Lloyd B. Minor
University dean
Lloyd Brooks Minor (born 1957) is an American surgeon, researcher, educator, and academic administrator. Since December 2012, he has served as the Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of Stanford University School of Medicine at Stanford University. Previously, he was the provost of Johns Hopkins University.
An expert on the inner ear, Minor is known for identifying the superior canal dehiscence syndrome, a disorder where a hole in the skull bone upsets the inner ear balance canal. For refining a treatment for Ménière's disease using gentamicin, Minor received the Prosper Ménière Society's gold medal in 2010. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, he is also a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Early life and education
Minor was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. His father was an accountant and his mother worked as a kindergarten teacher. He graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Science in biology in 1979 and received his M.D. from its Warren Alpert Medical School in 1982.
Minor completed his initial residency training in surgery at Duke University Medical Center from 1982 until 1984.
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