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David W. Kennedy, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Otorhinolaryngology:
Head and Neck Surgery
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
David W. Kennedy, M.D., F.R.C.S.I., F.A.C.S., is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania and Chair of the School's Academic Review Committee. Prior to this, Dr. Kennedy spent 17 years at Johns Hopkins, where he was Associate Professor and Director of the Otolaryngology Residency Training Program. Originally from the British Isles, he spent his school years in England and Ireland. He graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons with many awards and transmigrated directly to Hopkins following his internship. While in Baltimore, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Hearing and Speech Agency of Metropolitan Baltimore, and as Otolaryngology Consultant to the Maryland State Department of Health.

In 1985, Dr. Kennedy introduced the concept of managing sinus disease under endoscopic control to the United States, a technique that he termed 'Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery'. Dr. Kennedy is interested in the pathogenesis of sinusitis, sinusitis outcomes and mucociliary clearance. He has participated in approximately 200 courses nationally and internationally, teaching the current concepts of rhinosinusitis management to otolaryngologists and other heath care professionals. The Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at Penn is considered a premier department internationally for its work in the field of sinus disease, olfaction and nasal disorders, and Dr. Kennedy's clinical interests are in endoscopic sinus surgery and minimally invasive surgery for tumors and skull base defects.

Dr. Kennedy is Board Certified in Otolaryngology and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and of the American College of Surgeons. At Penn, he has served as Chief of the Medical Staff, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Medical Center and on the Medical Center Steering Committee. He is Past-President of the American Rhinologic Society, Past-President of the International Symposium of Infection and Allergy of the Nose and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Rhinology. He also serves on the editorial boards of nine other journals and is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology and is Vice President of the International Rhinologic Society. He has published well over 100 journal articles and chapters in his field, has received a number of international awards. In 1999, he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and in 2002 is honored with a Presidential Citation from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

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James Stankiewicz, M.D.
Professor and Vice-Chairman
Department of Otorhinolaryngology:
Head and Neck Surgery
Loyola University Health Systems

Dr. Stankiewicz is vice-chairperson of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He also is a consultant to Edward J. Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital and Chicago Children's Memorial Hospital. Dr. Stankiewicz received his medical degree from the University of Chicago in 1974 and completed his residency at the University of Chicago.

A fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology since 1978 and the American College of Surgeons since 1980, Dr. Stankiewicz has served as a member of numerous boards, societies, and task forces including the National Committee on Paranasal Sinus Diseases and American Rhinological Society. He is co-director of Loyola's Nasal Sinus Center. He has taught and directed several courses on laser surgery and endoscopic sinus surgery. He is a past president of the Chicago Laryngologic and Otologic Society. Dr. Stankiewicz gives numerous local and national presentations on many topics including endoscopic sinus surgery and its complications.

He has produced over 100 scientific articles, chapters, teaching topics, and abstracts. Several of Dr. Stankiewicz's publications deal with reconstruction in head and neck surgery, infectious disease in the head and neck, complications of intranasal sinus surgery, and new surgical approaches to paranasal sinuses.

Dr. Stankiewicz is the Residency Program Director for Otolaryngology at Loyola University Chicago.

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Berrylin June Ferguson, MD, FACS
Dr. Berrylin J. Ferguson is Associate Professor and Director of the Division of Sino-Nasal Disorders and Allergy in the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Dr. Ferguson is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Otolaryngology, & American Journal of Rhinology, and is the editorial section head of Allergy and Sino-nasal Disorders for the Journal of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery . She has published over fifty articles in peer-reviewed journals including the Laryngoscope, Archives of Otolaryngology, Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology and the Journal of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery. She is chairman of the Research Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy and is a former Board member of the American Rhinologic Society. She is active in clinical trials involving rhinology, sinusitis and allergy. Dr. Ferguson has presented many lectures based on her research interests: allergic rhinitis, fungal rhinosinusitis, rhinosinusitis and office based sino-nasal procedures. She also enjoys photography and traveling with her family.

Dr. Ferguson received her medical degree from the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, followed by two years of general surgery, a residency in otolaryngology, and research fellowships in otolaryngology and medical mycology.

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