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Carol R. Bradford, MD

Dean and Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Columbus, OH, United States

Dr. Bradford MD, MS, FACS is a professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at The Ohio State University, where she also serves as Dean of the College of Medicine and Vice President for Health Sciences at the Wexner Medical Center. She specializes in head and neck cancer surgery, focusing her research on identifying and evaluating biomarkers that predict outcomes. She also pioneered the use of sentinel lymph node biopsy as a safe and reliable tool to stage patients with melanoma of the head and neck. She has published more than 300 peer-reviewed articles and contributed to more than 20 book chapters.
Her many awards include a Distinguished Service Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in 2007, Clinical Excellence Award from Castle Connolly National Physician of the Year Awards in 2009, and the Women in Otolaryngology Helen F. Krause Memorial Trailblazer Award in 2019. She was elected as the first woman president of the American Head and Neck Society in 2012, and received that organization’s Distinguished Service Award in 2015. That same year, she was inducted into the prestigious National Academy of Medicine. In 2024, she received the 2024 Margaret Butler Mentor of Women in Head and Neck Surgery Award.
In 2020, she became the president of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery for a one-year term. She previously served on the board of directors of this organization from 2014 – 2018. She also served as president of the Society of University Otolaryngologists in 2017. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American Head and Neck Society, Triological Society and American Laryngological Society.

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