Bio
Dr. Damrose graduated from Yale University in 1991 cum laude, earning a bachelor's of science degree in biology. He attended the UCLA School of Medicine, earning his MD in 1995 and completing a thesis on laryngeal biomechanics.
He remained at UCLA for training in general surgery from 1995 to 1997, was nominated "Physician of the Year" by the UCLA staff, and completed his residency in Otolaryngology — Head & Neck surgery in 2001. He remained with UCLA from 2001 to 2003, serving as Clinical Instructor in Laryngeal Surgery and completing a two-year clinical and research fellowship in laryngology/bronchoesophagology.
Dr. Damrose joined the Stanford faculty in 2003 and currently serves as Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine; Chief of the Division of Laryngology; Director of the Stanford Voice & Swallowing Center and the Fellowship Program in Laryngology; Immediate Past Chief of Staff/Stanford Health Care and Medical Director for Professionalism/Stanford Health Care. He also serves as Chair of the Department Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement Program and leads the Improvement Capability Development Program. He is a member of the Stanford Cancer Center, a fellow of the Stanford Medicine Center for Improvement, and serves as preceptor for the Stanford University Early Clinical Engagement Program and the Stanford School of Medicine Immersion in Medicine Program.
Dr. Damrose is a member of the Society for Head and Neck Anesthesia; The Triological Society (for whom he has served as a panelist, moderator, and member ot its Program Committee); the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (for whom he has served on its Program Committee); the American Laryngological Association (for whom he has served as a member of its Education and Awards Committees); the American Bronchoesophagological Association (for whom he has served as Program Chair, Councilor at Large, and Clinical Practice Guidelines Chair); the American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery (for whom he has served as a member of the Credentials and Membership, Medical Devices and Drugs, and History and Archives Committees); the American College of Surgeons, and the American Head and Neck Society( for whom he has served a member of the Program, Quality of Care, History, and Ethics and Professionalism Service Committees). He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Voice, and served as a Guest Editor for Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology. From 2010 to 2014, he served as Medical Director of the International Association of Laryngectomees, and from 2010 to 2022 as Medical Advisor to the Foundation for Voice Restoration.
Dr. Damrose serves as a Captain in the United States Navy Reserve. He has held numerous leadership positions in the Navy, including that of Otolaryngology Specialty Leader in which he serves in an advisory capacity to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery on otolaryngologic matters. In 2020 he mobilized to Guam to support the 7th Fleet during the Navy's response to the COVID 19 pandemic. He is the recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards), the Meritorious Unit Commendation, and various other service medals.
His clinical interests include complex airway reconstruction; surgical treatment of spasmodic dysphonia; surgical treatment of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer; laryngeal framework surgery; and the surgical treatment of hypopharyngeal and esophageal diverticula. He has pioneered novel approaches in the treatment of laryngeal chondrosarcoma and endoscopic resection of Zenker’s diverticula. His research interests include elucidating the pathogenesis of idiopathic subglottic stenosis and the development of technologies to restore voice in patients with vocal cord paralysis and laryngeal cancer.
