CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Brian Daniel Kulbersh, MD
Citizenship:
USA
RANK/TITLE:
Clinical Assistant Professor Surgery & Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Alabama
Pediatric Otolaryngology
Director, Vascular Anomalies Treatment Group
DEPARTMENT:
Pediatric ENT Associates
Children’s Hospital of Alabama
Office Address:
Pediatric ENT Associates
1940 Elmer Bissell Road
Birmingham, AL 35243
Office Telephone:
(205)-638-4949
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
Children’s Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama (2012 to present).
University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama (2005-present)
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama (2005-2011).
The Cooper Green Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama (2005-2011).
EDUCATION
University of Georgia BS – Microbiology 8/97 – 5/01
Athens, GA Summa Cum Laude-Valedictorian
Medical College of Georgia MD 8/01 – 5/05
Augusta, GA
UNITED STATES MEDICAL LICENSING EXAMINATIONS
USMLE Step 1 Pass 06/2003
USMLE Step II Pass 08/2004
USMLE Step III Pass 08/2007
LICENSURE
State of Alabama 28286 Expires 12/31/12
State of Illinois 036.088775 Expires 7/31/2014
BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Otolaryngology, May 2012
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
07/06 – 06/07 General Surgery Internship University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL
07/07 – 06/11 Otolaryngology Residency University of Alabama
At Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
07/11-07/12 Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship Children’s Memorial
Hospital Chicago, IL
02/2012 Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course St. Louis Children’s Hospital
09/2012 Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children Chicago, IL
05/2013 Temporal Bone Dissection Course Raliegh, NC
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
August 2012-Present Clinical Assistant Professor
Surgery and Pediatrics
Pediatric Otolaryngology
Children’s Hospital of Alabama
2012-Present Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery,
Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
HONORS AND AWARDS
2001 Dr. Jim Puryear Academic Scholarship
2001 Names to Association of Pathology Chairs Honor Society
(Indicates Top 5% of MSI class)
2000 Phi Beta Kappa
2000 Alpha Epsilon Delta – Premedical Honor Society
2000 Dr. George G. Young Scholarship for Outstanding
Premedical Student
CERTIFICATES:
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration Expires 12/31/2015
State of Alabama Controlled Substance Expires12/31/2013
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Expires 12/2013
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Expires 06/2014
HONORS AND AWARDS
2014 University of Georgia 40 under 40
2006 Resident Research Travel Award- Southern Section of Triological Society 2006 Resident Research Travel Award- American Academy of Molecular Imag
2009,2011 Best Presentation Award- UAB Resident Research Day
2009-2011 Resident Representative- UAB House Staff Council 2009, 2010, 2011
2009-2011 Resident Representative- AAOHNS BOG
2001 Dr. Jim Puryear Academic Scholarship
2001 Names to Association of Pathology Chairs Honor Society
(Indicates Top 5% of MSI class)
2000 Phi Beta Kappa
2000 Alpha Epsilon Delta – Premedical Honor Society
2000 Dr. George G. Young Scholarship for Outstanding Premed Student
MEMBERSHIPS
American Medical Association,
American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
The American Board of Otolaryngology, 1989
Society for Ear, Nose, and Throat Advances in Children (SENTAC)
Jefferson County Medical Society
Birmingham Otolaryngology Society
UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
Clinical Assistant Professor Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children’s Hospital of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Director, Vascular Anomalies Treatment Group, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children’s Hospital of Alabama.
Residency Selection Committee, University of Alabama Birmingham, Department of Otolaryngology 2012-present
Instructor- Pediatric Residency Training (surgery and clinical), Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children’s Hospital of Alabama.
VISITING PROFESSORSHIP
Guest Professor, Surgical Management of Infantile Hemangiomas in the Era of Propranolol Columbus Regional Health System, April 2014
Guest Professor, Surgical Management of Infantile Hemangiomas in the Era of Propranolol Birmingham Chapter of the Society of Head and Neck Nurses, May 2014
MEDIA PRESENTATIONS
Problems with Tonsils and Adenoids, Daytime Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama. April 2014
Ear Infections and Hearing Loss, NBC 13 news, Birmingham, Alabama, December 2013
Ipod use and Hearing Loss in Teens; NBC 13 news, Birmingham, Alabama. November, 2013
RESEARCH
6/05 – 7/06 Research Technician – University of Alabama- Birmingham, Senior Researcher – Dr. Eben L. Rosenthal – involved in several areas of laboratory and clinical research with the faculty. Example: Tumor Stromal interaction and its role in diagnosis, detection, progression, and treatment of head and neck cancer.
7/03 – 5/05 Medical Student in Research Lab – Medical College of Georgia – Senior Researcher Dr. David Terris – assisted on project investigating the safety and efficacy of the percutaneous dilatation trachestomy in patients previously consider too high-risk for the procedure.
7/02-8/02 Laboratory Technician Carlyle Fraser Heart Center/Crawford Long Hospital – Emory University Senior Researcher: Vinten-Johansen, Ph.D. – assisted in studies investigating of ischemia reperfusion injury.
7/99 – 8/99 Laboratory Technician Woodruff Research Institute – Emory University Senior Researcher: C. Harold King, Ph.D – Assisted on project determining the role of the alveolar epithelium in the pathogenic processes of tuberculosis.
PUBLICATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
Griessenauer CJ, Bilal M, Kankirawatana P, Kulbersh B, Tubbs RS, Rozzelle C. Lymphatic malformation of the tongue with coexisting intractable epilepsy treated with corpus callosotomy: A case report.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2014Feb;117:68-70
Day KE, Sweeny L, Kulbersh B, Zinn KR, Rosenthal EL. Preclinical comparison of near-infrared-labeled cetuximab and panitumumab for optical imaging of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Mol Imaging Biol. 2013 Dec;15(6):722-9. doi: 10.1007/s11307-013-0652-9.
Sapthavee A, Kulbersh B, Maddalozzo J, Bogard A. Pathology quiz case 1: ectopic intrathyroidal thymic tissue.
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Jan;139(1):87-8.
Alexander NS, Kulbersh BD, Heath CH, Desmond RA, Caron E, Woolley AL, Hill JS, Shirley WP, Wiatrak BJ. MRSA and non-MRSA otorrhea in children: a comparative study of clinical course. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011 Dec;137(12):1223-7
Kulbersh BD, Wiatrak B. Recurrent Pediatric Aggressive Fibromatosis of the Head and Neck with Vocal Cord Paralysis: A Case Report and Review. International Journal of Pediatric Otolaryngology Extra. 2010 October.
Iseli TA, Kulbersh BD, Iseli CE, Carroll WR, Rosenthal EL, Magnuson JS Functional outcomes after transoral robotic surgery for head and neck cancer.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Aug;141(2):166-71.
Smith N, Magnuson JS, Vidrine DM, Kulbersh BD, Peters GE. Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: use of intraoperative parathyroid hormone assays after 2 preoperative localization studies.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Nov;135(11):1108-11.
Sillers MJ, Cox AJ 3rd, Kulbersh B. Revision Septoplasty. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2009 Apr;42(2):261-78, viii.
Peters G, Kulbersh B, Mantle B, Bell W, Grizzle W, Rosenthal E. Role of Microvascular Density in Nonlocalizing Parathyroid Sestamibi Scans. Laryngoscope. 2007 Dec;117(12):2163-8.
Kulbersh BD, Duncan RD, Magnuson JS, Skipper JB, Zinn K, Rosenthal E. Sensitivity and Specificity of Fluorescent Immunoguided Neoplasm Detection in
Head and Neck Cancer Xenografts. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007 May;133(5):511-5
Rosenthal EL, Kulbersh BD, King T, Chaudhuri TR, Zinn KR. Use of Fluorescent Labeled Anti-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Antibody to Image Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Xenografts. Mol Cancer Ther. 2007 Apr;6(4):1230-8.
Rosenthal EL, Kulbersh BD, Duncan RD, Zhang W, Magnuson JS, Carroll WR, Zinn K. In Vivo Detection of Head and Neck Cancer Orthotopic Xenografts by Immunofluorescence. Laryngoscope. 2006 Sep;116(9):1636-41.
Kulbersh BD, Rosenthal EL, McGrew BM, Duncan RD, McColloch NL, Carroll WR, Magnuson JS. Pretreatment, Preoperative Swallowing Exercises May Improve Dysphagia Quality of Life. Laryngoscope. 2006 Jun;116(6):883-6.
Blankenship DR, Kulbersh BD, Gourin CG, Blanchard AR, Terris DJ. High-Risk Tracheostomy: Exploring the Limits of the Percutaneous Tracheostomy. Laryngoscope. 2005 Jun;115(6):987-9.
FUTURE PUBLICATIONS
Kulbersh, BD, Phillips, J. COMPARING QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT IN TREATMENT OF INFANTILE HEMANGIOMA
PRESENTATIONS – NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
“High-Risk Tracheostomy: Exploring the Limits of the Percutaneous Tracheostomy.” Blakenship DR, Kulbersh BD, Gourin CG, Blanchard AR, Terris DJ. Southern Section of Triological Society 2005
“In Vivo Detection of Head and Neck Cancer Orthotopic Xenografts by Immunofluorescence.” Rosenthal EL, Kulbersh BD, Duncan RD, Zhang W, Magnuson JS, Carroll WR, Zinn K. American Academy of Molecular Imaging 2006
“Pretreatment, Preoperative Swallowing Exercises May Improve Dysphagia Quality of Life.” Kulbersh BD, Rosenthal EL, McGrew BM, Duncan RD, McColloch NL, Carroll WR, Magnuson JS. Southern Section of Triological Society 2006
“Use of Fluorescent Labeled Anti-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Antibody to Image Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Xenografts.” Rosenthal EL, Kulbersh BD, King T, Chaudhuri TR, Zinn KR. American College of Surgeons-Alabama Chapter 2006
“Functional Outcomes After Transoral Robotic Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer”. Iseli TA, Kulbersh BD, Magnuson JS, Carroll W, Rosenthal E. Alabama State Society of Otolaryngology. 2009
“Functional Outcomes After Transoral Robotic Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer”. Iseli TA, Kulbersh BD, Magnuson JS, Carroll W, Rosenthal E. Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 2009
“Recurrent Pediatric Aggressive Fibromatosis of the Head and Neck with Vocal Cord Paralysis: A Case Report and Review.” Kulbersh BD, Wiatrak B. Society of Ear Nose and Throat Advances in Children (SENTAC) 2009
“COMPARING QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT IN TREATMENT OF INFANTILE HEMANGIOMA” Kulbersh, BD, Phillips, J. American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO) 2014
“Surgical Management of Infantile Hemangiomas in the Era of Propranolol” Kulbersh BD, Alabama Chpater- American Academy of Pediatrics 2014
LOCAL MEETINGS
“Rhabdomyomyoma in a Deep Lobe Parotid Gland: A Case Report.” Kulbersh BD, UAB Division of Otolaryngology Resident Research Day 2008
Functional Outcomes After Transoral Robotic Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer. Iseli TA, Kulbersh BD, Magnuson JS, Carroll W, Rosenthal E. UAB Division of Otolaryngology Resident Research Day 2009
Eighth Nerve Aplasia and Hypoplasia in Cochlear Implant candidates: Developing an Institutional Protocol. Kulbersh, BD, Woolley, A. UAB Division of Otolaryngology Resident Research Day 2010
Preclinical Strategies to Optimize Optical Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer. Kulbersh, BD, Rosenthal, E. UAB Division of Otolaryngology Resident Research Day 2011
The surgical management of infantile hemangiomas in the era of propranolol. Kulbersh, BD. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Children’s of Alabama. 2013
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Eighth Nerve Aplasia and Hypoplasia in Cochlear Implant candidates: Developing an Institutional Protocol. Kulbersh, BD, Woolley, A. American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology 2011
MEETINGS
2005 Southern Section of Triological Society
2006 American Academy of Molecular Imaging
2006 Southern Section of Triological Society
2006 American College of Surgeons – Alabama Chapter
2009,2013 Alabama State Society of Otolaryngology
2009,2010 Academy of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
2008-2013 Joint Surgical Advocacy Conference
2009-2013 Academy of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Board of Governors
2010-2013 American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
Laryngoscope (2005-present)
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2010-present)
International Journal of Pediatric Otolaryngology (2011-present)
