Professor
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Bradley Kesser, MD, Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Virginia School of Medicine specializes in Otology/Neurotology, having completed his residency training in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck surgery at the University of Virginia in 1998 and having received his fellowship training in Otology/Neurotology from the world-renowned House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles, CA in 2000.
Prior to joining the faculty of the Otolaryngology Department at the University of Virginia, Dr. Kesser worked in private practice in Atlanta, GA with a clinical appointment at Emory University. In 2004, Dr. Kesser returned to the University of Virginia to continue the pioneering work of Dr. Robert Jahrsdoerfer, the world’s foremost authority on surgery for congenital middle ear malformations and aural atresia. His research interests include optimizing outcomes for aural atresia surgery, unilateral hearing loss in children, and a simulation tool used for teaching diagnostic otoscopy and myringotomy with ventilation tube insertion.
Dr. Kesser’s numerous awards include the Triological Society’s Fowler Award, given to the best basic science research paper presented at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting in 2007, the Honor Award given by the AAO-HNSF, and the Dean’s Award for Clinical Excellence at the University of Virginia in 2011. He was inducted into the University of Virginia Academy of Distinguished Educators in the Fall of 2011.