Nour El Hidek, AuD

Dr. Mohney is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedics and Physical Medicine at MUSC. She received her medical degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – Bradenton, FL followed by residency at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and fellowship training in traumatic brain injury/polytrauma at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System in San Antonio, TX. Prior to embarking on her physician career, she earned a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology from the University of Kentucky. Dr. Mohney is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with subspecialty certification in Brain Injury Medicine. Her clinical area of interest includes spasticity management and acquired brain injury. Throughout her career, she has worked to provide education within the general public and medical community to improve awareness and create an environment that leads to optimal outcomes and imparts a positive impact on traumatic brain injury survivors. In addition to patient care, Dr. Mohney is actively involved in educational programming to help inspire the next generation of physiatrists to cultivate meaningful and excellent careers.

Jason G. Newman, M.D., FACS received his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University Medical School in 1997 and completed residencies in Otolaryngology at Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, New York, NY, (1998-1999), New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (1999-2002). Following residency, Dr. Newman completed his fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery/Oncology and Microvascular Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in 2005. After fellowship, Dr. Newman remained on faculty at Penn, where he was a Professor of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Director of the Cancer Service Line at Pennsylvania Hospital, Director of Head & Neck Surgery, Co-Director of the Cranial Base Center, and Director of the Head and Neck Fellowship. Dr. Newman is board certified in Otorhinolaryngology and holds membership in the American Academy of Otolaryngology. His areas of expertise include head and neck mucosal and cutaneous cancer surgery, robotic surgery, anterior cranial base surgery and complex thyroid surgery with special interest in minimally invasive approaches. Dr. Newman also is actively involved in research focused on head and neck cancer clinical trials, genetic signatures for head and neck cancer, and quality of life for head and neck cancer and cranial base patients. As the Director of the Cancer Service Line of the Abramson Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, Dr. Newman has helped to create a disease-based team approach to cancer care delivery and research. This has helped to strengthen the delivery of cancer care, improve patient outcomes, create leadership pathways, increase patient volumes, increase access to clinical trials, and minimize variations in the delivery of care.

Nicole Ritter, AuD, CCC-A is a clinical audiologist within the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at MUSC. She received her Bachelors of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Ithaca College and her Clinical Doctorate of Audiology from Ohio University. She completed her clinical externship at University of Cincinnati Health. Here she focused on the diagnosis of adult hearing disorders and treatment through hearing aids and implantable devices. She also received training in vestibular testing for balance disorders. Dr. Ritter joined MUSC faculty in 2020. Her clinical interests include diagnosis of adult and pediatric hearing disorders, adult audiologic rehabilitation through consult and fitting of traditional hearing aids and implantable bone anchored hearing aids. Her interests also lie in diagnostic testing of balance disorders and dizziness through videonystagmography, posturography, video head impulse testing and vestibular evoked myogenic potential testing, serving as a preceptor to fourth year audiology externs and participating in departmental vestibular and hearing science research project. Dr. Ritter is a member of American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), American Balance Society (ABS), Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA), and South Carolina Academy of Audiology (SCAA).