Gavriel D. Kohlberg, M.D., joined the department as an assistant professor in 2019. He is also a member of the division of Otology and Neurotology.

As an undergraduate, Dr. Kohlberg studied computer science at Harvard. After college he developed image processing algorithms as a research assistant in the radiology department at Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed his medical degree at Stanford School of Medicine, where he received additional training in biomedical informatics. He then pursued residency training in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the New York Presbyterian – Columbia and Cornell. After residency he served as a physician in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He then completed a two-year otology and neurotolgy fellowship at the University of Cincinnati / Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center with Drs. Ravi Samy, Joseph Breen, Myles Pensak and Mario Zuccarello.

Dr. Kohlberg’s clinical interests include medical and surgical treatment of people suffering from ear-related problems such as hearing loss, otosclerosis, cholesteatoma and inner-ear balance disorders. Dr. Kohlberg also works as part of a team to treat tumors of the lateral skull base, including acoustic neuromas, meningiomas and glomus tumors as well as cancers of the temporal bone. He performs both traditional and endoscopic ear surgery. He is trained in hearing preservation cochlear implant surgery. He utilizes all surgical approaches to the lateral skull base, including the middle cranial fossa, retrosigmoid and translabyrinthine approaches. His research focuses on harnessing technology to allow people with hearing loss to better interact with the world around them.