Professor, Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Otolaryngology (ENT)
Dr. Cuneyt M. Alper, MD
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Cuneyt Alper is an expert in the field of Otolaryngology (ENT). He received awards:"Fellow (FAAO-HNS)". Cuneyt M. Alper has written publications. He has 78 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'A model to explain the rapid pressure decrease after air-inflation of diseased middle ears.'
Publications
- Quantitative Description of Eustachian Tube Movements During Swallowing as Visualized by Transnasal Videoendoscopy.
- Eustachian tube opening measured by sonotubometry is poorer in adults with a history of past middle ear disease.
- Sensitivity and specificity of Eustachian tube function tests in adults.
- Panel 8: complications and sequelae.
- Panel 2: Eustachian tube, middle ear, and mastoid--anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and pathogenesis.
- Pre- and post-palatoplasty Eustachian tube function in infants with Cleft palate.
- A cross-sectional study of the change in mastoid geometry with age in children without a history of Otitis media.
- Mastoid geometry in a cross-section of humans from infancy through early adulthood with a confirmed history of Otitis media.
- Post-Palatoplasty Eustachian Tube Function in Young Children with Cleft Palate.
- Endoscopic treatment of plastic bronchitis.
- Eustachian tube function in adults without middle ear disease.
- Transmucosal O(2) and CO(2) exchange rates for the human middle ear.
- Role of the mastoid in middle ear pressure regulation.
- Nasal secretion concentrations of IL-5, IL-6, and IL-10 in children with and without upper respiratory tract viruses.
- Sleep habits and susceptibility to the common cold.
- Rate of concurrent Otitis media in upper respiratory tract infections with specific viruses.
- Daily tympanometry for high-resolution measurement of the time between onset of cold-like illness and middle ear effusion.
- Objective and subjective socioeconomic status and susceptibility to the common cold.
- Temporal relationships for cold-like illnesses and Otitis media in sibling pairs.
- Temporal relationships between colds, upper respiratory viruses detected by polymerase chain reaction, and Otitis media in young children followed through a typical co...
- Use of diagnostic algorithms and new technologies to study the incidence and prevalence of viral upper respiratory tract infections and their complications in high ris...
- Directional asymmetry in the measured nitrous oxide time constant for middle ear transmucosal gas exchange.
- Positive emotional style predicts resistance to illness after experimental exposure to rhinovirus or influenza a virus.
- Recent advances in Otitis media. 3. Animal models; anatomy and pathology; pathogenesis; cell biology and genetics.
- Recent advances in otitis media. 2. Eustachian tube, middle ear, and mastoid anatomy; physiology, pathophysiology, and pathogenesis.
- Recent advances in Otitis media. 9. Complications and sequelae.
- Childhood socioeconomic status and host resistance to infectious illness in adulthood.
- Tympanometry accurately measures middle ear underpressures in monkeys.
- Sociability and susceptibility to the common cold.
- Emotional style and susceptibility to the common cold.
- Prevention of Otitis media caused by viral upper respiratory tract infection: vaccines, antivirals, and other approaches.
- Outcome in pediatric tracheotomy.
- Rate of nitrous oxide exchange across the middle ear mucosa in monkeys before and after blockage of the mastoid antrum.
- Daily home tympanometry to study the pathogenesis of Otitis media.
- Cytokine profiles in a rat model of otitis media with effusion caused by Eustachian tube obstruction with and without Streptococcus pneumoniae infection.
- A rat model of otitis media with effusion caused by Eustachian tube obstruction with and without Streptococcus pneumoniae infection: methods and disease course.
- Recent advances in Otitis media. 4. Anatomy, cell biology, pathology, and animal models.
- Recent advances in Otitis media. 3. Middle ear physiology and pathophysiology.
- Surface area-volume relationships for the mastoid air cell system and tympanum in adult humans: Implications for mastoid function.
- Upper respiratory virus detection without parent-reported illness in children is virus-specific.
- Cytokine polymorphisms predict the frequency of Otitis media as a complication of rhinovirus and RSV infections in children.
- The incidence, prevalence and burden of OM in unselected children aged 1-8 years followed by weekly otoscopy through the "common cold" season.
- Effect of 10 pharmacologic probes on mRNA levels of inducible nitric oxide synthetase and selected inflammatory cytokines in a rat model of acute Otitis media.
- Nasal prostaglandin challenge increases N2O exchange from blood to middle ear.
- A high prevalence of new onset Otitis media during parent diagnosed common colds.
- Influenza A virus--induced acute Otitis media.
- In vivo observation with magnetic resonance imaging of middle ear effusion in response to experimental underpressures.
- Gas exchange across the middle ear mucosa in monkeys. Estimation of exchange rate.
- Effects of dopamine, dobutamine and phentolamine on middle ear pressure and blood flow in cynomolgus monkeys.
- Effects of intranasal challenge with histamine, bradykinin and prostaglandin on middle ear pressure and blood flow in cynomolgus monkeys.
- Antenatal diagnosis of a congenital nasolacrimal duct cyst by ultrasonography: a case report.
- Efficacy of clarithromycin treatment of acute Otitis media caused by infection with penicillin-susceptible, -intermediate, and -resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in t...
- Prechallenge antibodies: moderators of infection rate, signs, and symptoms in adults experimentally challenged with rhinovirus type 39.
- Magnetic resonance imaging of the development of otitis media with effusion caused by functional obstruction of the Eustachian tube.
- Expression of acute Otitis media after receptor blockade of platelet activating factor, thromboxane, and leukotrienes in the chinchilla.
- Effect of rimantadine treatment on clinical manifestations and otologic complications in adults experimentally infected with influenza A (H1N1) virus.
- Upregulation of messenger RNA for inflammatory cytokines in middle ear mucosa in a rat model of acute Otitis media.
- Prechallenge antibodies moderate Disease expression in adults experimentally exposed to rhinovirus strain hanks.
- Exchange rates of gases across the tympanic membrane in rhesus monkeys.
- Treatment of chronic suppurative Otitis media with topical ciprofloxacin.
- Daily tympanometry in children during the cold season: association of Otitis media with upper respiratory tract infections.
- A model to explain the rapid pressure decrease after air-inflation of Diseased middle ears.
- Trans-mucosal inert gas exchange constants for the monkey middle ear.
- Higher rates of pressure decrease in inflamed compared with noninflamed middle ears.
- Repeated inflation does not prevent Otitis media with effusion in a monkey model.
- MRI validation of the accuracy of tympanometric gradient for the diagnosis of OME.
- Middle ear inflation for diagnosis and treatment of Otitis media with effusion.
- Validation by magnetic resonance imaging of tympanometry for diagnosing middle ear effusion.
- Treatment of chronic suppurative Otitis media with topical tobramycin and dexamethasone.
- The effects of changing middle ear pressure and gas partial pressure on mucosal blood flow and vascular permeability in the chinchilla.
- Prevention of Otitis media with effusion by repeated air inflation in a monkey model.
- Illness and otological changes during upper respiratory virus infection.
- Effects of chronic peanut consumption on energy balance and hedonics.
- Daily tympanometry as a functional measure of middle ear status and Eustachian tube function.
- Treatment of experimental acute Otitis media with ibuprofen and ampicillin.
- Implication of specific DQB1 alleles in genetic susceptibility and resistance by identification of IDDM siblings with novel HLA-DQB1 allele and unusual DR2 and DR1 hap...
- Correlations between videoendoscopy and sonotubometry of Eustachian tube opening during a swallow.
Conditions Treated
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Cleft Palate
- Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
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Doctors Specialties
- Ear, Nose, and Throat
- Otolaryngology (ENT)
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Blue Card PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Coventry Health America PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Gateway Health Plan
- Community Blue PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
- UPMC PPO
- UPMC Health Plan
Awards
- Fellow (FAAO-HNS)
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