Lloyd B. Minor
| Lloyd B. Minor | |
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| Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine |
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Assumed office December 2012 |
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| Born | Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Ann Keamy |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Website | Office of the Dean, Stanford University School of Medicine |
Lloyd Brooks Minor M.D. is an American surgeon, researcher, educator, and academic administrator. The Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of Stanford University School of Medicine, his term began in December 2012. Previously, he was the provost of Johns Hopkins University. An expert on the inner ear, he is known for identifying the superior canal dehiscence syndrome, a disorder where a hole in the skull bone upsets the inner ear balance canal. For refining a treatment for Ménière’s disease using gentamicin, Minor received the Prosper Ménière Society’s gold medal in 2010. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, he is also a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Minor was born on May 25, 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas. His father was an accountant, while his mother worked as a kingergarten teacher. He graduated from Brown University with a Sc.B. in 1979 and an M.D. in 1982. He completed his initial residency training in surgery at Duke University Medical Center from 1982 until 1984. From 1984 until 1988 Minor then completed a research fellowship in vestibular neurophysiology at the University of Chicago Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, under the supervision of Jay M. Goldberg. From 1988 until 1992 he was a resident in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Afterwards, from 1992 until 1993 he completed a clinical fellowship in otology and neurotology at The Otology Group and The EAR Foundation in Nashville, Tennessee.
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