Nicole Jiam, MD
Adjunct Instructor FY
Otolaryngology
School of Medicine

in Neuroscience with Honors and a minor in Entrepreneurship & Management from Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Jiam's research expertise focuses on cochlear implantation, complex sound processing, music perception, and flat-panel CT imaging. She is the past spARO chair of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) and an American Auditory Society committee member. Within the Bay Area, she served as the Vice President of the San Francisco Opera BRAVO! Board of Directors, where she spearheaded educational initiatives on music and science between UCSF and the SFOpera.

As an entrepreneur and innovator, Dr. Jiam is also the co-founder of IIAM - a digital health startup venture facilitating efficient, secure medical information exchange. She is a co-inventor of a medical device for nasal inflammatory disorders. In her free time, she has served as a board member on several non-profit health & fine arts organizations and worked as a consultant for medical education companies.

• Music Perception in Bone-Anchored Hearing Implant Users.
  The Laryngoscope 2023 Jiam NT, Formeister EJ, Chari DA, David AP, Alsoudi AF, Purnell S, Jiradejvong P, Limb CJ
• Inner ear therapeutics and the war on hearing loss: systemic barriers to success.
  Frontiers in neuroscience 2023 Jiam NT, Rauch SD
• Lyrical Trends: An Analysis of Music's (Mis) Use of Vertigo.
  Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 2023 Jiam NT, Chern A, Watson J, Naples JG
• Differences in Hearing, Balance, and Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Petroclival Versus Nonpetroclival Posterior Fossa Meningiomas.
  Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 2023 Gillard DM, Jiam NT, Morshed RA, Bhutada AS, Crawford ED, Braunstein SW, Sabes JH, Theodosopoulos PV, Cheung SW
• Electrical Determinants of Tinnitus Extinction in a Cochlear Implant Patient.
  Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 2023 Muller L, Gilbert M, Jiam NT, Limb CJ, Tward AD
• Treated large posterior fossa vestibular schwannoma and meningioma: Hearing outcome and willingness-to-accept brain implant for unilateral deafness.
  Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology 2022 Jiam NT, Gillard DM, Morshed RA, Bhutada AS, Crawford ED, Braunstein SW, Henderson Sabes J, Theodosopoulos PV, Cheung SW
• Formal Closure of Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Defects With a "Bow Tie" Tri-Layer Graft.
  The Laryngoscope 2022 El-Sayed IH, Jiam NT, Theodosopoulos PV, McDermott MW, Gurrola JG, Aghi MK
• The Impact of Vocal Boost Manipulations on Musical Sound Quality for Cochlear Implant Users.
  The Laryngoscope 2022 Limb CJ, Mo J, Jiradejvong P, Jiam NT
• Is the clinical head impulse test helpful in cochlear implantation candidacy evaluation?
  World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery 2022 Jiam NT, Cai Y, Wai KC, Polite C, Kramer K, Sharon JD
• Is the clinical head impulse test helpful in cochlear implantation candidacy evaluation?.
  World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2022 Nicole T. Jiam, Yi Cai, Katherine C. Wai, Colleen Polite, Kurt Kramer, Jeffrey D. Sharon
• Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysm Mimicking a Vestibular Schwannoma.
  Cureus 2022 Benjamin T, Jiam NT, Cooke D, Huang MC, Sharon JD
• Effect of Frequency Response Manipulations on Musical Sound Quality for Cochlear Implant Users.
  Trends in hearing 2022 Mo J, Jiam NT, Deroche MLD, Jiradejvong P, Limb CJ
• Nonvestibular Dizziness.
  Otolaryngologic clinics of North America 2021 Jiam NT, Murphy OC, Gold DR, Isanhart E, Sinn DI, Steenerson KK, Sharon JD
• Posterior petrous face meningiomas presenting with Ménière's-like syndrome: a case series and review of the literature.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2021 Morshed RA, Jiam NT, Wang EJ, Magill ST, Knoll RM, Kozin ED, Theodosopoulos PV, Cheung SW, Sharon JD, McDermott MW
• Presentation and management of post-operative cerebrospinal fluid leaks after sphenoclival expanded endonasal surgery: A single institution experience.
  Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2021 Jiam NT, David AP, Formeister EJ, Gurrola J, Aghi M, Theodosopoulos P, Villanueva-Meyer J, McDermott MW, El-Sayed IH
• Computed Tomography-Based Measurements of the Cochlear Duct: Implications for Cochlear Implant Pitch Tuning.
  Ear and hearing 2021 Jiam NT, Gilbert M, Mo J, Jiradejvong P, Limb CJ
• Posterior Petrous Face Meningiomas Presenting with Ménière's-Like Syndrome: A Case Series and Review of The Literature.
  Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base 2021 Ramin Morshed, Nicole Jiam, Elaina Wang, Stephen Magill, Philip Theodosopoulos, Steven Cheung, Jeffrey Sharon, Michael McDermott
• Awake Laser Laryngeal Stenosis Surgery.
  The Laryngoscope 2020 Jiam NT, Dwyer CD, Rosen CA
• Preserved Cochlear Implant Function After Multiple Electroconvulsive Therapy Treatments.
  The Laryngoscope 2020 Jiam NT, Li D, Kramer K, Limb CJ
• Music perception and training for pediatric cochlear implant users.
  Expert review of medical devices 2020 Jiam NT, Limb C
• Evolving Otolaryngology Resident Roles and Concerns at the Peak of the US COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Head & neck 2020 Cai Y, Gulati A, Jiam NT, Wai KC, Shuman EA, Pletcher SD, Durr ML, Chang JL
• Endoscopic skull base and transoral surgery during COVID-19 pandemic: Minimizing droplet spread with negative-pressure otolaryngology viral isolation drape.
  Head & neck 2020 David AP, Jiam NT, Reither JM, Gurrola JG, Aghi MK, El-Sayed IH
• Otolaryngology Resident Practices and Perceptions in the Initial Phase of the U.S. COVID-19 Pandemic.
  The Laryngoscope 2020 Cai Y, Jiam NT, Wai KC, Shuman EA, Roland LT, Chang JL
• Rhythm processing in cochlear implant-mediated music perception.
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2019 Jiam NT, Limb CJ
• A Randomized Controlled Crossover Study of the Impact of Online Music Training on Pitch and Timbre Perception in Cochlear Implant Users.
  Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO 2019 Jiam NT, Deroche ML, Jiradejvong P, Limb CJ
• Association Between Flat-Panel Computed Tomographic Imaging-Guided Place-Pitch Mapping and Speech and Pitch Perception in Cochlear Implant Users.
  JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2019 Jiam NT, Gilbert M, Cooke D, Jiradejvong P, Barrett K, Caldwell M, Limb CJ
• Medical Harm: Patient Perceptions and Follow-up Actions.
  Journal of patient safety 2017 Lyu HG, Cooper MA, Mayer-Blackwell B, Jiam N, Hechenbleikner EM, Wick EC, Berenholtz SM, Makary MA
• What Does Music Sound Like for a Cochlear Implant User?
  Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 2017 Jiam NT, Caldwell MT, Limb CJ
• Surgical treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis after sinus lift.
  American journal of rhinology & allergy 2017 Jiam NT, Goldberg AN, Murr AH, Pletcher SD
• Assessment and improvement of sound quality in cochlear implant users.
  Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology 2017 Caldwell MT, Jiam NT, Limb CJ
• Voice emotion perception and production in cochlear implant users.
  Hearing research 2017 Jiam NT, Caldwell M, Deroche ML, Chatterjee M, Limb CJ
• Music?.
  Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology 2017 Nicole T. Jiam, Meredith T. Caldwell, Charles J. Limb
• The impact of round window vs cochleostomy surgical approaches on interscalar excursions in the cochlea: Preliminary results from a flat-panel computed tomography study.
  World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery 2016 Jiam NT, Limb CJ
• The Effect of Round Window vs Cochleostomy Surgical Approaches on Cochlear Implant Electrode Position: A Flat-Panel Computed Tomography Study.
  JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2016 Jiam NT, Jiradejvong P, Pearl MS, Limb CJ
• IIAM (important information about me): a patient portability profile app for adults, children and families with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
  Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology 2016 Jiam NT, Hoon AH, Hostetter CF, Khare MM
• Flat-Panel CT Imaging for Individualized Pitch Mapping in Cochlear Implant Users.
  Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 2016 Jiam NT, Pearl MS, Carver C, Limb CJ
• Hearing loss and falls: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
  The Laryngoscope 2016 Jiam NT, Li C, Agrawal Y
• Phantom Stimulation Increases Low-Frequency Cues in CIs.
  The Hearing Journal 2016 Nicole T. Jiam, Charles J. Limb
• Surgical malpractice claims in the United States.
  Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management 2014 Jiam NT, Cooper MA, Lyu HG, Hirose K, Makary MA
• The role of a nurse at a camp for children affected by a parent’s cancer
  CompassPoint 2013 Jiam HL, Jiam NT
• Aging reduces total neuron number in the dorsal component of the rodent prefrontal cortex.
  The Journal of comparative neurology 2012 Stranahan AM, Jiam NT, Spiegel AM, Gallagher M
• Interference with reelin signaling in the lateral entorhinal cortex impairs spatial memory.
  Neurobiology of learning and memory 2011 Stranahan AM, Salas-Vega S, Jiam NT, Gallagher M
• Running coordinately upregulates hippocampal BDNF and GAD67 expression in Long-Evans rats.
  The FASEB Journal 2011 Sebastian Salas-Vega, Alexis M. Stranahan, Rebecca P. Haberman, Nicole T. Jiam, Michela Gallagher