Hernan Goldsztein
Dr. Goldsztein is a Board-Certified Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon and has extensive training in Neuro-otology and Skull Base Surgery. He graduated Magna cum Laude from medical school at the University of Buenos Aires and completed clinical research fellowships at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary. His residency training at the University of Maryland, was followed by a clinical and surgical fellowship in Otology & Neurotology at the California Ear Institute.
He performs surgery to restore hearing including ear surgery to restore the hearing bones, cochlear implants and bone implanted hearing aids. He oversees Pacific ENT audiology services which provides comprehensive hearing evaluations and hearing aids.
During Dr. Goldsztein’ s training, he provided medical care to patients in Cambodia and Peru. These services earned him the nomination for the Dean’s Community Service Award at Harvard Medical School. In 2009, he received the American Academy of Otolaryngology/ Head & Neck Surgery’s (AAO/H&NS) Resident Humanitarian Travel Grant. In 2011 he earned the Resident Leadership Grant from the AAO/H&NS, and in 2012 he was awarded the Fellow Leadership Grant from AAO/H&NS. Dr. Goldsztein was also awarded the 2016 San Diego County Medical Society Foundation Health Hero Award and the Champion of the Year in 2024. Dr. Goldsztein has received numerous other honors and awards, and currently, he serves as a volunteer physician-surgeon with local and international humanitarian associations. He is a past chair of the American Academy of Otolaryngology’s Panamerican Society and currently serves as the Regional Advisor to Latin America for the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.
He is the Chief of Otolaryngology at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla.
Session
Through the presentation of clinical cases, the result of 15 years of experience in the field of otology, we briefly describe the pathology of chronic otitis media, and then explain how this pathology and its different presentations can lead to intracranial and extracranial complications. We take an approach that includes etiological, pathophysiological, and imaging diagnosis, before moving on to the treatment and prognosis of each particular case according to the associated complication. This course is enriched by the multidisciplinary approach required for this type of pathology, explaining neurosurgical techniques, imaging studies, relevant bacteriological studies, and concluding with the pharmacological and surgical otolaryngological treatment proposed for each type of complication. The variety of clinical cases facilitates the explanation of the different types of management that should be taken in relation to chronic otitis media and its possible complications.