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Lindburg Professor and Chair
Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Dr. Craig Buchman is the Lindburg Professor and Head, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis. After a surgical internship, he took a research fellowship and residency at the University of Pittsburgh. He completed a fellowship in neurotology at the House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles.
Dr. Buchman’s interests spans neurotology. He has lectured world-wide on cochlear implantation, electroacoustic stimulation, auditory neuropathy and auditory brainstem implantation. He currently chairs the William House Cochlear Implant Study Group and is the immediate past chair of the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH). He is past Chair of the Implantable Devices Committee of the AAO-HNS and a Founding Board Member and Chair of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA). He has received numerous awards including the Harris P. Mosher Award from the Triological Society and was elected to the CORLAS. He currently serves as the President of the American Neurotology Society (ANS).
His research program includes clinical trials investigating cochlear implantation, auditory electrophysiology, and auditory brainstem implants. His work has been supported by major grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Defense (DoD), as well as private foundations and industry partners. He holds a number of U.S., European and Canadian patents and has published more than 180 peer-reviewed manuscripts.