Herbert Silverstein Award for Research Excellence in Otology/Neurotology

First awarded: 2024
Funding provided by: This annual award is generously supported by Dr. Herbert Silverstein, founder of the Ear Research Foundation, located in Sarasota, FL. Dr. Silverstein has been a member of ANS since 1970. To read more about Dr. Silverstein and his illustrious career, please click here. 

Submission Information

• The Herbert Silverstein Award for Research Excellence in Otology/Neurotology, will be awarded annually to a trainee (Otolaryngology resident/Neurotology fellow) or early career clinician (1st five years of practice) for the best research manuscript submission for presentation at the annual ANS Scientific Meeting. 
  
• The topic should be focused on Meniere’s disease, vestibular diseases, cochlear implants, vestibular schwannomas or otosclerosis. 
  
• The ANS Executive Council shall judge the yearly applications. A yearly award of $1,500 will be given for the selected manuscript.
  
• The author will be expected to attend the Annual ANS Spring Meeting and present the paper in person. 
• The abstract must be selected for ORAL presentation to be considered. 
• Send a brief cover letter and a pdf of your manuscript to: Kristen Bordignon, ANS Administrator, [email protected] by November 30, 2025 to accompany the abstract. (preliminary draft of manuscript acceptable) 
• The final manuscript must be submitted electronically in the publication format recommended by Otology & Neurotology, the official journal of the ANS, 4 weeks before meeting.
• The Abstract Submission deadline for the ANS 61st Annual Spring Meeting in Phoenix, AZ on April 24-26, 2026 is 11:59 PM (P.T.) October 22, 2025. 

Previous Recipients

Benjamin T. Ostrander, MD, MSE

UC San Diego