Division Chief:
Dr. Matthew Fitzgerald

Dr. Fitzgerald manages the Audiology and Hearing Devices Clinic at the Stanford Ear Institute. The clinic provides comprehensive audiology services for a wide variety of complicated hearing and vestibular problems. The state–of–the art facility is staffed by experienced, licensed and certified audiologists.

Complete diagnostic services are available that include all behavioral and physiological measures related to the hearing organs including the most advanced auditory evoked potentials and vestibular function measures.

Comprehensive dispensing services are available for all hearing aids and assistive listening devices including the most advanced digital hearing aids. A special emphasis is placed on providing the most advanced technology to address communication problems caused by any type of hearing problem.

Division Chief:
Jennifer Y. Lee, MD

The division's priority is to provide compassionate, high-quality medical care to its patients and has board certified, experienced faculty who offer medical services that address concerns involving the ears, nose and/or throat. The division is also dedicated to teaching and training clinicians to be leaders in the field using simulation and flipped classroom models to augment the curriculum. The division works in conjunction and collaboration with other divisions to facilitate world-class care for our patients.

Division Chief:
Dr. Sam P. Most, MD, FACS

Drs. Sam Most and Jon-Paul Pepper offer a full spectrum of facial cosmetic procedures to enhance appearance of the face and neck at the Stanford Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinic. Some examples include facelift, eyelid rejuvenation, browlift, rhinoplasty (nose reshaping), and chin augmentation.

Restoration of facial contour after injury and reconstruction necessitated by removal of tumors in the head and neck region is an area of specialty; in particular, we perform many reconstructions after skin cancer removal.

Special emphasis is placed upon minimally invasive approaches such as endoscopic surgery, lasers, fillers, fat transfer, intense pulsed light (IPL) and injectables such as botulinum toxin (Botox, Dysport).

Division Chief:
Chris Holsinger, MD

Drs. Chris Holsinger, Eben Rosenthal, Lisa Orloff, Michael Kaplan, John Sunwoo, Davud Sirjani, and Vasu Divi offer comprehensive management of tumors of the head and neck region. Some examples include:

• tumors of the pharynx (throat)
• larynx (voicebox)
• nose and nasopharynx
• paranasal sinuses (such as the maxillary sinus and ethmoid sinus)
• mouth and tongue
• salivary glands such as the parotid
• and endocrine glands such as the thyroid and parathyroid
  
  

A multidisciplinary Head & Neck Cancer Tumor Board meets weekly to bring together the expertise of surgeons, radiotherapists, and medical oncologists to recommend optimal treatment plans.

Division Chief:
Dr. Edward Damrose

Dr. Edward Damrose, Dr. C. Kwang Sung, Dr. Elizabeth DiRenzo, Dr. Karuna Dewan, and Ann Kearney, M.A. offer comprehensive evaluation and management of hoarseness, aspiration, and swallowing disorders at the Stanford Voice and Swallowing Center.

The Stanford Voice and Swallowing Center specializes in care of the professional voice, phonosurgery for vocal cord nodules and polyps, laser surgery of laryngeal lesions, rehabilitation of the paralyzed vocal cord, Botox for spastic dysphonia, cidofovir for laryngeal papillomas, and management of upper airway obstruction and gastroesophageal reflux disorders (GERD).

Voice Therapy services are also offered.

Division Chief:

Drs. Nikolas Blevins, Robert Jackler, Peter Santa Maria, and Lloyd Minor care for a wide variety of complicated ear problems at the Stanford Ear Institute.

A special emphasis is placed upon sophisticated microsurgery for the management of chronic infection, tumors, and injuries as well as for restoration of hearing and the alleviation of vertigo.

Special interests include care of acoustic neuroma, cholesteatoma, stapes surgery for otosclerosis, and facial nerve disorders.

Division Chief:
Anna Messner, MD

Drs. Anna Messner, Peter Koltai, Kay Chang, Alan Cheng, Douglas Sidell, Mai Thy Truong, Iram N. Ahmad, and Tulio A. Valdez offer comprehensive diagnosis and management of ear, nose, and throat disorders in infants and children.

Some examples of pediatric ear problems include otitis media, cholesteatoma, hearing loss, and birth defects (atresia). Problems with the tonsils and adenoids, airway obstruction (e.g., stridor, subglottic stenosis), nasal deformity and polyps, neck masses, craniofacial malformation, and a wide variety of other childhood ENT problems are expertly managed with a special sensitivity to the needs of children and their families.

Comprehensive Pediatric Audiology services are offered including both diagnostic and rehabilitative (e.g., hearing aids, auditory trainers for school) modalities.

Division Chief:
Stefan Heller, PhD

Division Chief:
Peter H. Hwang, MD

Drs. Peter H. Hwang, Jayakar Nayak, and Zara Patel comprise the team at the Stanford Sinus Center, offering comprehensive medical and surgical care for all types of problems involving the nose and paranasal sinuses.

Fellowship-trained expertise is available in computer-guided and revision endoscopic sinus surgery for complicated sinus diseases. Research protocols are exploring uses of topical therapies and other novel strategies to combat chronic sinus disease.

Allergy services are also offered.

Division Chief:
Robson Capasso, MD

Drs. Robson Capasso and Stanley Liu offer surgical solutions to patients with severe snoring, obstructed breathing, and sleep apnea.

Working in collaboration with the renowned Stanford Sleep Center, Stanford Sleep Surgery provides surgical solutions for patients with snoring and obstructive sleep apnea when medical treatment is ineffective or unacceptable.

The Sleep Surgery division has been performing surgery to correct obstructed sleep for over 35 years and an active research program works to develop better ways to diagnose and treat obstructive sleep apnea.