Education

• MD, University of Arizona, 2000
• Residency, Oregon Health & Science University, 2000-2005
• Research Fellow, American Otological Society, Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
• Fellow, Otology & Neurotology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Gubbels is board certified in both Neurotology and Otolaryngology by the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. He is fellowship trained in Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery. Dr. Gubbels’ clinical interests include: cochlear implantation in children & adults, diseases of the ear, hearing rehabilitation, facial nerve disorders, acoustic neuromas and skull base surgery.

Dr. Gubbels provides a wide range of services including Acoustic Neuroma Removal, Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA), Cochlear Implants, Congenital Atresia of the Ear Canal and Middle Ear, Endolymphatic Sac Decompression, Facial Nerve Decompression, Facial Nerve Grafting, Gentamicin Titration, Hearing Aids, Labyrinthectomy or Vestibular Neurectomy, Mastoidectomy, Mastoid Obliteration, Ossiculoplasty, Removal of Tumors and Vascular Lesions of the Middle and Posterior Skull Base and Brain, Repairs Of Skull Base Defects, Skull Base Surgery, Stapedectomy, Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence, and Tympanoplasty.

Research Interests

Dr. Gubbels’ research interests include regenerative therapies for hearing loss, inner ear development, congenital ear disorders and cochlear implantation.

Recent Publications

• Viral vector tropism for supporting cells in the developing murine cochlea.
  Sheffield AM, Gubbels SP, Hildebrand MS, Newton SS, Chiorini JA, Di Pasquale G, Smith RJ
  Hear. Res. 2011 Jul; 277(1-2):28-36.
  [PubMed ID: 21530627, PMC ID: 3137760]
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• Ganglion cyst presenting as an external auditory canal mass.
  Khachi S, Gubbels SP, Robinson RA, Hansen MR
  Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2011 Jan; 144(1):131-2.
  [PubMed ID: 21493405, PMC ID: 3162309]
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• Operative Management of Posterior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence from a High Jugular Bulb.
  Gubbels SP, Lenkowski PW, Hansen MR
  The Laryngoscope 2010 Oct; 120(S3):S72.
  [PubMed ID: 20872519]
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• Long-term hearing preservation after microsurgical excision of vestibular schwannoma.
  Woodson EA, Dempewolf RD, Gubbels SP, Porter AT, Oleson JJ, Hansen MR, Gantz BJ
  Otol. Neurotol. 2010 Sep; 31(7):1144-52.
  [PubMed ID: 20679955]
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• Zygomatic root abscess: a rare complication of otitis media.
  Gurgel RK, Woodson EA, Lenkowski PW, Gubbels SP, Hansen MR
  Otol. Neurotol. 2010 Jul; 31(5):856-7.
  [PubMed ID: 19415039]
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