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Education:

• Medical School - University of Toronto Graduated 1978 (Medical School
• University of Toronto Graduated 1978
• Mount Sinai Hospital Graduated 1979 (Internship)
• University of Toronto Graduated 1983 (Residency)
• Toronto General Hosp Graduated 1979 (Internship)
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Graduated 1982 (Residency)
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr Graduated 1984 (Fellowship)
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, Weill Medical School, Cornell University
• Assistant Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, New York Medical College

Hospital Affiliations:

• Beth Israel Medical Center - Petrie Division
• Lenox Hill Hospital
• New York Hospital Queens

Languages Spoken:

• English
• French
• Spanish
• Hebrew
• Italian
• Russian
• Yiddish

Board Certifications:

• American Board of Otolaryngology
• Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck (Otolaryngology)

Professional Memberships:

• American College of Surgeons
• American Academy of Otolaryngology
• American Medical Association
• Canadian Otolaryngological Society
• American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• New York Society of Head and Neck Surgeons
• Academy of Oral Medicine
• American Society for Head and Neck Surgery
• American Rhinologic Society

Awards and Publications:

• Shemen, L., Chemical Aphrodisiacs. Medical Journal.(University of Toronto) 54: 69, l976.
• Lloyd, K., Shemen, L., Hornykiewicz, L. Distribution of High Affinity Sodium Independent (3/H) Gamma Amino Acid H GABA Binding in the Human Brain. Brain Research l27: 269, l977
• Lloyd KG, Dreksler S, Shemen L, Davidson L: Sodium independent Affinity Binding of [3H] Gamma aminobutyric Acid in Human Neurological Disorders. Adv Exp Med Biol 123:399 418, 1979
• Shemen, L., Stern, H., Sidlofsky, S., Myers, E.D.: Treatment of Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis with High Fi02: Two Case Reports. Dis Colon & Rectum 22: 245 247, l979
• Ellis, D.A. Shemen, L.J.: The Use of the Fascial Plane System in the Facelift Operation. J. Oto. l0(3): l7l, l982
• Freeman, J.L., Shemen, L.J., Alberti, P.W., Holgate, R., Pritzker, K.P.H., Noyek, A.M.: Ossifying Capillary Hemangioma of the Maxillary and Ethmoid Sinuses A Case Report, J. Otol. l0:6,48l, l98l
• Robbins, K.T., Lawson, V., Shemen, L.J., Rabinovich, S., Bryce, D.: Primary Hyperparathyroidism. J. Oto. ll:ll9, l982
• Ellis, D.A., Rubin, A.M., Shemen, L.J.: Esthetic Evaluation of the Lips and Cosmetic Reconstruction: J. Oto. ll:22l, l982
• Morgenstern, L., Shemen, L.J., Allen, W., Amodeo, P., Michel, S.L.: Melanosis Coli: Changes in Appearance when Associated with Colonic Neoplasia. Arch. Surg. ll8:62, l983
• Gardiner, G.W., Briant, T.D.R., Shemen, L.J.: Inverted Ductal Papilloma of the Parotid Gland. Journal of Oto.l3:23, l984
• Shemen, L.J., Mitchell, D.P., Farkashidy, J.: Cockayne Syndrome. An Audiologic and Temporal Bone Analysis. Am. J.Otol. 5:300, l984
• Shah, J., Shemen, L.J., Spiro, R.H., Strong, E.W.: Selecting Variants in Pharyngeal Reconstruction. Ann. Oto. Rhin.Laryn.93:3l8, l984
• Shemen, L.J., Klotz, J., Schottenfeld, D., Strong, E.W.: Increased Incidence of Oral Tongue Cancers in Young Males. JAMA 252, l857, l984
• Chait, G.E., Shemen, L.J., Robbins, K.T., Tyndel, F.J.: Pilar Tumor of the Scalp. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 93: ll6 1l9, l985
• Shemen, L.J., Spiro, R.H.: Complications Following Laryngectomy. Surgical Forum, 36:549 550, 1985
• Shemen, L.J., Spiro, R.H.: Complications Following Laryngectomy. Head and Neck Surgery 8:185, 1986
• Shemen, L.J., Freeman, J.L., Young, S., Noyek, A.M.:Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap in Oropharyngeal Reconstruction. Ear, Nose & Throat J. 65:431 437, 1986
• Juarbe, C., Shemen, L.J., Eberle, R., Klatsky, I., Fox, M.: Primary Tracheo Esophageal Puncture for Voice Restoration. Am J. Surg. 152:464 466, 1986
• Shemen, LJ: Diseases of the Thyroid as they Affect the Larynx. in The Larynx Second Ed., Fried, MP editor, Mosby, New York, 1995