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The Centurions is a nationwide group of prominent otolaryngologists, researchers, audiologists, medical societies, and ear product manufacturers. Dr. David S. Haynes is the Centurion President.
When Dr. Gordon Hoople, along with Collette Ramsey Baker, formed the Centurions in 1963, the primary goal of member physicians was to support both clinical and bench top research in our field. Dues were intended to cover the administrative costs of the DRF, so that all funds raised could support research. Now we want to do more we want to ensure that Centurion donations are going directly to funding research instead of overhead.
We are very pleased to announce the DRF Centurion Clinical Research Award (CCRA). Partnering with the AAO-HNS's CORE Program, the DRF will offer one-year grants of $50,000 for clinical research in the hearing and balance sciences.
Applications for the DRF Centurion Clinical Research Award will be reviewed by the CORE Program of the AAO-HNS, as well as the by the Deafness Research Foundation. Final funding decisions will be made by the DRF's Council of Scientific Trustees.
The DRF Centurion Clinical Research Award will be funded by Centurion contributions. We invite those otolaryngologists and audiologists to support this grant and become a new Centurion. By making an annual Centurion commitment to the Deafness Research Foundation with a donation of $250 per year or more, you will be directly contributing to important clinical research and will be annually enrolled as a Centurion. To contribute, or for more information, please contact centurions@drf.org
Dr. David S. Haynes earned his medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee, in 1987, with honors. Dr. Haynes's clinical interests include all aspects of Otologic and Neurotologic Surgery including acoustic neuroma surgery, cochlear implant surgery, pediatric otology, and skull base surgery. Dr. Haynes is an Associate Professor both in the Department of Otolaryngology and the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at Vanderbilt Medical Center. He currently serves as Director of The Otology Group of Vanderbilt, the Division of Otology/Neurotology, and Adult and Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program. He also serves as Medical Director of Vanderbilt Hearing and Balance Center. He holds leadership positions in multiple organizations including past president of the Nashville Academy of Otolaryngology, National Secretary Treasurer of the Deafness Research Foundation (DRF), and Executive Council Member of the EAR Foundation. He is a senior examiner for the American Board of Otolaryngology (ABO), and was recently appointed as the Chairman of the 13th International Pediatric Cochlear Implant Conference in 2013.
Dr. John L. Dornhoffer earned his medical degree from the University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas in 1988. Dr. Dornhoffer has developed procedures and techniques for hearing reconstruction that are world-renowned, and also has done extensive research on Meniere's disease, a condition that causes hearing loss and profound dizziness. Dr. Dornhoffer is the Samuel D. McGill, Jr., Endowed Chair in Otolaryngology Research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, where he is also Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and in the Department of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences. Also at UAMS, Dr. Dornhoffer is Director of the Division of Otology and the Medical Director of the ENT Clinic and Audiology Services. In addition, he is the Executive Director of the Prosper Meniere Society and is a Neurovestibular Adaptation Team Member at the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. He is on the Steering Committee of the Otologic Surgery Product Development at Smith and Nephew Richards, Inc. (now Gyrus) in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Dornhoffer has published extensively and has been a PI on numerous research grants. In 2002, he was a recipient of a DRF Research Grant.
Centurion Directory
One of the benefits we offer Centurions is the ability to add your professional information into a searchable database. Sign up here to post your information; once your status as a Centurion is verified, your information will be available on our website. You must be a Centurion in order to list your professional information on our website. In order to submit your information, you will need to create an account with DRF. More information on accounts can be found here.
