Support from longtime Vanderbilt Health donor Herbert Christopher provides open access to new textbook co-created by otolaryngologist David Haynes

Haynes, a Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, has proudly brought each edition of the text to surgical trainees, and is thrilled to make the latest version free and available to all, thanks to Christopher’s support.

David Haynes elected President of American Neurotology Society

Vanderbilt Health’s Chief Patient Experience Officer and Chief of the Division of Otology and Neurotology will serve in the position until April 2027.

Patient Experience awards honor excellence of clinical teams and individual clinicians

David Haynes Named VUMC’s Chief Patient Experience Officer

Gifts bolster otolaryngology, Alzheimer’s disease programs

Herbert Christopher, a grateful Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery patient who received cochlear hearing implants from David Haynes, MD, has funded the training of otolaryngology fellows and leaders in Alzheimer’s disease care through several outright endowed gifts and additional gift planning with his estate.

Lydia Gross is 100. She just piloted a plane for the first time — and she heard every sound because of her cochlear implants.

Performing an elective procedure on an older patient initially raised concerns for her doctor, David Haynes — but the results have been a resounding success