Member of the Hall of Fame of the Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Education
B.S., cum laude, Zoology, Duke University, 1972
M.D., Medical College of Georgia, 1976
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Residency, Medical College of Georgia, 1981
Otology, Neurotology, and Base of Skull Surgery Fellowship, Professor Ugo Fisch, University Hospital of Zurich, 1982
Academic Positions
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 1994
Awards and Service
President, American Neurotology Society, 2002-2003
Distinguished Service Award, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2001
George Davies Howell Award, University of London, for the most distinguished published contribution to the advancement of Otolaryngology during the preceding 5 years Atlas of Otologic Surgery, 2001
Board of Governors, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1998-2001
Chair, Committee on Facial Nerve Disorders, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1991-1995
Honor Award, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1991
Fellow, American Otological Society, 1991
Fellow, Triological Society, 1990
Presidential Award, Best Overall Scientific Exhibit Jenkins HA, Coker NJ. Bell’s Palsy Update. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1986
Clinical and Research Interests: Facial nerve disorders, stereotactic radiosurgery of acoustic neuromas, cochlear implantation, nerve regeneration.
