Gerard Corsten

Education

• BSc, St. Francis Xavier University
• MD, Dalhousie University
• FRCSC Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Dalhousie
• Fellowship Pediatric Otolaryngology Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
• MEd, Mount Saint Vincent University

Clinical and academic interests

Dr. Corsten’s clinical interests are all aspects of pediatric otolaryngology. His academic interests focus on administrative medicine and education. He has served as the Chief of Surgery of the IWK Health Centre from 2008, Program Director for Dalhousie’s Otolarygology—Head and Neck Surgery Program from 2013, as well on a large number of committees at the hospital, university, provincial and national level.

Selected publications

• Belyea J, Chang Y, Rigby MH, Corsten G, Hong P.  “Post-tonsillectomy complications in children less than three years of age:  A case-control study.” Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol.  2014 May 78(5):  871-4.
• Hong P, Web AN, Corsten G, Balderston J, Haworth R, Ritchie K, Massoud E.  “An anatomically sound surgical simulation model for myringotomy and tympanostomy tube insertion.” Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol.  2014 Mar 78(3):  522-9.
• Trider CL, Corsten G, Morrison D, Hefner M, Davenport S, Blake K  “Understanding obstructive sleep apnea in children with CHARGE syndrome”.  Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol.  2012 Jul;76(7): 947-53.
• Wright JG, Menaker RJ, Corsten G, et al.  Canadian Pediatric Surgical Wait Times Study Group.  “Waiting for children’s surgery in Canada:  The Canadian Pediatric Surgery Wait Times Project”  CMAJ 2011 Jun 14; 183(9): E559-64.  Epub 2011 May 2
• Hong P, Smith N, Johnson LB, Corsten G.  “A randomized double –blind controlled trial of phosphorylcholine-coated tympanostomy tubes versus standard tympanostomy tubes in children with recurrent acute and chronic otitis media.” Laryngoscope  2011 Jan 121(1):214-9.

Selected awards and honours

• Dalhousie Otolaryngology Staff Teaching Award (2006, 2009)
• Dr. B.L. Jewett Memorial Prize for best resident research project related to Head & Neck Surgery (1999)
• Hammerling Prize for Otolaryngology, Dalhousie Medical School (1999)
• Department of Surgery Entrance Scholarship for Dalhousie Medical School (1990)
• Silver Medalist, Faculty of Science, St. Francis Xavier University (1990)

Selected committee chairmanship

• IWK Children’s Health Leadership and Operations Committee (2011−present)
• IWK Division of Nephrology Review (2013)
• Search & Survey for IWK Department of Pediatrics (2010)
• IWK Patient Care Committee (2006−2008)
• IWK Health Records Committee (2004−2005)

Selected committee membership

• RCPSC Specialty Committee for Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (2009−present)
• NS Academic Funding Plan Compensation Committee (2013-present)
• IWK Medical Advisory Committee (2006−present)
• IWK Perioperative committee (2003−present)
• Department of Surgery Executive Committee (2008−present)