Meet the Faculty

Teaching, research and advanced patient care are what make Henry Ford a premier academic medical center. The physicians and scientists on our faculty share a commitment to provide innovative physician training programs, and to initiate and collaborate on leading-edge medical research.

Staff Training Interests
Steven Chang, M.D.
Department Chair
  • Residency at Johns Hopkins University
  • Fellowship at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery
  • Patient centered head and neck
    cancer care

  • Quality and outcomes research

Samantha Tam, M.D.
Vice Chair of Research & Academics
  • Residency at Western University (London, ON, Canada)
  • Fellowship at University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery
  • Head and neck cancer
  • Transoral robotic surgery
  • Clinical outcomes research
  • Health services (quality and cost) research
Kristen Angster, M.D.
Vice Chair of Care Pathways & Operations
  • Residency at University of Maryland
  • Fellowship at University of Michigan
    Neurotology
  • Vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuromas)
  • Lateral skull base surgery
  • Chronic ear disease
  • Cholesteatomas
  • Otosclerosis
  • Stapedectomy surgery
Alvin Ko, M.D.
Residency Program Director
  • Residency at Case Western Reserve University
  • Education 
  • Process improvement
Suhael Momin, M.D.
Associate Residency Program Director
  • Residency at Cleveland Clinic
  • Fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina
    Head & Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery
  •  Head & neck reconstruction
  • Simulation
  • Teaching
S. Ahmed Ali, M.D.
  • Residency at University of Michigan
  • Fellowship at University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University Head & Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Global health
  • Head and neck reconstruction
  • head and neck cancer
Jerrold Armstrong, D.D.S.
  • Residency at Dalhousie University, Canada (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery)
  • Fellowship at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL

  • Oral & Maxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction
  • Head & neck cancer rehabilitation
  • Orthognathic surgery
  • Additive technologies in reconstruction (e.g., 3D printing)
Benjamin T. Barbetta, D.M.D., M.D.
  • Residency at University of Maryland (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery)
  • Temporomandibular joint disorders
  • Maxillofacial trauma
  • Orthognathic surgery
  • Oral pathology and reconstruction
  • Dentoalveolar surgery and implants
Erica Bennett, Au.D., Ph.D.
  • Externship at Henry Ford Hospital
  • Doctorate at University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Cochlear Implants
  • Research
  • Education
Laura Brainard, M.D.
  • Residency at University of New Mexico
  • Fellowship at Pittsburgh Ear Associates
    Neurotology
  • Chronic ear disease
  • Lateral skull base surgery
  • Hearing loss
  • Dizziness
John Craig, M.D.
 
  • Residency at SUNY Upstate Medical University
  • Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania
    Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
  • Skull base tumors
  • Complex and revision sinus surgery
  • Outcomes research
Rushil Dang, D.M.D., M.S.
  • Residency at Boston University (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery)
  • Fellowship at Boston University
    Maxillofacial Oncology & Reconstruction
  • Fellowship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Taiwan, R.O.C.)
    Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery
  • Oral/head and neck cancer/reconstruction
  • Artificial intelligence in head and neck surgery
  • Maxillofacial trauma
  • Global health  
Ilaaf Darrat, M.D. 
  • Residency at Henry Ford Hospital
  • Fellowship at University of Michigan
    Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • OSA
  • Airway management
Robert Deeb, M.D.
  • Residency at Henry Ford Hospital
  • Fellowship at Mt. Sinai Medical Center
    Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Facial plastics
  • Sinus surgery
Laura Garcia-Rodriguez, M.D.
  • Residency at Henry Ford Hospital
  • Fellowship at Boston University
    Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Facial feminization surgery
  • Facial aesthetics
  • Trauma surgery
Glendon Gardner, M.D.
  • Residency at University of Albany
  • Fellowship at Vanderbilt University
    Laryngology
  • Professional voice
  • Vocal fold paralysis
Lamont Jones, M.D.
  • Residency at University of Michigan
  • Fellowship at SUNY Upstate Medical University
    Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Facial plastics
  • Craniofacial abnormalities
    (cleft lip, etc)
  • Keloid
    (including basic science research)
  • Medical mission trips
Ross Mayerhoff, M.D.
  •  Residency at Wayne State University
  • Fellowship at University of Washington, Seattle
    Laryngology
  • Professional voice
  • Vocal fold paralysis
  • Dysphagia
Christie Morgan, M.D.
  • Residency at Boston University
  • Pediatrics
  • General Otolaryngology
Andrea Plawecki, M.D.
  • Residency at Henry Ford Hospital
  • Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University
    Sleep Medicine
  • Sleep Medicine
Amrita Ray, D.O.
  • Residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center
  • Fellowship at New York Presbyterian: Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine
    Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
  • Complex and revision sinus surgery
  • Skull base tumors
  • CSF rhinorrhea
  • Quality and outcomes research
Joshua Romero, M.D.
  • Residency at SUNY Upstate Medical University

  • General Otolaryngology
  • Global Surgery
Ravi Shah, M.D.
  • Residency at University of Pennsylvania
  • General otolaryngology
  • Sleep surgery
  • Quality improvement
Haley Sibley, M.D.
  • Residency at Henry Ford Hospital
  • Fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina
    Laryngology
  • Laryngology
Michael Singer, M.D.
  • Residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY
  • Fellowship at Georgia Health Sciences University
    Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery
  • Minimally invasive thyroid surgery
  • Parathyroid surgery
  • Process improvement
Vivian Wu, M.D., M.P.H.
  • Residency at Oregon Health & Science University
  • Fellowship at the University of Michigan
    Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery

  • Research
  • HPV related OPSCC
  • Exosomes
  • Cancer Stem Cells
  • Melanoma
  • Endocrine
  • Surgery
  • HPV vaccination
Kathleen Yaremchuk, M.D.
Department Chair Emeritus
  • Residency at University of Chicago
  • Board certified
    Sleep Medicine
  • Sleep medicine
  • DISE
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