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LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE: CHARLES (CHUCK) J. KRAUSE, MD PRESIDENT FROM 1996 – 1997

A ccording to the late Jerome C. Goldstein, MD, “Chuck’s management style was to lead by building consensus. He brought different people together who had ideas that could be disruptive, and by fostering discussions, led them through compromise… he was a master at this. Chuck was a calm and thoughtful visionary and contributed much to our specialty.” Originally from Iowa, Charles (Chuck) J. Krause, MD, earned both his BA and MD degrees from what was then the State University of Iowa, now known as the University of Iowa. He interned at Philadelphia General Hospital and served at the USAF Hospital at Randolph Air Force Base (AFB) in University City, Texas (in 2010, Randolph AFB merged with Lackland AFB and the U.S. Army’s Fort Sam Houston to form Joint Base San Antonio). Following his military service, Dr. Krause returned to the University of Iowa and began residency training where he eventually served as a faculty member in the Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery from 1969-1977. Recruited to join the faculty at the University of Michigan as a professor of otolaryngology, he also served as chair of the Department of Otolaryngology until 1992. In addition, Dr. Krause was dean of clinical affairs at the University of Michigan Medical School and chief of clinical affairs at the University of Michigan Hospitals. In 1992, he was appointed senior associate dean of clinical affairs at the medical school and served as senior associate hospital director of medical affairs from 1995-1996. Dr. Krause returned to clinical practice in the Department of Otolaryngology in 1996 and remained an active faculty member until 2000, specializing in

plastic and reconstructive surgery of the head and neck. Apart from his academic and administrative roles, he was a world-renowned speaker, lecturing and teaching in countries, including India, Vietnam, Australia, Mexico, South Africa, Taiwan, Brazil, Turkey, Egypt, and Great Britain. His lifelong friend M. Eugene Tardy, MD, recalled a teaching mission trip to Mexico. As a favor to his friend Richard L. Goode, MD, Dr. Krause agreed to give Dr. Goode’s invention of a battery-powered headlamp a trial run, a tool that would prove useful in rural settings. However, the battery at the time was quite large to

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