Clinical interests
   Diseases of the ear surgery
   Facial nerve disorders
   Cochlear implants
   Skull base surgery
   General Otolaryngology

Research interests
   Otology and neurology

Background

Board certified in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1969 Medical license: Texas, Colorado, Louisiana, Maryland, New Mexico

1994-present: Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas.

1988-1994: Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas.

1970-1994: Clinical Instructor, Dallas Otology Foundation, Baylor Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

1970-1985: Clinical Instructor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

1970-1976: Instructor in Otologic Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1969-present: Private Practice, Austin Ear Clinic, 711 West 38th Street, Ste. C-1, Austin, Texas, 78705.

1968-1970: Instructor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.

1967-1968: Chief Resident, Department of Otolaryngology ­ Head and Neck Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Special NIH Fellowship in Otology and Laryngology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, 1968-1969.

Residency, Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1964-1968.

Residency, Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1964-1965.

Internship, Presbyterian Hospital, affiliated with The University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, 1963-1964.

M.D., Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1963.

B.S., Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1959.

Youngblood J and Robinson S. Ineraid (Utah) multi-channel cochlear implants. Laryngoscope, 1988;98(1):5-10.

Youngblood J and Martin F. On the relationship of stapedial contraction to central masking. J Aud Res, 1981;21:45-49.

Youngblood J. Effects of ethacrynics on the cochlea. Surgical forum, American College of Surgeons, 1969.

Krementz, ET and Youngblood J. The effects of peroxidase inhibitors in alkalating agents on ascites tumors in mice. The American Association for Cancer Research, Abstract #3 Volume #2, 1963.

Krementz ET and Youngblood J. The effects of peroxide of experimental tumors in mice. The American Association for Cancer Research, Abstract #3 Volume #2, 1962.

Honors and Awards:

1963 - Scholastic Scholarship, Senior year, Tulane University School of Medicine.

1963-1964 - "Most Outstanding Intern", Presbyterian Hospital, Denver, Colorado.

National Committees:

1996-present - Member, Subcommittee on Medical Aspects of Noise, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.

1994 - Examiner, American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chicago, Illinois.

1993-1994 - President, Texas Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Austin, Texas.

1993 - Examiner, American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chicago, Illinois.

1990-1993 - Member, Audit Committee, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Foundation.

1989-1996 - Chief of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department, Seton Medical Center, Austin, Texas.

1989-1995 - Member, Subcommittee on Equilibrium, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.

1989-1995 - Member, Program Advisory Committee, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.

1984-1990 - Member, Board of Govenors, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.

1982-1986 - Member, Cost Containent Committee, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.

1978-present - Legislative Chairman, Texas Association of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

1976-1977 - President, Texas Association of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.