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Eric P. Wilkinson, MD is a physician practicing in Boise, Idaho. He specializes in ear surgery, or otology, a subspecialty of otolaryngology. He obtained his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. He attended Stanford Medical School.

He completed his residency in otolaryngology at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He then completed a clinical fellowship in otology, neurotology, and skull base surgery at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles, California.

His professional interests include cochlear implantation, stapedectomy, surgery for acoustic neuroma, balance problems, and surgery for problems of the facial nerve. He has performed research in the areas of acoustic neuroma[1], auditory physiology, cholesteatoma, and image-guided surgery[2][3][4][5]. He has been a strong advocate of the use of both surgical image guidance and endoscopy in the treatment of head and neck and skull base lesions, and advocates the use of minimally invasive techniques when possible.

He is known for his contributions to the technique of canal wall reconstruction tympanomastoidectomy, along with Bruce J. Gantz, MD[6]. He is a contributing author to the Iowa Head and Neck Protocols by Hoffman et al.[7], a work that has established standards in surgical technique, approach, and operating room preparation for the extirpation of complex lesions of the head and neck.

Dr. Wilkinson is on the board of directors of Global ENT Outreach, an organization dedicated to the training of ear surgeons throughout the world. Global ENT Outreach aims to lessen the global burden of ear disease and hearing loss through prevention and treatment.

Dr. Wilkinson has also published articles on cochlear implantation[8] and skull base lesions[9][10]. He co-edited a textbook entitled Auditory Brainstem Implants with Marc S. Schwartz, MD.