Babak Givi
About Babak Givi
Babak Givi is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at NYU Langone Health and serves as the Section Chief of Otolaryngology at the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System. He specializes in diagnosing and treating head and neck and thyroid cancers.
Current Positions at NYU Langone Health
Babak Givi serves as the Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at NYU Langone Health. Based in New York, he has held this position since 2017. His role includes specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of head, neck, and thyroid cancers, as well as contributing to various academic and clinical initiatives within the department.
Section Chief at VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
Babak Givi is the Section Chief of Otolaryngology at the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Manhattan Campus. He has been serving in this role since 2017. His responsibilities include overseeing the otolaryngology department and ensuring high standards of patient care and clinical practice.
Patient Safety-Quality Improvement Officer
In addition to his clinical duties, Babak Givi holds the position of Patient Safety-Quality Improvement Officer in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. He has been in this role since 2015, working towards enhancing patient safety protocols and spearheading quality improvement initiatives within the department.
Previous Academic and Clinical Roles
Before his current roles, Babak Givi was an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at NYU Langone Health from 2012 to 2017. He also completed a fellowship in Microvascular-Head & Neck Reconstruction at the University of Toronto from 2011 to 2012 and held an instructor role in Head & Neck Surgery at OHSU in 2011. Additionally, he served as a Head & Neck Surgery Fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center from 2008 to 2010.
Education and Medical Training
Babak Givi holds a Master's degree in Health Professions Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago, completed between 2013 and 2016. He earned his MD in Medicine from Tehran University, graduating in 1998. Prior to his medical education, he attended Alborz Highschool, where he studied Math and Physics, earning his high school diploma in 1990.