Professor
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Joseph E. Dohar, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP is a Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a Professor of Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health & Rehabilitation. He is a Pediatric Otolaryngologist on the full-time staff in the division of Pediatric Otolaryngology at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He served as research co-director of the Wound Healing Program and is an active Member Faculty of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Dohar has established himself as an expert in otitis media having participated in both privately funded and NIH funded research in the area for almost 25 years. He has delivered over 300 lectures nationally and internationally on the subject and has almost 300 publications including books, book chapters, and peer reviewed manuscripts. He has served as an ad hoc reviewer of grants on otitis media and has been a consultant to the FDA.
Following receipt of his Doctor of Medicine degree from The Ohio State University, Dr. Dohar completed his residency training at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic where he also received an NIH supported Master's Degree. He went on to complete a clinical and NIH funded research fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. He is the medical director of the Voice, Resonance, and Swallowing Center and formerly served as research director of the airway wound healing program. His interests include pediatric sinonasal disorders, chronic pediatric ear disease, voice and swallowing disorders, bronchoesophagology, and otitis media.