Organizing Committee Member
Dr. Mark Shikowitz
Vice Chairman
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
USA
Biography
Dr. Shikowitz attended Syracuse University where he graduated in 1976 Cum Laude as biology major. Dr. Shikowitz then attended the University Of Dominica School Of Medicine where he received his M.D. in 1981. He then completed his general surgery internship at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York from 1981 to 1982. He was a resident and chief resident in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck surgery at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center from 1982 to 1986. Following the completion of his residency training, he received a three-year career development award from the National Institute of Health to study human papillomavirus disease where he worked on photodynamic therapy, which was experimental at that time. Eventually, this therapy became FDA approved and was used for several years on patients suffering with papillomavirus diseases of the upper aero-digestive tract. Dr. Shikowitz received his MBA from the George Washington University, Washington, D.C. in 2010. Since 1986, Dr. Shikowitz has been on the staff of the Long Island Jewish Medical Center and the Northwell Health system. Professor and Vice Chairman of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck surgery both at Zucker School of Medicine and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Research Area
Otolaryngology, Head and Neck surgery