Alexander Bien, MD, FACS

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Education:

• Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois
• Residency: Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
• Fellowship: Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery, House Ear Clinic and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

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Teaching:

Professional program:

• CSD 9233: Medical Arts/Otologic Practices

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Clinical/Research Interests:

• Otology and Skull Base Surgery

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Funding:

• Gan, RZ., Jiang, S., Bien, AG. Multiscale Biomechanical Modeling and Measurement of Auditory Injury and Protection Mechanisms. Funding Source: Department of Defense. $3,510,846.00

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Select Publications:

• Alemi R, Wolfe J, Neumann S, Manning J, Hanna L, Towler W, Wilson C, Bien A, Miller S, Schafer E, Gemignani J, Koirala N, Gracco VL, Deroche M. Motor Processing in Children With Cochlear Implants as Assessed by Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Percept Mot Skills. 2024 Feb;131(1):74-105. PMID: 37977135.
• Koirala N, Deroche MLD, Wolfe J, Neumann S, Bien AG, Doan D, Goldbeck M, Muthuraman M, Gracco VL. Dynamic networks differentiate the language ability of children with cochlear implants Front Neurosci. 2023 Jun 20; 17:1141886. PMID: 37409105.
• Deroche MLD, Wolfe J, Neumann S, Manning J, Towler W, Alemi R, Bien AG, Koirala N, Hanna L, Henry L, Gracco VL. Auditory evoked response to an oddball paradigm in children wearing cochlear implants. Clin Neurophysiol. 2023 May; 149:133-145. PMID: 36965466.
• Bien AG, Jiang S, Gan RZ. Real-time Measurement of Stapes Motion and Intracochlear Pressure During Blast Exposure. Hear Res. 2023 Mar 1; 429:108702. PMID: 36669259.
• Milton, CK, Bien AG, Krempl GA, Sanclement JA, Mhawej R, Glenn CA. Primary Dural Repair Using Titanium Microclips Following Lateral Skull Base Surgery. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2021 Jun 3;83(Suppl 2): e306-e311. PMID: 35832979.
• Wolfe J, Deroche M, Neumann S, Hanna L, Towler W, Wilson C, Bien AG, Miller S, Shafer EC, Gracco V. Factors Associated with Speech-Recognition Performance in School-Aged Children with Cochlear Implants and Early Auditory-Verbal Intervention. J Am Acad Audiol. 2021 Jul;32(7):433-444. PMID 34847584.
• Ni G, Kim C, Nair L, Bien AG, Yu D, Foyt D. Impact and Cost Effectiveness of Videonystagmography. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2021;130(7):718-723. PMID: 33124434.
• Kenning, TJ, Kim CS, Bien AG. Microvascular Decompression and Nervus Intermedius Sectioning for the Treatment of Geniculate Neuralgia. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2019 Jun; 80 (Suppl 3): S316-S317. PMID: 31143610.
• Bien AG, Kim CS, Kenning, TJ. Temporal Bone and Cerebellopontine Angle Epidermoid Resulting in Facial Nerve Paralysis: Resection and Facial Nerve Coaptation. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2019 Jun; 80 (Suppl 3): S314-S315. PMID: 31143609.