Department of Otolaryngology

Dr. David Haynes

Associate Professor
Department of Otolaryngology/Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences


Director, Division of Otology and Neurotology

Dr. David S. Haynes earned his medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee, in 1987, with honors. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1993. His fellowship was in Otology/Neurotology at The Otology Group/The EAR Foundation in Nashville, TN, under the direction of Michael Glasscock. Dr. Haynes is an Associate Professor both in the Department of Otolaryngology, and the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at Vanderbilt Medical Center. He currently serves as Director of The Otology Group of Vanderbilt, the Division of Otology/Neurotology, and Adult and Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program. He also serves as Medical Director of Vanderbilt Hearing and Balance Center. Dr. Haynes the fellowship program director for the Neurotology fellowship at The Otology Group of Vanderbilt. In addition to his appointment at Vanderbilt Medical Center, he has appointments at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, St. Thomas Hospital and Baptist Hospital.

Dr. Hayne’s clinical interests include all aspects of Otologic and Neurotologic Surgery including acoustic neuroma surgery, cochlear implant surgery, pediatric otology, and skull base surgery. His research interests include work with cochlear implant surgical approaches, implantable devices, bilateral cochlear implants, image-guided surgery and facial nerve identification. He holds leadership positions in multiple organizations including past president of the Nashville Academy of Otolaryngology, National Secretary Treasurer of the Deafness Research Foundation (DRF), and Executive Council Member of the EAR Foundation. He is a senior examiner for the American Board of Otolaryngology (ABO), and was recently appointed as the Chairman of the 13th International Pediatric Cochlear Implant Conference in 2013.