About the BOG Practitioner Excellence Award
The Board of Governors (BOG) Practitioner Excellence Award recognizes the prototypical clinical otolaryngologist one wishes to emulate. BOG Representatives nominate individuals who, within the past 10 years, have practiced medicine in an exemplary manner and are sought out by other physicians because of their personal and effective care. The nominee should have, in addition to his or her clinical skills, one or more of the following attributes:
- Civic leadership
- Charitable activity
- Leadership involvement with state, local or national medical organizations
- Community education
- Local civic and/or community activities
- Academy member in good standing
BOG Practitioner of Excellence Award
This year’s AAO-HNS Board of Governors (BOG) Practitioner of Excellence awardee is Michael T. Teixido, MD. The BOG Practitioner of Excellence Award recognizes the prototypical clinical otolaryngologist one wishes to emulate. Dr. Teixido has an active neurotologic practice at ENT & Allergy of Delaware. He is the director of the Delaware Otologic Medicine and Surgery Fellowship, director of the Balance and Mobility center of ChristianaCare, and co-director of the Pediatric Cochlear Implant and Auditory Rehabilitation Program of the Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware. An adjunct assistant professor, he also teaches residents in otolaryngology at Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College, the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
With a special interest in medical and surgical conditions that affect hearing and balance, Dr. Teixido has sought to bring high-level otology patient care to his home state of Delaware, which has no medical school or training program. His diverse activities include advocating for statewide education reform to better serve children who are deaf or hard of hearing as well as introducing cochlear implant programs for both adults and children. In collaboration with the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, Dr. Teixido has created unique 3-D materials for teaching anatomy, surgery, and pathophysiology.
Dr. Teixido is also a leader in otolaryngology education in the areas of migraines and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). He has personally developed new and effective diagnostic and treatment maneuvers for BPPV that are now widely used, has produced online teaching materials for both patients and practitioners, and has been active in medical missions in the Caribbean, South America, and Asia. These activities and others are truly inspirational and are commensurate for the recognition of the BOG Practitioner of Excellence Award.
Previous Recipients:
2023: David R. Edelstein, MD
2022: G. Lee Bryant, Jr., MD
2021: Richard V. Smith, MD
2020: Kathleen C Y Sie, MD
2019: Mark S. Persky, MD
2018: Mark E. Zafereo, Jr., MD
2017: Wendy B. Stern, MD
2016: Eiji Yanagisawa, MD
2015: Robert J. Stachler, MD
2014: Joseph A. Brennan, MD
2013: Michael Setzen, MD
2012: No award given
2011: Marcy Bothwell, MD
2010: Sanjay K. Gupta, MD
2009: James L. Netterville, MD
2008: No award given
2007: No award given
2006: No award given
2005: Rick G. Love, MD
2004: Michael D. Seidman, MD
2003: Helen F. Krause, MD
2002: David W. Kennedy, MD
2001: M. Coye Shea, Jr., MD
2000: Neil O. Ward, MD
1999: Howard P. House, MD
1998: Jack L. Pulec, MD
1997: Fred D. Owens, MD
1996: John M. Conoyer, MD
