(631) 444-4121
- Specialty:
Subspecialty:
- Surgery
Otolaryngology, Neurotology
- Administrative/ Clinical Title:
- Chief, Division of Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery
DAVID SCHESSEL MD, PHD
For Appointments:
(631) 444-4121
ACOUSTIC NEUROMA
CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR
COCHLEAR IMPLANTS
DIZZINESS
EAR INFECTION MIDDLE (OTITIS MEDIA)
HEARING LOSS (DEAFNESS)
MENIERE'S DISEASE
NEUROTOLOGY
OTOLOGY
OTOSCLEROSIS
SKULL BASE SURGERY
VERTIGO (VESTIBULAR DISORDERS)
1199NBF
AETNA
AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN
BEECH STREET
CIGNA GREAT WEST HEALTHCARE
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS HMO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS OTHER PLANS
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS SENIOR PLAN
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK
GHI CBP
GHI HMO
HEALTHFIRST
HIP
ISLAND GROUP ADMINISTRATION
MAGNACARE
MEDICAID
MEDICARE
MULTIPLAN
MULTIPLAN PHCS
MULTIPLAN SAVILITY
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PLAN
NO FAULT
SUFFOLK HEALTH PLAN
UNITED EMPIRE PLAN (NYSHIP)
UNITED HEALTHCARE
UNITED OXFORD FREEDOM PLAN
VYTRA (except SMART START)
WORKERS COMP
Education & Training
- Medical Degree:
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY (1982)
- Residency:
- Montefiore Hospital Medical Center, NY
- Fellowship:
-
Otolaryngology, Jacobi Medical Center, NY
Neurotology, University of Toronto, Canada
Academic & Other
- Academic Rank:
- Associate Professor
- Teaching Activity:
- Otolaryngology & Neurotology
- Year Appointed at
Stony Brook:
- 2007
Selected for inclusion in Guide to America's Top Physicians (2007)published by the Consumers' Research Council of America; "Top Doctors" selection of Washingtonian Magazine (2005); Service Medal ("for outstanding performance of services"), Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC (2000)
- Clinical Practice Began:
- 1992
Locations
-
SURGERY
37 RESEARCH WAY,
EAST SETAUKET,
NY 11733-3465.
Ph.: 631-444-4121
Fax: 631-444-4539
Selected Publications
1. Nedzelski JM, Schessel DA, Pfleiderer A, Kassel EE, Rowed DW. Conservative management of acoustic neuromas. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2008;19:207-16.
2. Tanna N, Sidell D, Schwartz AM, Schessel DA. Cystic lymphatic malformation of the middle ear. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2008;117:824-6.
3. Natarajan SK, Sekhar LN, Schessel D, Morita A. Petroclival meningiomas: multimodality treatment and outcomes at long-term follow-up. Neurosurgery 2007;60:965-81.
4. Schessel DA. Ménière's disease and other peripheral vestibular disorders. In: Cummings CW Jr, Haughey BH, Thomas JR, et al., editors. Cummings' Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Mosby, 2005.
5. Minor LB, Schessel DA, Carey JP. Ménière's disease. Curr Opin Neurol 2004;17:9-16.
6. Sarma S, Sekhar LN, Schessel DA. Nonvestibular schwannomas of the brain: a 7-year experience. Neurosurgery 2002;50:437-49.
7. Sekhar LN, Schessel DA, Bucur SD, Raso JL, Wright DC. Partial labyrinthectomy petrous apicectomy approach to neoplastic and vascular lesions of the petroclival area. Neurosurgery 1999;44:537-52.
8. Sekhar LN, Bucur S, Schessel DA. The operative approaches to jugular foramen lesions. IIn: Sekhar LN, de Oliveira E, editors. Cranial Microsurgery: Approaches and Techniques. New York: Thieme, 1998: 482-516.
9. Sekhar LN, Raso J, Schessel DA. The presigmoid petrosal approach. In: Sekhar LN, de Oliveira E, editors. Cranial Microsurgery: Approaches and Techniques. New York: Thieme, 1998: 432-63.
10. Bejjani GK, Wright DC, Schessel D, Sekhar LN. Endodermal cysts of the posterior fossa. Report of three cases and review of the literature. J Neurosurg 1998;89:326-35.
11. Sekhar LN, Tzortzidis FN, Bejjani GK, Schessel DA. Saphenous vein graft bypass of the sigmoid sinus and jugular bulb during the removal of glomus jugulare tumors. Report of two cases. J Neurosurg 1997;86:1036-41.
12. Gormley WB, Sekhar LN, Wright DC, Kamerer D, Schessel D. Acoustic neuromas: results of current surgical management. Neurosurgery 1997;41:50-60.
13. Weinroth SE, Schessel D, Tuazon CU. Malignant otitis externa in AIDS patients: case report and review of the literature. Ear Nose Throat J 1994;73:772-4, 777-8.
14. Schessel DA, Rowed DW, Nedzelski JM, Feghali JG. Postoperative pain following excision of acoustic neuroma by the suboccipital approach: observations on possible cause and potential amelioration. Am J Otol 1993;14:491-4.
15. Nedzelski JM, Chiong CM, Fradet G, Schessel DA, Bryce GE, Pfleiderer AG. Intratympanic gentamicin instillation as treatment of unilateral Ménière's disease: update of an ongoing study. Am J Otol 1993;14:278-82.
16. Schessel DA, Nedzelski JM. Presentation of large vestibular aqueduct syndrome to a dizziness unit. J Otolaryngol 1992;21:265-9.
17. Schessel DA, Nedzelski JM, Kassel EE, Rowed DW. Recurrence rates of acoustic neuroma in hearing preservation surgery. Am J Otol 1992;13:233-5.
18. Schessel DA, Nedzelski JM, Rowed D, Feghali JG. Pain after surgery for acoustic neuroma. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1992;107:424-9.
Personal Statement
My practice at Stony Brook will focus on pediatric and adult neurotology/otology; diagnosis and treatment of ear and skull base problems, including dizziness, vertigo, hearing loss; cochlear implants; skull base surgery; diagnosis and treatment of acoustic neuromas, Meniere's disease, otosclerosis, ear infections and cholesteatoma.
