Our Sub-specialties | Department of Otolaryngology

Department Chair

Roland "Ron" D. Eavey, MD, SM

Director

Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences

Guy M. Maness Professor and Chair

Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Executive Medical Director, Vanderbilt Employee Health Plans

Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Wm. Russell Ries, MD, FACS

Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Carol and John S. Odess Professor in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Program Director for the Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship

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Scott Stephan, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Priyesh Patel, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Shiayin Yang, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Mark Clymer, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Karthik Shastri, MD

Instructor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

General Otolaryngology

John W. Seibert, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Chief of General Otolaryngology

Director of Education

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Benjamin J. Johnston, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Otolayngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Daniel Schuster, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Timothy H. Trone, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

James L. Netterville, MD

The Mark C. Smith Professor of Head and Neck Oncology

Director of Head and Neck Oncologic Services

Executive Vice Chair, Department of Otolaryngology

Associate Director, Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences

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Young Kim, MD, PhD, FACS

Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Barry and Amy Baker Endowed Professor

Co-Leader, Translational Research and Interventional Oncology Research Program

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Associate Director, Vanderbilt Institute of Infection, Immunology and Infoammation (VI4)

Director, Barry and Amy Baker Laboratory in Head and Neck Research

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Alexander J. Langerman, MD, SM, FACS

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Director of The Surgical Analytics Lab

Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering

Director of The Program on Surgical Ethics

Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society

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Kyle Mannion, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Sarah L. Rohde, MD, MMHC

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Robert J. Sinard, MD, FACS

Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Otolaryngology Residency Program Director

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Michael C. Topf, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolayngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Catherine "Alessa" Colaianni, MD

Instructor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Kevin Kovatch, MD

Instructor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Jamie G. Wiggleton, ANP-BC

Assistant in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Laryngology and the Professional Voice

C. Gaelyn Garrett, MD, MMHC

Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Guy M. Maness Chair, Laryngology and Voice

Senior Executive Medical Director, Vanderbilt Voice Center

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K. Charles Fletcher, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Alexander Gelbard, MD

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Kimberly N. Vinson, MD

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Associate Dean for Diversity Affairs

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Robert Ossoff, DMD, MD

Professor Emeritus of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Thomas F. Cleveland, MM, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Alyssa Bolduan, MD

Instructor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Kevin Motz, MD

Instructor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Jennifer Muckala, MA, CCC-SLP

Assistant in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Amy Zeller, MA, CCC-SLP

Assistant in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Otology and Neurotology

David S. Haynes, MD, FACS, MMHC

Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Endowed Director, Relationship Development

Program Director, Neurotology Fellowship

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Marc L. Bennett, MD, MMHC

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Quality Director

Quality and Safety Risk Prevention

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Robert Labadie, MD, PhD, FACS, MMHC

Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Vice Chair, Chief Research Officer

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Robert H. Ossoff, DMD, MD Endowed Directorship for Translational Research in Otolaryngology

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Matthew R. O'Malley, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Kareem O. Tawfik, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Elizabeth Perkins, MD

Fellow
Nathan Cass, MD

Fellow
Emily Y. Brignola, MSN, APRN, NP-C

Nurse Practitioner

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Kenneth E. Watford, DNP, NP

Assistant Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Pediatric Otolaryngology

Christopher T. Wootten, MD, FACS, FAAP, MMHC

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Endowed Director, Pediatric Otolaryngology

Program Drector, Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship

Destination Program Lead

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

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Ryan Belcher, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Alison Cohen, MSN, APRN

Assistant in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Lauren DeVine, APRN, CPNP-PC

Assistant in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Roland "Ron" D. Eavey, MD, SM

Director

Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences

Guy M. Maness Professor and Chair

Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Executive Medical Director, Vanderbilt Employee Health Plans
Elizabeth Herbert, PNP, APRN-BC

Assistant in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Abbey Hewitt, PA-C

Physician Assistant
James Phillips, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Filipina C. Schnabel, MD, MPH, MSN, FNP-BC, APRN

Assistant in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Frank W. Virgin, Jr, MD

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Sarah Sexton Walters, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC

Nurse Practitioner

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Jay A. Werkhaven, MD

Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Amy S. Whigham, MD, MS, HPEd

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Director of Medical Student and Residency Training Innovation

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Lyndy J. Wilcox, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Courtney P. Zimmerman, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC/PC

Assistant in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Heather Koehn, MD

Fellow

Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery and Sleep Surgery

Rick Chandra, MD, MMHC

Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Fellowship Program Director, Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery

Endowed Director, Leadership and Education

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Naweed I. Chowdhury, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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David T. Kent, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Director of Sleep Surgery

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Paul T. Russell, III, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Justin H. Turner, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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James A. Duncavage, MD

Professor Emeritus of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Laura van de Laar, MD

Instructor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Holly Budnick, APRN

Nurse Practitioner

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Sarah H. Taylor, APRN, MSN, FPN-C

Nurse Practitioner

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Research Faculty

Hanbing An, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Reyna Gordon, PhD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Shan Huang, MD, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Michael J. Korrer, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Miriam D. Lense, PhD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Yike Li, MD, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Aron Parekh, PhD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Vanderbilt School of Engineering

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Maria E. Powell, PhD, CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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David L. Zealear, PhD

Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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