Jay A. Gantz, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Otology/Neurotology/Skull Base Surgery, School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Jay Gantz grew up in Iowa and attended the F.W. Olin College of Engineering as a member of the inaugural class, where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with a focus on Bioengineering.  He then spent a year in Switzerland doing Bioengineering research on a Fulbright Scholarship before returning to the United States and completing a combined MD/PhD program at the University of Washington in Seattle.  He defended his Bioengineering PhD Dissertation in 2013.  Dr. Gantz then completed his residency in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at Washington University St. Louis, followed by a Neurotology Fellowship at the University of Iowa.  He is board certified in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Gantz specializes in the surgical treatment of hearing loss and lateral skull base surgery for tumors of the cerebellopontine angle.  He is particularly interested in the cutting-edge application of robotics in cochlear implant surgery, cochlear implantation in single-sided deafness, as well as the role of hearing preservation in cochlear implantation.
 

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S.E., 2006, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    • Ph.D., 2013, University of Washington
    • M.D., 2015, University of Washington

  • Residency

    • Otolaryngology, Washington University, 2015-2020

  • Fellowship

    • Neurotology, University of Iowa Department of Otolaryngology, 2020-2022

  • Certifications

    • American Board of Otoloaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Memberships and associations:

  • Association for Research in Otolaryngology
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  • Triological Society
  • American Neurotology Society

Areas of interest

  • Robotic-assisted Cochlear Implant Surgery, Cochlear Implantation in Single Sided Deafness, Hearing Preservation Cochlear Implantation Surgery

Honors and awards

  • Fullbright Scholar
  • Turner Society Endowed Fellow
  • Poncin Fellow

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Selected publications

  • Gantz JA, Gantz BJ, Kaufmann CR, Henslee AM, Dunn CC, Hua X, Hansen MR. “A Steadier Hand: The First Human Clinical Trial of a Single-use Surgical Robot for Cochlear Implant Electrode Array Insertion”, Otol Neurotl. 44(1), Jan 2023, 34-39. PMID 36509435
  • Gantz JA, Gantz BJ. Middle Cranial Fossa Approach. Vestibular Schwannomas – Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Third Series. Lloyd, Pathmanaban and Evans, eds. Elsevier. (in press).
  • Gantz JA, Bennion DM, Gantz BJ. Cochlear Implantation. Essential Otology and Neurology. Wichova H, Slattery W, Vambutas A, eds. Nova Science Publishers. (in press).
  • Gantz JA, Palpant NJ, Welikson RE, Hauschka SD, Murry CE, Laflamme MA, “Targeted Genomic Integration of a Selectable Floxed Dual Fluorescence Reporter in Human Embryonic Stem Cells”, PLoS One. 7(10). Oct 2012. PMID: 23071682

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