Dr. Alexandra Quimby
Assistant Professor
Email: alexandra.quimby@dal.ca
Phone: 902-473-5975
Fax: 902-418-5880
Mailing Address:
Room 3184, 3rd Floor Dickson
5820 University Avenue
Halifax, NS
B3H 1V7
Research Topics:- Hearing loss and hearing healthcare disparities
- Chronic ear disease
- Cochleaer implants
- Implantable hearing devices
- Vestibular schwannoma
Education:
- BSc (Anatomy and Cell Biology/ Minor Neuroscience) – McGill University
- MD – University of Ottawa
- MPH (Clinical Epidemiology) – Harvard University
- Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery residency – University of Ottawa
- Neurotology and Lateral Skull Base Surgery fellowship – University of Pennsylvania
Selected Publications:
- Quimby AE, Brant JA, Staab J, Ruckenstein MJ. Development and initial validation of a Meniere’s disease quality of life instrument: the MenQOL. Laryngoscope. 2024 Apr 30. doi:10.1002/lary.31478
- Quimby AE, Salmon MK, Zhao CH, Bigelow DC, Ruckenstein MJ, Lee JYK, Brant JA. Socioeconomic determinants impact quality of life at vestibular schwannoma diagnosis. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2024 Jan; 119:122-128. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2023.11.028
- Quimby AE, Wen C, Ruckenstein MJ, Brant JA, Bigelow DC. Caloric function as a predictor of cochlear implant performance. Cochlear Implants International. 2023 Nov 29; 25(1): 1-8. doi:10.1080/14670100.2023.2286165
- Quimby AE, Venkatesh S, Corsten MJ, McDonald T, Hwa TP, Bigelow DC, Ruckenstein MJ, Johnson-Obaseki S, Brant JA. Socioeconomic status among cochlear implant candidates and association with implant pursuance. JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. 2023 Aug; 149(10):891-898. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2023.2217
- Quimby AE, Wen C, Bigelow DC, Ruckenstein MJ, Brant JA. Predictive ability of first-side cochlear implant performance in adult sequential bilateral implantation. Otology & Neurotology. 2023 Feb; 44(2):141-147. doi:10.1097/MAO.0000000000003779
Selected Awards and Honours:
- American Neurotology Society (ANS) Otology & Neurotology Cochrane Scholarship Award Recipient (2023)
- Jacques Poliquin Resident Research Award, University of Ottawa (2017, 2019)
- American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Maureen Hannley Research Grant (co-recipient) (2022)
Board Certification
- Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC)
- Diplomate, American Board of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery