About Us
OHNS Yearbook
- We are a family of 61 faculty (6 new faculty members in 2024), 12 clinical instructors & fellows, 5 research instructors, 28 residents (ACGME approved for 26 clinical residents, and 2 clinician scientist training program residents), and over 400 total department members.
- Our department has 9 divisions.
- 25 of our faculty have major leadership roles at Stanford University, Stanford Health Care, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, and the United States of America Government.
- Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital is ranked #5 in Ear, Nose and Throat according to 2024-2025 US News and World Report.
- Our faculty members received a total of 25 achievements and awards of merit in 2024.
OHNS Leadership
Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the School of Medicine, Vice President for Medical Affairs, Stanford University, Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Neurobiology and of Bioengineering
School of Medicine Dean
Bertarelli Foundation Professor and Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery
Department Chair
Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor, by courtesy, of Dermatology
Associate Dean
Academic Affairs
Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Associate Dean
Graduate Education
Postdoctoral Affairs
Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine
National Navy Reserve Policy Board
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery
Unit-Based Medical Director
SHC
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics
President, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Medical staff
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery
Susan B. Ford Surgeon-in-Chief at Stanford Children's Health, Co-chair at Stanford Medicine Teamwork Advisory Committee, Medical Director at Surgical Performance Improvement, LPCH
Places
- Academic and Education home at 801 Welch Road
- Rhinology, Laryngology, Facial Plastics, and Comprehensive ENT Clinics at 801 Welch Road
- Facial Plastics at San Jose
- Integrated Head and Neck Center at Blake Wilbur
- Pediatric ENT at Mary Johnson Center
- Stanford Ear Institute at Watson Court
- Sleep Surgery at Redwood City Stanford North Campus
- Research Labs in BMI, Edwards Building, Grant Building, Lokey Building, Always Building, and Center for Clinical Sciences Research
Clinical Highlights
- Stanford OHNS has 10 adult and pediatric clinics & centers.
- Stanford Health Care and Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley have been ranked among the best in the nation for hospital safety by the Leapfrog Group, a national leader focused on quality and safety in U.S. hospitals.
- U.S. News & World Report named Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford among Top 10 Children’s Hospitals in the Nation.
- LPCH is verified as American College of Surgeon's Level 1 Children's Surgery Center.
- The Aerodigestive and Airway Reconstruction Center continues to be one of only a few airway programs in the state of California to have received approval from California Children’s Services.
- Our providers performed nearly 100,000 adult and 20,000 pediatric outpatient & inpatient visits in 2024.
- Our affiliates include Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Stanford Medicine Partners, and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
Research Highlights
- In 2024, Stanford OHNS was awarded 20 new grants, totaling $16.7M. We now have 53 extramural grants (NIH/ DoD/ Industry) and 10 competitive intramural grants.
- We have NIH-funded clinician scientists in 6 clinical divisions: facial plastic & reconstructive surgery, head and neck surgery, laryngology, otology-neurotology, pediatric OHNS, rhinology & endoscopic skull base surgery.
- We are ranked #4 in NIH Funding for Otolaryngology departments in medical schools by BRIMR for 2024.
- 308 active clinical trials and studies in the department.
- Stanford OHNS published 371 Peer-Reviewed Publications in 2024.
- Stanford is home to 20 living Nobel laureates.
Notable Stanford OHNS Accomplishments
- Transoral Robotic Surgery – Chris Holsinger
- Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery – Peter Hwang
- Inner Ear Regeneration – Stephan Heller
- The evolution of Sleep Surgery – Nelson Powell & Robert Riley
- Medical device entrepreneurship (Resound, Laserscope, Erlens) – Rodney Perkins
- Nasopharyngectomy for Nasopharyngeal cancer – Willard E. Fee
- Implantable hearing aid – Richard Goode
- Otobiomechanics – Richard Goode, Sunil Puria & Charles Steele
- Infant screening – Blair Simmons
- Development of the multichannel cochlear implant – Blair Simmons & Robert L. White
