CURRENT

OPINION Editorial introductions

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery was launched in 1993. It is one of a successful
series of review journals whose unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the
literature as presented in the many primary journals. The fields of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery are
divided into 11 sections that are reviewed once a year. Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading
authority in the area, who identifies the most important topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce the
Journals Section Editors for this issue.

SECTION EDITORS Rodney C. Diaz

Ravi N. Samy
Ravi N. Samy, MD, FACS is an
Assistant Professor in the Depart-
ment of Otolaryngology Head
and Neck Surgery at the Univer-
sity of Cincinnati and Cincinnati
Childrens Hospital Medical
Center, USA. Dr Samys practice
includes pediatric and adult
otology, neurotology, and skull
base surgery. He also serves as
the Director of the Neurotology Fellowship and the
Adult Cochlear Implantation Program. He earned his
MD from Duke University School of Medicine and
then completed a residency at Stanford University
Medical Center followed by a fellowship in otology,
neurotology and skull base surgery at the University
of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He is an active member
of the American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head
and Neck Surgery (AAOHNS) and the American
Neurotology Society (ANS). He is also a fellow of
the American College of Surgery. He is certified by
the American Board of Otolaryngology with a
Certificate of Added Qualitifications in Neurotology.
Dr Samys special interests are pediatric and adult
otology, neurotology, skull base tumors (such as
acoustic neuromas) and a prototype surgical robotic
system. His robotic studies have recently focused on
simulation applications for otologic training. His
publications have appeared in such journals as
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Archives
of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Otology
and Neurotology and Laryngoscope.
Rodney C. Diaz, MD is an Associ-
ate Professor of Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Surgery at the
University of California at Davis,
USA. He attended the University
of California at Berkeley, where
he obtained his baccalaureate in
Astrophysics. He received his MD
degree from the University of
California at Davis. He remained
at UC Davis for his postdoctoral medical training,
completing his general surgery internship and res-
idency in otolaryngology head and neck surgery.
He then completed a clinical fellowship in otology,
neurotology, and skull base surgery at the Michi-
gan Ear Institute. Dr Diaz currently serves as the
Residency Program Director for the Otolaryngo-
logy Department at UC Davis Medical Center.
He is an active member of several otolaryngology
organizations, including the American Academy of
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the
Association for Research in Otolaryngology, and
the American Neurotology Society. Dr Diazs
clinical practice is focused on otology, neuro-
tology, and tumors of the lateral skull base. His
research interests include the electrophysiologic
and molecular biologic mechanisms of inner ear
potassium cycling and lateral wall transport pro-
cesses in the regulation of the endocochlear poten-
tial, as well as in novel methods for the
regeneration of inner ear sensory epithelium. Dr
Diaz serves as a board member of the Speech-
Language Pathology, Audiology, and Hearing Aid
Dispensers Board of California.

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