Matthew Ng, M.D.

University of Nevada School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Division of Otolaryngology
2040 West Charleston Blvd., Suite 601
Las Vegas, Nevada 89102
(Ph-W) 702-671-2298
(Fax) 702-243-9732
(E-mail) otodoc@lvcm.com

CURRICULUM VITAE

Education:

1980-1984: High School: Loyola High School
Los Angeles, California

1984-1988: Undergraduate: University of Southern California
B.S. in Biological Sciences

1988-1993 Professional: University of Southern California
M.D. (Research Scholar Track)

Graduate Training:

1993-1994 Internship: General Surgery
Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

1994-1998 Residency: Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

1998-2000 Fellowship: Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Professional/Academic Appointments:

1998-2000 Clinical Instructor
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

2000-2001 Assistant Professor
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
USC School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

2000-2001 Medical Director, Division of Audiology
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
LAC-USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

2002-present Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Division of Otolaryngology
University of Nevada School of Medicine
Las Vegas, Nevada

Teaching Activities:

Course Instructor: 11th Annual Temporal Bone Surgical Dissection Course. Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX. 2002.

Lab Instructor: USC Keck School of Medicine Gross Anatomy Laboratory. Temporal Bone and Ear Anatomy Section. 2001.

Course Instructor: Temporal Bone Dissection Through the Use of High-Speed Drills. Anspach Effort. LAC-USC Medical Center. March 2001.

Lecturer: LAC-USC Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine Core Curriculum. 2000 to 2001.

Lecturer: USC Keck School of Medicine, Otolaryngology Medical Student Clinical Clerkship 2000 to 2001.

Lecturer and Instructor: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine- Year II- Clinical Skills Practicum in Otolaryngology. 2000.

Course Instructor: Winter Temporal Bone Dissection Course. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Johns Hopkins University. 1999 and 2000.

Course Instructor: Synthes Maxillofacial Plating Course. USC University Hospital. January 1998.

Lecturer: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, LAC-USC Medical Center. Resident Core Curriculum. 1996-1998.

Lab Instructor: USC School of Medicine Gross Anatomy Laboratory. Head and Neck Anatomy Section. 1996.

Scientific Activities:

1984 Research Assistant Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism

1989-1998 Research Assistant House Ear Institute Temporal Bone Morphology Laboratories Los Angeles, California

1991-1992 Principal Investigator: Evaluation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex in Meniere’s Disease using the Vestibular Autorotation Test Vestibular Physiology Laboratory-USC School of Medicine

1998-1999 Principal Investigator: Transtympanic electrocochleography in Meniere’s disease

Current Scientific Acivities
Transtympanic electocochleographic examination in patients with atypical Meniere’s disease.
Clinical applications of vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials.
Dynamics of the vestibulo-ocular reflex during intratympanic gentamicin therapy for Meniere’s disease.

Past Grant Support:

Principal Investigator: Use of High Frequency Autorotation Testing in Meniere’s disease Deafness Research Foundation, 1992-1993.
Principal Investigator: Transtympanic Electrocochleography as a Potential Reference Standard for Meniere’s Disease. American Otological Society Research Fund. 1998-1999.

Journal Peer Reviewer:

1999-Present Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
2002-Present Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Certification and Licensure:

1993-Present State of California #G80301 (issuance date: 11-23-94)
1998-Present State of Maryland #D53441 (issuance date: 6-3-98)
2001-Present State of Nevada #10050 (issuance date: 12-17-01)
American Board of Otolaryngology- Certificate #15857 Date of certification: May 10, 1999

Honors and Awards:

American Medical Association-Education and Research Foundation, Western Medical Research Forum Award for Meritorious Research, 1990
USC School of Medicine Summer Research Fellowship, 1989
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles/ USC School of Medicine Summer Oncology Fellowship, 1987

Professional Societies and Consumer Organizations:

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Fellow, 1998 to present
Society of University Otolaryngologists-Head and Neck Surgeons, 2000 to present
North American Skull Base Society, 2000 to present
Centurions of the Deafness Research Foundation, 1997 to present
American Rhinological, Laryngological, and Otological Society (Triological Society) Post-graduate Member, 1998 to present
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO), 1999
American College of Surgeons Associate Fellow, 2000 to present
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1999
Vestibular Disorders Association, Member (VEDA) 2000 to present
Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association, Member, 2000 to present

Committee and Administrative Services:

Departmental
2000-2001 Director of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Medical Student Clinical Clerkship
2001 Co-Director of Resident Research

Local
2000-2001 USC Keck School of Medicine Education Policy Committee
2000-2001 USC Keck School of Medicine Clinical Curriculum Committee

National
2000-present Society of University Otolaryngologists-Head and Neck Surgeons Young Academicians Committee
2000-present American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Skull Base Surgery Committee

Community Organizations:

USC Asian Pacific American Support Group (APASG) Mentor Program-Mentor (2000-2001)
Hear Center, Board of Trustees, Pasadena, California (2001).

Selected Invited/ Accepted Presentations:

1. “The History and Physical Examination in Otolaryngology.” USC School of Medicine Year II Introduction to Clinical Medicine. October & November 1996.
2. “Otitis Media: Diagnosis and Management”; Resident Core Curriculum Lecture. LAC-USC Medical Center. August 1996 and August 1997.
3. “The Anatomy of the Ear and Temporal Bone.” USC School of Medicine Year I Gross Anatomy Course. April 28, 1997.
4. “Hearing Loss. “ Otolaryngology Resident Core Curriculum Lecture, August 1997. LAC-USC Medical Center.
5. “Infectious Diseases of the Ear. “ Internal Medicine Core Lecture, December 1997. LAC-USC Medical Center.
6. “Management of Upper Facial Fractures: ZMC and NOE fractures.” Synthes Maxillofacial Symposium. LAC+USC Medical Center. Guest lecturer. January 16, 1998.
7. “Disorders of the Facial Nerve.” Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery-Johns Hopkins Hospital Grand Rounds. November 9, 1998.
8. “The Modified Radical Mastoidectomy.” Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Johns Hopkins Temporal Bone Dissection Course. February 1999.
9. “The Infratemporal Fossa Surgical Approaches.” Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Johns Hopkins Temporal Bone Dissection Course. February 1999.
10. “Surgery of the Facial Nerve.” Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Johns Hopkins Temporal Bone Dissection Course. February 1999.
11. “The Basics and Applications of Electrocochleography.” Neuro-otology Conference. The Johns Hopkins Hospital. April 2, 1999.
12. “Surgical Management of Facial Paralysis.” Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Johns Hopkins Temporal Bone Dissection Course. February 2000.
13. “Infectious and Inflammatory Disorders of the External Ear.” Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Johns Hopkins Hospital Grand Rounds. April 10, 2000.
14. “Use of Multimedia for the Clinician: Principles of Scanning and Transfer of Digital Imaging.” Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Johns Hopkins Hospital. June 3, 2000.
15. “The Dizzy Patient and the Dizzy Work-Up.” Century City Hospital Continuing Medical Education Lecture. October 23, 2000.
16. “The Spectrum of Otitis Media: The Infectious Disease Perspective.” Department of Infectious Grand Rounds. LAC-USC Medical Center. February 9, 2001.
17. “Evaluation and Treatment of the Dizzy Patient.” Verdugo Hills Hospital Continuing Medical Education Lecture. February 15, 2001.
18. “Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance in Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis.” Kaiser Permanente- Tustin. May 29, 2001. Sponsored by Glaxo-Smith Kline.
19. “Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.” Department of Internal Medicine. LAC-USC Medical Center. Faculty Moderator. December 26, 2001.
20. “Facial Nerve Surgery Through Temporal Bone Dissection.” 11th Annual Temporal Bone Surgical Dissection Course. Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX. February 7-8, 2002.

Presentations-National and Local

1. “Microvasculature of the Endolymphatic Duct.” 18th Annual Western Student Medical Research Forum of the American Medical Association. Carmel, CA. February 7-9, 1990.
2. “Computer-Aided Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Endolymphatic Duct Vasculature.” USC Medical Student Research Forum, Medical Grand Rounds, LAC-USC Medical Center. Los Angeles, CA. March 14, 1990.
3. “Long-term Effects of Silastic Sheeting in the Middle Ear.” American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (Triological Society) Western Section Meeting. January 10-12, 1992. La Quinta, CA.
4. “Histologic and Radiographic Evaluation of Multichannel Cochlear Implant Electrode Placement.” 96th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Association of Research in Otolaryngology Research Forum. Washington, DC. September 13-17, 1992.
5. “Analysis of the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Using High-Frequency Active Head Movements in Meniere's disease.” 96th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Association for Research in Otolaryngology Research Forum. Washington, DC. September 13-17, 1992.
6. “Morphology of the Developing Human Endolymphatic Sac.” American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (Triological Society) Western Section Meeting. Marina Del Rey, CA. January 12-14, 1996.
7. “Extracranial Approach For Repair of Pediatric CSF Rhinorrhea.” 11th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology. Orlando, FA. May 6, 1996.
8. “Delayed Facial Paresis Following Stapedotomy Using KTP Laser.” Annual Meeting of the American College of Surgeons Southern California Chapter. Dana Point, CA. January 18, 1997.
9. “The Incidence of Otitis Media with Effusion In Post-Fenestration Temporal Bones.” American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (Triologic Society) Western Section Meeting. San Diego, CA. January 10, 1998.
10. “Managing the Emergent Airway in LeFort Fractures.” Southern California Area Resident Research Symposium (SCARRS). San Diego, CA. April 25, 1998.
11. “The Canalith Repositioning Maneuver in Residency Training.” USC Department of Otolaryngology-HNS Resident Research Symposium. Los Angeles, CA. June 5, 1998.
12. “Evaluating the State of Meniere’s Disease Using Trantympanic Electrocochleography.” 132nd Annual Meeting of the American Otological Society. Palm Desert, CA. April 24, 1999.
13. “Morphologic Maturation of the Infant and Pediatric Endolymphatic Sac.” American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (Triologic Society) Southern Section Meeting. St. Petersburg, FA. January 15, 2000.
14. “Safety and Patient Experience with Transtympanic Electrocochleography.” American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (Triologic Society) Western Section Meeting. Carlsbad, CA. January 7, 2001.
15. “Extracranial Management of Temporomandibular Joint Tophaceous Pseudogout in the Skull Base.”13th Annual Meeting of the North American Skull Base Society. San Diego, CA. February 18, 2002.

ABSTRACTS

1. Drew M. Horlbeck, Michael J. Holliday, Matthew Ng. Lipomas of the middle ear and posterior fossa. Skull Base: An Interdisciplinary Approach 2001; 11, Suppl. 1: 21.
2. Matthew Ng and Michael J. Holliday. Extracranial management of temporomandibular joint calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease extending into the skull base. Skull Base: An Interdisciplinary Approach 2002; 12, Suppl. 1: 27.

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed

1. Matthew Ng and Fred H. Linthicum, Jr. Periductal vessels of the endolymphatic duct. Acta Otolaryngologica (Stockh) 1992; 112: 649-657.
2. Matthew Ng and Fred H. Linthicum, Jr. Long-term effects of Silastic sheeting in the middle ear. Laryngoscope 1992; 102,10.
3. Matthew Ng, Linda Davis, Dennis P. O'Leary. Autorotation test of the horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex in Meniere's disease. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1993; 109: 399-412.
4. Matthew Ng and Robert K. Jackler. The early history of tuning forks. American Journal of Otology 1993; 14 (1): 100-105.
5. Matthew Ng and Dale H. Rice. Revision sinus surgery. Ear, Nose, and Throat Journal 1994; 73 (1): 44-46.
6. Matthew Ng and Fred H. Linthicum. Morphology of the developing human endolymphatic sac. Laryngoscope. 1998; 108: 190-194.
7. Matthew Ng and Fred H. Linthicum. Mastoid size and otitis media with effusion: question of correlation. Laryngoscope. 1998; 108: 984-987.
8. Matthew Ng, Dennis R. Maceri, Michael M. Levy, and Dennis M. Crockett. Extracranial repair of pediatric traumatic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea. Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 1998; 124: 1125-1130.
9. Matthew Ng, Daryoush Saadat, Uttam K. Sinha. Managing the emergent airway in LeFort fractures. Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Trauma 1998; 4 (3): 38-43.
10. Matthew Ng and Dennis R. Maceri. Delayed facial paresis following stapedotomy using KTP laser. American Journal of Otology 1999; 20: 421-24.
11. Quoc Nguyen, David Cua, Matthew Ng, and Dale H. Rice. Safety of ESS in a residency training program. Ear, Nose, and Throat Journal 1999; 78: 898-902.
12. Matthew Ng. Postnatal maturation of the human endolymphatic sac. Laryngoscope 2000; 110: 1452-1456.
13. Daryoush Saadat, Matthew Ng, Satish Vadapalli, Uttam K. Sinha. Office myringoplasty with Alloderm. Laryngoscope 2001; 111, 1: 181-184.
14. Matthew Ng, Sharmila Srireddy, Drew M. Horlbeck, John K. Niparko. Safety and patient experience with transtympanic electrocochleography. Laryngoscope 2001; 111,5: 792-795.
15. Matthew Ng and John K. Niparko. Osseous sarcoidosis presenting as a destructive petrous apex lesion. American Journal of Otolaryngology (In press).

Non-Peer Reviewed


16. Uttam K. Sinha and Matthew Ng. Surgery of the salivary glands. Otolaryngology Clinics of North America 1999; 32, 5: 887-906.
17. Matthew Ng and John Niparko. Otosclerosis: causes, surgical and medical treatment. Hearing Loss 2000; 21, 2: 26-28.

Submitted for Publication:


18. Matthew Ng, Hiroshi Shimizu, and John K. Niparko. Increasing diagnostic sensitivity in transtympanic electrocochleography. American Journal of Otology (In revision).

In Preparation:


19. Matthew Ng and Dennis P. O’Leary. Monitoring the vestibulo-ocular reflex in Meniere’s disease.
20. Matthew Ng and John K. Niparko. Retained cochlear implant electrode: implications for re-implantation surgery.
21. Matthew Ng and Michael J. Holliday. Extracranial Management of Temporomandibular Joint Tophaceous Pseudogout in the Skull Base.

Chapters in Books:


1. Matthew Ng and John K. Niparko. Pathology of the Inner Ear in Severe and Profound Sensorineural Hearing Loss. Cochlear Implants: Principles and Practices. John K. Niparko, Karen Iler Kirk, Nancy K. Mellon, Amy McConkey Robbins, Debara L. Tucci, Blake S. Wilson (eds). Williams and Wilkins, New York. 1999.
2. Donlin M. Long and Matthew Ng. Far Lateral Approach. The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Skull Base Surgery. Donlin M. Long, John K. Niparko, Bert O’Malley (eds). Parthenon Publishing Group, London, England. (Projected completion: December 2002).
3. Matthew Ng. Complications in Skull Base Surgery: Avoidance and Management. The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Skull Base Surgery. Donlin M. Long, John K. Niparko, Bert O’Malley (eds). Parthenon Publishing Group, London, England. (Projected completion: December 2002).
4. Donlin M. Long, Michael J. Holliday, Matthew Ng. The Pterional and Its Extensions. The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Skull Base Surgery. Donlin M. Long, John K. Niparko, Bert O’Malley (eds). Parthenon Publishing Group, London, England. (Projected completion: December 2002).
5. John K. Niparko, Donlin M. Long, Matthew Ng. The Middle Fossa Approach. The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Skull Base Surgery. Donlin M. Long, John K. Niparko, Bert O’Malley (eds). Parthenon Publishing Group, London, England. (Projected completion: December 2002).
6. Michael J. Holliday and Matthew Ng. The Lateral Temporal Sphenoidal Approach. The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Skull Base Surgery. Donlin M. Long, John K. Niparko, Bert O’Malley (eds). Parthenon Publishing Group, London, England. (Projected completion: December 2002).

Internet Textbook Chapters


1. Matthew Ng and Drew M. Horlbeck. Aural Atresia. eMedicine Otolaryngology-Facial Plastic Surgery.
2. Drew M. Horlbeck and Matthew Ng. Middle Ear Endoscopy. eMedicine Otolaryngology-Facial Plastic Surgery.