Scott
E. Strome, M.D., is Chair of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery. Dr. Strome leads the Department of Oto-HNS with an emphasis
on the core themes of clinical practice, research and education. Dr. Strome
received his BA from Dartmouth College in 1987 and his medical degree from Harvard
Medical School in 1991. He subsequently completed a combined 6-year internship/residency
program at the University of Michigan Medical Center in 1997 and a head and
neck surgery/microvascular reconstructive fellowship with Dr. Richard Hayden
in 1998.
Dr. Strome accepted a faculty position in the Department of Oto-HNS at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in 1998, where he practiced until being recruited to head the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in January of 2005.
Dr. Strome runs a large translational research program, has a long history of federal funding, and has published extensively in leading scientific journals. From a clinical perspective, he is interested in all aspects of head and neck cancer patient care with a particular emphasis on salivary gland disease, laryngeal disease, thyroid disease and head and neck reconstruction.
William
C. Gray, M.D., is a Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery and Program Director of the Residency Training Program.
Dr. Gray has served on the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine
since 1977.
He received his M.D. degree with distinction from The George Washington University in 1973. He was voted to Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and received the Upjohn Award as the most outstanding medical school graduate in his class. He completed his residency training in Otolaryngology at University of Maryland Hospital in June 1977. Dr. Gray is a diplomat of the American Board of Otolaryngology and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
He has performed basic and clinical research to identify new methods for treating head and neck cancer. His clinical practice is focused on cancer of the head and neck. He also practices General Otolaryngology, Pediatric Otolaryngology, and he is medical director of the University of Maryland Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Center. Dr. Gray was named as one of Baltimore's "Top Docs" by Baltimore Magazine in 1992, 1995 and 1997.
David
Eisenman, M.D., joined the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head &
Neck Surgery in 2005 and is the Director of Otology and Neurotology. Prior to
coming to UMMC, he spent two years as the Chief of Otology & Neurotology at
the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, and three years in private
practice in Washington, DC. At Walter Reed he was instrumental in creation of
a cochlear implant program, and a multidisciplinary, integrated balance disorder
center. He has delivered numerous invited lectures on topics in the field of
hearing, balance and facial nerve disorders to students, residents and health
care practitioners.
Dr. Eisenman graduated magna cum laude from Columbia College in New York in 1987, and was selected for membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He received his MD from the Yale University School of Medicine in 1992. While at Yale, he was awarded the Logan-Clendening Traveling Fellowship for research in the History of Medicine. He also spent an additional year at Yale working in the Laboratory of Developmental Respiratory Neurophysiology. Dr. Eisenman then completed 2 years of General Surgery training at the New York Hospital Cornell University Medical Center, and four years in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. From there he went to the University of Michigan for fellowship training in Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery, where he also performed and published his research in recovery from inner ear and vestibular injuries, and in cochlear implantation.
Dr. Eisenman specializes in diseases of the ear and lateral skull base. These include evaluation and treatment -- both medical and surgical -- of hearing loss, balance and vestibular disorders, facial nerve paralysis, chronic ear infections, and skull base tumors. Some specific disorders included in these are acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma), otosclerosis, eardrum perforation, cholesteatoma, ear and temporal bone trauma, Bell's palsy and facial nerve tumors, Ménière's disease and other forms of endolymphatic hydrops, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and migraine-associated vertigo.
Thomas
T. Le, M.D., is Director of Facial Plastic Surgery and an assistant
professor in the Department of Oto-HNS at the University of Maryland School
of Medicine. In addition to managing a facial cosmetic surgery practice, he
serves as a facial reconstructive surgeon at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center
and as a facial specialist at the Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical
Center. His area-specific interests include rhinoplasty, nasal reconstruction,
and aging face surgery (eyelift, facelift, and necklift).
He graduated with highest honors from the University of Louisville School of Medicine, garnering, among other awards, the Kash Award in Anatomy and the Barbour Award in Pharmacology. His accomplishments gained him early induction as a junior medical student into Alpha Omega Alpha. Before and during medical school, Dr. Le performed lipoprotein and molecular biology research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., and at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. Le subsequently completed an internship in General Surgery and a residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at St. Louis University School of Medicine, where he won the Resident Research Award. He then became an instructor and fellow of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Miami in Miami, Fla., a mecca for plastic surgery. Throughout his training, Dr. Le logged over 3,400 facial, head, and neck procedures and worked with several nationally renowned facial plastic surgeons, including J. Regan Thomas, MD, and Robert L. Simons, MD (both former presidents of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery), as well as Richard Davis, MD, Julio Gallo, MD, and Brian Jewett, MD.
Tanya
Meyer, M.D., joined the University of Maryland School of Medicine in
2005. Her specialty is the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of voice and
swallowing disorders and she is an expert in the diagnosis of neurologic disorders
of the larynx and treatment with botulinum toxin.
Dr. Meyer recently completed a fellowship in laryngology ane neurolaryngology with the New York Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders. After attending medical school at the University of California, San Diego, she completed an internship and one year of residency at the University of Rochester and a subsequent fellowship in in oncology research at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina. She then completed her residency in otolaryngology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Meyer has received recognition throughout medical school, residency and fellowship for her excellence in research.
Dr. Meyer is an active member of the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and participates on the Instruction Course Advisory Committee for the Academy of Otolaryngology. Recent publications include "Speech Intelligibility and Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors (Laryngoscope) and "Contemporary Diagnostic and Management Techniques for Extraesophageal Reflux Disease" (Current Opinion Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery).
Robert
Sawyer, M.D., is Associate Professor and has been on the faculty of
the University of Maryland School of Medicine since 1991. He completed
his residency training in Otolaryngology at Walter Reed in 1973. He is a diplomat
of the American Board of Otolaryngology and was elected a fellow of the American
College of Surgeons in 1979.
He has been on the medical school teaching faculty of the University of Washington, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Uniformed Services School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, where he was Assistant to the Department Chair, and Johns Hopkins University. While in the U.S. Army, Dr. Sawyer was awarded the "A" prefix in Otolaryngology-considered analogous to academic professor. He was awarded a 2-year fellowship in Head and Neck Cancer Surgery and Neuro-Otolaryngology at the University of London, England, 1979 to 1981. He served as Otolaryngology Consultant to the entire U.S. Army Health Services Command from 1981 through 1984, and was also Chair of the Otolaryngology Residency Training Program at Brooke Army Medical Center.
He was Secretary, Head and Neck Surgery Section, of the XIII World Congress of Otolaryngology, 1985. In 1988 he was named Chief of VA ENT Service, was Acting Director of Surgery at the Baltimore VA Medical Center from 1992 through 1994 and has been Deputy Director of Surgery since that time. He also became Chief of the Clinical Informatics Service at the VA Maryland Health Care System in 2001. He is currently a co-investigator in a CDC funded research program attempting to assess the feasibility of using the VA computerized Data System as an early detection system for Bioterrorism.
Rodney
Taylor, M.D., Dr. Taylor joined the University of Maryland School of
Medicine in the Department of OtorhinolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery in July
2001. He completed his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard College
and Harvard Medical School, respectively. Prior to arriving at UMMS, he completed
his residency training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Oncology at University
of Michigan in 2001. He also completed a Master's of Science degree in Clinical
Research Design and Statistical Analysis at the University of Michigan School
of Public Health.
Dr. Taylor is board certified and has a wide range of clinical interests and expertise, including Head and Neck Cancer, Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, and Anterior Skull Base Surgery. In addition, he has other General Otolaryngology clinical interests, which include Pediatric, Endocrine, and Sleep Apnea Surgery. Dr. Taylor has served both as Treasurer (2003) and President (2004) of the Maryland Otolaryngology Society. He is also an active member of American Academy of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery and the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy.
Jeffrey
Wolf, M.D., Dr. Wolf joined the faculty at the University of Maryland
School of Medicine in 2001. He is Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery and the Greenebaum Cancer Center. Dr. Wolf graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his residency in
Otolaryngology at the University of Maryland.
Clinical interests include General Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery, Allergic and Sinus disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea. He is board-certified in Otolaryngology and is a fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Wolf is the recipient of 2004 American Head and Neck Society Young Investigator award and is a 2003-2004 Clinical Scholar of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, the Society of University Otolaryngologists, and the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy.
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