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PEDIATRIC EAR NOSE AND THROAT SPECIALIST DANIEL S. SAMADI, M.D. JOINS STAFF OF HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Hackensack University Medical Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel S. Samadi, M.D. of Edgewater, as the new Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgeon for the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center. Dr. Samadi offers skilled support and care for children with conditions affecting the ears, nose and throat, as well as disorders involving the head and neck. Along with diagnosing and treating children with ear infections (otitis) and sore throats (pharyngitis), he also assists children with hearing loss and speech disorders, airway difficulties and chronic sinus problems, tumors of the head and neck and congenital malformations. As the director of the Cochlear Implant Center, Dr. Samadi and the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery are also pleased to offer a Cochlear Implant Program for adult and pediatric patients with profound sensorineural (nerve) hearing loss. “This care requires a multi-disciplinary team of audiologists, otolaryngologists, speech-language pathologists, social workers, auditory-verbal therapists and an educational consultant. We work with children with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss who are being evaluated for, or followed with a cochlear implant,” said Dr. Samadi. Dr. Samadi graduated summa cum laude in Biochemistry from New York University. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with high honors, Dr. Samadi completed his otolaryngology residency at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed his fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. A frequent lecturer, he has published extensively in several peer reviewed journals. He has received multiple national awards for his clinical and basic science research involving angiogenic growth factors in a rabbit model, including the distinguished recognition from the American Broncho-Esophagological Association in 2001. Dr. Samadi is board-certified in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery with sub-specialty training in Pediatric Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. “I am delighted to work with the many outstanding physicians and healthcare providers at Hackensack University Medical Center,” said Dr. Samadi. “My goal is to provide the most innovative, comprehensive and state of the art technological care to children and their families.” “We are fortunate and honored to have someone of Dr. Samadi’s caliber join our medical staff,” said Ronald B. Low, M.D. of Cresskill, chairman, Department of Otolaryngology at HUMC. “Dr. Samadi will enhance the care we provide to children and their families as a designated children’s hospital,” said Jeffrey R. Boscamp, M.D of Tenafly., chairman, Department of Pediatrics and physician-in-chief, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. For more information on Pediatric Otolaryngology at Hackensack University Medical Center please call (201) 996-5658. Hackensack University Medical Center, a teaching and research hospital affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School is the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state of New Jersey. The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital has been twice selected as one of the top 25 Children’s Hospitals in the country and the top ranked Children’s Hospital in New Jersey by “Child” Magazine. |
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