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Dr. Silverstein Receives 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Honored by Sarasota Memorial Hospital Contact Name: Christina DeFrancisco Contact Email: cdefrancisco@earrf.org Contact Phone Number: 9415564219 Dr. Silverstein was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for decades of research, innovation and dedicated service to Sarasota Memorial and countless patients who suffered from ear, nose and throat conditions across the nation. A longtime otolaryngologist in the community, Dr. Silverstein has spent more than 50 years evaluating and treating patients with hearing loss and tinnitus, otosclerosis and inner ear disorders, hyperacusis, Meniere’s disease, dizziness and balance disorders. His pioneering research and innovative treatment techniques have earned him a place among the most recognized specialists in Otology-Neurotology in the world. Dr. Silverstein completed his residency and started his medical career in 1966 at the Harvard teaching hospital Mass Eye and Ear in Boston. He also spent several years on the faculty at University of Pennsylvania Medical School before relocating to Sarasota in 1973 and joining the medical staff at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. He founded the Sarasota-based Ear Research Foundation in 1979 and established a fellowship program in Otology-Neurotology in 1983 that has provided advanced training to nearly 50 specialists in the field. Throughout the years, his research and innovations have made him a leading authority on Meniere's disease and Otosclerosis. His surgical skill, instructional courses and leadership expanded lateral skull base surgery at SMH and helped lead to the creation of the North American Skull Base Society. He has authored and co-authored three books and more than 250 peer-reviewed publications, and some of the procedures he invented and pioneered, such as retrolabyrinthine vestibular neurectomy, continue to be used today. A talented composer and jazz pianist, Dr. Silverstein also has recorded 16 CDs and entertained many with live performances around town.