1. Otolaryngologists of SE Michigan
Ned Chalat, MD
Michael Rontal, MD

2. Roy Bishop Canfield, MD 1869-1932
Grew up in Ann Arbor
Trained at University of Michigan (1887), Department Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, University of Michigan, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Berlin, Germany,
Manhatten Eye and Ear, New York City Clinic for Laryngeal Tuberculosis, named Professor of the Department of Otolaryngology
Died in an auto accident returning from
a house call in Detroit
Canfield with daughter. A foundling on whom he did a mastoidectomy. He and his wife adopted her and renamed her Barbara.

3. Burt Shurly, MD

4. Emil Amberg, MD

5. A.C. Furstenburg, MD
1917- named assistant professor and with Canfield carved a special place for Otolaryngology in medical treatment of human disease
University of Michigan as Canfield was involved with WWI
Instrumental in making Otolaryngology a separate specialty
from Surgery and Ophthalmology
Trained residents
Encouraged basic and clinical research
1927- named associate professor.
Teaching residents
Radical surgery for cancer
Treating Meniere’s disease
Pituitary surgery
1932- Chairman of Otolaryngology department
after Canfield died
Dean of the Medical School
Research institution
Increased medical school enrollment
Building projects

6. Bruce Proctor, MD 1914-1992 Born in Detroit University of Chicago
A wide ranging practice in Detroit
and Windsor
Interested in the ear
Classic article on the internal
membranes of the middle ear that I read as a resident
Acoustic neuroma surgery

7. Harold F. Schuknect, MD 1917-1996 Background Writings
Born in South Dakota
Trained at the University of Chicago
Decorated in WWII for heroism in saving a pilot from a burning plane
Henry Ford Hospital
Professor and chair at Harvard
Writings
Maxillectomy- a classic surgical paper
Massive research effort on anatomy and function of inner ear
Otosclerosis
Cupulolithiasis
HFS drape