Jordan Virbalas, MD
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology
School of Medicine

At that time, he received his Masters in Teaching at Pace University School of Education, in New York, New York. He then began his career in medicine, obtaining his medical degree from Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York, New York. Dr. Virbalas finished both his internship and otolaryngology – head and neck surgery residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, followed by a Pediatric Otolaryngology fellowship at the Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colorado.

Specialty: Pediatric Otolaryngology

Expertise: Voice and swallowing disorders, airway stenosis, congenital anomalies of the head and neck, obstructive sleep apnea, management of sinus disease

Research Interests: Optimal diagnosis and management of pediatric swallowing disorders; optimal surgical management of pediatric airway stenosis.

Education and Training:

• Medical School: Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
• Masters in Teaching: Pace University, School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Internship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
• Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
• Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora

Awards and Honors:

• 2010 The Arthur Palmer Prize for Efficiency in Otolaryngology – Weill Cornell College
• 2010 The George G. Reader Prize in Public Health – Weill Cornell College
• 2013 Centralized Otolaryngology Research Grant - American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)

• The Prevalence of Ultrarapid Metabolizers of Codeine in a Diverse Urban Population.
  Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2018 Virbalas J, Morrow BE, Reynolds D, Bent JP, Ow TJ
• Posterior cricoid-graft mismatch in laryngotracheal reconstruction.
  International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 2018 Wu D, Virbalas J, Lee A, Bent J
• Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Child With Goldenhar Syndrome and Nasal Obstruction.
  Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2017 Abraham C, Virbalas J, DelRosso LM
• Tonsillectomies and respiratory complications in children: A look at pre-op polysomnography risk factors and post-op admissions.
  International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 2016 Kasle D, Virbalas J, Bent JP, Cheng J
• Laryngeal Mass in an Elderly Man.
  JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2016 Bresler AY, Virbalas JM, Tassler A
• Erratum to “Pectus excavatum in children with laryngomalacia” [Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 77 (2013) 1721–1723].
  International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 2015 Daniel Schaerer, Jordan Virbalas, Elena Willis, Bianca Siegel, Nathan Gonik, John Bent
• Injection laryngoplasty in children with cystic fibrosis and abnormal swallow.
  International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 2015 Virbalas J, McMullen C, Cheng J
• The role of tonsillectomy in the treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS).
  JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2015 Demesh D, Virbalas JM, Bent JP
• Upper Airway Obstruction.
  Pediatrics in Review 2015 Jordan Virbalas, Lee Smith
• Upper airway obstruction.
  Pediatrics in review 2015 Virbalas J, Smith L
• Vascular Anomalies in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Resident Education.
  Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2014 Cheng J, Virbalas J
• Laryngotracheal reconstruction outcomes in hypotonic children.
  JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2013 Virbalas JM, Bent JP, Cohen HW, Parikh SR
• Book Review: Fundamental Otology: Pediatric & Adult Practice.
  Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology 2013 Jordan M. Virbalas
• Pectus excavatum in children with laryngomalacia.
  International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 2013 Schaerer D, Virbalas J, Willis E, Siegel B, Siegal B, Gonik N, Bent J
• Obstacles to communication in children with cri du chat syndrome.
  Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation 2012 Virbalas JM, Palma G, Tan M
• Pediatric nasal lobular capillary hemangioma.
  Case reports in medicine 2012 Virbalas JM, Bent JP, Parikh SR
• Book Review: Differential Diagnosis in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
  Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology 2011 Jordan M. Virbalas
• Radiology quiz case 1. Diagnosis: Parathyroid cyst (PC).
  Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery 2010 Virbalas JM, Ransom ER, Kacker A