HowardWayneFrancisMDMBA, FACS
Otolaryngology (ENT) • Durham, NCNeurotology
Professor of Surgery; Chief, Division of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Duke University.
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Office
40 Duke Medicine Cir
Durham, NC 27710Phone+1 919-684-2426Fax+1 919-681-6881
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins Carey Business SchoolMBA, 2012
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Neurotology, 1995 - 1996- Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1991 - 1995
- Johns Hopkins UniversityInternship, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1990 - 1991
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1990
University of Southern CaliforniaBS, Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude, 1982 - 1985
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 2016 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1993 - 2018- American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Otolaryngology
- American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Neurotology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Honorary Mention Thesis Award Triological Society, 2014
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
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Clinical Trials
- Evaluation of Revised Indicatons (ERID) for Cochlear Implant Candidacy for the Adult CMS Population Start of enrollment: 2014 Feb 01
- Safety and Feasibility of tDCS to Enhance Auditory Rehabilitation in Cochlear Implant Recipients Start of enrollment: 2023 Mar 15
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Hearing Screening in Older Adults in Primary Care Clinics: How the Effects of Setting and Provider Encouragement Differ by Patient Sex and Race.Jessica S West, Judy R Dubno, Howard W Francis, Sherri L Smith
Ear and Hearing. 2024-10-31 - 1 citationsRoutine Hearing Screening for Older Adults in Primary Care: Insights of Patients and Clinic Personnel.Mina Silberberg, Anisha Singh, Janet Prvu Bettger, Sherri L Smith, Howard W Francis
The Gerontologist. 2024-10-01 - Development and Preliminary Validation of Scales to Measure Enacted, Perceived, and Experienced Hearing Loss Stigma in Health Care Settings.Elizabeth Troutman Adams, Laura Nyblade, Gabriel Madson, Margaret Wallhagen, Sherri L Smith
Ear and Hearing. 2024-09-19
Journal Articles
- New Age Mentoring and Disruptive Innovation—Navigating the Uncharted with Vision, Purpose, and EquityNneoma S Wamkpah, Michael J Brenner, Tulio A Valdez, Sonya Malekzadeh, Howard W Francis, JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
Press Mentions
Cochlear Implants' Performance Not Affected by Amount of Hearing Loss in the Implanted EarSeptember 3rd, 2005
Grant Support
- Ultrastructure Of Afferent Innervation At Inner Hair Cells In MouseNational Center For Research Resources2005–2007
- Afferent Innervation In The Mouse CochleaNational Institute On Deafness And Other Communication Disorders2003–2005
- Ultrastructure Of Afferent Innervation--Inner Hair CellsNational Center For Research Resources2004
- Neurobiology Of The Ventral Cochlear Nucleus In DeafnessNational Institute On Deafness And Other Communication Disorders1998–2002
Committees
- member, Otolaryngology Residency Review Committee, ACGME 2017 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- American Otological SocietyFellow
- Association for Research in OtolaryngologyMember
- American Neurotological SocietyMember
- Society of University Otolaryngologists2018 President
- Fellow
- Triological SocietyFellow
External Links
- Johns Hopkins Physicianshttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/howard-francis
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