Robert A. Hendrix, MD, FACS

Robert A. Hendrix, M.D., F.A.C.S. graduated from A.B. Chandler Medical School at The University of Kentucky Medical Center. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery at Ohio State University. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Board Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. He was previously Chief of Otolaryngology Service for the Philadelphia Veterans Administration and Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine.

Education
Purdue University School of Science	B.S. -- major: Honors Mathematics; minor: Chemistry, 1969-73
Universitat des Saarlandes	1971
1972 Karl Ruprecht Universitat
Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana	Graduate School of Life Sciences, 1973-74
A.B. Chandler Medical School	M.D., 1974-78
The University of Kentucky Medical Center

Postgraduate Training
Baystate Medical Center, an Affiliated Hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts	Internship (Surgical) , 1978-79
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	PostGraduate Year II in Surgery, 1979-80
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio	Residency training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1980-83

Specialty Certification
The American Board of Otolaryngology, 1983

Licensure
Wisconsin, 1980
Pennsylvania, 1983
North Carolina, 1992

Current Hospital and Administrative Appointments
Active staff in the Department of Surgery, Nash General Hospital, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 1999
Cancer Committee, Nash General Hospital, 2002
Secretary-Treasurer, Nash County Medical Society, 2003
Vice President, Nash County Medical Society, 2004
President, Nash County Medical Society, 2005
Heritage Hospital, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, Tarboro, North Carolina, 2000

Academic History
Faculty Appointments (1983-1992): Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine • 1983 Assistant Professor • 1992 Associate Professor
Administrative Appointments in the University of Pennsylvania Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery • 1985-92 Director of Medical Education in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine • 1985-90 Chairman, Quality Assurance Committee, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery • 1989-92 Chief, Otolaryngology Service Department of Surgery Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center • 1990-92 Medical Director, Speech and Hearing Center • 1990-92 Acting Director, Speech and Hearing Center

Awards, Honors and Membership in Honorary Societies
Alpha Epsilon Delta, Pre Med Honorary. Purdue University, 1972
Graduated with Honors in Mathematics, Purdue University, 1973
Elected to Who's Who in American Education, (Who's Who Publications), 1988-89
Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association for continuing education, 1990-93
Selected to U.S. Registry's Who's Who Among Outstanding Americans (Who's Who Publications), 1994
Selected for the 24th and 25th editions of Marquis Who's Who in the South and Southwest (Marquis Who's Who), 1994-1997
Elected to THE TRIOLOGICAL SOCIETY as an Active Fellow; candidate's thesis: Spectral Analysis and Mathematical Modelling of Tracheal Mucociliary Function (submitted Sept. 1994, accepted 1-1995; thesis material is currently presented as an online publication in two manuscripts at http://members.aol.com/tiermensch/index.html), 1995
Received the Honor Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Francisco, CA, 1997
Lifetime member of The National Registry of Who's Who, published by American Biographical Publications, Patchogue, NY, 2001
Selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who in America 56th Edition, New Providence, NJ , 2001
Selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who in America 2003, 57th Edition, New Providence, NJ, 2002
Selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering 2003-2004, 7th Edition, New Providence, NJ, 2003
Selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who in America 2004, 58th Edition, New Providence, NJ, 2003
Reviewer for The Laryngoscope, official journal of the Otological, Rhinological & Laryngological Society (a.k.a., The Triological Society), 2003
Selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who in America 2005, 59th Edition, New Providence, NJ, 2004

Memberships in Professional and Scientific Societies
National Societies: • The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society Inc. aka the TRIOLOGICAL SOCIETY(Fellow, 1995) • The American Broncho-Esophagological Association (Member) • Task Force on New Materials of the American Board of Otolaryngology and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (appointment 1991-1994) • Home Study Course, Section 2, Ethics in Otolaryngology, Faculty for AAO-HNS, 1995-1999. Co-chairman of this committee during the 1998-1999 academic year. • The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery(Fellow) • American Board of Otoloaryngology
Regional Societies: • Nash County Medical Society, 2000-Present • Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, 1983-1992 • Mecklenburg County Medical Society, Charlotte, NC, 1992-1997 • North Carolina Medical Society, 2000-2011

Past Grants and Research Associated Activities
Integrated MRI/MRS Study of Head and Neck Tumors American Cancer Society IN-135-I, 1988-1989, $3500.
Reviewer of research proposals submitted 1990-1991 for funding to the Pennsylvania Lions Hearing Research Foundation, Inc.
Narrated, edited and produced a Movie: StickMouse: A Prosthetic Device for the Handicapped Enabling Effective and Independent Full Use of a Computer for all Software Programs, 2002