Chair
Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine
Dr. Howard W. Francis is professor and deputy director of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck surgery at Johns Hopkins University where he specializes in Otology and Neurotology and directs the Johns Hopkins Listening Center. He obtained his medical education from the Harvard Medical School and his Internship, residency and fellowship training at Johns Hopkins. His research interests include the evaluation of best practices of acoustic neuroma treatment, the study of functional outcomes of cochlear implantation in young children and older adults, and the study of best practices in surgical education.