Faculty

Course Chairs

Megan Durr, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Chief of Service, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
University of California, San Francisco

Andrew N. Goldberg, MD, MSCE
Professor and Vice Chair
Director, Division of Rhinology and Sinus Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
University of California, San Francisco

Andrew H. Murr, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
University of California, San Francisco

Guest Faculty

Robin W. Lindsay, MD, MBA
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Physician and Surgeon, Mass Eye and Ear

Rahul K. Shah, MD, MBA
Executive Vice President (EVP) and CEO, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Tokunbo I. Ayeni, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of General Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Anna Butrymowicz, MD
Associate Professor, Division of General Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Dylan K. Chan, MD, PhD
Professor in Residence, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Director of the Children's Communication Center (CCC)

Jolie L. Chang, MD
Professor
Chief, Division of General Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Chief, Division of Sleep Surgery

Yew Song Cheng, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery

Steven W. Cheung, MD
Professor, Division of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery

Tyler Crosby, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Laryngology

Josephine Czechowicz, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Kara Brodie, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Ivan El-Sayed, MD
Professor, Division of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Co-Director, UCSF Minimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery Program

Jonathan George, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Division of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

Regina Gould, MMSC, MPH, PA-C
Senior Physician Assistant
APP Supervisor, UCSF Medical Center

Suresh Gunasekaran, MBA 
President and Chief Executive Officer, UCSF Health

Patrick Ha, MD
Irwin Mark Jacobs and Joan Klein Jacobs Distinguished Professor in Head and Neck Cancer 
Chief, Division of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

Scott Hirsch, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Lia K. Jacobson, MD, MSGM
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Nicole Jiam, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery
Director, UCSF Otolaryngology Innovation Center

Roseanne Krauter, FNP-BC, CORLN
Director of Informatics and Clinical Systems
Office of Advanced Practice Providers, UCSF Health
Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Health Care Nursing

Rebecca M. Lewis, AuD, PhD, CCC-A, ABA Certified
Chief of Audiology, Assistant Clinical Professor

Ilya Likhterov, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery

Charles J. Limb, MD
Francis A. Sooy Professor
Chief, Division of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery 
Director, Douglas Grant Cochlear Implant Center

Patricia Loftus, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Rhinology and Sinus Surgery

Kimberly Luu, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Yue Ma, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Laryngology

Anna K. Meyer, MD
Professor, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Roger Boles, MD, Academy Chair in Otolaryngology Education
Medical Director of Patient Experience, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital - San Francisco

Garani S. Nadaraja, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Medical Director, Pediatric Otolaryngology Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Neil Patel, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Steven D. Pletcher, MD
Professor, Division of Rhinology and Sinus Surgery
Residency Program Director, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Clark A. Rosen, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Laryngology
Francis Lewis Morrison, MD Endowed Chair in Laryngology
Co-Director, UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center

Caroline M. Schlocker, MD
Associate Professor, Division of General Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Sarah L. Schneider, MS, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow
Speech Language Pathology Director, OHNS
Co-Director, UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center
Associate Clinical Professor

Jeffrey D. Sharon, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery
Director of the Balance and Falls Center, UCSF

Monica C. Tang, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Allergy and Immunology

Aaron Tward, MD, PhD 
Associate Professor, Division of Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery

Jordan Virbalas, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Katherine Wai, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Mary Jue Xu, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

VyVy N. Young, MD
Professor, Division of Laryngology
UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center
Associate Residency Program Director, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery