Established in 2005 to honor Dr. Charles Cummings, made possible by gifts from over 300 donors
CHARLES W. CUMMINGS was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in November of 1935. He graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1953, Dartmouth College in 1957, and the University of Virginia Medical School in 1961. He was an intern at Dartmouth and completed a year of general surgery residency at the University of Virginia. He entered the Air Force in 1963, was discharged in July 1965, and entered residency training in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the Harvard Medical School Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, finishing the program in 1968. Dr. Cummings was in private practice in Boston and on the clinical staff at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary until the end of 1975 when he moved to Syracuse, New York, and became an associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. Two years later, on January 1, 1978, he assumed chairmanship of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Washington where he remained until the end of 1990 when he became director of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins. In 2003, Dr. Cummings stepped down as director. He is a Distinguished Service Professor at Johns Hopkins and continues to care for patients. Dr. Cummings is also the senior medical director for Johns Hopkins International. He has written over 125 scientific papers and is the senior editor of the four volume text Cummings Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, which is in its fourth edition. He has also co-authored two surgical atlases, one on laryngeal surgery and another on surgical access and reconstruction in the field of laryngology and head and neck surgery. Dr. Cummings served as a director of the American Board of Otolaryngology, has served as chairman of the Residency Review Committee and chairman of the Advisory Council for Otolaryngology to the American College of Surgeons. He was chief of staff of the Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1997 through 1999 and serves on the board of directors of Johns Hopkins Medicine. He is a past president of the American Association for Academic Departments of Otolaryngology, American Broncho-Esophagological Association, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and the American Society for Head and Neck Surgery. He is married to Jane Drake Cummings and has three children and eight grandchildren.
PAUL FLINT, M.D., the inaugural Charles W. Cummings, M.D Professor, was born in Honolulu Hawaii on November 12th 1955. He attended Rice University as a scholar athlete and completed medical training at Baylor College of Medicine in 1983. After two years of general surgery training at the University of Washington, Seattle, Dr. Flint completed his otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency at the University of Washington under then-chairman, Charles W. Cummings. Dr. Flint subsequently joined the faculty at the University of Washington with emphasis on neurolaryngology and head and neck surgery. Dr. Flint joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 1991 and is currently Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He has a secondary appointment in Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine and was a founding board member for the Society of Airway Management. He is the residency program director for Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and director of the Center for Laryngeal and Voice Disorders, as well as co-director of Johns Hopkins/U.S. Surgical Minimally Invasive Surgical Training Center. Dr. Flint has authored more than 60 scientific papers and book chapters and he has recently assumed the role of senior editor for the four-volume textbook Cummings Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. He was awarded a Johns Hopkins Clinician Scientist Award in 1992 and subsequently obtained NIH funding for research investigating gene therapy for the treatment of laryngeal paralysis. His current research interest is focused on the development and application of micro-robotics for laryngeal surgery, a collaborative effort with the Johns Hopkins Engineering Research Center.
CHARLES W. CUMMINGS was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in November of 1935. He graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1953, Dartmouth College in 1957, and the University of Virginia Medical School in 1961. He was an intern at Dartmouth and completed a year of general surgery residency at the University of Virginia. He entered the Air Force in 1963, was discharged in July 1965, and entered residency training in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the Harvard Medical School Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, finishing the program in 1968. Dr. Cummings was in private practice in Boston and on the clinical staff at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary until the end of 1975 when he moved to Syracuse, New York, and became an associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. Two years later, on January 1, 1978, he assumed chairmanship of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Washington where he remained until the end of 1990 when he became director of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins. In 2003, Dr. Cummings stepped down as director. He is a Distinguished Service Professor at Johns Hopkins and continues to care for patients. Dr. Cummings is also the senior medical director for Johns Hopkins International. He has written over 125 scientific papers and is the senior editor of the four volume text Cummings Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, which is in its fourth edition. He has also co-authored two surgical atlases, one on laryngeal surgery and another on surgical access and reconstruction in the field of laryngology and head and neck surgery. Dr. Cummings served as a director of the American Board of Otolaryngology, has served as chairman of the Residency Review Committee and chairman of the Advisory Council for Otolaryngology to the American College of Surgeons. He was chief of staff of the Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1997 through 1999 and serves on the board of directors of Johns Hopkins Medicine. He is a past president of the American Association for Academic Departments of Otolaryngology, American Broncho-Esophagological Association, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and the American Society for Head and Neck Surgery. He is married to Jane Drake Cummings and has three children and eight grandchildren. 
PAUL FLINT, M.D., the inaugural Charles W. Cummings, M.D Professor, was born in Honolulu Hawaii on November 12th 1955. He attended Rice University as a scholar athlete and completed medical training at Baylor College of Medicine in 1983. After two years of general surgery training at the University of Washington, Seattle, Dr. Flint completed his otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency at the University of Washington under then-chairman, Charles W. Cummings. Dr. Flint subsequently joined the faculty at the University of Washington with emphasis on neurolaryngology and head and neck surgery. Dr. Flint joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 1991 and is currently Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He has a secondary appointment in Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine and was a founding board member for the Society of Airway Management. He is the residency program director for Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and director of the Center for Laryngeal and Voice Disorders, as well as co-director of Johns Hopkins/U.S. Surgical Minimally Invasive Surgical Training Center. Dr. Flint has authored more than 60 scientific papers and book chapters and he has recently assumed the role of senior editor for the four-volume textbook Cummings Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. He was awarded a Johns Hopkins Clinician Scientist Award in 1992 and subsequently obtained NIH funding for research investigating gene therapy for the treatment of laryngeal paralysis. His current research interest is focused on the development and application of micro-robotics for laryngeal surgery, a collaborative effort with the Johns Hopkins Engineering Research Center.