Council of Scientific Trustees

The Council of Scientific Trustees is responsible for reviewing and approving grant applications and serves as an advisory group for all DRF-funded research projects.

Patricia M. Chute, PhD
Professor
Mercy College

Noel L. Cohen, MD
Director
New York University School of Medicine

Robert A. Dobie, MD
Clinical Professor
University of California Davis Medical Center

Judy R. Dubno, PhD
Professor
Medical University of South Carolina

Bruce J. Gantz, MD
Professor and Chair
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic

George A. Gates, MD
Emeritus Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Director Emeritus, Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center
University of Washington School of Medicine

Stefan Heller, PhD
Associate Professor and Director of Research , Department of Otolaryngology - Head Neck Surgery
Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Stanford University School of Medicine

Matthew W. Kelley, PhD
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders/National Institutes of Health

Anil K. Lalwani, MD
Mednik Foundation Professor and Chairman of the Dept. of Otolaryngology
New York University School of Medicine

David Lim, MD
Executive Vice President, Research
House Ear Institute

Cynthia Morton, PhD
Director of Ctyogenetics
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Yehoash Raphael, PhD
Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
University of Michigan

Steven D. Rauch, MD
Associate Professor of Otology and Laryngology
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Robert J. Ruben, MD
Professor
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Allen F. Ryan, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Otolyrngology & Neurosciences
University of California, San Diego

James C. Saunders, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Sam Selesnick, MD
Vice-Chairman and Professor - Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Director of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center;
Chief, Neurotology Service, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital;
Attending Surgeon: Neurosurgical Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Robert V. Shannon, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Univeristy of Southern California Biomedical Engineering
House Ear Institute

Peter Steyger, PhD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University

Jennifer Stone, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center

Debara L. Tucci, MD
Associate Professor
Duke University Medical Center