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Professor and Department Chair
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Dr. John Dornhoffer received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. He then attended medical school at University of Kansas School of Medicine. He completed an Otolaryngology residency at UAMS and a fellowship in Otology Neurotology at the University of Wurzburg in Germany, and the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Dr. Dornhoffer joined the medical staff at UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital in 1995. He became Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery in 2017. He is board certified in Otolaryngology.
Dr. Dornhoffer has received numerous awards for his work including being named one of the Best Doctors in America (1998-2015), Best Doctors in Arkansas (2002-2015) and the Nan Ellen East Spirit of Advocacy Award (Hands and Voices). He has published numerous articles, book chapters and books on topics including dizziness and vertigo treatment, audiology, middle ear surgery and cochlear implants.
As an otologist, Dr. Dornhoffer’s goal is to restore hearing in as many individuals as possible. Toward this end, he has developed procedures and techniques for hearing reconstruction that are world-renowned. Dr. Dornhoffer has also designed several prostheses to replace the bones of the middle ear.