Eric A. Gantwerker, MD, MMSC

Profile

Pediatric Otolaryngologist at Northwell Health and Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He holds a Master of Medical Science (MMSc) in Medical Education with a special focus on educational technology, educational research, and game-based learning from Harvard Medical School and a Master of Science in Physiology and Biophysics from Georgetown University. He has a special interest in faculty development and has been a speaker or faculty at hundreds of local, national, and international courses and conferences. He is also an active blogger and podcaster for several organizations, including the Harvard Macy Institute (HMI), Harvard Medical School CME Online, and BackTable Innovations. He has been featured in the news and print for media outlets such as USA Today, Businesswire, The Washington Post, Nature Medicine, Fox News, and KevinMD. He was also the Vice President, Medical Director of a medical video game company, Level Ex from 2018 to 2023 that utilized game technology and psychology to create interactive experiences for healthcare professionals. | He is recognized as an expert on the implementation of educational technologies and gaming with a foundation in educational theory for health professions education. He was honored to be inducted as an Associate Member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Academy of Master Surgeon Educators and as an Associate Fellow of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE).

Education

• 1999-2002: BS, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
• 2003-2004: MS, Georgetown Unversity
• 2004-2008: MD, Rush Medical College
• 2008-2013: Otolaryngology Residency, University of Cincinnati
• 2014-2017: MMSc, Harvard Medical School

Place of Practice

Northwell Health

Practice History

• 2015-2018: Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, University of Texas - Southwestern
• 2018-2020: Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Loyola University Medical Center
• 2021-Present: Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Northwell Health

Licenses

• 2021-Present: New York Medical License

Reviewed Symptoms

• Abnormal vaginal discharge
• Bleeding from the nose
• Blood in mucus from nose
• Clogged ears
• Deeper voice
• Difficulty opening mouth
• Difficulty speaking due to pain
• Draining from the ear
• Ear itch
• Ear pain
• Feels like something is stuck in my throat
• Foreign body in the ear
• Hearing loss
• Hoarseness
• Hurts to swallow
• I can't smell
• Jaw claudication
• Jaw is swollen
• Jaw pain
• Jaw popping
• Nasal foreign body
• Nasal voice
• Nose pain
• Post-nasal drip
• Red throat
• Runny nose
• Sensitive teeth
• Sleep apnea
• Sleepy all day
• Sneezing
• Snoring
• Something stuck in throat
• Sore throat
• Stuffy nose
• Swallowed a foreign body
• Swelling of parotid / salivary glands
• Taste disorder
• Throat swelling
• Tinnitus
• Too painful to chew
• White spots on the tonsils

Reviewed Diseases

• Allergic Rhinitis / Allergic Conjunctivitis (Including Spring Catarrh)
• Cerumen Impaction
• Drug Induced Rhinitis
• Ear Infection
• Epistaxis
• Esophageal Foreign Body
• Hearing Loss
• Laryngomalacia
• Noise Induced Hearing Loss
• Perforated Tympanic Membrane
• Pseudocyst of the Auricle
• Recurrent Parotitis
• Retropharyngeal Abscess
• Sinusitis
• Sudden Hearing Loss
• Tracheal Stenosis
• Tracheomalacia
• Vocal Cord Paralysis
• Vocal Cord Polyp

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