CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Stanford University B.S., 1977-1981
Stanford, CA
Harvard Medical School M.D., 1981-1985
Boston, MA
POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION
Intern, General Surgery, 1985 – 1986
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI
Research Fellow, 1986 – 1987
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Resident Physician, 1987 – 1991
Dept. of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI
Clinical Fellow, 1993 – 1994
Otology, Neuro-Otology, Skull Base Surgery
Dept. of Surgery/Div. Of Otolaryngology
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Instructor, 1991 – 1993
Dept. of Otology and Laryngology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Assistant Professor, 1993 – 1994
Dept. of Surgery/Division of Otolaryngology
University of South Florida
College of Medicine
Tampa, FL
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
St. Vincent’s Hospital, 1994 – present
Worcester, MA
Medical Center of Central Massachusetts, 1994 – present
Worcester, MA
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 1994 – present
Worcester, MA
Massachusetts Eye & Ear infirmary, 1991 – 1993
Boston, MA
HOSPITAL COMMITTEES
Infectious Disease Committee, 1992 – 1993
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
Boston, MA
Institutional Review Board, 1994 – 1996
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Worcester, MA
Executive Committee, 1999 – present
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Worcester, MA
FUNDED RESEARCH
Principal Investigator: A Study to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin A for the Treatment of Aberrant Regeneration of the Facial Nerve. A Phase I FDA Study. Sponsored by Biopure, Inc. Boston, MA, 1993
Principal Investigator: Functional Electrical Stimulation of Denervated Rabbit Facial Muscles. (AAO-HNS Resident Research Grant), 1989 – 1990
Principal Investigator: Functional Electrical Stimulation of Denervated Rabbit Facial Muscles. Denervated Rabbit Facial Muscles (AAFPRS Research Grant), 1989 – 1990
Principal Investigator: Control Mechanisms of Cochlear Blood Flow. (American Otology Society Grant), 1986 – 1987
CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1986
Michigan Board of Medicine, 1986
Massachusetts Board of Medicine, 1991
American Board of Otolaryngology, 1992
Florida Board of Medicine, 1993
HONORS/AWARDS
Phi Beta Kappa, 1981
First Prize – Resident Research Forum, AAO-HNS 92nd Annual meeting. “Electrically Stimulated Increase in Cochlear Blood Flow: Evidence of Neural Mediation”, 1988
Frank Lamberson Lectureship – Resident Research Award. “Functional Electrical Stimulation of Denervated Rabbit Facial Muscle”, 1989
Frank Lamberson Lectureship – Resident Research Award. “Functional Electrical Stimulation of Denervated Rabbit Facial Muscle: Update”, 1990
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Medical Association, 1983
Michigan Medical Society, 1987
American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 1987
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1988
American College of Surgeons Associate, 1991
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sillman, JS, Eavey, RD, Reardon, EJ, Thornton, AR: Metabolic Facial Paralysis in an Infant. Arch Otolaryngol 111:822-825, 1985.
Sillman, JS, LaRouere, MJ, Lawrence, M, Nuttall, AL, Miller, JM: Recent Advances in Measurements of Cochlear Blood Flow. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 97(1):1-8, 1988.
Holmes, LB, Sillman, JS: Pattern of Blood Vessels in Forelimbs of Three Strains of Mice. Artery 15(6):330-345, 1988.
LaRouere, MJ, Sillman, JS, Nuttall, AL, Miller, JM: A Comparison of Laser-Doppler and Intravital Microscopy Measures of Cochlear Blood Flow. Otol Head & Neck Surgery 101(3):375-384, 1989.
Sillman, JS, LaRouere, MJ, Masta, RI, Nuttall, AL, Miller, JM: Electrically Stimulated Increases in Cochlear Blood Flow: Intensity and Frequency Effects. Otol Head & Neck Surgery 100(4):308-316, 1989.
Sillman, JS, Larouere, MJ, Masta, RI, Nuttall, AL, Miller, JM: Electrically Stimulated Increases in Cochlear Blood Flow: Evidence of Neural Mediation. Otol Head & Neck Surgery 101(3):362-374, 1989.
Hoffman, HT, Sillman, JS: The Thyroplasty Retractor. Otol Head & Neck Surgery 104(4):553-554, 1991.
LaRouere, MJ, Sillman, JS, Tsai, M, Nuttall, AL: The Effect of Pentoxifilline on Cochlear Blood Flow. In Press, Otol Head & Neck Surgery.
Sillman, JS, Niparko, JK, Lee, SS, Kileny, P: Prognostic Value of Evoked and Standard Electromyography in Acute Facial Paralysis. Otol Head & Neck Surgery 107(3):377-381, 1991.
Sillman, JS, Levine, R, Kobler, J: Laser-Doppler Measurements of Intratemporal Facial Nerve Blood Flow. American Journal of Otology 15(3):327-334, 1994.
Stack, BC, Futran, ND, Ridley, MD, Schultz, S, Sillman, JS: Signal Averaging and Waveform Analysis of Laser Doppler Flowmetry Monitoring of Porcine Myocutaneous Flaps. I. The Acute Assessment of Flap Viability. Otol Head & Neck Surgery 113(5):550-557, 1995.
IN PREPARATION
Sillman, JS, Niparko, JK, Faulkner, J: Electrical Stimulation of Denervated Rabbit Facial Muscles. Submitted to Arch of Oral Biology.
Bartels, LJ, Sillman, JS. Transtympanic Gentamicin Therapy for the Treatment of Meniere’s Disease.
Sillman, JS, Bartels, LJ. Trans-Cervical/Trans-Temporal Approach to Jugular Foramen Tumors.