James S. Soileau, M.D.
Dr. Soileau graduated from Louisiana State University Medical School in 1963. After two years of research regarding inner ear function, he completed his residency at Louisiana State University where he also performed two years of research on vestibular testing (ENG) in the Master’s degree program. He also completed a fellowship at the EAR Foundation in Nashville, Tennessee with Dr. Michael Glasscock, after a stint as a medical officer in the Vietnam War. Dr. Soileau supervised the Vestibular Lab at LSU Medical School and was a lecturer for graduate students on vestibular physiology from 1970-1975. He has been in private practice since then and has been involved in the development of vestibular testing equipment throughout his entire career. In addition to the development of multiple medical instruments (including helping set the standard for caloric irrigation systems), he has assisted many of the industry leaders in the beta testing of vestibular testing devices. He has lectured at many national meetings on vestibular testing and evaluation. His practice is strictly limited to the evaluation and medical treatment of vertigo and dizziness. He is Board Certified in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Gerard J. Gianoli, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Dr. Gianoli graduated from Tulane University with a degree in Engineering and subsequently matriculated from Tulane University's Medical School in 1986. He did an internship in General Surgery and an internship in Pediatrics. Following a residency in Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, he completed a fellowship In Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery at the Michigan Ear Institute. He was a full-time Associate Professor at Tulane Medical School until July 2000 when he joined the Ear and Balance Institute. He still maintains a Clinical Associate Professor appointment at Tulane in both the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the Department of Pediatrics. He has published and lectured extensively in the field of Neurotology and serves on multiple Editorial Review Boards for the fields of Neurotology and Otolaryngology. Dr. Gianoli is Board Certified in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Board Certified in Neurotology. He is one of only approximately 120 Board Certified Neurotologists in the country. Dr. Gianoli has been consistently named to the ranks of “America’s Top Doctors” (Castle Connolly Medical Limited) and “America’s Top Physicians” (Consumers’ Research Council of America).
Dr. Gianoli's curriculum vitae
Recent article by Drs. Gianoli and Solieau
NIH-sponsored Study at the Ear and Balance Institute
Our doctors at the Ear and Balance Institute are currently Co-Investigators in a National Institute of Health sponsored study of the Epley Omniax for the treatment of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). Consequently, the Ear and Balance Institute is one of only a small handful of centers in the country with expertise in the use of the Epley Omniax multi-axial positioning device (developed by Vesticon).
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