Professor
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA, United States
Bruce J Gantz, MD is currently Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery and Neurosurgery at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.
He completed an Otolaryngology residency at the University of Iowa and a Neurotology Clinical Fellowship with Dr Ugo Fisch at the Universitätsspital Zürich, Otorhinolaryngologische Klinik und Poliklinik, in Zürich, Switzerland. He joined the faculty at the University of Iowa Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery following this training.
Dr Gantz’s research interests include: cochlear implant clinical research, management of facial paralysis, hearing preservation in acoustic tumor surgery, and management of chronic otitis media with Cholesteatoma. He is the principle investigator of the Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center, funded by the NIH since 1985. He has led the Iowa CI Team in the development of the Hybrid Cochlear Implant.
He is a member of many otolaryngology professional societies and has Board Certification from the American Board of Otolaryngology, as well as subspecialty certification in Neurotology from the ABOto.
Some of his honors include being named the Brian F McCabe Distinguished Chair in Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery by The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine; receiving The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus Award for Achievement in 2005; University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Distinguished Mentor Award 2010; being elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2000; President of the American Neurotology Society 1998; President of the American Otological Society 2009-2010; and President of the American Board of Otolaryngology 2010-2011. In 2016 he was awarded the Shambaugh Prize for life time achievement from the Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum. His publications include over 250 peer-reviewed papers and he has contributed to over 58 books and chapters.
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Great Debates: Cholesteatoma Resection: Role of Endoscopic vs Open Approaches
Sunday, October 1, 2023
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time
Emerging Technologies and Concepts for Cochlear Implantation
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM East Coast USA Time