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DRF ANNOUNCES NEW CENTURION
PRESIDENT
Deafness Research Foundation NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 11, 2008
Contact:Trisha Donaldson
212-328-9483
tdonaldson@drf.org
Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) is proud to
announce the appointment of David S. Haynes, M.D.,
F.A.C.S. as the new president of The
Centurions.
Dr. David Haynes will assume his new role from
Dr. Richard Miyamoto, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P. who
most recently served as the Centurion president.
Dr. Haynes served as the Centurion
Secretary/Treasurer of the Centurions for the past
two years and was instrumental in the creation of
the new DRF Centurion Clinical Research Award.
Along with his new appointment, Dr. Haynes will
also be a member of the Board of Directors of
Deafness Research Foundation.
Dr. Haynes is an Associate Professor in the
Department of Otolaryngology and in the Department
of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the Vanderbilt
Medical Center, Nashville. His appointments include
director of The Otology Group of Vanderbilt, the
Division of Otology/Neurotology, and Adult and
Pediatric Cochlear Implant (CI) Program. He also
serves as medical director of Vanderbilt Hearing
and Balance Center. Haynes is the fellowship
program director for the Neurotology Fellowship at
The Otology Group of Vanderbilt, an internationally
recognized fellowship training program in
Neurotology. In addition to his appointment at
Vanderbilt Medical Center, he has appointments at
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, St. Thomas Hospital
and Baptist Hospital.
Haynes' clinical interests include all aspects
of otologic and neurotologic surgery including
acoustic neuroma surgery, CI surgery, pediatric
otology and neurotologic skull base surgery. His
research interests include work with CI surgical
approaches, minimally invasive skull base surgery,
implantable devices, bilateral CIs, image-guided
surgery and intraoperative facial nerve
identification. Haynes has lectured extensively on
otologic and neurotologic topics in the U.S. and
other countries including Austria, Germany, Canada,
China, Ireland, England and in South America. He is
director of the Vanderbilt Ear Symposium, held each
year in Nashville, and co-director of the Sisson
International Course held each year in
Colorado.
Haynes holds leadership positions in multiple
organizations and advisory boards including past
president of the Nashville Academy of
Otolaryngology and Executive Council member of The
EAR Foundation. He is a senior examiner for the
American Board of Otolaryngology. Haynes has
received an Honor Award from the American Academy
of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and The
Triological Society. He has been named one of the
best doctors in his field by Best Doctors, Inc.,
and America's Top Physicians. Haynes has served as
guest editor of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North
America and was recently appointed as the chairman
of the 13th International Pediatric Cochlear
Implant Conference in 2013.
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About the Centurions:
The Centurions was formed in 1963 by Collette
Ramsey Baker, founder of DRF, and Gordon Hoople,
M.D., medical advisor to DRF, to support both
clinical and basic research in the field of
otolaryngology. This nationwide group of prominent
otolaryngologists, researchers, audiologists,
medical societies and ear product manufacturers
remains dedicated to supporting DRF's mission.
Deafness Research Foundation is excited to offer in
2009 the first DRF Centurion Clinical Research
Award of $50,000. Applications for this award are
reviewed by the Centralized Otolaryngology Research
Efforts (CORE) program of the Academy of
Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery. For more
information on the DRF Centurion Clinical Research
Award, please visit www.drf.org
or e-mail centurions@drf.org.
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