Dr. Jeffrey Harris
Dr. Jeffrey Harris is a Distinguished Professor and Chief of the Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of California, San Diego and a Staff Surgeon at the VA Healthcare System. A neuro-otologic surgeon who deals with disorders of the ear, hearing and balance, and tumors which affect the skull base, he obtained both his MD and PhD at the University of Pennsylvania and performed his otolaryngology residency training at Harvard. He did advanced fellowship training in Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery at the University of Zurich, and holds two board certifications, in both otolaryngology and neurotology/skull base surgery. Dr. Harris has an active clinical practice. His research interests include discovering the causes and treatments of deafness and other disorders such as acoustic neuromas, Ménière’s disease, autoimmune inner ear disease and the effect of inflammation on inner ear structures. He has published over 190 scientific papers and 5 books including the Head and Neck Manifestations of Systemic Disease and Meniere’s Disease. He is past president of both the American Otological Society and the Association for Research in Otolarygology. He is the recipient of the Award of Merit and Presidential Citation from the American Otological Society. He is also a member of the Collegium Oto–Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum which awarded him the Shambaugh Prize. Dr. Harris is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Audiology and Neurotology and is Co-Founder of a biopharmaceutical company, Otonomy, Inc.
