Anna Meyer, MD
Professor
Otolaryngology
School of Medicine
Anna Meyer, MD, is a Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology, Director of Medical Student Curriculum, Director of Otolaryngology Curriculum for Primary Care Pediatrics Residency, and Director of the Cochlear Implant Interconnect Program in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) at the University of California, San Francisco.
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She received her medical degree from UCSF, and completed her internship at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Meyer completed her Head and Neck Surgery residency at the University of Michigan, followed by a Pediatric Otolaryngology fellowship from the Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago/Northwestern University, Illinois.
As director of the Cochlear Implant Interconnect Program, Dr. Meyer provides her expertise to both UCSF and Hearing and Speech of Northern California (community communication center) including cochlear implant audiologists, pediatric audiologists, speech pathologists, social work, and deaf and hard of hearing educators. Dr. Meyer’s research interests include otoscopy, medical education, anatomic contributions to difficulties with breastfeeding, health disparities.
Dr. Meyer is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, the American College of Surgeons, the American Cochlear Implant Alliance.
Specialty: Cochlear Implant Surgery and Pediatric Otolaryngology
Expertise:
Professional Interests: Subspecialty health care disparities, medical education, hearing loss, cochlear implantation, chronic ear disease, genetic disorders, pediatric airway disease, neck masses, obstructive sleep apnea, and velopharyngeal insufficiency
Education and Training:
- Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
- Internship: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Residency: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor – Head and Neck Surgery
- Fellowship: Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago/Northwestern University – Pediatric Otolaryngology
Awards and Honors:
- 2011 America's Top Physician-SLD Industries - America's Top Physician
- 2011 The Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals
- 2011 Triologic Society - Mentored resident research project awarded Shirley Baron, MD Resident Research Award, Western Section of the Triologic Society
- 2012-2013 Marin Magazine - [415] Top Doctors
- 2013-2014 Marin Magazine - Top Doctors Pediatrics 2013
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2017
- Fellowship Pediatric Otolaryngology Children's Memorial Hospital (Lurie) 2008
- Residency Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery University of Michigan 2007
- MD School of Medicine University of California San Francisco 2002
- BA Amherst College 1995
Websites
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- Clinical Profile at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (ucsfbenioffchildrens.org)
Publications (13)
Top publication keywords:
Respiratory AspirationTracheotomySirolimusBronchoscopesAirway ObstructionHearing DisordersUsher SyndromesLaryngeal NeoplasmsHemangiomaSurvivorsLymphatic AbnormalitiesHearing Loss, SensorineuralImmunosuppressive AgentsCryotherapySclerotherapy
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Racial and ethnic disparities in diagnostic efficacy of comprehensive genetic testing for sensorineural hearing loss.
Human genetics 2021 Florentine MM, Rouse SL, Stephans J, Conrad D, Czechowicz J, Matthews IR, Meyer AK, Nadaraja GS, Parikh R, Virbalas J, Weinstein JE, Chan DK -
Access Challenge Index: A Novel Disparity Measure Predictive of Language Outcomes in Children Who Are Deaf/Hard of Hearing.
Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2021 Florentine MM, Strohl MP, Benvenuti CS, Eiseman M, Ho M, Meyer AK, Scarpelli C, Chan DK -
Genetic Testing Leading to Early Identification of Childhood Ocular Manifestations of Usher Syndrome.
The Laryngoscope 2020 Brodie KD, Moore AT, Slavotinek AM, Meyer AK, Nadaraja GS, Conrad DE, Weinstein JE, Chan DK -
Cryoprobe retrieval of an airway foreign body: A case report and literature review.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 2019 David AP, Xu MJ, Rosbe KW, Meyer AK, Gesthalter YB, Chan DK -
Surgical outcomes and sleep endoscopy for children with sleep-disordered breathing and hypotonia.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 2016 Park JS, Chan DK, Parikh SR, Meyer AK, Rosbe KW
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Airway response to sirolimus therapy for the treatment of complex pediatric lymphatic malformations.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 2015 Alemi AS, Rosbe KW, Chan DK, Meyer AK -
Airway hemangiomas in PHACE syndrome.
The Laryngoscope 2012 Durr ML, Meyer AK, Huoh KC, Frieden IJ, Rosbe KW -
Drug-induced sleep endoscopy in persistent pediatric sleep-disordered breathing after adenotonsillectomy.
Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery 2012 Durr ML, Meyer AK, Kezirian EJ, Rosbe KW -
Comparison of imaging modalities in pediatric thyroglossal duct cysts.
The Laryngoscope 2012 Huoh KC, Durr ML, Meyer AK, Rosbe KW -
Sialendoscopy for recurrent parotitis associated with Sjogren syndrome: A case report.
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Case Reports 2011 Megan L. Durr, Jonathan R. George, Anna K. Meyer, Kristina W. Rosbe -
Acute and Chronic Otitis Media.
Handbook of Pediatric Otolaryngology 2011 Betty S. Tsai, Anna K. Meyer, Kristina W. Rosbe -
Propranolol in the management of airway infantile hemangiomas.
Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery 2010 Rosbe KW, Suh KY, Meyer AK, Maguiness SM, Frieden IJ -
Auditory late effects of chemotherapy.
Cancer treatment and research 2009 Meyer AK, Young NM