Eleanor Chan, M.D., FRCSC
Office Address
Academic office:
WSU, School of Medicine
Department of Otolaryngology
4201 St. Antoine, 5E-UHC
Detroit, MI 48201
Clinical office:
WSUPG
26400 Twelve Mile Road, Suite 111
Southfield, MI 48034
Position Title
Assistant Professor
Clinical Educator track, full time
Division Chief, Otology, Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery
Narrative Bio
Dr. Eleanor Chan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Wayne State University School of Medicine, and Division Chief of Otology and Neurotology. She specializes in the evaluation and treatment of hearing loss, chronic ear infections, auditory implants, dizziness and balance disorders, tinnitus, facial nerve conditions, and posterior skull base diseases such as acoustic neuromas, meningiomas, encephaloceles, cerebrospinal fluid leaks and vascular compression syndromes.
Dr. Chan received her B.Sc.(hon.) in Pharmacology and medical school M.D. degrees at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She completed her Residency in Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Ottawa in Canada. In 2006, she was chosen for one of only 12 spots nationally to pursue a Fellowship in Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery at the Michigan Ear Institute. She has been a full-time academic physician at the Michigan Ear Institute prior to joining our department, and will continue serving her patients at both sites. Dr. Chan is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, and maintains an active research component to her clinical practice. She has contributed several book chapters and journal articles to the scientific literature. She gives regular lectures on ear and skull base diseases to her peers at conferences as well as to community groups. She also teaches one of the largest and most reputable temporal bone surgical dissection courses in the country.
Outside of work, Dr. Chan juggles the busy schedule of being a mother, and pursuing her hobbies of music, art and competitive swimming. She is an active volunteer at her kids’ schools and helps to coach her son’s junior Robotics team. She is an accomplished concert pianist, and holds an Associateship Diploma for Piano Performer from the Royal Conservatory of Music
1995-97 Esther R. Anderson Memorial Prize - Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
1996-97 Science Scholar - Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Post Graduate Training
Fellowship: 2006-2008 ACGME Fellowship: Otology, Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery,
Michigan Ear Institute, Farmington Hills, Michigan
Board Certification: 2006 Specialist Board Certification: Otolaryngology; Fellow: Division of Surgery,
Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), Ottawa, Canada; Maintenance of Certification Program (active)
Publications
(last 5 years)
Luryi AL, Lawrence J, Bojrab DI, LaRouere M, Babu S, Zappia J, Sargent EW, Chan E, Naumann I, Hong RS, Schutt CA. Recurrence in Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: A Large, Single-Institution Study. Otol Neurotol. 2018 Apr 11. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001800. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29649052
Wang AC, Nelson A, Pino C, Svider PF, Hong R, Chan E. Management of Sigmoid Sinus Associated Pulsatile Tinnitus: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Otol Neurotol. 2017 Dec;38(10):1390-1396. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001612
Hong RS, Metz CM, Bojrab DI, Babu SC, Zappia J, Sargent EW, Chan EY, Naumann IC, LaRouere MJ. Acoustic reflex screening of conductive hearing loss for third window disorders. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2016 Feb;154(2):343-8. PMID:2662134
Book Chapters
Chan EY Chapter 7: Mastoidectomy. In: Sataloff RT, series ed. Surgical Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. LaRouere ML, Babu SC, Bojrab DI, eds. Otologic and Neurotologic Surgery. New Delhi, India: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2015
Chan EY Chapter 3: Surgery of the Ear Canal. In: Sataloff RT, series ed. Surgical Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. LaRouere ML, Babu SC, Bojrab DI, eds. Otologic and Neurotologic Surgery. New Delhi, India: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2015
Chan EY Chapter 143: Other Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors. In: Sataloff RT, series ed. Surgical Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. LaRouere ML, Babu SC, Bojrab DI, eds. Otologic and Neurotologic Surgery. New Delhi, India: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2015