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John A. Germiller, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
Fellow and Resident Research Advisor, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Otolaryngology (July 2006-)
Director of Clinical Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Otolaryngology
Otolaryngology Consultant, Center for Cornelia DeLange and Related Diagnoses, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Ian D. Krantz, MD, Director)
Permanent Member, Institutional Review Board (IRB) Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The Hub for Clinical Collaboration
Division of Otolaryngology
3500 Civic Center Boulevard, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-3440/1582
Fax: 215-590-3986
Education:
B.S. (Mechanical Engineering)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1985 - Dec 1988), 1988.
M.S. (Biomedical Engineering)
University of Michigan (1991 - May 1992), 1992.
Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering)
University of Michigan (1992 - May 1995), 1995.
M.D.
University of Michigan (1989 - June 1997), 1997.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern, General Surgery , University of Michigan Hospitals (6/24/97 - 6/30/98), 1997-1998.
Resident in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery , University of Michigan Hospitals (7/1/97 - 6/30/03), 1997-2003.
Fellowship, Pediatric Otolaryngology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (7/1/03 - 6/30/05), 2003-2005.
Certifications
National Board of Medical Examiners #433233(effective 8/1/98), 1998.
American Board of Otolaryngology #17270 Validity: May 24, 2004 – June 30, 2024 , 2004.
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Selected Publications

Orb QT, Pesch M, Allen CM, Wilkes A, Ahmad I, Alfonso K, Antonio SM, Mithal LB, Brinkmeier JV, Carvalho D, Chan D, Cheng AG, Chi D, Cohen M, Discolo CM, Duran C, Germiller J, Gibson L, Grunstein E, Harrison G, Lee K, Hawley K, Kohlhoff S, Melvin A, MacArthur C, Nassar M, Neff L, Pecha P, Salvatore C, Schoem S, Virgin F, Saunders J, Schleiss M, Smith RJH, Sood S, Park AH: Cytomegalovirus Testing Outcomes From the ValEAR Trial. Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery Feb 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1002/ohn.670. Prospective study; online ahead of print.

Lo E, Blair J, Yamamoto N, Diaz-Miranda MA, Bedoukian EC, Gray C, Lawrence A, Dedhia K, Elden LM, Germiller JA, Kazahaya K, Sobol S, Luo M, Krantz ID, Hartman TR: Recurrent missense variant identified in two unrelated families with MPZL2-related hearing loss, expanding the variant spectrum associated with DFNB111. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A Jan 10 2024 Notes: Epub 1/10/24. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.63530.

Yamamoto N, Balciuniene J, Hartman T, Alejandra Diaz-Miranda M, Bedoukian E, Devkota B, Lawrence A, Golenberg N, Patel M, Tare A, Chen R, Schindler E, Choi J, Kaur M, Charles S, Chen J, Fanning EA, Dechene E, Cao K, Jill MR, Rajagopalan R, Bayram Y, Dulik MD, Germiller J, Conlin LK, Krantz ID, Luo M: Comprehensive gene panel testing for hearing loss in children: understanding factors influencing diagnostic yield. Journal of Pediatrics 262: 113620, Nov 2023 Notes: Retrospective cohort study. Epub 2023 Jul 18. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113620.

Giordano T, Durkin A, Simi A, Shannon M, Dailey J, Facey H, Ballester L, Wetmore RF, Germiller JA: High-dose celecoxib for pain after pediatric tonsillectomy: a randomized controlled trial. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 168(2): 218-226, Feb 2023 Notes: 2022 Apr 12;1945998221091695. doi: 10.1177/01945998221091695. Online ahead of print.

Dedhia K, Li Y, Stallings VA, Germiller J, Giordano T, Dailey J, Kong M, Durkin A, Legg-Jack I, Nessen S, Schapira MM: Association of diet patterns and post-operative tympanostomy tube otorrhea: a pilot study. Laryngoscope 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1002/lary.30672. Epub ahead of print.

Firszt JB, Cadieux J, Eisenberg LS, Germiller JA, Wolfe J, Koeritzer M, and the Pediatric Asymmetric Hearing Loss and SSD Study Team: New multi-center clinical trial to address cochlear implantation of children with asymmetric hearing loss or single-sided deafness. The Hearing Journal 75(6): 12-14, June 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1097/01.HJ.0000833472.27721.35.

Shi K, Purser JS, Germiller JA, Rampton JW, Park AH: Gadolinium-based contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging as a predictor of postmeningitic hearing loss in children International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 150: 110936, Nov 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.110936. Epub 2021 Oct 11. Retrospective chart review.

Simi A, Perry J, Schindler E, Oza A, Luo M, Hartman T, Krantz ID, Germiller JA, Kawai K, Kenna M: Audiologic phenotype and progression in pediatric STRC-related autosomal recessive hearing loss. Laryngoscope June 2021 Notes: 2021 Jun 10. doi: 10.1002/lary.29680. Epub ahead of print.

Yu C, Jeffe DB, Kenna MA, Germiller JA, Lieu JEC: Validation of a parent proxy quality-of-life measure for young children with hearing loss. Laryngoscope 131(3): 663-670, Mar 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1002/lary.28891. Epub 2020 Jul 15.

Pennington JW, Ruth B, Miller JM, Peterson J, Xu B, Masino A, Krantz I, Manganella J, Gomes T, Stiles D, Kenna M, Hood LJ, Germiller J, Crenshaw EB 3rd: Perspective on the development of a large-scale clinical data repository for pediatric hearing research. Ear and Hearing 41(2): 231-238, Mar/Apr 2020 Notes: 2019 Aug 9. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000779. [Epub ahead of print]

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