ERNEST A. WEYMULLER, JR., MD

Allison T. Wanamaker Professor and Chair
Associate Medical Director for Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center

Department
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Specialties
Head and neck surgery
Sinus disease

Site(s) of Practice, Maps, and Directions
University of Washington Medical Center

Area(s) of Expertise
Head and neck tumor surgery
Surgical management of chronic sinusitis

Education
MD--Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1966

Postgraduate Training
Internship/Junior Residency--General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN, 1968
Residency--Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, 1973

Board Certifications
American Board of Otolaryngology, 1973

Licensure
State of Massachusetts, 1971
State of Washington, 1978

Professional Activities and Special Honors
Board of Directors, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Advisory Council, National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Local and National Leadership
Past-President, American Head and Neck Society
Conference Chair, 2008 International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer
Vice President, University of Washington Physicians
Surgeon-in-Chief, University of Washington Medical Center

Most Significant Journal Articles and Abstracts

• Quality of life of disease-free survivors of advanced (Stage III or IV) oropharyngeal cancer.
• Quality of life outcomes after osteoplastic frontal sinus obliteration.
• Quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer: Lessons learned from 549 prospectively evaluated patients.
• The impact of sinus computed tomography on treatment decisions for chronic sinusitis.
• Matching graduate education with societal need.

Recent Presentations

• Hiranandani Oration, Outcomes of Research in Head and Neck Cancer; Surgeons Role in Survival of Head and Neck Cancer; Management of Metastasis to the Neck from an Unknown Primary. Second National Meeting of the Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology, Kolkata, India, January 6-7, 2003.
• Quality of Life and Outcomes in the Management of Laryngeal Carcinoma; Glottic Carcinoma; Supraglottic and Pyriform Sinus Carcinoma; Chemoradiation (Preservation Protocols) in Laryngeal Cancer. International Conference on Larynx Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 5-7, 2004.
• Outcomes – Where Surgery Really Helps; Finesse in FESS, A Referral Sinus Practice – The Most Common Problems I See. UCSF Sinus Surgery Course, San Francisco, CA April 27-29, 2006.

Practice Priorities
Patients: "Listen to the patient.”

Specialty: “My two areas of clinical care are the surgical management of chronic sinusitis and participation in the UW multi-disciplinary approach to patients with head and neck tumors.”

Research Support
"I am Principal Investigator on the departmental NIH Training Grant which supports intensive research training for each of our residents. It is the goal of our program to recruit, train, and ultimately place individuals in productive academic careers.

My personal research has pursued investigations regarding quality of life in patients with sinusitis, head and neck cancer, and the development of data systems to support national and international collaborative research."

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