David Haynes, M.D., is a professor of Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery and Hearing and Speech Sciences and Chief of the Neurotology Division at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is the vice chair of the Department of Otolaryngology and the chief academic officer. He co-directs the Vanderbilt Skull Base Center and The Cochlear Implant program. His research interests include quality outcomes assessment in Skull base and Cochlear Implant Surgery, among others.