CURRICULUM VITAE
JAMES L. NETTERVILLE, M.D.
PRESENT POSITION
Professor of Otolaryngology
Associate Director of the Bill Wilkerson Center
For Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
7209 Medical Center East, South Tower
Nashville, TN 37232-8605
BIRTHDATE March 13, 1954
BIRTHPLACE Nashville, Tennessee
MARITAL STATUS Married. Four children.
EDUCATION
HIGH SCHOOL David Lipscomb High School
Nashville, Tennessee, 1972
UNDERGRADUATE David Lipscomb College
Nashville, Tennessee. B.S., 1976
MEDICAL SCHOOL University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences
Memphis, Tennessee. M.D., 1980
INTERNSHIP Methodist Hospitals
Memphis, Tennessee, July 1980 - June 1981
RESIDENCY Resident - Surgery, Methodist Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee, July 1981-June 1982
Resident - Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences, July, 1982-June 1985
Preceptorship - Skull Base Surgery,
M.E. Glasscock, M.D. Nashville, Tennessee, October 1984
FELLOWSHIP Fellow - Head and Neck Surgery, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, July 1985 - July 1986
Curriculum Vitae - James L. Netterville, M.D.
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HONORS/AWARDS
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
Donald H. Earl, M.D. Outstanding Resident Award, Dept. of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Tennessee, 1985
Outstanding Teaching Award, Residents, University of Iowa, 1985
Honorable Mention (Second Place), Harris P. Mosher Award for Triological Thesis
"Bilateral Carotid Body Tumors: Etiology and Management of Physiological Changes Resulting from Bilateral Excision", 1993
AOA - Election by Medical Students as Faculty Candidate, July 1995
Election as Senior Examiner to American Board of Otolaryngology, 1999
Guest Examiner - American Board of Otolaryngology, Chicago, Illinois, 1997, 1998, 1999
Alumnus of the Decade - David Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998
Board of Director - North American Skull Base Society, 1993-1996
Council of the American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, 1996-1999
Election to Nominating Committee, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and
Neck Surgery, 1996-1997
Election to Nominating Committee, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and
Neck Surgery, 1999-2001
Honored Guest - XLII Congresso Nacional - Veracruz Mexico, 1993
Honored Guest - First Turkish-Italian Laryngeal Congress - Antalaya, Turkey, May 1997
Honored Guest - Scandinavian Conference on Laryngeal Surgery - Stockholm, Sweden, May 1997
Honored Guest - Asian Surgical Society - Brisbane, Australia, March 1999
Honored Guest - Australian Otolaryngology Head and Neck Society - Canberra, Australia, March 1999
Honored Guest - American Osteopathic Otolaryngology Annual Meeting, 1999
“Axel Dietrichson Award” – The Yul Brynner Head and Neck Cancer Foundation, April 2000
“Doctors of Excellence Awards” - Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, Southeast Regional Dystonia Symposium - Atlanta, Georgia, April 2000
“Distinguished Alumnus of the Year” - David Lipscomb University College of Science - 2002
Best Contributed Paper – Oral Presentation: Garth T. Olson and James L. Netterville, “Laryngeal Rehabilitation After Skull Base Cranial Nerve Resection,” – 12th Annual Meeting of the North American Skull Base Society, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, February 2001
Election to America’s Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, First Edition, New York, NY, August 2001
1st Winner of the SPIO Award [Society for Promotion of the International Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Inc. (SPIO)] for Most Outstanding Paper published in Auris Nasus Larynx.: Billante CR, Spector BS, Hudson MC, Burkard KA, Netterville JL. Voice outcome following thyroplasty in patients with cancer-related vocal fold paralysis. Auris Nasus Larynx 2001; 28; 315-321. Cash prize awarded May 2002
“Distinguished Service Award Recognition” for volunteer contributions to the Academy and its Foundation. Presented by the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the Annual Meeting in the Orange County Convention Center -Orlando, FL on September 21, 2003
“Candle Award” – First recipient of award for teaching Vanderbilt medical students. Presented by the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine – 2003
“Communication Services Award” for continued advocacy and constant support for the field of Speech-Language Pathology. Award presented at a reception by The Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences-The Speech Pathology Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center June 10, 2004.
“Distinguished Award For Humanitarian Efforts” for all of his time and effort in mission works, performing surgeries and working to furnish, medical supplies and equipment, agricultural aid and school supplies in Nigeria, Honduras, and many other impoverished Third World countries. Presented by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the Annual Meeting and Oto Expo in New York City, New York , September 19, 2004.
“Presidential Citation” for excellent and pioneering work in laryngeal framework surgery. Presented by the American Laryngological Association in Boca Raton, Florida, May 14, 2005.
GUEST PROFESSOR/ INVITED LECTURERSHIP
Guest Lecturer - Nashville Academy of Otolaryngology - Nashville, TN 1987
Guest Lecturer - Memphis Society of Otolaryngology - Memphis, TN 1991
Guest Lecturer - Mt. Sinai Head and Neck Surgery Update 1991
Guest Lecturer - East Tennessee Otolaryngology Society - Knoxville, TN 1992
Guest Lecturer - University of Texas at Dallas - Dallas, TX 1992
Guest Lecturer - XXIII Pan American Congress - 1992
Curriculum Vitae - James L. Netterville, M.D.
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GUEST PROFESSOR/ INVITED LECTURERSHIP (continued)
Guest Lecturer - American Neurotologic Society - 1992
Guest Lecturer - Rochester Otolaryngology Society - Rochester, NY 1993
Guest Lecturer - Ohio Otolaryngology Society Annual Meeting – Cleveland, OH 1993
Guest Lecturer - Chicago Laryngological and Otological Society - Chicago, IL 1993
Guest Professor -Pennsylvania State University - Henry, PA 1993
Guest Lecturer - Northeast Ohio Otolaryngology Head and Neck Society – Cleveland, OH 1994
Guest Lecturer - University of Texas at San Antonio - San Antonio, TX 1994
Guest Lecturer - Tennessee Academy of Otolaryngology - Nashville, TN 1994
Guest Lecturer - University of Pittsburgh, Department of Otolaryngology - Pittsburgh, PA 1994
Guest Lecturer - Pittsburgh Society of Otolaryngology - Pittsburgh, PA 1994
Guest Lecturer - Tri-State Tennessee/Alabama/Georgia Otolaryngology Association 1994
Guest Lecturer - Research Study Club of Los Angeles - Pasadena, CA 1995
Guest Lecturer - Michigan Society of Otolaryngology - Detroit, MI 1995
Guest Lecturer - “Management of Cranial Nerve Dysfunction” - Duke University 1995
Guest Lecturer - Utah Society for Otolaryngology - 1995
Guest Professor -Henry Ford Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology - Detroit, MI 1995
Guest Lecturer - American College of Surgeons - 1996
Guest Lecturer - University of Tennessee Department of Otolaryngology -
Head and Neck Society - Knoxville, TN 1996
Guest Lecturer - Fourth International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer - 1996
Guest Professor -Portsmith Naval Medical Center - Portsmith, VA 1996
Guest Lecturer - Kansas City Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Society - Kansas City, KS 1997
Guest Lecturer - Sylvester Cancer Center - University of Miami - Miami, FL 1997
Guest Lecturer - Louisiana - Mississippi Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Society -
Biloxi, MS 1997
Guest Lecturer - North American Society for Skull Base Surgery - 1997
Guest Lecturer - Kentucky Society for Otolaryngology - Louisville, KY 1997
Guest Lecturer - Memorial Sloan Kettering Head and Neck Course - 1997
Guest Professor -Brown Memorial Lectureship - Columbus Otolaryngology Society –
Columbus, OH 1997
Guest Professor -University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill, Department of
Otolaryngology - Chapel Hill, NC 1998
Guest Professor -Stanford University, Department of Otolaryngology -Stanford, CA 1998
Guest Lecturer - Oregon Society of Otolaryngology - Portland, OR 1998
Guest Lecturer - University of Washington Laryngeal Update - Seattle, WA 1998
Guest Lecturer - Missouri/Arkansas Society for Otolaryngology - Branson, MO 1999
Guest Lecturer - Ed Cocke Head and Neck Symposium - Memphis, TN 1999
Guest Lecturer – The Sixth Interdisciplinary Voice Intervention Conference - Christian University -Voice Institute of West Texas – Abilene, TX 2003
Guest Lecturer – West Virginia Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and West Virginia University Department of Otolaryngology -
Morgantown, WV 2004
Guest Lecturer – Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education and Department of Otolaryngology- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - Boston, MA 2004
SPECIALTY BOARD
Diplomate, American Board of Otolaryngology, 1985
STATUS
MEDICAL LICENSURE
Tennessee -1981; Arkansas -1981 (currently inactive); Iowa -1985
Curriculum Vitae - James L. Netterville, M.D.
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STATUS (continued)
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Baptist Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Iowa City Veterans Administration Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Fellow)
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
American Broncho-Esophagological Association
American College of Surgeons
American Laryngological Society (Fellow)
American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc. (The Triological Society)
American Medical Association
American Society of Head and Neck Surgery
H. William Scott Society
Nashville Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
North American Skull Base Society
Society of University Otolaryngologists
Tennessee Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member of the Review Board of:
Journal of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Annals of Otolaryngology, Rhinology, Laryngology
Laryngoscope
Member, Department of Otolaryngology Executive Committee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1987 - Present
Member, Resident Education Committee of the Department of Otolaryngology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1987 - Present
President, Tennessee Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1992-1995
Member, Board of Directors North American Skull Base Society, 1993-1996
Member, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Cancer Committee, 1993 - Present
Section Editor - Skull Base Surgery, Otolaryngology: The Journal Club Journal
Member, Patient Aggregation Committee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1995
Member, Craniomaxillofacial Committee, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1995-1998
Member, Product Line Consult, 1996 - Present
Member, Nominating Committee, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1996-1997
Member, Neurolaryngology Subcommittee, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1996-1999
Member, Council of the American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, 1996-1999
Member, Vanderbilt Chapter/Sigma Xi, Vanderbilt University, 1997
Curriculum Vitae - James L. Netterville, M.D.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (continued)
Member, Executive Editorial Board of the Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1997-2002
Site Visit to Joint Council for Head and Neck Fellowship Training, Rosewell Park - Buffalo, New York, 1997
Member, Specialty Surgery Committee, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1998
Site Visit to Joint Council for Head and Neck Fellowship Training, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1998
Member and Co-Editor, Practice Guidelines Committee, American Head and Neck Society, 1998 – 2000
Program Representative, Advisory Council for Otorhinolaryngology, American College of Surgeons, 1999-2001
Advisory Council for Otorhinolaryngology, American College of Surgeons, 1999-2001
Senior Examiner, American Board of Otolaryngology, 1999-2000
Member, Neurolaryngology Committee, American Laryngological Association, 1999-2002
Member, Nominating Committee, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2000-2001
Consultant, Neurolaryngology Subcommittee, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, October 1, 2002 – September 30, 2003.
Member, Endocrine Surgery Committee, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2002 – 2005.
Member, Membership & Credentials Committee, North American Skull Base Society, 2003-2004.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Associate Director, The Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology
and Communications Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 1998 - Present
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 1998 – Present
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 1992 - 1998
Director of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Department of Otolaryngology,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 1987 - Present
Chief of Otolaryngology, Veterans Administration Hospital,
Surgical Services, Nashville, TN 1987 - 1995
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 1986 - 1992
Instructor/Fellow, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1985 – 1986
Curriculum Vitae - James L. Netterville, M.D.
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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
1. Principal Investigator - Zealer DL, Ph.D. (Advisor), Ossoff RH, D.M.D., M.D., (Advisor). Laryngeal pacing in the human. American Laryngological Association.
2. Co-Principal Investigator - Phase II Multi-Institutional Trial of Targeted Supradose Cisplatin Chemoradiation for Stage IV Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (RADPLAT) with University of Tennessee - Memphis. NIH Grant No. 1 R01 CA 67789-01A1. Project Period: 7/1/1996 - 6/30/2000.
3. Co-Investigator - (PI - Billante, CR, Ph.D.), Spector, BC, M.D. and Moore, JR, S.L.P. Restoration of Voice in Patients With Laryngeal and Palatal Paralysis Secondary to Cancer or Its Treatment. NCI Cancer Center Support Grant No. 1P30 CA 68485. Project Period: 9/01/99 - 8/30/2000. Award: $21,992.
4. Co-Investigator - Spector, B, M.D., Billante, C. Moore, J, Smith, T. Quality of Life Assessment in Patients with Unilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis Before and After Medialization Laryngoplasty With or Without Arytenoid Adduction.
5. Co-Investigator - Billante, CR, Ph.D. (Co-Investigator). Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed Larynx. NIH (NIDCD) Grant No. 1R01-DC01149. Project Period: 1990 - 1994. Award: $410,193
6. Co-Investigator - Billante, CR, Ph.D. (Co-Investigator). Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed Larynx. NIH (NIDCD) Grant No. 2R01-DC01149. Project Period: 1995 - 2000. Award: $1.36 million.
7. Co-Investigator - Courey, MS, M.D. (Co-Investigator). Outcomes of Botox Therapy for Patients with Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia and Tremor. Pacific Voice Conference, San Francisco, California. October 17-20, 1996.
8. Co-Investigator - Billante, CR, Ph.D. (Co-Investigator), of contract with Medtronic, Inc. Clinical Investigation of Electrical Stimulation of the Larynx for Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis. Project Period: 1996-1998. Award: $15,000.
9. Co-Investigator - (PI - Carbone). Dendritic Cell Studies in Head and neck Cancer: Function and Phenotype of Dendritic Cells.
10. Co-Investigator - (PI - Carbone). Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor on the Maturation of Endothelial Growth Cells in Head and Neck Cancer.
11. Principal Investigator. Long Term Effects and Safety of Silicone Laryngeal Implants in Canine Model. Internal Funding - Vanderbilt Voice Center. Project Period: 1995 - 1999. Award: $21,000.
12. Principal Investigator. Development of Artificial Laryngeal/Pulmonary Airflow Pump for Cadaveric Laryngeal-function Testing. Internal Funding - Vanderbilt Voice Center. Project Period: 1999 - 2000. Budget: $9,000.
13. Co-Investigator - (PI - Courey). Collagen Intracordal Injections. Postop Function in Relation to Depth of Injection. Internal Funding - Vanderbilt Voice Center. Project Period: 1999 - 2000.