Faculty & Staff

Matthew L. Kashima, M.D., Division Director
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Education: M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; residency program - The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Specialties/Interests: general otolaryngology; airway disorders; dizziness; ear infections; ear surgery; head and neck cancers; head and neck tumors; hoarseness; imbalance; laryngeal disorders; hearing loss; oral cavity disorders; parathyroid disorders; parotid lesion; sinus problems in adults; snoring disorders/sleep apnea; swallowing disorders; thyroid disorders; thyroid cancer; tracheostomy management; vertigo; vocal cord nodules; vocal cord paralysis and zenker diverticula

Lisa Earnest-Ishii, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Education: M.D. - University of Florida College of Medicine; residency - The Johns Hopkins Hospital; fellowship - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Specialties/Interests: hair restoration; reconstructive and cosmetic facial procedures; facial trauma;melanomas; skin cancer; facial perception; outcomes research in facial plasic surgery

Masaru Ishii, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Education: M.D. - University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D. in biophysics - University of Pennsylvania; residency - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Specialties/Interests: surgical management of nasal airway obstruction, chronic sinusitis, sinonasal tumors; computer diagnosis of otitis media; gas transport in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses; reconstruction algorithms for optical and emission tomography; molecular mechanisms of host defense in chronic rhinosinusitis; epithelial cell dysfunction of the upper airways; gene regulation of cytokine expression; pathogenesis of anosmia

Jean Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Head &Neck Surgery
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Director of the Core of the Sinusitis Program Project

Education: M.D. - University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology - University of Pittsburgh; residency - The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Specialties/Interests: sinus problems in adults; chronic rhinosinusitis; nasal polyps; molecular mechanisms of host defense in chronic rhinosinusitis; epithelial cell dysfunction of the upper airways; gene regulation of cytokine expression; pathogenesis of anosmia

Young J. Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Education: M.D. - University of California - San Diego; residency - University of California - Los Angeles

Specialties/Interests: thyroid and parathyroid disorder; head and neck cancer; salivary gland disorder; skin cancer, upper airway and laryngeal disorders; nasal reconstruction; general otolaryngology; development of immunotherapeutic treatments for head and neck malignancies

Choon Park, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Education: residency - The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Specialties/Interests: general otolaryngology

Roni E. Dinkes, Au.D., CCC-A
Director of Audiology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Education: Au.D. - Arizona School of Health Sciences; under- and post-graduate degrees - Ithaca College; internship and fellowship - R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Johns Hopkins Division of Audiology

Specialties/Interests: diagnostic audiology and digital amplification; hearing aid assessment; HBO treatment and audiology; technological enhancements for surveys of the elderly