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Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
School of Medicine  :  Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery  :  Faculty and Staff

Gregory A. Ator, M.D., F.A.C.S.


Gregory Ator, M.D., FACS

Associate Professor
Director, Division of Otology/Neurotology
Director, Audiology/Vestibular Rehabilitation Laboratory
913-588-6731
gator@kumc.edu

Education and Training


MD: 1985, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Residency: University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Fellowship: Neurotology – Skull Base Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas.
Clinical Interests: Neurotology, Otology, - Disorders of Balance and the Facial Nerve, Cochlear Implants, Implantable Hearing Aids
Research Interests: Endolymphatic hydrops, Meniere's Disease, Cochlear non-linearity.

Publications

  • A. Devaiah, Kristen L. Dawson, J. A. Ferraro, G.A. Ator: Area curve ratios significantly improve diagnostic sensitivity of electrocochleography in early Meniere’s Disease. In press June 2003. Archives of Otolaryngology.

  • A Devaiah, G.A. Ator: Clinical indicators useful in predicting response to the medical management of Meniere's Disease. Laryngoscope 110:1861-1865, 2000.

  • J.L. Edmonds, J.M. Woodroof, G.A. Ator: Middle-ear lipoma as a cause of otomastoiditis. Journal of Laryngology and Otology. 111: 1162-5, 1997.

  • M.E. Chertoff, T. Steele, G.A. Ator: Characterizing Cochlear Mechano-Electric Transduction via a Non-Linear Systems Identification Procedure. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 100: 3741-3753, 1996.

  • G.A. Ator: Vestibular Disorders: A Therapeutic Update. Audio Digest 26:4, 1993.

  • G.A. Ator: Meniere's Disease. Kansas Medicine 94:322-325, 1993.

  • G.A. Ator, J.C Andrews, D.S. Maxwell: Preparation of the Human Skull for Anatomical Study. Skull Base Surgery 3: 1-6, 1993.

  • H.A. Jenkins, G.A. Ator: Long-term compensation following vestibular nerve section. Proc. XV11th Barany S 371-4,1992.

  • J.C. Andrews, G.A. Ator, V. Honrubia: The Exacerbation of Symptoms in Meniere's Disease During the Premenstrual Period. Archives of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 118: 74-82, 1992

  • G.A. Ator, E. Abemayor, R. Lufkin, W.N. Hanafee, P.H. Ward: Evaluation of Mandibular Tumor Invasion with Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Archives of Otolaryngology 116: 454-459, 1990.

  • N.J. Coker, G.A. Ator, H.A. Jenkins, C.R. Neblett, James R. Morris: Carbon Dioxide Laser Stapedotomy: A Histopathological Study. American Journal of Otolaryngology 7:253-257, 1986.

  • N.J. Coker, G.A. Ator, H.A. Jenkins, C.R. Neblett, J.R. Morris: Carbon Dioxide Laser Stapedotomy: Thermal Effects in Vestibule. Archives of Otolaryngology 111:601-605,1985

  • G.A. Ator, N.J. Coker, H.A. Jenkins: Thermal Injury to the Intratemporal Facial Nerve Following CO2 Laser Application. American Journal of Otolaryngology 6:437-442, 1985.