About Our Medical Director
Charles W. Cummings, M.D.
Executive Medical Director
Though he stepped down as director of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital after more than a decade, Dr. Cummings remains a Distinguished Service Professor at Johns Hopkins and still cares for patients.
He has written more than 125 scientific papers and is senior editor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, in its fourth edition. He has co-authored surgical atlases on laryngeal surgery and surgical access and reconstruction.
Dr. Cummings has also served as director of the American Board of Otolaryngology, plus chairman of the Residency Review Committee and of the Advisory Council for Otolaryngology to the American College of Surgeons. He was chief of staff of The Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1997 to 1999 and serves on the board of directors of Johns Hopkins Medicine.
