Tomoko Makishima, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Otolaryngology
Otology

Email: tomakish@utmb.edu

Tomoko Makishima, MD, PhD  graduated from Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan, where she also obtained a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences. She completed residency in Otorhinolaryngology at Kyushu University School of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Fukuoka, Japan. She did a postdoctoral fellowship at the NIDCD, National Institutes of Health, working on both clinical and basic research projects on Genetic hearing loss. 

Dr. Makishima's clinical interest is Otology: office-based surgery, diagnosis and counseling on Genetic hearing loss, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, and vertigo. 

Her current research interest is to determine the molecular mechanism of Genetic hearing loss and vestibular dysfunction. This is being pursued by using transgenic and knockout mouse models of inner ear dysfunction. Recent research projects include autosomal dominant hearing loss (DFNA36, DFNA10), autosomal recessive hearing loss (DFNB7/11), mitochondrial mutations, Turner Syndrome, Fanconi Anemia, Deafness in Caspase-3 knockout mice, and Auditory characterization of Coch knockout mice. 

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