honors, Medical College Admission Test Instructor, Kaplan Test Prep, 2017
• 1st Place, Community Learning & Social Medicine, Emory School of Medicine, 2017
• 3rd Place in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech Capstone Design Expo, 2016
• Zell Miller Full-Tuition Merit Scholarship, GA Student Finance Commission, 2012-2016

Publications

1. Lechner M, Takahashi Y, Turri-Zanoni M, Liu J, Counsell N, Hermsen M, Kaur RP, Zhao T, Ramanathan M Jr, Schartinger VH, Emanuel O, Helman S, Varghese J, Dudas J, … Lund VJ, Hanna EY. Clinical outcomes, Kadish-INSICA staging and therapeutic targeting of somatostatin receptor 2 in olfactory neuroblastoma. Eur J Cancer. 2022 Feb;162:221-236.
2. Walia A, Shew MA, Varghese J, Ioerger P, Lefler SM, Ortmann AJ, Herzog JA, Buchman CA. Improved Cochlear Implant Performance Estimation Using Tonotopic-Based Electrocochleography. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Dec 1;149(12):1120-1129.
3. Dang S, Kallogjeri D, Dizdar K, Lee D, Bao JW, Varghese J, Walia A, Zhan K, Youssef S, Durakovic N, Wick CC, Herzog JA, Buchman CA, Piccirillo JF, Shew MA. Individual Patient Comorbidities and Effect on Cochlear Implant Performance. Otol Neurotol. 2024 Apr 1;45(4):e281-e288.
4. Varghese JJ, Walia A, Lefler SM, Ortmann AJ, Shew MA, Durakovic N, Wick CC, Herzog JA, Buchman CA. Identifying Slim Modiolar Electrode Tip Fold-Over With Intracochlear Electrocochleography. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Apr;170(4):1124-1132.
5. Walia A, Shew MA, Varghese J, Lefler SM, Bhat A, Ortmann AJ, Herzog JA, Buchman CA. Electrocochleography-Based Tonotopic Map: II. Frequency-to-Place Mismatch Impacts Speech-Perception Outcomes in Cochlear Implant Recipients. Ear Hear. 2024 Nov-Dec 01;45(6):1406-1417.
6. Varghese JJ, Shew MA, Walia A, Lefler SM, Durakovic N, Wick CC, Ortmann AJ, Herzog JA, Buchman CA. Validating an Evoked Potential Platform for Electrocochleography During Cochlear Implantation. Laryngoscope. 2025 Jan;135(1):308-315.
7. Walia A, Shew MA, Lee DS, Ortmann A, Varghese J, Lefler S, Durakovic N, Wick CC, Herzog JA, Buchman CA. Electrocochleography-Guided Pull-Back Technique of Perimodiolar Electrode for Improved Hearing Preservation. Otol Neurotol. 2025 Aug 1;46(7):766-774.
8. Zhan KY, Dizdar K, Kallogjeri D, Bao J, Dang S, Varghese J, Lee D, Walia A, Durakovic N, Wick CC, Buchman CA, Herzog JA, Shew MA. Cochlear Implantation Outcomes in Older Adults, Ages 80-90. Otol Neurotol. 2025 Apr 1;46(4):381-387.
9. Smetak MR, Shew MA, Varghese J, Durakovic N, Wick CC, Buchman CA, Herzog JA. Speech Performance Following Intraoperative Correction of Cochlear Implant Electrode Array Tip Fold-Overs. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 Jun;172(6):2046-2050.
10. Ashiri M, Spahr T, Botash A, Mehta A, Varghese JJ, Buchman CA, DeFreese AJ, Boyle P, Miller M, Ahsan SF, Danner C, Allen KP, Bartels L, Koka K. Development of a Novel Algorithm for Tip Fold-Over Detection in Cochlear Implants and Evaluation on Bench and Multiple Clinical Data Bases. Audiol Res. 2025 Sep 18;15(5):118.
11. Bao JW, Walia A, Kallogjeri D, Shew MA, Dang S, Varghese J, Zhan KY, Herzog JA, Buchman CA, Wick CC. Quality of Life after Cochlear Implantation in Older Adults Is Related to Speech Perception. Otol Neurotol. 2025 Dec 1;46(10):1254-1260.+
12. Walia A, Shew MA, Lefler SM, Ortmann AJ, Ioerger P, Varghese J, Herzog JA, Buchman CA. Simultaneous multielectrode recordings along the human scala tympani: Evidence for level-dependent place coding. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 May 12;123(19):e2536471123.
13. Varghese JJ, Shew MA, Walia A, Lefler SM, Ortmann AJ, Durkaovic N, Wick CC, Herzog JH, Buchman CA. Estimating Performance Using Tonotopic Measurements of Intracochlear Electrocochleography: Comparison of Lateral Wall and Perimodiolar Arrays. In press. Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery.
14. Varghese JJ, Shew MA, Walia A, Lefler SM, Ortmann AJ, Durkaovic N, Herzog JH, Buchman CA. Comparing Low-Frequency Threshold Functions of Intracochlear Electrocochleography and Perioperative Pure Tone Audiometry. In review. Otology & Neurotology.