Stanford School of Medicine

Robert K. Jackler, MD

Contact Information

  • Clinical Offices
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 801 Welch Rd MC 5739 Stanford, CA 94305
    Telephone Work (650) 723-5281 Fax (650) 725-8502
  • Academic Offices
    Personal Information
    Email jackler@stanford.edu
    Administrative Contact
    Laura Garner Executive Assistant Tel Work 650 725-6818
    Not for medical emergencies or patient use

Clinical Focus

  • Acoustic Neuroma, Cerebellopontine Angle
  • Meningioma
  • Neurofibromatosis 2
  • Glomus Jugulare Tumor
  • Ear Neoplasms
  • Otosclerosis
  • Cholesteatoma
  • Facial Paralysis
  • Facial Nerve Tumor
  • Otolaryngology
  • Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Ear, Nose and Throat)

Administrative Appointments

  • Sewall Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery , (2003– present )
  • Associate Dean, Continuing Medical Education, School of Medicine , (2007– present )

Professional Education

  • Board Certification: Neurotology, American Board of Otolaryngology (2004)
  • House Ear Institute (1985) CA
  • Board Certification: Otolaryngology, American Board of Otolaryngology (1984)
  • UCSF Medical Center (1984) CA
  • UCSF Medical Center (1980) CA
  • Boston University School of Medicine (1979) MA
  • MD, Boston Univ School of Medicine Medicine (1979)
  • Residency, Univ California, SF Otolaryngology - Head/Neck Surg (1984)
  • Fellowship, House Ear Institute Neurotology (1985)

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

Research Interests

Development of innovative surgical methods, via the cranial base, to expose inaccessible intracranial disease. Surgical simulation and robotics. Evidence based outcomes analysis in acoustic neuroma and other tumors of the cerebellopontine angle. History of tobacco advertising with false reassurance of healthfulness (see tobacco.stanford.edu). Medical history - especially the history of otology, neurosurgery, deafness, and quackery.

Publications