Joseph Santos-Sacchi PhD
Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology), of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Neurobiology
Biographical Info

International Activity
- England,
United Kingdom (2008)
Plenary Lecture Mechanics of Hearing, 10th International Symposium, Keele University - Inner Ear Biology Meeting
Ferrara, Italy (2008 - 2008)
Presented at the Inner Ear Biology Meeting - Hirosaki,
Japan (2006 - 2006)
Plenary Speaker, Newest tunes from Corti’s organ, 16th Congress of the Japan Otology Society - Shanghai,
China (2006)
Invited Chair, Symposium on Cochlear Amplification, Shangai International Conference on Audition and Vision - Invited Speaker
Osaka-shi, Japan (2004)
Invited Seminar, Biophysics of the outer hair cell, Osaka University - Modulation of OHC capacitance by chloride
Rome, Italy (2001 - 2001)
Presentation- Modulation of OHC capacitance by chloride, Inner Ear Biology Meeting - Germany (2001)
Invited participant, Roving nonlinearities of the OHC motor Perceptual Consequences of Cochlear Nonlinearity - Presenter
Groningen, Netherlands (1993)
Presentation- Characterizing the extent of the OHC motility voltage sensor with an electrical guillotine: evidence that ends don't meet, Symposium: Biophysics of hair cell sensory systems - Presenter
Montreal, Canada (1988)
Presentation- Gap junctional communication in isolated supporting cells of the organ of Corti., Fourth International Congress of Cell Biology - Canada (1988)
Presentation- Rectified mechanical responses in outer hair cells from the mammalian organ of Corti, Fourth International Congress of Cell Biology - Melbourne,
Australia (1983 - 1983)
Presentation- AC receptor potentials from hair cells in the low frequency region of the guinea pig cochlea, I.U.P.S. Satellite Symposium on Mechanism of Hearing, Monash University
Education & Training
- B.A.
- Columbia College (1973)
- M.Phil.
- Columbia University (1978)
- Ph.D.
- Columbia University (1978)
Honors & Recognition
- Master of Arts, Honoris Cuasa
Yale University, New Haven, CT (1995)


