Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Professor of Neurological Surgery, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, Johns Hopkins Listening Center, Co-Director, Joh
Otolaryngology (ENT)
Dr. Howard W. Francis, MD
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Howard Francis works in the field of Otolaryngology (ENT). He went to medical school at Harvard Medical School. Harvard Medical School is a top medical college. Harvard Medical School has a rank of 1 in research and a 12 in primary care He received 5 awards: "Honorary Mention Thesis Award", "Regional Top Doctor", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "George T. Nager, M.D. Award for Excellence in Teaching" and "Fellow (FAAO-HNS)". Howard Francis is a published MD. He published 58 publications, including: 'Does resident participation influence otolaryngology-head and neck surgery morbidity and mortality?'
Publications
- Faculty diversity and inclusion program outcomes at an academic otolaryngology department.
- Measuring Success: Cost-Effectiveness and Expanding Access to Cochlear Implantation.
- Otolaryngology-Head and neck surgery at Johns Hopkins: The first 100 years (1914-2014).
- Personal characteristics of residents may predict competency improvement.
- Racial difference in cochlear pigmentation is associated with Hearing loss risk.
- The Socioeconomic Impact of Hearing Loss in U.S. Adults.
- Bilateral Hearing loss is associated with decreased nonverbal intelligence in United States children ages 6 to 16 years.
- Is there a "July effect" for Head and neck cancer surgery?
- Determinants of resident competence in mastoidectomy: Role of interest and deliberate practice.
- Patient-perceived long-term communication and swallow function following cerebellopontine angle surgery.
- 3D model of frequency representation in the cochlear nucleus of the CBA/J mouse.
- Early Literacy Gains in Children With Cochlear Implants.
- Efferent synapses return to inner hair cells in the aging cochlea.
- Spectrum of immune-mediated inner ear Disease and cochlear implant results.
- Sex and Age Associations With Vestibular Schwannoma Size and Presenting Symptoms.
- Hearing Outcomes After Surgical Plugging of the Superior Semicircular Canal by a Middle Cranial Fossa Approach.
- Cochlear Implantation in Older Adults.
- National prevalence and impact of perioperative vagus Nerve injury in vestibular schwannoma.
- The timely completion of objective assessment tools for evaluation of technical skills.
- Technical skills improve after practice on virtual-reality tempOral bone simulator.
- Risk Factors for Vagal Palsy following Cerebellopontine Angle Surgery.
- Prevalence, Characteristics, and Management of Swallowing Disorders following Cerebellopontine Angle Surgery.
- Face and Content Validation of a Virtual Reality TempOral Bone Simulator.
- TempOral Bone Findings in a Case of Susac's Syndrome.
- A model for early prediction of facial Nerve recovery after vestibular schwannoma surgery.
- Malignant Otitis Externa Caused by Aspergillus fumigatus: A Case Report.
- Arachnoid Granulations of the TempOral Bone: A Histologic Study of Dural and Osseous Penetration.
- Development and pilot testing of an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) on Hoarseness.
- Programmatic challenges in obtaining and confirming the pneumococcal vaccination status of cochlear implant recipients.
- Predictors of vestibular schwannoma growth and clinical implications.
- Objective assessment of mastoidectomy skills in the operating room.
- Defining milestones toward competency in mastoidectomy using a skills assessment paradigm.
- Trends in the management of vestibular schwannomas at Johns Hopkins 1997-2007.
- Revision cochlear implant surgery in children: the Johns Hopkins experience.
- Pilot testing of an assessment tool for competency in mastoidectomy.
- Revision cochlear implantation surgery in adults: indications and results.
- Histological features of osteofibrous hemangioma of the maxillofacial and skull base regions.
- Spontaneous meningoencephalocele of the tempOral bone: clinical spectrum and presentation.
- Reduction of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea after vestibular schwannoma surgery by reconstruction of the drilled porus acusticus with hydroxyapatite bone cement.
- Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae meningitis complicated by Hearing loss in a 9-year-old HIV-infected boy.
- Predictive models for cochlear implantation in elderly candidates.
- Cochlear implant outcome is not influenced by the choice of ear.
- Inner ear abnormalities in a Kcnq1 (Kvlqt1) knockout mouse: a model of Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome.
- Central effects of residual Hearing: implications for choice of ear for cochlear implantation.
- Effects of central nervous system residua on cochlear implant results in children deafened by meningitis.
- Cochlear implantation update.
- Task performance in stapedotomy: comparison between surgeons of different experience levels.
- Robot-assisted stapedotomy: micropick fenestration of the stapes footplate.
- Impact of cochlear implants on the functional health status of older adults.
- The functional age of Hearing loss in a mouse model of presbycusis. II. Neuroanatomical correlates.
- Protein kinase C Mediates potentiation of synaptic transmission by phorbol ester at parallel fibers in the dorsal cochlear nucleus.
- Two types of afferent terminals innervate cochlear inner hair cells in C57BL/6J mice.
- Efficient quantification of afferent cochlear ultrastructure using design-based stereology.
- Synaptic alterations at inner hair cells precede spiral ganglion cell Loss in aging C57BL/6J mice.
- Surgical factors in pediatric cochlear implantation and their early effects on electrode activation and functional outcomes.
- Nasopharyngeal hairy polyp with recurrence in the middle ear.
- Does resident participation influence otolaryngology-Head and neck surgery morbidity and mortality?
Schools
Harvard Medical School
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins University
Procedures Preformed
- Cochlear Implant Insertion
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
- Diagnostic Nasal and-or Sinus Endoscopy
- Ear Tube Placement
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Conditions Treated
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Cholesteatoma
- Conductive Hearing Loss
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurotology
- Otolaryngology (ENT)
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Honorary Mention Thesis Award
- Regional Top Doctor
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- George T. Nager, M.D. Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Fellow (FAAO-HNS)
Education
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Johns Hopkins Carey Business School -
Johns Hopkins University -
Harvard Medical School
Hospital
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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center -
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1548208481 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | FRANCIS | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | HOWARD | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 212870006 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MD | |
| Specialty Description | Otolaryngology | |
| Total Claim Count | 27.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1548208481 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | FRANCIS |
| First Name Of The Provider | HOWARD |
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