Anil K. Lalwani

Sen. Anil K. Lalwani joined the faculty of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2012. On the University Senate, Lalwani serves on the Honors and Prizes Committee, and served previously on the External Relations and Research Policy Committee. 

Dr. Lalwani is considered one of the leading ear surgeons for children and adults in the country. His clinical specialties include cochlear implantation, middle ear implants, chronic ear disease, cholesteatoma, facial nerve disorders, otosclerosis, superior semicircular canal dehiscence, glomus tumors, cerebellopontine angle tumors (e.g. acoustic neuromas), and skull base surgery, and gamma knife therapy. 

Dr. Lalwani earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1985 and subsequently completed is internship in General and Thoracic Surgery at Duke University Medical Center and his residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at UCSF. Following subspecialty training in Neurotology and Skull base surgery, he served as Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institute of Health.