Nicholas Torok Vestibular Award
First awarded: 1990 Funding provided by: Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Torok & the American Neurotology Society
Submission Information
- The Nicholas Torok Vestibular Award, established under the aegis of the ANS instituting a yearly lecture, is presented at the Annual Scientific Spring Meeting of the Society.
- The subject should be an innovative observation, experience or technique in the field of vestibular basic science or clinical science.
- The final manuscript must be presented electronically in the publication format recommended by Otology & Neurotology, the official journal of the ANS, 4 weeks before meeting.
- The candidate shall be selected preferably from the membership of the Society of upon specific merit of any M.D. or Ph.D.
- The President and Executive Council of the ANS shall judge the yearly application. 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. Please send an email to the ANS administrative office with your intent to apply for award at the time of abstract submission.
- Send a pdf of your manuscript to: Kristen Bordignon, ANS Administrator, [email protected] by November 11, 2022 to accompany the abstract and cover letter. (preliminary draft of manuscript acceptable)
- Abstract Submission dates for the ANS 58th Annual Spring Meeting in Boston, MA on May 5-6, 2023 is October 15, 2022.
Previous Lecturers
Stephen P. Cass, MD Michigan Ear Institute Farmington Hills, MI |
1990 |
Palm Beach, FL |
P. Ashley Wackym, MD University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City, IA |
1992 |
Palm Desert, CA |
Robert P. Muckle, MD University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN |
1993 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Thomas A. Salzer, MD Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX |
1994 |
Palm Beach, FL |
Akira Ishiyama, MD UCLA School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA |
1995 |
Palm Desert, CA |
Michael P. McCue, MD University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN |
1996 |
Orlando, FL |
Anil K. Lalwani, MD University of California San Francisco, CA |
1998 |
Palm Beach, FL |
Lloyd B. Minor, MD Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD |
1999 |
Palm Desert, CA |
Vincent B. Ostrowski, MD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, IL |
2000 |
Orlando, FL |
D. Bradley Welling, MD, PhD The Ohio State University Columbus, OH |
2001 |
Palm Desert, CA |
John P. Carey, MD Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD |
2003 |
Nashville, TN |
John C. Li, MD |
2005 |
Boca Raton, FL |
Judith A. White, MD, PhD The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH |
2006 |
Chicago, IL |
Abraham Jacob, MD Ohio State University Columbus, OH |
2007 |
San Diego, CA |
Rahul Mehta, MD Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA |
2014 |
Las Vegas, NV |
Benjamin T. Crane, MD, PhD University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY |
2015 |
Boston, MA |
Jeffrey D. Sharon, MD
John Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
|
2016 |
Chicago, IL |
Anne K. Maxwell, MD University of Colorado Denver, CO |
2017 |
San Diego, CA |
Renee M. Banakis Hartl, MD, AuD University of Colorado Denver, CO
|
2018 |
National Harbor, MD |
Tiffany Peng Hwa, MD University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
|
2020 |
Virtual platform Presented in Fall 2020 |
Steven D. Curry, MD, MPH University of Nebraska Omaha, NE
|
2021 |
Virtual platform |
Miriam R. Smetak, MD, MS Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
|
2022 |
Dallas, TX |
Eric J. Formeister, MD, MS Duke University Durham, NC
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2023 |
Boston, MA |
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