Jeffrey Harris

Jeffrey Harris, M.D., Ph.D. is a Co-Founder of Otonomy, Inc. Dr. Harris serves as Professor and Chief of the Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of California, San Diego. A neuro-otologic surgeon who deals with disorders of the ear, hearing and balance, and tumors which affect the skull base. Dr. Harris serves as a Director and Member of Advisory Panel of Otonomy, Inc. He is past President of both the American Otological Society and the Association for Research in Otolarygology and is a Member of the Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum. Dr. Harris has an active clinical practice and leads a large research team committed to discovering the causes of deafness and other disorders such as acoustic neuromas, Meniere's disease, autoimmune inner ear disease and the effect of inflammation on inner ear structures. He has published over 150 scientific papers and 4 books including one on Meniere's Disease and his latest on the Head and Neck Manifestations of Systemic Disease. Dr. Harris obtained both his MD and PhD at the University of Pennsylvania and performed his otolaryngology residency training at Harvard. He did advanced fellowship training in Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery at the University of Zurich, and holds two board certifications, in both otolaryngology and neurotology/skull base surgery.