Howard Wayne Francis

Howard Wayne Francis

Richard Hall Chaney, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Richard Hall Chaney, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology
  • Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Science
  • Chair of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences

Contact Information

  • Office Location: 40 Duke Medicine Circle, DUMC Box 3805, Durham, NC 27710
  • Office Phone: (919) 684-3834
  • Email Address: howard.francis@duke.edu

Education

  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1997
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1996
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1991
  • M.B.A. Johns Hopkins University, 2012
  • M.D. Harvard Medical School, 1990

In the News

Representative Publications

  • Borre, ED; Kaalund, K; Frisco, N; Zhang, G; Ayer, A; Kelly-Hedrick, M; Reed, SD; Emmett, SD; Francis, H; Tucci, DL; Wilson, BS; Kosinski, AS; Ogbuoji, O; Sanders Schmidler, GD, The Impact of Hearing Loss and Its Treatment on Health-Related Quality of Life Utility: a Systematic Review with Meta-analysis., J Gen Intern Med, vol 38 no. 2 (2023), pp. 456-479 [10.1007/s11606-022-07795-9] [abs].
  • Borre, ED; Myers, ER; Dubno, JR; Emmett, SD; Pavon, JM; Francis, HW; Ogbuoji, O; Sanders Schmidler, GD, Estimated Monetary Value of Future Research Clarifying Uncertainties Around the Optimal Adult Hearing Screening Schedule., Jama Health Forum, vol 3 no. 11 (2022) [10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.4065] [abs].
  • Francis, HW, How the Past Shapes the Future and What to Do About It: A Discussion at CI 2021 Virtual With Panelists: Teresa Caraway, Ph.D., C.C.C.-S.L.P.; Cliff Megerian, M.D.; Debara Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.; Peter Thomas, J.D.; Jason Wigand, Au.D., Otol Neurotol, vol 43 no. 8 (2022), pp. e910-e915 [10.1097/MAO.0000000000003643] [abs].
  • Borre, ED; Dubno, JR; Myers, ER; Emmett, SD; Pavon, JM; Francis, HW; Ogbuoji, O; Sanders Schmidler, GD, Model-Projected Cost-Effectiveness of Adult Hearing Screening in the USA., J Gen Intern Med (2022) [10.1007/s11606-022-07735-7] [abs].
  • Dubno, JR; Majumder, P; Bettger, JP; Dolor, RJ; Eifert, V; Francis, HW; Pieper, CF; Schulz, KA; Silberberg, M; Smith, SL; Walker, AR; Witsell, DL; Tucci, DL, A pragmatic clinical trial of hearing screening in primary care clinics: cost-effectiveness of hearing screening., Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation : C/E, vol 20 no. 1 (2022) [10.1186/s12962-022-00360-5] [abs].