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I am a pediatric otolaryngologist in New York City and a technical rebreather diver. I have served as the president and dive chair of the Big Apple Divers, and as a medical moderator on Scubaboard.com. Although I certainly enjoy the warm, clear water of the tropics, I especially love local diving and I do my best to encourage other divers to visit the vibrant marine ecosystem and historic shipwrecks right off of our shores. I have written a number of online resources to help people get started with boat and shore diving in the New York area.

I am an avid underwater photographer and videographer, and I am currently the co-director of the
New York Underwater Photographic Society. In addition to running the meetings, I have organized and taught at the annual NYUPS underwater photography workshop at Dutch Springs.

I have lectured widely on topics related to diving and imaging. Over the past few years, I have given seminars at
Beneath the Sea on underwater photography in challenging conditions, on rebreather diving, on artificial intelligence in underwater photography, and on scuba related ear, nose and throat problems. In addition, I have published a number of articles and photographs, which you can see on this website. I have also published a children's book with my photographs of the sea creatures in the New York City area, check it out here!

I obtained my undergraduate and medical degrees at Yale University. I trained in otolaryngology at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, and was a fellow in pediatric otolaryngology in Cincinnati, Ohio under Dr. Robin Cotton. On the attending staff at Mt. Sinai since 1994, I am a clinical professor of both otolaryngology and pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. I am the author of a book and more than sixty articles and chapters in my field, and I have edited two multi-authored textbooks. Click here for my CV.

I have served as the president of the American Bronchoesophagological Association and of the New York Pediatric Society. I have also been an editor for the AMA journal Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, a reviewer for the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. I have been the chairman of the technology committees of both our national ENT Academy (the AAOHNS) and our national pediatric ENT society (ASPO).

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, lecture requests or general comments.

Dive safe!

Mike Rothschild