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Peter Roland, MD
Endowed Title: Beth and Marvin C. (Cub) Culbertson Professorship in Pediatric Otolaryngology
Arthur E. Meyerhoff Chair in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Office Phone: 214-648-2432
peter.roland@utsouthwestern.edu
To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.
Biography
Dr. Roland is currently Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Professor of Neurological Surgery, both at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He is Chief of Pediatric Otology at Children’s Medical Center. Dr. Roland regularly performs surgical procedures at Zale Lipshy University Hospital, St. Paul Hospital and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. He is a member of over 20 hospital committees. He chairs five committees: the Quality Assurance/Medical Records Committee of Zale Lipshy University Medical Center; the Ethics Committee for Zale Lipshy University Hospital; the Committee on Physician Health and Rehabilitation for Parkland Memorial Hospital; the HIPAA Compliance Committee for the Southwestern University Medical Center; and the Managed Care Contracting Committee. Dr. Roland has completed a fellowship in otology, neurotology and skull base surgery and his practice is limited to that subspecialty. He deals with problems in hearing, ear disease, balance disturbance, facial nerve injury and tumors of the skull base including acoustic neuroma. He has a special interest and much experience in the area of cochlear implantation. Dr. Roland completed graduate coursework in Philosophy at the University of Texas in 1972. He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and did his otolaryngology residency training at Penn State University. Dr. Roland spent four years in the United States Navy stationed at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. During his tour in the Navy, he was on the faculty of the Uniform Services, the University of Health Sciences and served as a consultant to the National Institutes of Health. Following his four year tour in the Navy, he spent a year in fellowship training at the E.A.R. Institute in Nashville, Tennessee specializing in otology, neurotology and skull base surgery. He is the author of over 150 publications on ear surgery, cochlear implants, hearing loss, balance disturbance, facial nerve injury, acoustic neuroma and tumors of the skull base. He has authored two books: “Hearing Loss” and “Ototoxicity”.
Education
| Fellowship | The Otology Group (1985) |
| Residency | Penn State Univ-Milton S. Hershey (1980) |
| Internship | Penn State Univ-Milton S. Hershey (1977) |
| Medical School | University of Texas - Galveston Medical Branch (1976) |
Research Interests
Publications
Roland P, Martin K, Booth T, Campbell J, Sharma A , Cochlear Implants International , Spring 2011; (12 (2)):1-9
Roland P, Rosenfeld R, Brooks L, Friendman N, Jones J, et al. , American Academy of Otolaryngology-HNS , July 2011; (145 (1S)):1S-15 S
Warner-Czyz AD, Loy B, Tobey EA, Nakonhezny P, Roland PS , Int. Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology , January 2011; (75):95-105
Souter MA, Briggs RJ, Wright CG, Roland PS. , Neurotology , January 2011; (32 (1)):58-63
Sharma A, Cardon G, Henion K, and Roland P , International Journal of Audiology , February 2011; (50):98-106
Pawlowski KS, Koulich MS, Domenico C, Wright CG, Stabilini E, Roland P. , The Laryngoscope , January 2011; (121):182-186
Cohen S, Roland PS, Shoup A, et al. , Audiology & Neurotology , January 2011; (16 (4)):214-221
Isaacson BI, Roland PS, Wright CG , The Laryngoscope , December 2008; (118):2200-2204
Lee KH, Lee J, Isaacson B, Kutz JW, Roland PS. , The Laryngoscope , August 2010; (120 (8)):1675-1681
Roland PS, Wright CG, Isaacson B. , The Laryngoscope , August 2007; (114):1397-1402
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Honors/Awards
2001-Present (2008)
2002-Present (2008)
2003-Present (2008)
2004-Present (2008)
Memorial Lecturer at 60th Annual Meeting of AAOAF (2001)