Dr. Joel Lavinsky, MD, PhD

CRMRS 31911 RQE No.: 22994
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

Medical Degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul School of Medicine (UFRGS).

Residency in Otorhinolaryngology at the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA).

Title of Specialist in Otorhinolaryngology (ABORL-CCF/AMB).

Master of Surgery from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

PhD from the University of Southern California (UCLA), USA, and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

Post doctorate from the University of Southern California (UCLA), USA.

Graduate Professor of Surgery at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

Graduate Professor of Biosciences at the Federal University of Health Sciences, Porto Alegre.

Adjunct Professor of Human Anatomy at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

Fellow in Otology, Neurotology, and Lateral Skull Base at the Keck School of Medicine.

Fellow research in molecular genetics of deafness at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at the University of Southern California.

In 2014, he discovered the first gene for hearing loss caused by exposure to noise confirmed with mutant mice in the laboratory.

Preceptor of the Otology Group of the Otorhinolaryngology Service of Santa Casa de Porto Alegre and UFCSPA.

Member of the Otology and Otoneurology Research Group (HCPA/UFRGS).

Member of the Executive Board of the Brazilian Association of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervico-Facial Surgery.

Member of the Department of Otoneurology of the Brazilian Association of Otorhinolaryngology (ABORL-CCF).

Member of the Committee on Continuing Medical Education of the Brazilian Association of Otorhinolaryngology (ABORL-CCF).

First Scientific Director of the Gaucho Association of Otorhinolaryngology (ASSOGOT).

He coordinates the Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery Division at Lavinsky Clinic.