CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

Name:                    Alyssa Robyn Terk, MD

 

School:                  Yale University School of Medicine

 

Education:             B.S.  Materials Science and Engineering, Rice University, 1996

                                M.D.  New York University School of Medicine, 2001

 

Office Address:    CT Pediatric Otolaryngology, LLC

                                230 Boston Post Road

                                Madison, CT  06443

                                (203) 245-0496

                                (203) 245-8697 (fax)

                                alyssaterk@yahoo.com

 

Career/Academic Appointments:

 

2001-02                  Intern, General Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

2002-05                  Assistant and Senior Resident, Section of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

2005-06                  Chief Resident, Otolaryngology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

2006-present          Attending, CT Pediatric Otolaryngology, Madison, CT


Board Certification:


American Board of Otolaryngology, April 2007



Professional Honors & Recognition:

 

A)  International/National/Regional

      2006:  Resident Travel Award, Triologic Society, Southern Section

      2003:  Second Place, New England Otolaryngologic Society, Boston, MA

      2000:  Alpha Omega Alpha, Delta Chapter, NYU School of Medicine

 

B)  University
2004:  Top Gun Award, Section of Otolaryngology, Yale University

      1993:  Lewis J. Walsh Scholarship, Rice University

 



Lectures, Courses, Web-based Education:

 

2007:            Yale Physician Assistant Student Lecture:  “Vertigo and Dizziness”

 

2007:            Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:  “Subglottic Stenosis”

 

2007:            Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:  “Vascular Malformations”

 

2007:            Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:  “Otitis Media”

 

2007:            Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:  “Pediatric Neck Masses”

 

2006:            CT Pediatric ENT Symposium, New Haven Lawn Club:  “Pediatric Neck Masses”

                                                                                            

2006:            Triological Society, Southern Section, Spring Meeting:  “Videofluoroscopic analysis of swallowing in tracheotomized patients”

 

2006:            Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:  “Cochlear Implants”

 

2006:            Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:  “ENT Emergencies”

 

2006:            Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:  “Aural Rehabilitation”

 

2006:            Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:  “The Syndromic child”

 

2006:            Yale Physician Assistant Student Lecture:  “Vertigo and Dizziness”

 

2006:            Yale Outpatient Pediatric Lecture:  “ENT Emergencies”

 

2005:            Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:  “Stomatitis”

 

2005:            Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:  “Orbital complications of sinusitis”

 

2005:            Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:  “Laryngocele”

 

2005:            Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:  “Parapharyngeal space neoplasms”

 

2005:            Otolaryngology Resident Research Day:  “Pharyngeal swallow biomechanics: Hyoid bone and laryngeal movement with and without a tracheotomy tube”

 

2005:            CT State ENT Society Meeting, Case Presentation: “Pediatric Cat Scratch Disease”

 

2004:            Otolaryngology Grand Rounds:  “Diving medicine”

 

2004:            Otolaryngology Resident Research Day:  “Pharyngeal swallow biomechanics: a proposal for a study”

 

2003:            New England Otolaryngologic Society, Spring Symposium, “Aggar Nasi Cell”

 

2003:            New England Otolaryngologic Society, Fall Symposium, “Pediatric Parotid Mass”

 

2003:            Otolaryngology Resident Research Day:  “The Effects of adenotonsillectomy on asthma”

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

 

Professional Organizations             


American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

      2006-present      Physician Member

      2002-2006          Resident Member         


Triological Society

      2006-present      Physician Member

      2001-06              Resident Member

 

American Medical Association

2006-2007          Physician Member

2001-2006          Resident Member

1997-2001          Student Member           



Yale University Service

                          
Departmental Committees

2007-present      Board of Directors, Yale Surgical Society
2004-present      Member, New Applicant Interview Committee, Section of Otolaryngology,    School of Medicine

2003-06              Resident Representative, Resident Education Committee, Section of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine

 

     

Public Service

2004-present            Volunteer Interviewer, RAVA (Rice University Alumni Volunteer Association)           

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.   Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

 

Lebowitz, R.A., A. Terk, J.B. Jacobs, and R.A. Holliday.  Asymmetry of the ethmoid roof: analysis using coronal computed tomography.  Laryngoscope, 2001, 111(12):2122-4.

 

Terk, A., S.B. Leder, and M.I. Burrell.  Hyoid bone and laryngeal movement dependent upon presence of a tracheotomy tube.  Dysphagia, 2007, 22(2):89-93.

 

 

2.      Case Reports, Technical Notes, Letters

Terk, A., and S.B. Levine.  Radiofrequency volume tissue reduction of the tonsils:  Case report and histopathologic findings.  ENT Jour.  2004, 83: 572-577,

 

Henley, J.L., D.J. Lesnik, and A.R. Terk.  Contralateral platysma suspension: An adjunct to rhytidectomy.  Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2005, 7:119-123.



3.      Reviews, Chapters, Books

 

Terk, A.R., and J.F. Kveton.  Clinical Evaluation of Hearing Loss.  In Clinical Otology, 3rd edition, ed. M. Pensak, Thieme Publishing, in press.

 

4.      Poster Presentations

 

Terk, A., J. Jacobs, R. Lebowitz, K. Lee.  “Asymmetry of the ethmoid roof:  analysis using coronal CT Scan.”  Poster presentation, Triological Society, Eastern Section, Toronto, Ontario, January 2001.

 

Terk, A. and S.B. Levine.  “Histologic findings of tonsillar tissue treated with radiofrequency.”  Poster Presentation, Triological Society, Eastern Section, Boston, MA, January 2003.