Faculty
Jill B. Firszt, PhD
Professor
Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Cochlear Implant Program
Dr. Firszt's clinical and research interests include bilateral and unilateral cochlear implants in adults and children, asymmetric hearing and unilateral haring loss, speech recognition, behavioral and electrophysiologic measures with electrical stimulation and optimization of speech processor mapping.
R. Alex Harbison, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery
Castle Connolly Top Doctor
- Phone: 314-362-7509
Jacques A. Herzog, MD
Professor of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery;
Chief, Division of Otology/Neurotology
Castle Connolly Top Doctor
Keiko Hirose, MD
Professor of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery
Castle Connolly Top Doctor
- Phone: Patient appointments: (314) 454-6162
- Fax: (314) 454-2174
Dr. Hirose's clinical interests include pediatric hearing loss, cochlear implantation, chronic ear surgery, cholesteatoma, conductive hearing loss, aural atresia, BAHA, ear infections, speech disorders, velopharyngeal insufficiency, cleft palate, craniofacial disorders.
Molly N. Huston, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery
Division Chief, Laryngology
Jinkyung Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery
- Email: jinkyung@wustl.edu
The goal of the Kim Lab is to characterize the properties of sound coding and processing in the cochlea and along the auditory pathway through in vivo real-time monitoring of sound-evoked multicellular activities. Additionally, we aim to identify the transport mechanisms responsible for ototoxic drug entry into the cochlea via in vivo drug tracking and subsequently develop pathway blockers to prevent drug-induced hearing loss.