Byron J. Bailey, M.D., FACS
Chair Emeritus

- The Triological Society Gold Medal, 2001

- "The State Legislature honors Bailey for contributions of medicine" June 2003

Dr. Bailey is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma (B.A.) and the Oklahoma University School of Medicine (M.D.). He trained in Head and Neck Surgery at UCLA, where he remained on the faculty and organized a new training program at the L.A. County Harbor General Hospital. Since coming to UTMB in 1968, Dr. Bailey has been active in teaching, patient care and research, and served as Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology 1968-2003. He was appointed Chair Emeritus in 2004.

He has served as the President of the Society of University Otolaryngologists, the Association of Academic Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the American Society of Head and Neck Surgery, the American Laryngological Association, and American Board of Otolaryngology.

He has been the Editor of the American Medical Association's Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery for twelve years, and edited the Yearbook of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery for 10 years. He was Editor of the Laryngoscope through August 2003. He received a Presidential Citation from Dr. Eugene N. Myers at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in 1995 for his contributions to the field.

The Triological Society Gold Medal was presented to Byron J. Bailey, MD, at the Triological Society Annual Meeting on May 14, 2001. The inscriptions reads "Outstanding otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon, author, editor, teacher, and humanitarian for his superb leadership in our specialty." Click HERE to see the article from the Laryngoscope 111: July 2001.