About Me
From the first day I stepped into NYU Langone as a fourth-year medical student and felt the energy, I knew this was where I wanted to train. That was in 1982, and I’ve been here ever since.
I was drawn to surgery early in my career. I eventually decided on otolaryngology because I’ve always had the patience for the technical detail. I enjoy quickly identifying a problem and carrying out a plan to fix it. My particular special interest is in skull base surgery and hearing restoration, which is now done through small keyhole openings to remove benign and cancerous tumors with minimally invasive techniques. Enabling a person to hear through the use of cochlear and auditory brainstem implants is a uniquely special experience.
I value the contributions of everyone who cares for a patient, from his or her family to the surgeons, therapists, and audiologists. A child with hearing loss, for example, needs all of us to work together to achieve the best possible outcome.
I am most proud of our collaborative approach at the NYU Langone Cochlear Implant Center, one of the largest and most productive of its kind in the world.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- acoustic neuroma
- autoimmune disorder of inner ear
- cholesteatoma
- chronic ear infection
- deafness
- ear infection
- ear malformation
- external ear tumor
- facial palsy
- facial paralysis
- fluid in middle ear
- glomus jugulare tumor
- Meniere's disease
- middle ear tumor
- neurofibromatosis
- otosclerosis
- pain in the ear
- paraganglioma
- partial hearing loss
- sensorineural hearing loss
- skull base tumor
- swimmer's ear
Treatments
- auditory brainstem implant
- cochlear implant
- ear reconstruction
- minimally invasive surgery
- myringoplasty
- nerve surgery
- Post Covid-19 Care
Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Hearing Loss in Adults , Facial Nerve Paralysis in Adults , Acoustic Neuroma , Neurofibromatosis , Skull Base TumorsCredentials
Positions
- Mendik Foundation Professor of Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Professor, Department of Neurosurgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Chair, Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery
Board Certifications
- American Board of Otolaryngology (Neurotology), 2004
- American Board of Otolaryngology - Otolaryngology, 1993
Education and Training
- Fellowship, NYU Medical Center, Neurotology, 1993
- Residency, NYU Medical Center, Otolaryngology, 1992
- Residency, NYU Medical Center, General Surgery, 1985
- MD from Temple University, 1983
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This provider accepts the following insurance plans.
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Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Indemnity
- Aetna International
- Aetna Medicare Managed Care
- Aetna Meritain Health
- Aetna Open Access EPO
- Aetna Open Access HMO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna POS (American Express Employer)
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
- Aetna Student Plan
- Allied
- Chesterfield Resources Inc
- Christian Brothers Services
- CoreSource
- Healthscope
- Nippon Life of America-Aetna
- Nippon Life-Aetna
- Starmark
- WellNet
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Large Group
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Large Group (NYU LI Local 1199)
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access GEPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access PPO Large Group
- BCBS EPO
- BCBS EPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (NYU Langone Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (NYU Langone Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS Federal Program
- BCBS Florida Blue Care HMO
- BCBS Florida Blue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Options PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Select
- BCBS Florida MyBlue HMO
- BCBS Florida Simply Blue
- BCBS Florida Traditional PPC
- BCBS HMO
- BCBS Indemnity
- BCBS Local 32BJ Employees
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare HMO
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Mediblue Select HMO/Extra HMO
- BCBS POS
- BCBS PPO
- BCBS PPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS PPO - Empire PPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS PPO/EPO Small Group
- New York Hotel Trades
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Connecticare
- Connecticare Bridge
- Connecticare Commercial
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Emblem
- Emblem Select Care Basic Exchange
- Emblem Select Care Bronze Exchange
- Emblem Select Care Bronze Small Group
- Emblem Select Care Catastropic Exchange
- Emblem Select Care EPO
- Emblem Select Care Gold Exchange
- Emblem Select Care Gold Small Group
- Emblem Select Care HMO
- Emblem Select Care PPO
- Emblem Select Care Platinum Exchange
- Emblem Select Care Platinum Small Group
- Emblem Select Care Silver Exchange
- Emblem Select Care Silver Small Group
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GHI
- GHI HMO
- GHI Medicare Supplement
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HIP
- HIP Access I
- HIP Access II
- HIP Bridge
- HIP Child Health Plus
- HIP EPO
- HIP HMO
- HIP Medicare Supplement
- HIP POS
- HIP PPO
- HIP Prime Bronze
- HIP Prime Gold
- HIP Prime Platinum
- HIP Prime Silver
- HIP VIP Medicare Bold
- HIP VIP Medicare Prime
- Vytra HMO
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Health Smart
- WTC Health Program-HHC
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Magnacare
- Magnacare PPO
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Medicare
- Medicare Part B
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Multiplan
- AXA Assistance USA
- Administrative Concepts
- Beech Street PPO
- Diversified Administration Corporation
- Fiserv Health
- GEHA
- Global Excel
- Global Health
- Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
- Health Net Of California
- Health Republic Of NJ
- Humana Health Plan
- Insurance Design Administrators
- Kaiser Foundation
- Kaiser Permanente
- Meritain Health
- Multiplan PPO
- Multiplan-Capital Dist Phys Health
- Mutual Of Omaha
- Nippon Life Ins Co
- PHCS
- Professional Benefit Admin
- Qualcare Inc
- Screen Actors Guild
- Teamsters Allied Benefits
- US Life Insurance Company
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Oxford
- Oxford Health Plans Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans Liberty
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POMCO Insurance Company
- POMCO Insurance Company
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Qualcare Inc.
- Qualcare Direct
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Railroad Medicare
- Palmetto GBA Railroad Medicare
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Complete
- Bind Benefits inc
- Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage
- UMR
- UMR WTC Health Program
- United Healthcare AARP
- United Healthcare All Savers
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice (AMEX employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Blackrock employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (CBS employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Viacom Employees)
- United Healthcare Choice NSLIJ
- United Healthcare EPO
- United Healthcare EPO (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare HMO
- United Healthcare Indemnity
- United Healthcare Indemnity (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Medicare
- United Healthcare Navigate
- United Healthcare POS
- United Healthcare PPO
- United Healthcare Plus (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Student Resources
- United Healthcare Value, Advantage and HDHP (New York University employees)
- UnitedHealthcare Choice (JP Morgan Employees)
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VA Community Care Network
- VA CCN Optum
Locations and Appointments
NYU Otolaryngology Associates
530 1st Avenue, Suite 7Q
New York, NY 10016
“Our research has led to the expanded use of cochlear and auditory brainstem implants to restore hearing.”
J. Thomas Roland Jr., MD Otologist & Neurotologist
Research My Research
Interests
cochlear implant, auditory brainstem implant, temporal bone anatomy and disease, Meniere's disease, computer applications, temporal bone education, temporal bone evaluation, skull base / acoustic tumor surgery, facial nerve surgery, NF2
Research Interests Timeline
Clinical Trials and Research Studies
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Quality of Life of Patients with Single-Sided Deafness Treated with Cochlear Implantation
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Learn More
Auditory Pathway Mapping in Pediatric Patients with Sensorineural Hearing Loss Being Evaluated for Surgical Therapy
Publications
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Karajannis, Matthias A; Mauguen, Audrey; Maloku, Ekrem; Xu, Qingwen; Dunbar, Erin M; Plotkin, Scott R; Yaffee, Anna; Wang, Shiyang; Roland, J Thomas; Sen, Chandranath; Placantonakis, Dimitris G; Golfinos, John G; Allen, Jeffrey C; Vitanza, Nicholas A; Chiriboga, Luis A; Schneider, Robert J; Deng, Jingjing; Neubert, Thomas A; Goldberg, Judith D; Zagzag, David; Giancotti, Filippo G; Blakeley, Jaishri O
Molecular cancer therapeutics. 2021 Sep ; 20(9):1584-1591
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Asfour, Leena; Kay-Rivest, Emily; Roland, J Thomas
Cochlear implants international. 2021 Jun 19; 1-5
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Deep, Nicholas L.; Connors, Joseph; Roland, J. Thomas
Operative techniques in otolaryngology, head & neck surgery. 2021 Jun 01; 32(<prism:issueIdentifier>2):136-142