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LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE: MICHAEL D. MAVES, MD, MBA EVP FROM 1995 – 1999

M ichael D. Maves, MD, MBA, was raised in Toledo, Ohio, and received his undergraduate degree in biology and chemistry from the University of Toledo. He received his medical degree in 1973 from the Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus. After one year as a surgical intern at the Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, Dr. Maves served two years as a captain in the United States Army Medical Corps in Germany where he was the only physician for 15,000 troops and their dependents, assisted by a first sergeant, a physician assistant, and 20 medics. Returning to the U.S., Dr. Maves completed his residency in otolaryngology under the direction of William H. Saunders, MD, who was the department chair at Ohio State University. His residency training included working in the university’s Otologic Research Laboratories and with John J. Conley, MD, in New York. He completed his formal medical training with a one-year fellowship in head and neck surgery at the University of Iowa. Dr. Maves became an assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine before returning to the University of Iowa to become director of head and neck surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Wishing to expand his knowledge beyond the clinical side of medicine, he earned an MBA from the University of Iowa. In 1988, he took the position of professor and chair of the department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. Sensing that the practice of medicine and delivery of care were poised for transformation, Dr. Maves hoped he could utilize his training, experience, and passion to influence the course of change more

directly. In 1994, he was offered that opportunity when he was named Associate Executive Vice President of the AAO-HNS/F. When asked why a clinician would accept an administrative post, Dr. Maves replied in a 1994 Bulletin article, “The answer is the challenge! I cannot think of a more exciting time in American medicine than now… Never have the practice of medicine and the social issues related to healthcare been examined in such detail by so many different groups and individuals.”

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