Undergraduate:
BS, Yale University, New Haven, Ct, 1994

Medical School:
MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 1998

Residency:
General Surgery
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1998-1999

Otorhinolaryngology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1998-2003

Fellowship:
Pediatric Otolaryngology, 2003-2005
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Board Certification:
American Board of Otolaryngology, 2004

Year Appointed to Penn Faculty:
2005

Areas of Expertise:
Pediatric Voice Disorders
Pediatric Airway Reconstruction
General Pediatric otolaryngology

Areas of Special Interest:
Voice disorders post airway reconstruction
quality of life in pediatric voice disorders

Current Research Interests:
Voice disorders post airway reconstruction
Compensatory mechanisms and therapy of pediatric dysphonia
Airway tissue engineering

Honors & Awards:
1990     Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition - Semi finalist.
              Lausanne, Switzerland
1994     The James Stuart Davie Award.  Yale University.
1998     Distinction in Otolaryngology Research.  Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
               Pathology Department
2003     Resident Travel Award, The Triological Society (Eastern Section)
2004     Resident Travel Award, AAO-HNS
2004-2005   Distinguished off-campus scholar on the graduate faculty. 
               Miami University, Oxford, OH

Society Memberships:
National:
            American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS)                      
(Member/Fellow)
            American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) (Member)
            American Broncho-Esophageal Association (ABEA) (Member)
            The Voice Foundation (Member)
            American College of Surgeons (Member)
            American Medical Association (AMA) (Member)
            Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children (SENTAC) (Member)
Local:
            Pennsylvania Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (PAO-HNS)
            Pennsylvania Medical Society (Member)
            Philadelphia County Medical Society (Member)

Selected Publications:
Zur, KB, Cotton, S., Kelchner, L., Baker, S., Weinrich B., Lee, L.  Pediatric Voice Handicap Index (pVHI): A new tool for evaluating pediatric dysphonia.  International J Ped Otol 71:77-82, 2007.

Baker S, Kelchner L, Weinrich B, Lee L, Willging P, Zur K.B. Pediatric laryngotracheal stenosis and airway reconstruction:  A review of voice outcomes, assessment, and treatment issues. Journal of Voice  2006

Zur KB, Wood RE, Elluru RG: Pediatric postcricoid vascular malformation:  A diagnostic and treatment challenge. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Vol. 69: 1697-1701, 2005.

Zur K.B., Mandel D.L., Gordon R.E., Holzman I., Rothschild M.A. Electron microscopic analysis of biofilm on endotracheal tubes removed from intubated neonates.   Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery 130(4): 407-414, 2004.

Zur KB, Mu L, Sanders I: Distribution pattern of the human lingual nerve. Journal of Clinical Anatomy 17(2): 88-92, 2004.

Zur K.B., Urken M.L. The vascularized hemitracheal autograft for laryngotracheal reconstruction:  A new surgical technique based on the thyroid gland as a vascular carrier.  Laryngoscope 113(9): 1494-1498, 2003.

Zur KB, Brandwein M, Wang B, Som P, Gordon R, Urken ML: Primary description of a new entity, renal cell-like carcinoma of the nasal cavity.   Archives of Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery Vol. 128: 441-447, 2002.

Other:
Zur KB, Myer CC: Salivary Gland Disease in Children.  Head & Neck Surgery - Otolaryngology. 4th ed. Bailey BJ and Johnson JT (eds.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2006