Professor and Chair
Medical University of South Carolina
Paul R. Lambert, M.D. grew up in Charleston, West Virginia. He graduated from Duke University summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He then attended Duke University Medical School, graduating in 1976. His Otolaryngology-
Head and Neck Surgery training was completed at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. This was followed by a Fellowship in Otology-Neurotology at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles, considered by many to be one of the world’s premier centers for the treatment of ear and ear-related diseases.
Dr. Lambert began his professional career at the University of Virginia in 1982, and was on the faculty there until 1999. He was Director of Otology-
Neurotology and became a Professor and Vice-Chairman of the Department. In 1999 he moved to his present position as the Professor and Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina.
He is currently one of 18 Directors for the American Board of Otolaryngology (ABOto), which is the certifying body for the specialty. For 2014- 2015 he served as the President of the ABOto. He has also been President of the American Neurotology Society and the American Otological Society. Dr.
Lambert has been listed in both the “Best Doctors in America” and “America’s Top Doctors” continuously since 2001. Dr. Lambert has an active clinical practice, seeing patients three days per week, and operating two days per week. In addition to these clinical responsibilities, he directs the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, is extensively involved in the training of the residents within that program, and continues his research in hearingrelated diseases. Dr. Lambert has authored more than 140 manuscripts and book chapters, and several textbooks related to ear diseases and ear surgery.