Faculty List

Faculty List

AuD Faculty at UCSD come from the departments of surgery and neurology, as well as from private practice and the Veterans Administration La Jolla.

Erika M. Zettner, PhD; Full-time Audiology Faculty

Program Co-Director. Coordinates academic and clinic placements at UCSD. Supervises AuD students at Perlman Center and teaches courses. Areas of specialization include diagnostic audiology, electrophysiology and otoacoustic emissions as well as treatments including amplification, tinnitus treatments and cochlear implants.

E-mail: ezettner@ucsd.edu

Rebecca S. Meier AuD; Full-time Audiology Faculty

Instructor for AuD courses at UCSD and clinical supervisor for AuD students at Perlman Center. Areas of specialization include adult & pediatric diagnostic audiology, amplification, vestibular assessment, newborn hearing screenings, and aural rehabilitation.

Jeffery Harris, MD, PhD; Part-time Audiology Faculty

Professor & Chairman of Head and Neck Surgery. Teaches the Otology Preceptorship course where AuD students receive training in clinical otology, pre/post-operative assessment of patients, pharmacology related to otology, and clinical assessment of patients with balance disorders at the UCSD Ear Center.

Allen Ryan, PhD; Part-time Audiology Faculty

Research in Auditory Neuroscience and Otology, including studies of the development of the auditory and vestibular systems, especially molecular control of sensory cell and neuronal maturation in the inner ear. Guest lectures in AuD courses in auditory/vestibular physiology and supervises AuD students during lab rotation and/or doctoral projects.

Luis Benitez, MD: Part-time Audiology Faculty

Directs the neurodiagnostic laboratory at UCSD Hearing and Balance Center. Routinely provides ABR, ENG, ECoG assessments for the otology/audiology clinic at UCSD. AuD students rotate through Dr. Benitez’s balance clinic.

E-mail: rsmeier@ucsd.edu

E-mail: jpharris@ucsd.edu

E-mail: aryan@ucsd.edu

E-mail: lubedi@yahoo.com

Lauren Bosch, AuD: Part-time Audiology Faculty

Fulltime audiologist at the VAMC San Diego and part-time AuD lecturer. Has broad and varied clinical experiences with specialized emphasis in vestibular assessment and rehabilitation. Is principal investigator on a multi-site research study about tinnitus. Teaches balance assessment for the AuD program.

E-mail: Lauren.bosch@med.va.gov

Gayle Hicks, PhD: Part-time Audiology Faculty

Lecturer for AuD program. Teaches intraoperative neurodiagnostic monitoring. Has expertise in both pediatric and adult audiological testing and amplification, 20 years experience in multimodality neurodiagnostic procedures. Founded and runs a private practice in San Diego.

E-mail: ghicks@audioscope.org

Alain Dabdoub, PhD; Part-time Audiology Faculty

Assistant Professor in Department of Surgery, UCSD. Research expertise in developmental biology, focusing on the cochlea. Provides mentored research opportunities for students in his laboratory on the School of Medicine Campus and guest lectures for AUD courses at UCSD.

E-mail: adabdoub@ucsd.edu

Shu-Yow Lin, PhD; Part-time Audiology Faculty

Research on molecular mechanisms in sensory development and function of both the auditory and visual systems. Uses gene knock-down technique in the zebra fish, isolated a zebra fish mutant (similarities to Down Syndrome genetic mutation), and developed knockout mice to study hair cell transduction.

E-mail: slin@ucsd.edu

Eric Viirre, MD,PhD; Part-time Audiology Faculty

Maintains a medical neurotologic practice at UCSD. Specializes in vestibular disorders and tinnitus treatments. Provides clinical preceptorship instruction and research opportunities for AuD students.

E-mail: eviirre@ucsd.edu

Quyen Nguyen, MD,PhD; Part-time Audiology Faculty

Neurotologist at UCSD. Specializes in exostosis, middle ear disorders, single-sided deafness, Meniere’s disease and acoustic neuromas. Lectures for the AuD program at UCSD. Director of the Facial Palsy Clinic at UCSD. Provides research mentorship for AuD students