Rami N. Payman, M.D.

Rami N. Payman, M.D.

Dr. Payman is a Kingston native who has returned to the Hudson Valley with two post-doctoral fellowships. He is a recipient of a National Research Service Award and is the author of a number of research and clinical publications. Dr. Payman treats adults and children with hereditary and acquired hearing loss, dizziness and balance disorders, ringing in the ears, facial nerve disorders, and tumors of the skull base, middle ear and cranial nerves. In addition,

Dr. Payman sees patients with a wide range of general ear, nose, and throat disorders, with particular interest in Pediatric Otolaryngology. He is a recipient of the Community Attending Award of the Mid-Hudson Family Practice Residency Program, where he remains active in teaching as a Clinical Instructor.

Education

Medical School SUNY - Health Science Center at Syracuse Medical Degree Syracuse, NY
Clinical Fellowship Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery Michigan Ear Institute
Providence Hospital & William Beaumont Hospital Southfield, MI
July, 1999 to June, 2001
Residency State University of New York (SUNY) - Health Science Center at Syracuse Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences Syracuse, NY July, 1994 to June, 1999
Internship Syracuse SUNY - Health Science Center at Syracuse Department of General Surgery Syracuse, NY
July, 1994 to June, 1995
Research Fellowship Department of Otology and Laryngology Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Jenks Vestibular Laboratory Boston, MA July, 1992 to June, 1995

Professional

Board Certification May, 2000

Honors, Awards, & Memberships

  • Richard R. Gacek Temporal Bone Award (1996)
  • National Research Service Award (1992-93 & 1993-94) funded postdoctoral research at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Jenks Vestibular Laboratory
  • Golden Key National Honor Society
  • Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society
  • Recognition of Outstanding Achievement in Psychology
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  • American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy
  • American Medical Association

Bibliography & Abstracts

Lyon MJ, Payman RN (1999). Comparison of the vascular innervation of the rat cochlea and vestibular system. Hearing Research (accepted for publication 9/99).

Payman R, Lyon MJ (1999). Innervation of the blood supply to the rat inner ear: an immunocytochemical study. Associated. Res. Otolaryngol. Twenty-Second Midwinter Meeting. Abstr. #755.

Payman RN, Mortelliti AJ, Gacek RR, Humphrey DM (1997). Middle ear capillary hemangioma in an infant. American Journal of Otolaryngology 1999; 20 (1):59-63.

Payman RN, Wall C III, Ash-Bernal R (1995). Otolith function tests with unilateral vestibular lesions. Acta Otolaryngol. (Stockh) 1995; 115: 715-24.

Wall C, PaymanR, Ash-Bernal R (1995) Horizontal axis optokinetic afternystagmus. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. Eighteenth Midwinter Meeting.

Ash-Bernal R, Wall C III, Komaroff AL, Bell D, Oas JG, Payman RN, and Fagioli LR (1995).

Vestibular function test anomalies in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Acta Otolaryngol. (Stockh) 1995; 115:9-7

Payman RN, Wall C III, Ash-Bernal R (1994). Evaluation of tests for asymmetric otolith function in patients with surgically confirmed complete unilateral peripheral vestibular lesions. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. Seventeenth Midwinter Meeting, Abstr. # 309.

Wall C III, Payman RN, Ash-Bernal R (1993) Effect on target velocity upon horizontal axis otolith visual interactions. Acta Otolaryngol. (Stockh) 1994; 114:353-59.

Payman R. Lyon MJ (1993)Rat utricular macula. Blood flow and stereological assessment of capillary morphology. Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 1993; 102; 893-99.

Wall C, Ash-Bernal R. Payman RN (1993). Otolith-visual interactions eliminate retinal slip. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. Sixteenth Midwinter Meeting, Abstr. #8.

Lyon MJ, Payman R (1993). Rat utricular macula. Blood flow stereological assessment of capillary morphology. Soc. Neurosci Abstr. #22: 1401.

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