Undergraduate
AB (Magna Cum Laude), Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 1978

Medical School
MD, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, 1982

Residency
General Surgery University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1982 - 1984
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1984 - 1988

American Board of Otolaryngology, 1988

David W. Eisele, MD is Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. In addition to his academic leadership, Dr. Eisele directs the Head and Neck Oncology Program and specializes in salivary gland and thyroid neoplasms. His current research focuses on head and neck cancer treatment outcomes.

Undergraduate
BA (Cum Laude), Boston University, Boston, MA, 1982 Boston University Goldman School of Dentistry, Boston, MA, 1982 - 1984

Medical School
MD, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA, 1987

Residency
General Surgery, 1987 - 1988 Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1988 - 1991 St. Louis University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
Chief Residency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1991 - 1992 St. Louis University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO

American Board of Otolaryngology, 1993

Andrew H. Murr, M.D. is a graduate of Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (now Drexel University School of Medicine) and the St. Louis University residency program in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. He is a Professor of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and is board certified in that field. Dr. Murr is a general otolaryngologist with special interest in facial trauma, sinus surgery and rhinology, and general head and neck surgery. He has been at UCSF for nearly 20 years and is also the Vice Chairman for Clinical Affairs in the department. Because of his interest in teaching, Dr. Murr is a member of the Academy of Medical Educators and is the Roger Boles, M.D. Endowed Chair in Otolaryngology Education. He is also the Director of the residency program and an Advisory College mentor in the School of Medicine. Dr. Murr has an interest in research pertaining to trauma, clinical outcomes research, and several areas of investigation in rhinology.

Masters Degree
Diplom-Physiker (Masters Degree in Physics), 1974 Georg-August-Universitaet, Goettingen, Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)

Doctoral Degree
Dr. rer.-nat. (PhD), Universitaet Goettingen, FRG, 1977 Medizinisches Staatsexamen (MD), Universitaet Goettingen, FRG Dr. med. (Doctoral Thesis in Medicine), Max-Planck-Institut Für, 1981 Biophys. Chemie, Goettingen

Fellowship
Otolaryngology Fellowship, 1981 - 1982 University of California, San Francisco Otolaryngology Research Fellowship, 1983 - 1984 University of California, San Francisco

Christoph E. Schreiner, MD, PhD is Vice-Chairman of the Department, and Co-Director of the Coleman Memorial Laboratory. His current research focuses on the of coding complex auditory signals in the brain and the development of approaches to explore the physiology and pathophysiology of central nervous mechanisms in hearing.

Undergraduate
BS, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1982

Masters Degree
MS, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1985

Doctoral Degree
PhD, University of California, Berkeley CA, 1994

Ben Bonham, PhD conducts research directed toward the amelioration of hearing deficits. Dr. Bonham's physiological studies are designed to compare the neural processing of information provided via cochlear implants with processing of information provided via normally functioning ears. These results of these studies will indicate specific changes in implants and processing strategies that are most likely to improve patient performance.

Undergraduate
BA (Magna Cum Laude), Boston University, Boston, MA, 1983

Medical School
MD, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 1987

Residency
General Surgery, 1987-1989 Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1989-1992 State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Fellowship
Fellowship in Laryngology, Department of Otolaryngology Vanderbilt, University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 1992-1993

American Board of Otolaryngology, 1993

Mark S. Courey, MD is Director of Laryngology at the UCSF Voice Center. Dr. Courey conducts research on rehabilitation of the paralyzed larynx, extra esophageal reflux disease (EER), and the evaluation of laryngeal response to surgical intervention and injection laryngoplasty.

Undergraduate
Sc.B., Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1992

Medical School
MD, Boston University Medical School, Boston, MA, 1996

Residency
General Surgery Boston University, Boston, MA, 1996-1997
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Boston University, Boston, MA, 1997-2001

Fellowship
Head and Neck Oncology University of California, San Francisco, CA, 2002-2003

American Board of Otolaryngology, 2002

Ivan H. El-Sayed, MD is a fellowship-trained head and neck surgeon specializing in skull base surgery at the Parnassus campus. In addition, he directs Medical Student Education in the department. His research interests include spetroscopic applications in the diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer.

Undergraduate
BA (Magna Cum Laude), Boston University, Boston, MA, 1982

Medical School
MD, Boston University, Boston, MA, 1985

Internship
General Surgery Los Angeles County - Harbor / UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1985 - 1986

Residency
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 1986 - 1990

Fellowship
National Cancer Institute, Cancer Clinical Epidemiology Fellowship Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, PA, 1993 - 1996

American Board of Otolaryngology, 1990

Andrew N. Goldberg, MD is Director of the Division of Rhinology and Sinus Surgery and specializes in endoscopic sinus surgery sleep apnea surgery. In addition, he is Director of both the Center for Clinical Research in Otolaryngology and of Resident Research. His research includes clinical outcomes in sinusitis, sleep apnea, and quality of life in head and neck cancer patients.

Undergraduate
BS, California Institute of Technology, 1985

Masters Degree
MS, Computer Science, 1990 Duke University, NC

Doctoral Degree
PhD, Brain and Cognitive Science, 1997 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA

Fellowship
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 1997 – 2001 Department of Otolaryngology – HNS, University of California, San Francisco

Dr. John F. Houde conducts research in speech auditory feedback in learning and maintenance of speech. His project examines whether speech exhibits long-term adaptation in response to altered auditory feedback.

Undergraduate
A.B. (magna cum laude), Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, 1992

Masters Degree
MSc, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 1993 MPH, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2000

Internship
General Surgery University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1997-1998

Residency
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1998- 2003

Fellowship
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2003-2004 Fellowship, Sleep Surgery

American Board of Otolaryngology, 2004

Eric J. Kezirian, MD, MPH specializes in sleep surgery and sinus surgery, as well as clinical epidemiology, health services research, and outcomes research in Otolaryngology. His current research projects address techniques of upper airway evaluation in sleep-disordered breathing and predictors of achieving a cure of obstructive sleep apnea after surgery.

Undergraduate
BS (Cum Laude), Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH, 1970

Masters Degree
MA, Department of Anatomy, 1972 University of California, San Francisco

Doctoral Degree
PhD, Department of Anatomy, 1976 University of California, San Francisco

Fellowship
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 1976 - 1977 Coleman Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, San Francisco

As Sullivan Chair and Research Director of the Epstein Laboratory, Patricia A. Leake, PhD examines the mechanisms underlying the development of neural connections from the cochlea to the auditory CNS brainstem cochlear nuclei. Her research focuses on improving cochlear implants, and their neurotrpohic effects on the developing auditory nervous system.

Undergraduate
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1987

Medical School
M.D. (Honors with Thesis), University of California, San Francisco, 1992

Internship
General Surgery University of California, San Francisco, 1992-1993

Residency
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery University of California, San Francisco, 1993-1997

Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1997-1998 Fellowship, Otology, Neurotology

American Board of Otolaryngology, 1998

Lawrence R. Lustig, MD is Director of the Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery Division. He specializes in cochlear implants and implantable hearing devices, tumors of the temporal bone and skull base, otosclerosis, and cholesteatomas. His research focuses on the molecular biology of hearing, with specific interest in auditory hair cell function and the underlying genetics of certain forms of hearing loss.

Undergraduate
BS, University of Portland, Portland, OR, 1964

Doctoral Degree
PhD, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 1968

Fellowship
Neurophysiology Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1968 - 1971

Michael M. Merzenich, PhD is Co- Director of the Coleman Memorial Laboratory. His research focuses on understanding how the cerebral cortex represents, remembers, controls and employs complex input and action events. Additionally, Dr. Merzenich's research investigates how brain learning processes contribute to the ontogenesis and expressions of human neurological illnesses.

Undergraduate
BA (Magna Cum Laude), Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 1995

Medical School
MD, University of California, San Francisco, 2002

Residency
General Surgery, 2002-2003 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 2003-2007 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI

Fellowship
Fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology, 2007-2008 Northwestern University’s Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago IL

American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2008

Anna Meyer, MD,FAAP is a fellowship trained pediatric otolaryngologist. She specializes in treating a full range of disorders including airway disease, chronic ear disease and hearing loss, choanal atresia, velopharyngeal insufficiency, acquired and congenital head and neck masses and craniofacial syndromes, among others. . Dr. Meyer’s research interests are focused on health disparities, as well as cochlear implantation and hearing loss, and medical education.

Medical School
M.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1986

Internship
General Surgery University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1986-1987

Residency
General Surgery University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1987-1988
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1988-1992

Fellowship
Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY, 1992 Visiting Fellow, Microvascular / Reconstructive Surgery

Undergraduate
BS, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1995

Medical School
MD, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2000

Internship
General Surgery, 2000 - 2001 University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Residency
Otolaryngology, 2001 - 2005 University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Fellowship
Fellowship in Rhinology, 2005 - 2006 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2006

Steven D. Pletcher MD specializes in endoscopic surgery of the paranasal sinuses and skull base. Dr. Pletcher is fellowship trained in treating disorders ranging from chronic sinusitis to tumors of the skull base. His current research focuses on improving treatment of sinus disease for adult patients with cystic fibrosis, developing and evaluating endoscopic surgical procedures for the control of refractory epistaxis, and improving surgical techniques for chronic sinusitis

Undergraduate
BA (Magna Cum Laude), Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 1989

Medical School
MD, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, 1993

Residency
General Surgery, 1993 - 1994 University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
Otolaryngology, 1994 - 1998 University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC

Fellowship
Fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology, 1998 - 2000 Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1999

Kristina W. Rosbe, MD is the Director of the Pediatric Otolaryngology Division. She specializes in pediatric airway disease, neck masses, choanal atresia, sinus surgery, chronic ear disease, and cochlear implantation. Her current research involves airway disease in children, sinus disease, and hearing loss in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Education
BA, University of California, Berkeley, 1966

Doctoral Degree
PhD, University of Chicago, IL, 1973

Fellowship
University of California, San Francisco

Russell L. Snyder, PhD conducts research that focuses on the anatomical and physiological effects of experience on the central auditory system. In particular, he studies the effects of selective deprivation produced by frequency selective cochlea lesions and cochlear implant stimulation in animals.

Undergraduate
BS, University of Iowa, 1970

Masters Degree
MA, University of Southern California, 1972

Doctoral Degree
PhD, Northwestern University, 1977

Robert W. Sweetow, PhD is Director of Audiology for the UCSF Medical Center. His current research focuses on tinnitus, hearing aids, and the development of aural rehabilitation procedures for hearing aid users. His methods involve using computerized training programs, with an emphasis on neural plasticity and auditory reorganization principles.

Undergraduate
B.A.,(Summa Cum Laude), Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, 1991

Medical School
M.D., Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1995

Residency
General Surgery UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1995 -1997
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery UCLA School of Medicine Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, 1997 - 2001

Fellowship
Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Surgery University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Otolaryngology Ann Arbor, MI, 2001-2003

American Board of Otolaryngology, 2002

Steven J.Wang, MD serves as Chief of the Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Service at the San Francisco VAMC. Dr. Wang has a clinical interest in head and neck oncologic and reconstructive surgery, and his research involves studying the cellular mechanisms of chemotherapy resistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Undergraduate
BS Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1998

Medical School
MD, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 2003

Residency
General Surgery, 2003-2004 Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Saint Louis, MO
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 2004-2008 Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Saint Louis, MO

Fellowship
Fellowship in Laryngology, 2008-2009 UCSF Voice Center, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2008

Katherine C. Yung, MD specializes in the care and management of patients with voice, airway, and swallowing problems. She was fellowship trained in laryngology at the UCSF Voice Center under the direction of Professor Mark S. Courey, MD. Dr. Yung has comprehensive experience in endoscopic microlaryngeal surgery including the treatment of laryngeal and tracheal stenosis, recurrent respiratory papillomas, benign and malignant vocal fold lesions, and vocal fold paralysis. Dr. Yung's research interests include the use of lasers in laryngology, medical therapy for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, and treatments for unilateral vocal fold paralysis.

Undergraduate
AB (Magna Cum Laude), Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 1983

Medical School
MD, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1987

Residency
General Surgery, 1987-1989 University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1989-1993 University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco

Fellowship
Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery Fellowship, 1993 - 1994 University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco
Postdoctoral Neurophysiology Research Fellowship, 1994 - 1996 University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco

American Board of Otolaryngology, 1994