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

Friedland David USC
Secretary-Treasurer

David R. Friedland, MD, PhD

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

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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