The study of ears, nose and throat at the University of Michigan was originally linked with ophthalmology.
George Edward Fothingham served as Professor of Materia Medica and Ophthalmology from 1872 to 1889.
Flemming Carrow was Professor of Ophthalmic and Aural Surgery, Laryngology, and Clinical Ophthalmology from 1889 to 1904.
The Department of Otolaryngology began to take shape with the appointment of Roy Bishop Canfield in 1904 as Clinical Professor of the Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Throat, then as Professor of Otolaryngology in 1905. Dr. Canfield remained the only professor in the department for thirteen years.
Roy Bishop Canfield
1905-1932
Albert Carl Furstenberg
1932-1958
Albert Carl Furstenberg was appointed Acting Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology in 1918, and eventually took over the chair at the death of Dr. Canfield in 1932 in an automobile accident. In 1959, Furstenberg resigned from the chair and was succeeded by:
James Hoyt Maxwell
1958-1961
(James Hoyt Maxwell died in 1960.)
Walter Paxton Work
1961-1977
Walter Paxton Work took over in 1961. From 1962/63 through the mid-1990's, the department used the name Otorhinolaryngology. Dr. Work retired, and was replaced by:
Charles J. Krause
1977-1992
Charles J. Krause in 1977. In 1992, after Krause was appointed Senior Associate Dean of the Medical School.
Gregory Wolf
1992-2009
Carol Bradford
2009-
