Amal Isaiah, MD

Dr Amal Isaiah graduated from St. John's Medical College in Bangalore, India. He was elected a Rhodes Scholar in 2006, following which he completed a DPhil (PhD) in Neurophysiology at Oxford University, England, focusing on developmental plasticity associated with cochlear implantation. Dr Isaiah then completed residency training in Otolaryngology at University of Maryland, and a clinical fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Children's Health Dallas. He is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology.

Dr Isaiah's clinical interests span the management of upper airway obstruction in infants and children, with an emphasis on treatment of persistent pediatric sleep apnea. In addition, he has also developed technologies for precise localization of airway obstruction. His other clinical interests are surgical management of speech disorders and hearing loss in children, and has published widely in these areas. Dr Isaiah received an Early Career Award for Pediatric Research from the Gerber Foundation in 2016.