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Amal Isaiah, MD, PhD, MBA Department Contact: |
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Brief Bio
Board-certified in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology, Amal Isaiah, MD, PhD, MBA, is the inaugural chair for the Department of Otolaryngology. He is widely recognized for his expertise in sleep-disordered breathing.
Dr. Isaiah's technology-focused research on the development of optical neuroimaging paradigms in children using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), deep learning applications for medical device development and artificial intelligence for clinical phenotyping is at the forefront of innovation and discovery.
That research, which is supported by NIH R01 funding, has has yielded 100 peer-reviewed publications, seven book chapters and five patents spanning AI-based imaging applications.
Previously, Dr. Isaiah served as a professor of Otorhinolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. He also served as the division chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology and the innovation lead at the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing in Bethesda, MD.
He is the editor of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children; the recipient of the Harris P. Mosher Award from the Triological Society, among the most prestigious recognitions in academic otolaryngology; and has been recognized repeatedly with the University of Maryland School of Medicine Mentor Award for Transformative Impact on medical students. In addition, Dr. Isaiah serves as a deputy editor at JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery and is co-founder of TonoScan Inc., a medical technology company focused on AI-based applications.
Originally from Kerala, India, Dr. Isaiah completed his medical training at St. John’s Medical College in Bangalore, India, and earned a doctor of philosophy degree in Neuroscience from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He subsequently completed residency training in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Maryland and fellowship training in Pediatric Otolaryngology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center in Dallas.
In addition, he holds an MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, and was named among Poets & Quants’Best and Brightest, a highly selective global recognition drawing from the world’s highest-ranked programs.