Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery

Dr. John Wilson, IV is an assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his fellowship in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Prior to fellowship, Dr. Wilson completed his residency in otolaryngology—head and neck surgery at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, where he trained with Dean Toriumi, a renowned world leader in rhinoplasty, and Steven Dayan, a leader in facial aesthetics and injectables. He received his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His background in psychology informs his patient-centered approach, emphasizing individualized care and clear communication throughout the surgical journey.

Dr. Wilson's clinical practice spans the full spectrum of facial plastic surgery. His expertise includes functional and cosmetic rhinoplasty, revision rhinoplasty and facial rejuvenation procedures such as facelift, brow lift, lip lift and blepharoplasty. He also offers minimally invasive treatments including neurotoxins, dermal fillers and facial fat transfer. Dr. Wilson specializes in complex reconstructive surgery, including facial reanimation for patients with facial paralysis, facial feminization surgery and reconstruction following Mohs surgery.

Dr. Castellanos currently serves as the director of the DeVault Otologic Research Laboratory. Her research interests center on neurocognitive and social-cognitive development and functioning across the lifespan in individuals with and without hearing loss. She maintains three areas of focused research: (1) social, emotional and behavioral adjustment following hearing loss, (2) the psychology and physiology of stress and coping, and (3) how early language learning may result from the multisensory coordination of attention during parent-child interactions.

Dr. Castellanos' passion for research stems from my interest in understanding the dynamic interplay between early sensory input, neurocognitive development and functioning, and the social environment across infancy through adulthood. Her graduate training, which was funded by an NIGMS R25 award, focused on multisensory processing and allowed her to pursue several research questions concerning how infants and young adults process social linguistic information in the context of audiovisual vs. visual-only stimulation. She then extended this line of research during her postdoctoral training by examining how neurocognitive systems are impacted by a period of early auditory deprivation in pediatric cochlear implant users. Her postdoctoral fellowship, which was funded by an NIDCD T32 award and an NCATS TL1 award, provided her with specialized training across several fields, including otology, cognitive hearing science and pediatric clinical psychology.