Patrick D. Kenan Lectureship
The annual Kenan Lectureship was established in 2011 and highlights the importance of mentorship in resident education and faculty development. Patrick D. Kenan was a faculty member in the Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery from 1963 to 2002 and he was fiercely committed to both medical student and resident education. Each year, a faculty member nominates a mentor for the lectureship who was instrumental in their own education and early academic career.
2026
Harishanker Jeyarajan, MD
Associate Professor
Director of Transoral Robotic Surgery
Heersink School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2025
Marita S. Teng, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2024
Jeremy Freeman, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Chair, Temmy Latner/Dynacare Head and Neck Oncology
Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
Professor in the Department of Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
2023
Debara L. Tucci, MD, MS, MBA
Director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
2022
David Witsell, MD, MHS
Professor Emeritus of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
2020
Ramon Esclamado, MD, MS
Professor Emeritus of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
2019
Amelia Drake, MD
Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
UNC School of Medicine
Director, UNC Craniofacial Center
Newton D. Fischer Distinguished Professor
2018
Suyu Shu, PhD
Former Director, Center for Surgery Research, Cleveland Clinic; Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
2017
Jane Weissman, MD
Professor Emeritus of Diagnostic Radiology Oregon Health and Science University
Adjunct Professor of Physics
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
2016
C. Gaelyn Garrett, MD
Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Otolaryngology
Senior Executive Medical Director, The Vanderbilt Voice Center, Nashville, TN
2015
David R. Nielsen, MD
Executive Vice President and CEO of American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Foundation
2014
Richard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH
Professor & Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Editor in Chief, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
2013
Dr. Edwin W Rubel
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Professor of Hearing Science
University of Washington
2012
Dr. William Richtsmeier
Past Chair, Duke Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
2011
Dr. William Carroll
Chair, UAB Otolaryngology
William R. Hudson, MD, Endowed Lectureship
This endowment lectureship was established to provide support for annual lectures in the field of otolaryngology by scientists or clinicians in memory of Dr. William Hudson.
2026
Maie St. John, MD, PhD, FACS
Andelot Professor
Program Director
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Otolaryngologist in Chief
Johns Hopkins Medicine
2025
Charles J. Limb, MD
Francis A. Sooy Professor
Chief, Division of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery
Director, Douglas Grant Cochlear Implant Center
Departments of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Neurosurgery
Co-Director, Sound Health Network
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
2024
Jeffrey, Bumpous, MD
Interim Dean and Vice President of Academic Medical Affairs
J. Samuel Bumgardner Professor
University of Louisville School of Medicine
2023
Debara L. Tucci, MD, MS, MBA
Director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
2022
Duane Taylor, MD
Medical Director of Le Visage ENT & Facial Plastic Surgery
2020 President of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
2021
Marion Couch, MD, PhD, MBA
Senior Vice President of Health Care Services
Chief Medical Office of Cambia Health Solutions
2019
William Carroll, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical University of South Carolina
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2018
Sujana Chandrasekhar, MD FACS
APst President of the AA)-HNS
ENT and Allergy Associates
New York, NY
2017
Douglas A. Girod, MD, FACS
Executive Vice Chancellor
The University of Kansas Medical Center
Professor, Dept of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
The University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City, Kansas
2016
Charles W. Cummings, MD
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Distinguished Service Professor
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Professor of Oncology
Baltimore, MD
2015
G. Richard Holt, MD, MSE, MPH, MABE, D. BE
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
UT Southwest Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas
2014
David William Eisele, MD, FACS
Andelot Professor and Director
Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Baltimore, Maryland
2013
Lisa A. Orloff, MD
Professor, Head & Neck Surgery
Robert K. Werbe Distinguished Professor in Head & Neck Cancer
Director, Division of Head & Neck Oncologic and Endocrine Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
2012
Danny O. Jacobs, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC
2011
Paul Ray Lambert, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Joseph Siefker, MD Medical Education Fund
This fund was established by Dr. Joseph Siefker in recognition of the value of innovation in the pursuit of medical education for otolaryngology residents, trainees, faculty members and other healthcare professionals. The fund supports educational activities in otolaryngology and communications sciences such as lectures, symposia and research presentations given by experts that focus on studying and advancing professional formation of our trainees.
2026
James Naples, MD
Program Director
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
2025
Bradford A. Woodworth, MD, FACS, FARS
James J. Hicks Endowed Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology,
Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery,
Senior Scientist, Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
Senior Scientist, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine
2024
Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, FACS
David Myers, MD Professor and Chair
Department of Otolaryngology-HNS
Director, Temple Head and Neck Institute
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
2023
Patrick J. Antonelli, MD, FACS, FAOS
University of Florida, Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery