Gregory J. Wiet, MD

Gregory J. Wiet, MD, FACS, FAAP, is the former Chief of the Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Biomedical Informatics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Wiet’s clinical interests include care for the patient with cleft lip and palate and pediatric voice disorders as well as general pediatric otolaryngology. Dr. Wiet’s NIH/DCD-funded research focuses on the application of high-performance computing to the field of otolaryngology – head and neck surgery. Specifically, his interest centers on the development of a simulation environment for teaching specific surgical techniques in otolaryngology. He was awarded a National Institute of Health R-21 preliminary grant to develop a surgical simulator for temporal bone surgery and recently was awarded a $1.6 million RO-1 grant from the NIH to continue developing the system during the next five years.

Gender:

• Male

Languages Spoken:

• English

Research Funding*:

• Validation/Dissemination Virtual Temporal Bone Dissection, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Medical School

• University of Health Sciences, The Chicago Medical School

Medical School

• Chicago Medical School
  Date Completed: 06/30/1989

Internship

• Riverside Methodist Hospital
  Date Completed: 06/30/1990

Residency

• Ohio State University Medical Center
  Date Completed: 06/30/1994

Fellowship

• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  Date Completed: 06/30/1996

Department:

• Otolaryngology

Speciality:

• Otolaryngology
  

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital:

• 11/08/1994

1997–present

• Associate Attending Staff, The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, OH

1996–present

• Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH

1996–present

• Director, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH

1994–present

• Research Associate II, Biosystems; Surgical Simulation/Telemedicine, Ohio Supercomputer Center, Columbus, OH

1994–present

• Member, Head and Neck Oncology Program, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH

1994–present

• Staff Physician, Department of Otolaryngology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH

1995–1996

• Instructor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

1995–1996

• Fellowship: Pediatric Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR

1994–1995

• Research Fellow, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Otolaryngology, Columbus, OH

1994–1995

• Clinical Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Otolaryngology, Columbus, OH

1990–1994

• Residency: Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Otolaryngology, Columbus, OH

1989–1990

• Internship: General Surgery, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH

• Blotter, J.W., L. Yin, M. Glynn, G.J. Wiet. Otolaryngology consultation for peritonsillar abscess in the pediatric population. Submitted to Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, June, 1999.
• Rezaee, R.P., S.H. Keith, L.A. Forrest, M. Hart, M. Heitlinger, G.J. Wiet. Successful management of postoperative adenotonsillar hemorrhage using a conscious sedation protocol in a treatment room setting. In preparation.
• Powell, D.M., G.J. Wiet, D.E. Schuller, A. Carr. Maxillary removal and reinsertion in juveniles: long term results and effect on facial growth and development. Submitted to the International Journal of Pediatric Otolaryngology, 1999.
• Wiet, G.J., W.E. Shiels, F.R. Long, D.T. Rudman. Advances in Pediatric Airway Radiology. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. 33(1): (2000) 15-28.
• Bryan, J., D. Stredney, G.J. Wiet, D. Sessanna. Virtual temporal bone dissection: a case study. Proceedings of IEEE Visualization, 2001.
• Wiet, G. J., J. Bryan, E. Dodson, D. Sessanna, D. Stredney, P. Schmalbrock, D. B. Welling. "Virtual Temporal Bone Dissection Simulation." Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality. J.D. Westwood, et al. (Eds.) IOS Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2000) 378-384.
• Butler NN, Wiet GJ. Reliability of the Welling scale (WS1) for rating temporal bone dissection performance. Laryngoscope 117(10): 1803-8, October 2007.
• Short RF, Shiels II WE, Sferra TJ, Nicol KK, Schofield M, Wiet GJ. Site-specific induction of lymphatic malformations in a rat model for image-guided therapy. Pediatric Radiology 37(6): 530-4, June 2007 (Epub, March 31, 2007).