Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Richard J. Smith, M.D., F.A.C.S.

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Member of the Hall of Fame of the Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Education
B.A., Biochemistry, Rice University, 1974
M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, 1977
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, 1982
Fellowship, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, 1983
Post-Doctoral Training, MRC Institute for Hearing Research, Nottingham, England, 1991

Academic Positions
Sterba Hearing Research Professor and Professor of Otolaryngology, Internal Medicine-Division of Nephrology, and Pediatrics, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 1999
Vice-Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, 1995
Professor, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 1990

Awards and Service
Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, 2006
Robin Cotton and Cynthia Fitton Award and Honored Guest, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2003
Member, Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum, 1999
President, American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, 1999-2000
Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 1998
Shirley Baron Award Outstanding Research, 1992
Barry J. Anson Outstanding Teacher Awards, 1991, 1995, 2005
Certificate of Appreciation in Recognition of Meritorious Service to the State of Texas, Texas Department of Health, 1985

Clinical and Research Interests: Airway reconstruction and treatment of lymphatic malformations, genetics of deafness, genetics of kidney disease.