Robert H. Ossoff, DMD, MD

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Robert H. Ossoff, DMD, MDTitle: Professor Emeritus

Company: Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States


Affiliations/Associations/Societies:

  • Ward Ford Memorial Research Foundation (1989-1990)
  • American Academy of Oral Medicine
  • American Academy of Oral Pathology
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (chairman laser surgery committee, 1983-1989) (chairman, self-institutional package committee, 1990-1996) (board directors, 1992-1995) (coordinator for development, 2001-2006)
  • American Board of Otolaryngology (task force for new materials member, 1985-1989) (associate examiner 1994-1997) (director, 1995-2007)
  • American Broncho-Esophagological Association (council member, 1987-90) (treasurer, 1990-1994) (president-elect, 1994-1995) (president, 1995-1996) (Guest of Honor, 2000)
  • American Cancer Society, Illinois Division (1981-1982)
  • American College of Surgeons, Fellow (board governors 1996-2002, advisory council Otorhinolaryngology 1996-2003)
  • American Laryngological Association (chairman research support task force 1994-1996) (council member 1996-2008) (secretary 1998-2003), (vice president, president-elect 2003-2004) (president, 2004-2005) (presidential citation, 2008) (historian, 2010-), (council member, 2010-) (Guest of Honor 2002)
  • American Laryngological Voice Research Education Foundation (board directors, 1996-2007) (secretary, 1998-2003)
  • American Medical Association
  • American Society for Head and Neck Surgery (council member 1991-1994)
  • American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS) (board directors, 1985-1988) (chairman program committee, 1986-1987) (president-elect, 1988-1989) (president, 1989-1990) (nominating committee, 1990-1991)
  • Association of Academic Departments of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (secretary-treasurer, 1996-1998) (president-elect, 1998-2000) (president, 2000-2002) (council member, 2002-2004)
  • Cartesian Society
  • Chicago Laryngology and Otolaryngology Society (honorary member, 1986)
  • National Cancer Institute (1985-1988)
  • Office of Naval Research (1987-1990) (1991-1994)
  • Omicron Kappa Upsilon
  • Sigma Xi
  • Society Head and Neck Surgeons
  • Society of University of Otolaryngologists Head and Neck Surgeons (2002-2005) (president-elect, 2004-2005) president, 2005-06)
  • The Triological Society (national nominating committee 1993) (council member,1996-1999) (thesis advisory committee, 1998-1999) (vice president, south section, 2002-2003) (council member, 2002-2003, (director, 2005-) (CME, 2005-2011) (president-elect 2010) (president, 2011)
  • VA Merit Review (1884-1985)

Achievements:

  • Recipient, Patrick E. Brookhouser, MD Award for Excellence, The Triological Society (2022)
  • Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2021)
  • Featured Member, Marquis Millennium Magazine, Marquis Who’s Who (2021)
  • Inductee, Top Professionals of the Year, Marquis Who’s Who (2021)
  • Presidential Citation, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting (2019)
  • Guest of Honor, American Laryngological Association Annual Meeting (2019)
  • Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in America,” Marquis Who’s Who (1990-2016)
  • Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in the South and Southwest,” Marquis Who’s Who (1988-2016)
  • Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in the World,” Marquis Who’s Who (2002-2015, 1997-1999, 1993-1995, 1987-1988)
  • Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare,” Marquis Who’s Who (1999-2012)
  • Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in Science and Engineering,” Marquis Who’s Who (2002-2012)
  • Presidential Citation, American Broncho-Esophagological Association (2012)
  • Presidential Citation, The Triological Society (2008, 2006)
  • Recipient, James E. Newcomb Award, American Laryngological Association (2007)
  • Presidential Citation, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2005)
  • Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2004)
  • Recipient, Dr. A.W. DeRoaldes Award, American Laryngological Association (2004)
  • Presidential Citation, American Laryngological Association (2003)
  • Presidential Citation, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS) (2003)
  • Daniel C. Baker Junior Lecturer, American Laryngological Association (2001)
  • Presidential Citation, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (1999)
  • Recipient, Chevalier Jackson Award, American Broncho-Esophagological Association (1997)
  • Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (1995)
  • Featured Listee, “Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America,” Marquis Who’s Who (1987-1994)
  • Recipient, William B. Mark Award, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS) (1992)
  • Certificate of Honor, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (1984)
  • Guest of Honor, First European Carbon Dioxide Laser Surgery Course and Workshop in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Roskilde, Denmark (1984)
  • Recipient, Francis L. Lederer-Norval H. Pierce Award, Chicago Laryngology and Otolaryngology Society (1978)
  • Recipient, National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health (1977-1978)
  • Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health (1977-1978)

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