Dr. Phillip A. Wackym, MD

Dr. P. Ashley Wackym is a seasoned administrator, investigator and surgical otologist-neurotologist and skull base surgeon. He is currently the Chair of Department of Otolaryngology – Head Neck Surgery at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and a Chancellor Scholar of Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences. He serves as the Otolaryngologist-in-Chief for the RWJ Barnabas Health Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Medical Director for the Department of Speech and Hearing.
He is board certified in Neurotology as well as Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. His clinical emphasis is on cochlear implantation and skull base surgery as well as other hearing and balance disorders. He is particularly well known for the surgical management of patients with superior semicircular canal dehiscence and other third window syndrome sites. 
 
Among his 19 national and international awards include the Nicholas Torok Vestibular Award of the American Neurotology Society, the Edmund Prince Fowler Award and a Presidential Citation from the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, the Gold Medal Award from the Prosper Meniere Society, and the Honor Award and Distinguished Service Award of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He has also served as President of the Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum, the President of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, the President of Otology and Neurotology, Inc., among many other national and international leadership roles.