External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant ENT and Skull Base Surgeon
Lead Clinician of St. Thomas Hearing Implant Centre
Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Evelina London Children Hospital
King's College Hospital
Research interests
Auditory implant research
Regeneration of damaged inner ear structures
Middle ear and inner era mechanics
Personal interests
Golf and Sailing
Awards received
Royal Society of Medicine Norman Gamble Research Prize 2014/2015
(Additional) Languages spoken
Publications
Selected Publications:
Jiang D, McAlpine D, Palmer AR. Detectability index measures of binaural masking level difference across populations of inferior colliculus neurons. J Neurosci. 1997 Dec 1;17(23):9331-9. PubMed PMID: 9364078.
McAlpine D, Jiang D, Shackleton TM, Palmer AR. Convergent input from brainstem coincidence detectors onto delay-sensitive neurons in the inferior colliculus. J Neurosci. 1998 Aug 1;18(15):6026-39. PubMed PMID: 9671687.
Palmer AR, Jiang D, McAlpine D. Desynchronizing responses to correlated noise: A mechanism for binaural masking level differences at the inferior colliculus. J Neurophysiol. 1999 Feb;81(2):722-34. PubMed PMID: 10036273.
McAlpine D, Jiang D, Shackleton TM, Palmer AR. Responses of neurons in the inferior colliculus to dynamic interaural phase cues: evidence for a mechanism of binaural adaptation. J Neurophysiol. 2000 Mar;83(3):1356-65. PubMed PMID: 10712463.
Palmer AR, Jiang D, McAlpine D. Neural responses in the inferior colliculus to binaural masking level differences created by inverting the noise in one ear. J Neurophysiol. 2000 Aug;84(2):844-52. PubMed PMID: 10938311.
McAlpine D, Jiang D, Palmer AR. A neural code for low-frequency sound localization in mammals. Nature Neurosci. 2001 Apr;4(4):396-401. PubMed PMID: 11276230.
Leong AC, Jiang D, Agger A, Fitzgerald-O'Connor A. Evaluation of round window accessibility to cochlear implant insertion. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2013 Mar;270(4):1237-42. doi: 10.1007/s00405-012-2106-4. Epub 2012 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: 22806055.
Hall AC, Leong AC, Jiang D, Fitzgerald-O'Connor A. Sudden bilateral sensorineural hearing loss associated with urticarial vasculitis. J Laryngol Otol. 2013 Jul;127(7):708-11. doi: 10.1017/S0022215113001047. Epub 2013 May 20. PubMed PMID: 23683939.
Pai I, Dhar V, Kelleher C, Nunn T, Connor S, Jiang D, O'Connor AF. Cochlear implantation in patients with vestibular schwannoma: a single United Kingdom center experience. Laryngoscope. 2013 Aug;123(8):2019-23. doi: 10.1002/lary.24056. Epub 2013 Apr 24. PubMed PMID: 23616085.
Eze N, Ofo E, Jiang D, O'Connor AF. Systematic review of cochlear implantation in children with developmental disability. Otol Neurotol. 2013 Oct;34(8):1385-93. doi: 10.1097/ MAO.0b013e3182a004b3. PubMed PMID: 24005167.
Courses offered to GPs
Regular GP Seminars on Hearing Loss, Ear diseases, and dizziness.