Emily Bacalao, MD
PGY5
Hometown: Oak Park, IL
Favorite things to do in the Denver area: City park golf course/driving range, hunting for a good cocktail bar, doing random hikes then getting heinously lost and turning 5 mile hikes into 8 mile hikes, exploring the restaurant scene, finding the best breweries (cerebral is my favorite so far), extremely excited for ski season
Hobbies: Eating, breweries, hiking, snowboarding, golf, Chicago sports fan (especially Bears and Northwestern football despite both of them being terrible most of the time), live music (indie, folk, jazz, classical), saying hi to all of the dogs, peloton enthusiast, eating chocolate, television in general
Biggest strength of the program: So many research opportunities, awesome resources i.e. the clinical resource lab, great exposure to all of the subspecialties, excellent faculty, ski meeting, co residents hands down
1. Bacalao EJ, Lee NK, Ruiz JA, Herrmann B, Greene N. Intracochlear Pressure Measurements Quantify Overall Noise Exposure to the Inner Ear During Mastoidectomy. bioRxiv. 10.1101/2025.03.30.646193 Submitted to Otology & Neurotology. April 2025
2. Bacalao Emily, Heslop Gabriela, Yang Jeremy, Smith Lawernce, MacCurdy Robert, Cooper Emily, Herrmann Brian. Evaluation of a 3D Printed Bone Analogue for Mastoidectomy Training. Submitted to Cureus Journal of Medical Science April 2025
3. Greene GJ, Beaumont JL, Bacalao EJ, Muftic A, Kaiser K, Eisenstein AR, Mandelin AM, Cella D, Ruderman EM. Integrating PROMIS Measures in a Treat-to-Target Approach to Standardize Patient-Centered Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2023 Aug;50(8):1002-1008. PubMed ID: 37127317.
4. Tadokoro K, Bacalao E, Wozniak A, Kazemian-Marvi E, Kircher ML. Projected Cost Simulation in Chronic Ear Surgery: Cost in Chronic Ear Surgery. Otol Neurotol. 2021 Mar 1;42(3):e317-e322. PubMed ID: 33555754.
5. Mandelin, A. M., Homan, P. J., Shaffer, A. M., Cuda, C. M., Dominguez, S. T., Bacalao, E., Winter, D. Transcriptional Profiling of Synovial Macrophages Using Minimally Invasive Ultrasound-Guided Synovial Biopsies in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 2018; 70(6), 841-854. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.40453
6. Bacalao, Emily & Greene, George & Beaumont, Jennifer & Eisenstein, Amy & Muftic, Azra & Mandelin, Arthur & Cella, David & Ruderman, Eric. (2017). Standardizing and personalizing the treat to target (T2T) approach for rheumatoid arthritis using the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS): baseline findings on patient-centered treatment priorities. Clinical rheumatology. 36. 10.1007/s10067-017-3731-5.
1. Hill, Matt & Bacalao, Emily & Cass, Stephen (speaker). National Trends and Complications Following Stapedectomy: Pearl Diver Database Analysis. 6th International Symposium on Otosclerosis and Stapes Surgery. June 2025 Rostock Germany.
2. Greene, Nathaniel (speaker) & Bacalao, Emily & Lee, H. Nam & Ruiz, Juanantonio & Herrmann, Brian. Intracochlear Assessment of Drill Induced Noise Exposure during Mastoidectomy Surgery. International Symposium on Middle Ear Mechanics in Research and Otology. June 2025 in Leuven Belgium.
3. Bacalao, Emily & Omaditya, Khanna & Youssef Samy & Nassiri Ashley. Posterior Fossa and Temporal Bone Epidermoid. American Neurotology Society Skull Base Study Group Annual Fall Meeting September 30, 2024 in Miami FL
4. Bacalao, Emily & Lee, H. Nam & Ruiz, Juanantonio & Herrmann, Brian & Greene, Nathaniel. Acoustic Trauma Measure via Intracochlear Pressure Changes During Mastoidectomy. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting February 2, 2024 in Anaheim CA
5. Kalmanson OA, Bacalao E, Cass SP. Surgery vs SRS for Temporal Bone Paragangliomas. Ultimate Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Midwinter Meeting, Vail, CO, Jan 2024.
6. Gubbels S, Bacalao E. Implantation of the Ossified Cochlea. Ultimate Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Midwinter Meeting, Vail, CO, Feb 2023.
7. Bacalao, Emily & Goff, Salina & Juargeui, Emmanuel & Roy, Soham & Nassiri, Ashley. Meningitis in a Patient with Congenital Single Sided Deafness and Speech Delay. SENTAC Annual Meeting Difficult Cases Audiology, December 1, 2023 Charleston SC
8. Bacalao, Emily& Gubbels, Samuel. Recurrent Inner Ear Symptoms Post Cochlear Implantation. American Neurotology Society Cochlear Implant Study Group Annual Fall Meeting, September 30, 2023 in Nashville TN
9. Kalmason, Olivia & Bacalao, E & Hill, Matthew & Machala Maria & Cass, Stephen. Exploring Migraine Prophylaxis for Meniere’s Disease. American Neurotology Society Facial Nerve Study Group Annual Fall Meeting, September 10, 2022 in Philadelphia PA
10. Bacalao, Emily & Pittman, Amy & Leonetti, John. Curious case of Progressive Facial Palsy. American Neurotology Society Facial Nerve Study Group Virtual Annual Fall Meeting, September 12, 2020
11. Bacalao, Emily & Martinez, Breanna. Improving Spanish-Speaking Performance Utilizing Standardized Patients in Peer-Led Medical Spanish Program. Medical Spanish Task Force Summit, October 11, 2020, Washington DC.
12. Tadokoro, K & Bacalao, Emily & Kircher Matthew. Cost Analysis for Intact Canal Wall vs. Canal Wall Down Tympanomastoidectomy¸ Otolaryngology, AOS COSM Annual Meeting, April 24 2020, Atlanta GA.
13. Bacalao, E & Siegel, J. Large Effects of Ear canal Half- wave Resonance on Otoacoustic Emissions in Humans Evoked by Forward- Pressure Compensated Stimuli. In Proceedings from the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; February 20- February 24, 2016; San Diego, CA. Abstract 665.
Poster Presentations
14. Bacalao, Emily & Lee, H. Nam & Ruiz, Juanantonio & Herrmann, Brian & Greene, Nathaniel., Measurement of Sound and Vibrational Noise During Mastoidectomy. American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting. September 30, 2024 in Miami FL
15. Bacalao, Emily & Ruderman, Eric & Greene, George & Beaumont, Jennifer & Muftic, A & Mandelin, Arthur & Eisenstein, Amy & Cella, D. (2016). Baseline Findings from A Patient-Centered, Treat-To-Target Approach in Rheumatoid Arthritis. ACR ARHP Annual Meeting, November 11-16, 2016 in Washington, DC
16. Justiniano, Jeanine & Martinez, Breanna & Bacalao, Emily & Palmero, V & O’hara, M & Blair, A & Garcia, L. Improving Spanish-Speaking Performance Utilizing Standardized Patients in Peer-Led Medical Spanish Program. St. Alberts Day Annual Poster Presentation, November 5, 2019 Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood IL
- CU Otolaryngology Pilot Seed Funding Award - $40,000 April 2025
- Department Research Day 2nd place Research Award June 2024
- Departmental Honors in Communication Sciences and Disorders June 2015
- Deans list Fall 2014 and Winter 2015
- Undergraduate Research Grant Fletcher Prize Finalist June 2015
- Awarded $1000 Undergraduate Research Grant Winter 2015
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