Dr. Wilkinson is a surgeon and partner at the House Clinic in Los Angeles, California. He is board certified in otolaryngology and neurotology by the American Board of Otolaryngology.
His academic interests include acoustic neuroma management, endoscopic ear surgery, cochlear implantation in single-sided deafness, endoscopic techniques in skull base surgery and laser stapedectomy. His research on Auditory Brainstem Implants (ABI) in children has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and cochlear implant manufacturers.
He has been extensively involved in humanitarian ear surgery and is on the Board of Directors of Global ENT Outreach. He has worked to support a sustainable otology humanitarian project with local partners in Quito, Ecuador annually since 2007.
Locations
- Los Angeles
- Orange County
Education
- Arizona State University, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- Stanford University School of Medicine, MD
Residency
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Otolaryngology
Fellowship
- House Ear Institute, Neurotology
Additional Certifications
- Board Certification, American Board of Otolaryngology
- Additional Subspecialty Certificate in Neurotology
Research
- Endoscopic Ear Surgery and Skull Base Surgery
- Hearing Preservation Acoustic Neuroma Surgery
- Treatment of Meniere’s Disease and Cholesteatoma
- Laser Stapes Surgery for Otosclerosis
- Minimally Invasive Treatment of Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence
- Eustachian Tube Balloon Dilation
- Cochlear Implants and Auditory Brainstem Implants
Organizations
- American Otological Society
- Triological Society
- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- American Neurotology Society
- Research Scientist at the Huntington Medical Research Institutes in Pasadena, California
- Board of Directors of the House Ear Institute.
- Board of Directors of Global ENT Outreach, a humanitarian otology foundation.
Publications
- Wilkinson EP, Eisenberg LS, Krieger MD, Schwartz MS, Winter M, Glater JL, Martinez AS, Fisher LM, Shannon RV; Los Angeles Pediatric ABI Team. Initial Results of a Safety and Feasibility Study of Auditory Brainstem Implantation in Congenitally Deaf Children. Otol Neurotol. 2017 Feb;38(2):212-220.
- Master AN, Roberts DS, Wilkinson EP, Slattery WH, Lekovic GP. Endoscope-assisted middle fossa craniotomy for resection of inferior vestibular nerve schwannoma extending lateral to transverse crest. Neurosurg Focus. 2018 Mar;44(3):E7.
- Peng KA, Lekovic GP, Wilkinson EP. Pearls for the middle fossa approach in acoustic neuroma surgery. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Oct;26(5):276-279.
- Peng KA, Chen BS, Lorenz MB, Lekovic GP, Schwartz MS, Slattery WH, Wilkinson EP. Revision Surgery for Vestibular Schwannomas. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2018 Dec;79(6):528-532.
- Eisenberg LS, Hammes Ganguly D, Martinez AS, Fisher LM, Winter ME, Glater JL,
- Schrader DK, Loggins J, Wilkinson EP; Los Angeles Pediatric ABI Team. Early Communication Development of Children with Auditory Brainstem Implants. J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2018 Jul 1;23(3):249-260.
- Peng KA, Lorenz MB, Otto SR, Brackmann DE, Wilkinson EP. Cochlear implantation and auditory brainstem implantation in neurofibromatosis type 2. Laryngoscope. 2018 Sep;128(9):2163-2169.
- Wilkinson EP, Abdel-Hamid O, Galvin JJ 3rd, Jiang H, Fu QJ. Voice conversion in cochlear implantation. Laryngoscope. 2013 Apr;123 Suppl 3:S29-43.
- Wilkinson EP, Abdel-Hamid O, Galvin JJ 3rd, Jiang H, Fu QJ. Voice conversion in cochlear implantation. Laryngoscope. 2013 Apr;123 Suppl 3:S29-43.
- Wilkinson EP, Hoa M, Slattery WH 3rd, Fayad JN, Friedman RA, Schwartz MS, Brackmann DE. Evolution in the management of facial nerve schwannoma. Laryngoscope. 2011 Oct;121(10):2065-74.
- Otto SR, Shannon RV, Wilkinson EP, Hitselberger WE, McCreery DB, Moore JK, Brackmann DE. Audiologic outcomes with the penetrating electrode auditory brainstem implant. Otol Neurotol. 2008 Dec;29(8):1147-54.
