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Howard Wayne Francis

Richard Hall Chaney, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology
Otology, Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery
Duke South Yellow Zone 4000, DUMC Box 3805, Durham, NC 27710
40 Duke Medicine Circle, DUMC Box 3805, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Richard Hall Chaney, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology · 2018 - Present Otology, Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Professor of Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences · 2023 - Present Otology, Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Chair of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences · 2020 - Present Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Clinical Science Departments
Vice President of the Medical Staff/ Chief of Staff of the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff · 2023 - Present School of Medicine

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences · 2017 - 2023 Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Clinical Science Departments
Chief of Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences · 2017 - 2020 Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Clinical Science Departments
Instructor in the Department of Surgery · 2017 - 2017 Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Clinical Science Departments