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1. PERSONAL DETAILS

 

Full Name:                   Dr. Golda Grinblat

Place of birth:                Zagreb, Croatia

 

2. ACADEMIC DEGREES

1997-2003       M.D., Medical University of Zagreb, Croatia

2020                Clinical Lecturer at the Technion University, Haifa, Israel

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3. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  

2013 – Present            ENT Consultant, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera. Otology,
                                   Neurotology and Lateral Skull Base program director. Residency Program Director

2015 – 2018                Clinical Fellow in Otology, Neurotology & Lateral Skull Base Surgery. The Gruppo
                                   Otologico, Piacenza-Rome, Italy under Prof. Mario Sanna guidance

2010 – 2013                Residency in Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Department, Hadassah

                                    Ein Karem Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

2007 – 2010                Residency of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Department at Sheba
                                   Hospital - Tel Hashomer. Ramat Gan, Israel

2006 – 2007                Internship at Beilinson Hospital, including elective in Otorhinolaryngology.
                                   Tel Hashomer, Meir and Beilinson Hospitals.

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4. RESEARCH INTERESTS

Interests in the field of otologic and lateral skull base surgical techniques and outcomes.

 

5. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2010 – 2013                Medical students’ rotations in the field of Otorhinolaryngology at
                                   Hadassah Ein Karem University Hospital, Jerusalem (undergraduate)

2013 – 2015                Medical students’ rotations in the field of Otorhinolaryngology from the
                                   Technion University at Hillel Yaffe Hospital (undergraduate)   

2017 – 2018               Temporal Bone Dissection Courses- Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy (postgraduate)

                                    Lateral Skull Base Dissection Courses-Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy

                                    (postgraduate)

                                    Temporal Bone Dissection Course- Rebro University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia

                                    (postgraduate)

                                    External Ear Surgery Course- Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy (postgraduate)

                                    Facial nerve Course- Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy (postgraduate)

                                    Vestibular Schwannoma Course- Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy (postgraduate)

2018 -Present             Medical students’ rotations in the field of Otorhinolaryngology from the
                                  Technion University at Hillel Yaffe Hospital (undergraduate)   

2020                           Course of the surgical anatomy of the Temporal bone and Lateral skull base. From

                                  Canalplasty to Skull base Procedures, National ENT Congress, Eilat, March 2020

2021                          Course of Advanced Skull base procedures dissection at ‘William House’ Dissection

                                   Laboratory, Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy.

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6. PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2018                            Editorial Board Member of The Journal of Laryngology, Rhinology & Otology

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7. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

2017-Present               Croatian Otolaryngology and Audiology Association

2007-Present               Israel Medical Association

 

8. AWARDS AND HONORS

2007-2013                   Tel Hashomer Award of Honorable Resident

2017                            Best Poster and Presentation.  First Croatian Audiology Congress, Dubrovnik.

 

 

 

9. PUBLICATIONS

9.1 Basic Science Thesis                   'Acoustic activation in the presence of an immobilized stapes, oval

                                                            window and round window'.  Prof. Sohmer, Supervisor.

9.2 Refereed papers in professional journals

Basic research

<>1.Implications for Bone Conduction Mechanisms from Thresholds of Post Radical Mastoidectomy and Subtotal Petrosectomy Patients. Kaufmann-Yehezkely M., Grinblat G., Geal Dor M., Chordekar S., Perez R., Adelman A., Sohmer H.;   J Int Adv Otol 2019; 15: 8-11.

 

Clinical research

1. Grinblat G, Prasad SC, Fulcheri A, Laus M, Russo A, Sanna M. Lateral skull base surgery in a pediatric population: A 25-year experience in a referral skull base center. International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 2017; 94:70-75.

<>4.5.6.7.Hn U, Prasad SC, Russo A, Grinblat G, Sanna M. Cholesteatoma of the external auditory canal: Review of staging and surgical strategy. Otolology & Neurotology 2018 doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001972. [Epub ahead of print]

<>8.Facial Nerve Outcomes Following Total Excision of Vestibular Schwannoma by the Enlarged Translabyrinthine Approach. Dandinarasaiah M, Prasad SC, Piccirillo E, Vashishth A, Valentina M, Grinblat G, Codreanu CM, Sanna M. Otol Neurotol. 2019 Feb;40(2):226-235

 

1. Evaluation of Subtotal Petrosectomy Technique in Difficult Cases of Cochlear Implantation

Grinblat G., Vlad D., Caruso A., Sanna M. Audiol Neurotol 2020, May; DOI: 10.1159/000507419

 

1. "Large and giant vestibular schwannomas: overall outcomes and the factors influencing facial nerve function" Grinblat G., Dandinarasaiah M., Itzak Braverman I., Abdelkader Taibah A.  1 ,  Lisma G.D.  1 , Sanna M. Neurosurgical Focus, In press. Neurosurg Rev 2020 Aug 29. doi: 10.1007/s10143-020-01380-6.

 

1. Management of squamous cell carcinoma of the temporal bone: long-term results and factors influencing outcomes.  Piras G., Grinblat G., Albertini R., Sykopetrites V. , Zhong S. , Lorenzo Lauda L., Sanna M.  Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol . 2020 Sep 26. doi: 10.1007/s00405-020-06378-w.  

 

 

1. Stapedoplasty as a Method of Hearing Loss Treatment in Patients with Tympanosclerosis. In progress.

2. Epidermoid cyst of the Cerebellopontine angle Surgical Outcomes and a Review of the literature. In progress.

3. Lateral Skull Base Surgery in a Pediatric Population.

Golda Grinblat, Abdelkader Taibah, Alessandra Russo, Mario Sanna, Gianluca Piras, Enrico Pasanisi; Atlas of Pediatric Head and Neck and Skull Base Surgery, 2020; Chapter 31.

 

1. Safety of a New Sinus Irrigation Device in Rhinosinusitis: A Pilot Study.

Isaac Shochat,Howard Levine, Itzhak Braverman. Ear Nose Throat J

. 2021 May 12;1455613211015417. doi: 10.1177/01455613211015417.

1. Myiasis in neglected Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

First aid Management Review and Current Protocol Recommendations. Frenkel Y, Shochat I et al. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2021 Jul 1;34(7):372-378. doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000752708.82300.a4.

 

1. Comparison of Lower Cranial Nerve Function Between Tympanojugular Paraganglioma Class C1/C2 With and Without Intracranial Extension: A Four-Decade Experience.  Golda Grinblat, Mario Sanna, Enrico Piccirillo. Otol Neurotol. Doi:10.1097/MAO.0000000000003383.

 

1. The Difference between Facial nerve Schwannoma and Facial nerve Hemangioma: A retrospective study of 126 consecutive patients. Long-term Outcomes. Dandinarasaiah M. Grinblat G. Sanna M.

Accepted for publication in The Laryngoscope.

 

1. Clinical Efficacy of Topical Nasal Pomegranate Fruit Extract for Chronic Rhinitis and Chronic Rhinosinusitis. Asaf Israeli BSc, Golda Grinblat MD (corresponding), Isaac Shochat MD, Miri Sarid PhD , Mickey Dudkiewich MD, Itzhak Braverman MD. Ear Nose Throat J . 2021 Sep 23;1455613211044224. doi: 10.1177/01455613211044224.

 

1. Impact of Intraoperative Findings in Revision Tympanomastoidectomy as Predictors of Postoperative Hearing. Andro Kosec MD, Josipa Zivko MD, Andro Kurtic MD, Golda Grinblat MD, Ivana Jurcic Culina DDS, Jakov Ajduk MD, PhD. Accepted in Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology.

 

 

International and National Presentations

1. Golda Grinblat, Sampath Chandra Prasad, Mario Sanna. Outcomes of drill canalplasty in exostoses and osteoma- The Gruppo Otologico Experience. External Auditory Canal Course- Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy, June, 2017

2. Golda Grinblat, Ashish Vanisht, Mario Sanna.  Petrous apex cholesterol granulomas: Outcomes, complications, and hearing results. First Croatian Audiology Congress, Dubrovnik, Croatia. October, 2017.

3. Golda Grinblat, Dandinarasaiah Manjunath, Mario Sanna. Temporal bone meningo-encephalic-herniation: Etiological categorization and surgical strategy. MSOA Congress, Jerusalem, Israel. May, 2018

4. Golda Grinblat, Gianluca Piras, Mario Sanna. Lateral skull base surgery in a pediatric population: A 25-year experience in a referral skull base center. ESPO Congress, Stockholm, Sweden. June, 2018

5. Golda Grinblat, Mario Sanna. Large and Giant Vestibular Schwannoma: Surgical Outcomes in 523 Consequent Patients.Vestibular Schwannoma Course- Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy. June, 2018.

6. Golda Grinblat, Canalplasty - Surgical technique and indications. Temporal bone cholesterol granuloma. Otology and Lateral Skull Base Surgery Update 2018, Department of Otorhinology and Head& Neck Surgery of the University Hospital Centre Zagreb. November, 2018.

7. Golda Grinblat, Diana Vlad, Mario Sanna. Subtotal petrosectomy as a solution in difficult cases of Cochlear Implantations. Eilat, Israeli ENT Annual Congress, March 2019

8. Golda Grinblat, Sanna M. 1) Cholesteatoma of the external auditory canal: Review of staging and surgical strategy. 2) Subtotal petrosectomy as a solution in difficult cases of Cochlear Implantations. CEORL-HNS, Brussels, June/July 2019

9. Golda Grinblat, Sanna M. Intrinsic Facial Nerve Tumors: The Difference between Facial nerve Schwannoma and Hemangiomas- Consecutive 101 patients. Eilat, Israeli ENT Annual Congress, March 2020

-Poster presentations

1. Golda Grinblat, Sampath Chandra Prasad, Mario Sanna. Outcomes of drill canalplasty in exostoses and osteoma- The Gruppo Otologico Experience, 2017. First Audiology Croatian Congress, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 2017.

2. Golda Grinblat, Ashish Vanisht,Mario Sanna. Petrous apex cholesterol granulomas: Outcomes, complications, and hearing results. First Audiology Croatian Congress, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 2017.

3. Golda Grinblat, Dandinarasaiah Manjunath, Mario Sanna. Temporal bone meningo-encephalic-herniation: Etiological categorization and surgical strategy. First Audiology Croatian Congress, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 2017.

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10. Languages

Croatian, English, Hebrew, Italian