Key Documents
Robert K. Jackler, MD
Academic Appointments
- Professor, Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)
- Professor (By courtesy), Neurosurgery
- Professor (By courtesy), Surgery
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 801 Welch Rd MC 5739 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-5281 Fax (650) 725-8502Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information EmailAdministrative Contact Laura Garner Executive Assistant Email Tel Work 650 725-6818Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Acoustic Neuroma, Cerebellopontine Angle
- Meningioma
- Neurofibromatosis 2
- Glomus Jugulare Tumor
- Ear Neoplasms
Administrative Appointments
- Sewall Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (2003 - present)
- Associate Dean, Continuing Medical Education, School of Medicine (2007 - present)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Neurotology, American Board of Otolaryngology (2004) |
| Fellowship: | House Ear Institute, CA (1985) |
| Board Certification: | Otolaryngology, American Board of Otolaryngology (1984) |
| Residency: | UCSF Medical Center, CA (1984) |
| Internship: | UCSF Medical Center, CA (1980) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Web Site Links
Scientific Focus
Research Interests
Development of innovative surgical methods, via the cranial base, to expose inaccessible intracranial disease. Surgical simulation and robotics. Evidence based outcomes analysis in acoustic neuroma and other tumors of the cerebellopontine angle. History of tobacco advertising with false reassurance of healthfulness (see tobacco.stanford.edu). Medical history - especially the history of otology, neurosurgery, deafness, and quackery.
Publications
- "Not one single case of throat irritation": misuse of the image of the otolaryngologist in cigarette advertising. Laryngoscope. 2008; (3): 415-27
- Selection of surgical approach to acoustic neuroma. 1992. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2008; (2): 217-38, vi
- Aggressiveness in cholesterol granuloma of the temporal bone may be determined by the vigor of its blood source. Otol Neurotol. 2007; (2): 232-5
- The aborted early history of the translabyrinthine approach: a victim of suppression or technical prematurity? Otol Neurotol. 2007; (2): 269-79
- Cranial base approaches to inaccessible intracranial tumors. Curr Opin Neurol. 2007; (6): 726-31
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