Cleveland Clinic otolaryngologists offer specialty care for deafness, tumors, trauma, infection and dizziness. Some of the more common problems and management options are listed below. Success rates and complications of treatment vary considerably with each individual patient; therefore, the following information is offered as a general guideline.
Peter C. Weber, M.D., otolaryngologist, offers state-of-the-art, full-service medical and surgical care of the ear (otology) and related skull base (neurotology) in the Head & Neck Institute at Cleveland Clinic, specializing in ear surgery for deafness, tumors, trauma, infection and dizziness. Ear surgery patients are examined at the downtown, Beachwood or Hillcrest campus. Inpatient ear surgery is performed downtown and outpatient ear surgery is performed at the Beachwood and Hillcrest hospitals.
Dr. Weber is Professor and Head of the Section of Otology-Neurotology, Head and Co-Director of the Hearing Implant Program and Residency Program Director. He joined the Cleveland Clinic faculty in 2001, and sees pediatric and adult patients at the downtown, Beachwood and Hillcrest campuses.
Before joining the Cleveland Clinic faculty, Dr. Weber was Acting Chairman in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. He is actively involved in cochlear implant research, has published more than 90 scientific papers and book chapters, and is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Otolaryngology. Dr. Weber is President of the Board of Governors of the American-Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and serves on the Academy’s Board of Directors. He also is a member of the American Otology Society, American Neurotology Society and American College of Surgeons.
