Andelot Professor and Director, Department Of Otolaryngology - Head And Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
Dr. David W. Eisele is the Andelot Professor and Director of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Eisele attended Dartmouth College, graduated from Cornell University Medical College, and completed residency training in otolaryngology – head and neck surgery at the University of Washington. Following his residency training in 1988, Dr. Eisele joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where he eventually became Professor of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Sugery, Professor of Oncology, and Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. He was the founding Director of the Johns Hopkins Head and Neck Cancer Center and served as Chief of the Division of Head and Neck Surgery.
In 2001, Dr. Eisele joined the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. At UCSF he was the Irwin Mark Jacobs and Joan Klein Jacobs Endowed Chair in Head and Neck Cancer and directed the Head and Neck Oncology Program at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center. He also served as President of the UCSF Medical Staff. In 2102, he returned to Johns Hopkins in his present role.
Dr. Eisele is a past President of the American Board of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery and a former member of the NCCN Head and Neck Cancer Panel. He has served as a member of the Residency Review Committee for Otolaryngology, Chair of the Advisory Council for Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery for the American College of Surgeons, President of the American Head and Neck Society, and as Vice-President of the Triological Society. He served as President of the Maryland Society of Otolaryngology and is a former Governor of the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Eisele’s clinical interests include benign and malignant tumors of the head and neck, with special interest in salivary gland and oral cavity neoplasms. His research interests have included functional stimulation of the upper airway for obstructive sleep apnea, electrophysiological nerve monitoring during head and neck surgery, dysphagia, head and neck cancer treatment outcomes, and minimally invasive salivary gland surgery.