Dr. Mauricio Cohen-Wieser

Medical Director, Israeli Center for Ear Medicine

Ear, nose, and throat

Ear diseases and surgeries

Dr. Mauricio Cohen Weiser is an expert in ear diseases and surgeries with over 20 years of experience. Dr. Mauricio performs all types of surgeries in the field of ear diseases for both children and adults.

• Medical Director, Israeli Center for Ear Medicine

• Head of Ear Surgery and Cochlear Implant Department, Rambam Hospital

• Hamra M, Tetin-Schneider S, Shinnawi S, *Cohen Vaizer M*, Yelin D. Measuring the Acoustic Reflex through the Tympanic Membrane. Audiol Neurootol. 2024 Apr 4:1-12. doi: 10.1159/000538703. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38574477.

• Noy R, Bassal R, Ostrovsky D, Cohen J, Ishai R, *Cohen-Vaizer M*, Vaisbuch Y. Surgical Approaches to Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granulomas: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. Laryngoscope. 2024 Apr;134(4):1540-1550. doi: 10.1002/lary.31073. Epub 2023 Oct 9. PMID: 37812326.

• Shinnawi S, Khoury M, *Cohen-Vaizer M*, Cohen JT, Gordin A. Intracranial complications of acute mastoiditis: Surgery not always necessary. Am J Otolaryngol. 2024 Jul-Aug;45(4):104299. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2024.104299. Epub 2024 Apr 19. PMID: 38657531.

• Margulis I, Cohen-Kerem R, Stein N, Roitman A, *Cohen-Vaizer M*, Fridman E, Gordin A. Xylitol nasal spray for prevention of recurrent acute otitis media in children: A prospective two-center cohort study. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2024 Jan;176:111818. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2023.111818. Epub 2023 Dec 7. PMID: 38071837.

• Cohen-Vaizer M*, Dreyfuss M, Na'ara S, Shinnawi S, Laske R. The Impact of Surgical Expertise on the Cost-Effectiveness of Stapes Surgery. Audiol Neurootol. 2023;28(6):436-445. doi: 10.1159/000530783. Epub 2023 Jun 21. PMID: 37343529*.

• Dreyfuss M, *Cohen-Vaizer M*, Rokade A, Laske RD. Cost-Effectiveness of Septorhinoplasty. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2022 May-Jun;24(3):215-220. doi: 10.1089/fpsam.2021.0122. Epub 2021 Oct 12. PMID: 34647820.

• Shinnawi S, Gordin A, Zaroura I, Rafoul B, Khoury M, *Cohen-Vaizer M*. No difference in wound complications with or without a post-operative pressure dressing: Our experience in 135 children undergoing mastoidectomy. Clin Otolaryngol. 2022 Sep;47(5):594-598. doi: 10.1111/coa.13947. Epub 2022 Jun 9. PMID: 35603527.

• Hamra M, Fridman L, Shinnawi S, *Vaizer MC*, Yelin D. In vivo optical mapping of the tympanic membrane impulse response. Hear Res. 2023 Apr;431:108723. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2023.108723. Epub 2023 Feb 26. PMID: 36870309.

• Noy R, *Vaizer Cohen M*, Vaisbuch Y, Yassen E, Grushko L, Ishai R. [FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE OF TERTIARY MULTIDISCIPLINARY NEUROTOLOGY (DIZZINESS AND BALANCE) CLINIC]. Harefuah. 2023 Feb;162(2):77-81. Hebrew. PMID: 36916075.

• Borenstein-Levin L, Taha R, Riskin A, Hafner H,*Cohen-Vaizer A* , Gordin A, Littner Y, Dinur G, Hochwald O, Kugelman A. Effects of neurodevelopmental risk factors on brainstem maturation in premature infants. Pediatr Res. 2022 Jul;92(1):168-173. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01849-0. Epub 2021 Nov 17. Erratum in: Pediatr Res. 2022 Feb 7;: PMID: 34789841

• Cohen-Vaizer M*, Barzilai R, Shinnawi Sh. Inlay triple-“C” tympanoplasty: a comparative study for its use in large, marginal perforation. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Oct 27. doi: 10.1007/s00405- 020-06439-0*

• Cohen J, *Cohen MA*. Congenital cytomegalovirus: etiologic role in deafness in children. Rev Med Clin Condes. 25:425-31. 2014.

• Gutierrez C, Soto FJ, Ribalta G, Goycoolea M, *Cohen MA*. Use of eABR to determine candidacy for cochlear implantation in pediatric patients with inner ear malformations. Preliminary communication. Rev. Otorrinolaringol. Cir. Cabeza Cuello (Chilean Journal of Otolaryngology) 2012; 72:291-296. 2012.

• Cohen MA*, Kuroiwa MA, Berkowitz RG. Acquired cholesteatoma in children following congenital cholesteatoma surgery. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 75(1):43-8, Epub 2010 Nov 11. 2011*

• McNeill C, *Cohen MA*, Gibson WP. Changes in audiometric thresholds before, during and after attacks of vertigo associated with Meniere's syndrome. Acta Otolaryngol. Dec;129(12):1404-7. 2009

• Maini S, *Cohen MA*, Hollow R, Briggs R. Update on long-term results with auditory brainstem implants in NF2 patients. Cochlear Implants Int. 10 Supp1:33-7. 2009.

• Riveros H, Callejas C, Fernandez F, *Cohen MA*. Experience in the treatment of Ménière disease with trans-tympanic therapy. Rev. Otorrinolaringol. Cir. Cabeza Cuello (Chilean Journal of Otolaryngology). 65: 187-192. 2005.

• Riveros H, *Cohen MA*, Badía P. Usefulness of the minimum caloric test. Rev. Otorrinolaringol. Cir. Cabeza Cuello (Chilean Journal of Otolaryngology). 65:193-196. 2005.

• Larraguibel S, Fonseca X, *Cohen MA*, Court I. Fungii in the pathogenesis of chronic rhnosinusitis. Rev. Otorrinolaringol. Cir. Cabeza Cuello (Chilean Journal of Otolaryngology). 62: 85-89. 2002

• Der C, Larach F, Hananías N, *Cohen MA*, Salinas MP. Practical olfactometer: proposal of a new clinical tool. Rev Otorrinolaringol cir Cabeza Cuello (Chilean Journal of Otolaryngology), 62: 129- 136. 2002

• Hamra M, Shinnawi Sh, *Cohen-Vaizer M*, Yelin D. Rapid imaging of tympanic membrane vibrations in humans. Biomedical Optics Express 11(11): 6470-6479. 2020 doi: 10.1364/BOE.402097.

• Gluth MB, *Cohen MA*, Friedland PL, Dornhoffer JL, Atlas MD. Malleostapedotomy prosthesis size and shape: key measurements from a temporal bone study. Otol Neurotol. Jun;33(4):518- 22. 2012

• Gluth MB, *Cohen MA*, Friedland PL, Atlas MD. Surgical anatomy of the anterior supralabyrinthine air cell tract. J Laryngol Otol. Oct;125(10):1009-13. Epub 2011 Jun14. 2011.

• Sullivan JM, *Cohen MA* , Pandit SR, Sahota RS, Borecki AA, Oleskevich S. Effect of epithelial stem cell transplantation on noise-induced hearing loss in adult mice. Neurobiol Dis. 2011 Feb;41(2):552-9. Epub 2010 Nov 5. 2011

• Cohen MA*, Caro J, García P. Building artificial prototypes of the temporal bone in Chile. Rev. Otorrinolaringol. Cir. Cabeza Cuello (Chilean Journal of Otolaryngology), 65:9-14, 2005.*

• Sub-specialization: Ear and skull base surgery. Perth - Australia (2008)

• Sub-specialization: Ear surgery and cochlear implant. Sydney - Australia (2007)

• Sub-specialization: Pediatric otolaryngology. Melbourne, Australia (2006)

• Specialization: Otolaryngology. Santiago, Chile (2005)

• Israeli Academy of Otolaryngology

• Chilean Academy of Otolaryngology

• European Academy of Otology and Neurotology

• Hebrew

• English

• Spanish

• Tympanoplasty (eardrum repair) and ossiculoplasty (hearing bone repair)

• Cochlear implant

• Mastoidectomy

• Bone-anchored hearing devices: BAHA, OSIA, BONE BRIDGE

• Stapedotomy

• Skull base surgeries

• Hearing loss

• Tinnitus

• Balance disorders and dizziness