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Dobie, Robert Alan was born on July 26, 1945 in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Dobie, Robert Alan was born on July 26, 1945 in Annapolis, Maryland.
Bachelor of Arts in Biology with great distinction, Stanford University, 1967; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1971.
Intern, Stanford (California) U. School Medicine, 1971;
resident in otolaryngology, Stanford (California) U. School Medicine, 1971-1975;
assistant professor department otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, U. Washington, Seattle, 1975-1980;
associate professor, U. Washington, Seattle, 1980-1985;
professor, U. Washington, Seattle, 1985-1990;
research fellow in auditory physiology, Kresge Hearing Research Laboratory Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, 1977-1978;
T.W. Folbre professor, department chairman otolaryngology, University Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, since 1990. Attending otolaryngologist Medical Center Hospital (name now University Hospital), Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, San Antonio, since 1990. Director Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center U. Washington, 1988-1990.
Research affiliate Child Development & Mental Retardation Center, 1988-1990. Consultant in otology Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, 1987-1990, Kaiser Aluminum and Chem.Corp., Oakland, California, 1976-1986. Chief otolaryngology service VA Medical Center, Seattle, 1978-1983, 75-77.
Clinical fellow in otoneurosurgery University Hospital, Zurich, 1983-1984. Member Council for Accreditation in Occupl. Hearing Conservation, since 1990.
Member program advising committee National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders, since 1996. Board directors Deafness Research Foundation.
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Member American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Academy Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (chair noise subcommittee 1981-1987, 95-98), American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society, American Auditory Society, American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae sacrum, Politizer Society, Association for Research in Otolaryngology (president 1993-1994), American College.Occupational Medicine, Bexar County Medical Society, San Antonio Society Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Southern Medical Association, Texas Medical Association.
