Left to right: Nikolas H. Blevins, MD, Howard W. Francis, MD, MBA, Dennis S. Poe, MD, Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, Nancy M. Young, MD, William H. Slattery III, MD, David R. Friedland, MD, PhD, Bradley W. Kesser, MD (AOS Council 2025/2026)
The American Otological Society Leadership Council
Council members – July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027
President
Nikolas H. Blevins, MD
Stanford University Stanford CA
President-Elect
Dennis S. Poe, MD, PhD
Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Boston, MA
Secretary-Treasurer
David R. Friedland, MD, PhD
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
Education Director
Bradley W. Kesser, MD
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
Immediate Past President
Nancy M. Young, MD
Lurie Children’s Hospital/Northwestern University Chicago, IL
Past President
William H. Slattery III, MD
House Ear Clinic/USC Los Angeles, CA
Council Member
Howard W. Francis, MD, MBA
Duke University Durham, NC
Council Member
Andrea Vambutas MD
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Long Island, NY