Joseph B. Touma, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Joseph B. Touma, M.D., F.A.C.S.,River Cities ENT Ear, Hearing and Balance Specialist

Services Offered:

EDUCATION and TRAINING

PREMED. AND MEDICAL SCHOOL:
1956-1963 Damascus University School of Medicine
INTERNSHIP:
1961-1963 Rotating and straight (ENT and Surgery): Damascus University School of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals
RESIDENCY, GENERAL SURGERY:
1966-1967 William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, Michigan
RESIDENCY, OTOLARYNGOLOGY:
1967-1970 Veterans Administration Hospital and University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
FELLOWSHIP and additional Residency, Otology and Pediatrics ENT:
1970-1971 Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
May 1970 Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology
MEDICAL LICENSURE:
  West Virginia
  Kentucky
MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: (past & present)
  Fellow, American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery
  Member, West Virginia Medical Association
  Member, Cabell County Medical Society
  Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  Member, International Society for the History of Otolaryngology
  Fellow, International College of Surgeons
  Member, West Virginia Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
  Member, Centurion Club, Deafness Research Foundation
  Fellow, American Neurotological Society
  Member, National Hearing Conservation Association
  Member, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  Member, Noise and Hearing Conservation Committee, American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
  Clinical Professor, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV
  Clinical Professor, West Virginia University School Of Medicine, Morgantown, WV
AWARDS:
  Physician’s Recognition Award: American Medical Association
1984 Regent of the Year: International College of Surgeons
1991 Citizen of the Year Nominee
1993 Honor Award Recipient: American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1995 West Virginia Entrepreneur of the Year, Finalist
inducted 1997 Greater Huntington Wall of Fame
1999 West Virginia Philanthropist of the Year Award
1999
Distinguished West Virginian Award (Governor Cecil Underwood)
2001 Marshall University Business Hall of Fame
2001 2000 Citizen of the Year
2001 DAR Americanism Award
2004 Leadership Tri-State Community Service Award
2004 Honorary Membership of the Marshall University School of Medicine Alumni
2009 Distinguished West Virginian Award, (Governor Joe Manchin)
01/07/2009 Heart for the Homeless Award
POSITIONS HELD (medical):
1978-1980 President, Cabell County Chapter American Cancer Society
1984-1986 President, West Virginia Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery
1984-1987 President, International Society for the History of Otolaryngology
1986-1987 President, National Arab American Medical Association
1989-1990 President, Medical Staff, St. Mary’s Hospital
  Regent, West Virginia Chapter, International College Of Surgeons
  Counselor, West Virginia Medical Association
1990 Vice President, Board of Trustees, St. Mary’s Hospital
1991 President, Cabell County Medical Society
1990-1991 President, National Arab American Medical Association Foundation
1984-1988
1991-present
 Chairman, Credentials Committee, St. Mary’s Hospital,
1985 - 1991 Member, Subcommittee on Hearing, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
  Member, Subcommittee of History and Archives, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head And
Neck Surgery
  Member, West Virginia Compensation Advisory Subcommittee on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
1992 Member, Subcommittee on Medical Aspects of Noise, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery
1993 - present President, Huntington Medical Education Foundation, Inc.
1998 President, West Virginia Chapter, Arab American Medical Association
1971 - 2000 Chief, ENT Section, St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, WV
1993 Member, Noise and Hearing Conservation Committee, American College of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine
1993-1995 President, Medical Staff, Cabell Huntington Surgery Center
1986 to 2006 Chairman, West Virginia Chapter Better Hearing and Speech Foundation
2002-2003 President, Norval Carter Society
2005 - 2006 Chairman, Development Council of Cabell Huntington Hospital Foundation
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS (past & present):
  St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, WV
  Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV
  VA Medical Center, Huntington, WV
  Cabell Huntington Surgery Center, Huntington, WV
  West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, WV
  King’s Daughters’ Hospital, Ashland, KY
  Our Lady of Bellefonte, Hospital, Ashland, KY
PUBLICATIONS / ARTICLES:
  Extramedullary plasmocytoma of the head and neck. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology 1971
  Ossicular chain transplantation in cats. Ann Otol Rhino Laryngol 1973 Jan-Feb;82(1):62-8
  Mucocele of the sphenoid sinus: report of a case. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1979 Nov - Dec:87(6):749-50
  Touma tympanic membrane mucosal dissectors for the removal of the remnants of the perforated eardrum. Am J Otol 1980 Jan;1(3);179
  Touma 45-degree crook-tipped 20 and 22 gauge Suction tubes. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surgery 1984
Aug:92(4):488-9
  Prosper Meniere: A glimpse at his personality and Time from his introduction of Kramer’s book, “Diseases of the Ear” Am J Otol 1986 Jul;7(4);305-8
  “Why Looking Back” (Editorial) Am J Otol 1987 Sept;8(5):468
  Controversies in Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Ann Occup Hyg 1992 Apr;36(2):199-209
  Revision of Radical Mastoidectomy Insights in Otolaryngology 1993 Feb;8(1)
  Deafness, Tinnitus and Disequilibrium Secondary to Noise Exposure. The Collected Letters International Correspondence Society of Otolaryngologists, Series XXXVII, 5/15/93
  Presbycusis and Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: The Collected Letters of International Correspondence Society of Otolaryngologists, Series XXXIX, 63-64, 1994
  Noise and Hearing, West Virginia State Medical Journal, Vol. 90, No. 8, pp 327-239, August 1994
BOOK CHAPTERS:
  Controversies in Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Noise and Man 1993, Noise as a Public Health
Problem, Vo.2, p. 139-140
  Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Compensation and Controversies, Highlights of Instructional
Courses Textbook, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vol 7, pp 381 -91, 1994
  Evaluation of People Reporting Occupational Hearing Loss, AAO-HNS Monograph (1997) Co-
author with members of Subcommittee on Medical Aspects of Noise, (American Academy Of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery).
BOOK AUTHOR:
2005 & 2006 Atlas of Otoscopy
2009 The Rebirth of a Downtown:  The History and Rebirth of Historic Downtown Huntington, WV 
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
  Tinnitus: An article appeared in several national and international newspapers and publications
distributed by the United Press International (UPI)
EDITORIAL BOARD:
1986 – 1991 Member of the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Otology
1977 – 1980 Member Editorial Board of International College Of Surgeons Journal
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LECTURES:
  Ossicular Chain Transplantation in Cats, Greater Detroit ENT Association, February, 1970, Detroit,
Michigan
  Tympanoplasty, Pan American Association of Oto-Rhinolaryngology and Bronchoesophagology,
11/6-11/76, New Orleans, Louisiana
  Homograft Ossicles in Tympanoplasty, Seventy-First Annual Scientific Assembly of the Southern
Medical Association, 11/6-7/77, Dallas, Texas
  Surgical Treatment of Deafness, AAUG Medical Section Conference, 11/21- 23/77, Detroit, MI
  Surgical Treatment of Deafness Secondary to Chronic Otitis Media, AAUG Medical Section
Conference, 11/21-23/77, Detroit, Michigan
  Homografts in Tympanoplasty, AAMA Overseas Meeting, 4/11-17/81, Amman, Jordan
  Touma Tympanic Membrane Mucosal Dissectors (New Instrument), American Academy of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 9/20-24/81, New Orleans, Louisiana
  Touma #18 and #20 Crooked-Tipped Suctions (New Instrument), American Academy of Otolaryngology-
Head and Neck Surgery, 10/23-27/83, Anaheim, CA
  Serious Complications of Otitis Media, Eighth Saudi Medical Conference, 10/30-11/3/83, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia
  Ossicular Reconstruction, AAMA Overseas Meeting, 2/84, Cairo, Egypt
  Surgical Treatment of Deafness, ENT Update For Primary Care Physicians, Marshall University School of
Medicine 9/8/84, Huntington, WV
  Serious Complications of Otitis Media, ENT Update for Primary Care Physicians, Marshall University
School of Medicine, 9/8/84, Huntington, WV
  The Dizzy Patient: Diagnosis and Treatment, ENT Update for Primary Care Physicians, Marshall
University School of Medicine, 9/8/84, Huntington, WV
  Serious and Intracranial Complications of Otitis Media, Northwestern University Medical School.
Management of Trauma in Critically Ill Patients Conference, 8/10-16/85, Damascus, Syria
  Temporal Bone Trauma, Northwestern University Medical School, Course on Management of Trauma in
Critically Ill Patients Conference, 8/10-16/85, Damascus, Syria
  Complications of Otitis Media, Sixth Overseas Medical Conference, AAMA, 2/15-22/87 Rabat, Morocco
  Fractures and Trauma of the Temporal Bone, Eighth Annual Scientific Meeting, AAMA, 9/26-28/86,
Charleston, WV
  Surgery for Vertigo, The Seventh Overseas Scientific Medical Conference, AAMA, 7/11-18/87, Damascus,
Syria
  Ossicular Reconstruction, The Seventh Overseas Scientific Medical Conference, AAMA, 7/11-18/87,
Damascus, Syria
  The Audiant Implant, Eighth Overseas Conference, 6/17-23/88, AAMA, Monastir, Tunisia
  Advances in Evaluation of the Dizzy Patient, ENT Update for Family Practitioners Course, Marshall
University School of Medicine, October 21, 1989
  Advances in Surgery for Deafness, ENT Update For Family Practitioners Course, Marshall University
School of Medicine, October 21, 1989
  Advances in Rehabilitation of the Deaf, ENT Update for Family Practitioners Course, Marshall University
School of Medicine, October 21, 1989
  Revision of Old Radical Mastoidectomy, West Virginia University- Otolaryngology, First Annual Alumni
Day, Morgantown, WV 6/9/90
  Collecting ENT Antique Instruments and Old Books, American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head
and Neck Surgery, History and Archives Committee Program 9/10/90
  Evaluation, Diagnosis and Management of the Dizzy Patient, 89th Annual Spring Convention, West
Virginia Society of Osteopathic Medicine, Inc., Huntington, WV 4/27/91
  Ear, Nose and Throat Examination and Fiberoptic Endoscopic ENT Examination, 89th Annual Spring
Convention, West Virginia Society of Osteopathic Medicine, Inc., Huntington, WV, 4/27/91
  Controversies in Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, West Virginia University, ENT Department Ground
Rounds, 11/2/91
  Evaluation of the Dizzy Patient, Fifth Annual West Virginia Academy of Family Practice Conference,
11/9/91
  Rehabilitation of the Deaf, Fifth Annual West Virginia Academy of Family Practice Conference, 11/9/91
  Medical Legal Aspects of Noise Induced Hearing Loss, ENT Department, West Virginia University,
Morgantown, WV, 2/18/92
  Controversies in Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Family Practice Department Grand Rounds, Marshall
University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, 12/17/92
  Neurotology, Anatomy & Physiology, annual Lecture, Department of Anatomy, Marshall University School
of Medicine, Huntington, WV, 1981-1996
  Otitis Media, Treatment and Complications, Williamson Memorial Hospital, Williamson, WV, 3/24/93
  Otitis Media, Treatment and Complications, Logan General Hospital, Logan, WV 5/17/93
  Serious Complications of Otitis Media and Cholesteatoma, Alumni Day Conference, ENT Dept., West
Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 6/20/93
  Otology and Water Sports, Sports Medicine Conference, West Virginia Chapter American Academy of
Family Physicians, Huntington, WV, 11/11/94
  Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Young People, Pediatrics Grand Rounds, Marshall University School of
Medicine, 1/6/95
  Ears and Water Sports, 93rd Annual Spring Convention of Osteopathic Medicine, Huntington, WV 4/29/95
  ENT Workshop, Office Diagnostic Techniques In Otology, 93rd Annual Spring Convention of Osteopathic
Medicine, Huntington, WV, 4/29/95
  Ear Trauma in Water Sports, Sports Medicine Conference, Huntington, WV 11/10/95
  National Better Hearing and Speech Month, Rotary Club, Huntington, WV, 5/6/96
  Hearing Loss, Advances and Treatment, Quota Club International, Huntington, WV 5/7/96
  Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: 1st International Congress of Otolaryngology, Damascus, Syria, 10/13/96
  Advances in Evaluating and Treating the Dizzy Patient: 1st International Congress of Otolaryngology,
Damascus, Syria, 10/24/96
  Revision of Radical Mastoidectomy: 1st International Congress of Otolaryngology, Damascus, Syria,
10/24/96
  Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Family Practice Grand Rounds, Marshall University School of Medicine,
11/7/96
  Noise and Hearing Loss in Sports, Sports Medicine Conference, Huntington, WV 11/15/96
  History of Development of Medical Instruments, Cabell County Medical Society, Huntington, WV,
3/26/97
  Effect of Noise on Hearing, Williamson Memorial Hospital, Williamson, WV 9/9/98
  Factors Influencing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Symposium on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss by the
American Academy for Voice and Ear Research, Philadelphia, PA, 11/9/99
  Noise Induced Hearing Loss, Pleasant Valley Hospital Medical Staff, Point Pleasant, WV 3/23/00
  History of Otoscopy, Boston University ENT Department, Boston, MA, 11/10/2000
  The Dizzy Patient, Lawrence County Medical Society, Ironton, OH, 5/26/01
  Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Alumni Day Conference, West Virginia University, ENT Department,
West Virginia University 6/23/01
COURSE PRESENTATIONS:
9/27/88 Revision of Old Radical Mastoidectomy (Course #1820), American Academy of Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Surgery, Washington, DC
9/27/89 Revision of Old Radical Mastoidectomy (Course 3515), 93rd Annual Meeting, American Academy of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, New Orleans, LA
9/12/90 Revision of Radical Mastoidectomy, (Course #4613-1), American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery, 94th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
9/23/91 Revision of Radical Mastoidectomy (Course #1706), American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery, 95th Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO
9/23/91 Controversies in Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (Course #2611), American Academy of Otolaryngology-
Head and Neck Surgery, 95th Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO
9/92 How to Handle Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Compensation Hearings, (Course #4833-1), American
Academy of Otolaryngology-Head And Neck Surgery, Washington, DC
9/92 Controversies in Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, An Update, (Course #4624-1), American Academy Of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Washington, DC
9/92 Revision of Radical Mastoidectomy (Course #2612-1), American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery, Washington, DC
10/3/93 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Compensation and Controversies, (Course #2502-2), American Academy
of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Convention, Minneapolis, MN
10/5/93 Revision of Radical Mastoidectomy, (Course #4726-1), American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery Annual Convention, Minneapolis, MN
9/19/94 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Compensation and Controversies, (Course #3510-2), American Academy
of Otolaryngology-Head And Neck Surgery Annual Convention, San Diego, CA
9/20/95 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Compensation and Controversies (Course #4614-2), American Academy
of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA
10/1/96 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Controversies, (Course #3701-1), American Academy of Otolaryngology-
Head And Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
9/10/97 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Controversies, (Course #4635-1), American Academy of Otolaryngology-
Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
9/14/98 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Controversies, (Course #2715-1), American Academy of Otolaryngology-
Head And Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX
9/26/99 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Compensation and Controversies (Course 1630-1), American Academy of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
9/27/2000 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Compensation and Controversies (Course 4514-1), American Academy of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Meeting, Washington, DC
9/11/01 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Compensation and Controversies (Course 3541-1), American Academy of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, Denver, Co
SCIENTIFIC POSTURES:
9/10-13/78 Idiopathic Necrosis of the Crura of the Stapes, American Academy of Otolaryngology, Las Vegas,
Nevada
10/17- 21/82 Blindness Secondary to Sphenoid Mucocele, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck
Surgery, New Orleans, LA
SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITS:
10/2-6/93 Touma Ear Foundation, Inc.: Historic ENT Instruments Exhibit and Video, American Academy of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Minneapolis, MN
9/26 - 10/2/96 History of Otoscopy: 300 Years of Progress, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck
Surgery Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
EDUCATIONAL VIDEO PROGRAMS:
 
  • Ossicular Chain Reconstruction
  • Revision of Old Radical Mastoidectomy
  • Total Simple Mastoidectomy
  • Tympanoplasty Type I
  • Facial Nerve Surgery
  • Surgery for Vertigo
  • Laser and Conventional Stapedectomy
  • Surgery for Cholesteatoma
  • Introduction to Microsurgery of the Ear
  • Serous Otitis Media
  • Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Compensation
  • History of Otoscopy
  • Dizziness: Diagnosis and Management For the Primary Care Physician
  • Cochlear Implant
PATIENT INFORMATION BROCHURES:
 
  • Tinnitus
  • Noise, Ears, and Hearing
  • How to Clean the Ears
  • Ears and Airplane Travel
  • Deafness and the Elderly
  • Hearing Loss in Children
  • Can Your Child Hear?
  • Swimmer ’s Ear
  • Middle Ear Infections in Children
  • Hearing Aids
  • Dizziness
MEDICAL INVENTIONS:
  Touma Mucosal Dissector, 45 degree angle tip (Catalog No. (2376),manufactured by Xomed
(presently Micromedics)
  Touma Mucosal Dissector, 110 degree angle tip (Catalog No. 2377), manufactured by Xomed
(presently Micromedics)
  Touma Dissector (Catalog No. N1705-86), manufactured by Stortz Instrument Company, St.
Louis, MO
  Touma Ossicle Holder (Catalog No. SP7-25613), manufactured by Stortz Instrument Company,
St. Louis, MO
  Touma Deep Left-hand Cup Forceps (Catalog No. SP7-27578), manufactured by Stortz Instrument
Company, St. Louis, MO
  Touma Crooked Tipped 3 gauge Suction Tube, #3 French (Catalog No. N1685-S27),
manufactured by Stortz Instrument Company, St. Louis, MO
  Touma Crooked Tipped 20 gauge Suction Tip (Catalog No. N-1685-S28), manufactured by Stortz
Instrument Company, St. Louis, MO
  Touma Crooked Suction Tube, 22 gauge (Catalog No. N-1685-S29), manufactured by Stortz
Instrument Company, St. Louis, MO
  Touma T-type Grommet Tube (Catalog No. 6012, 6012T, 6012B), manufactured by Xomed
(now Micromedics)
  Touma T-Tube (Catalog No. VT-0405), manufactured by Micromedics, St. Paul, MN
  Tiny Touma Grommet (Catalog No. VT-1601), manufactured by Micromedics, St. Paul, MN
  Touma Tiny Tube (Catalog No. 91-16320), manufactured by Xomed (now Micromedics)
  Touma T. Grommet Tube, Tapered, I.D. Activent, (Catalog No. 1066-012), Manufactured by
Xomed (now Micromedics)
  Touma “All Purpose” Prosthesis, (Catalog No. 91-00508), Xomed (now Micromedics)
  Touma T. tube II, manufactured by Micromedics, St. Paul, MN
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS:
1974- present Rotary Club Member
since 1978 Huntington Chamber of Commerce
1986-present John Marshall Society
1992 - present Marshall University Foundation
1996-present Marshall University Foundation Board
2002-2006 Chairman, Marshall University Foundation Investment Committee
1998 - present Huntington Foundation Inc.
1989 Chairman, Huntington Museum of Art Endowment Circle,
1994-1995 Chairman Huntington Museum of Art Capital Campaign Steering Committee
11/06 – 11/08 Chairman, Marshall University Foundation
11/1/08 Member Marshall University Board of Governors
1994- present Chairman, Huntington Museum of Art, Collections Committee
1997- 1998 President, Church Council, Holy Spirit Orthodox Christian Church
2005-2006 President Board of Trustees, Huntington Museum of Art
FEATURED ARTICLES:
  Profile: Dr. Joseph Touma, Huntington Quarterly magazine, Winter 1999, pp 66-71.
  The Touma Near Eastern Gallery, A Beacon of Light, Al-Hakeem, Vol. 5, Winter/Spring 1999
  Dr. Joseph B. Touma, Renaissance Man, Feature article M.D News, March 2000
  A Family Tradition, Doctors Touma, Huntington Quarterly Magazine feature article, Winter 2002
  Several articles in the Herald Dispatch, Huntington, WV.
  Several articles in the Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV.
OTHERS:
  Huntington Museum of Art: "The Touma Near Eastern Gallery" Over 500 historic
items of Near Eastern Art, including ceramics, metal work, scientific instruments, arms and armor, rugs,
illuminated manuscripts, Roman antiquities, icons, and furniture were donated in 1992 by Joseph and
Omayma Touma.
  Touma Museum of Medicine: Established by Joseph B. Touma, M.D. in 1996. Consists of 4000
square feet of space exhibiting historic medical instruments, artifacts, furniture, and books, covering all
aspects of medicine, including an extensive ear trumpet collection, a historic pharmacy, dental
office, ENT examining room, a 1913 doctor's buggy, and 1926 Model-T doctor’s Coupe.
FOUNDATIONS:
  Touma Ear Foundation, Inc.: Founder and President. A non-profit foundation dedicated to educate the
public and health care professionals on hearing loss preservation.
  Touma Foundation, Inc.: Founder and President. A non-profit foundation dedicated to support a
wide range of charitable causes, educational activities, ear research, and scholarships to the hearing
impaired and minority medical students
   

 

 

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