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provide the needed lumens, about the size of a car battery, according to Dr. Tardy. Dr. Krause began an operation using the headlamp and kept a running verbal description of the procedure for the benefit of the attending physicians. But the headlamp began to dim as he worked, so Dr. Krause began to talk faster and work faster as the light continued to fade. As he completed the final intricacies of the surgery, the headlamp died but the surgery was a success. Bringing people together was an underlying theme of his career. Dr. Tardy also remarked, “Chuck Krause’s blend of excellence, forbearance, equanimity, and common decency helped set the stage for the rapid growth of facial plastic surgery in otolaryngology at a time full of threats and challenges from competing and overlapping surgical fields.” One of the first truly academic facial plastic surgeons, Dr. Krause pioneered microvascular surgery courses for otolaryngologists to teach academic surgeons so they could train their own residents and staff. Dr. Krause’s Presidential term began in September 1996 at the Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, when the Academy was celebrating its centennial year. In accordance with his character, he stewarded the AAO-HNS/F through a year of many successful accomplishments and worked to achieve the priorities set forth for this important year by the Board of Directors. Notably, with the support of leadership and membership, the mortgage for the One Prince Street headquarters building was retired in July 1996 as the Greater Academy Campaign, led by Past President Charles W. Gross, MD, concluded. The nascent Cooperative Outcomes Group for ENT (COGENT) initiative—an outcomes database developed to assist members in their daily practice—published its first work. Dr. Krause was a great supporter of research and championed the expansion of research grants offered through the administration of the AAO-HNS/F research fund. He and his colleagues recognized the value of international collaboration and established the organization’s first International Department led by its own coordinator, Eugene N. Myers, MD, FRCS Edin (Hon), who served in this inaugural position from 1996-2002 and as President from 1994-1995. The global program continued to grow over the years and is now a mainstay part of the strategic plan and direction

of the Academy. Additionally, the new state-of-the-art Academy website, www.entnet.org, was launched. Before being elected President, Dr. Krause served in several AAO-HNS/F leadership positions. During the late 1980s, he served on the Building Committee, which had oversight of the AAO-HNS/F purchase of the new Academy headquarters building at One Prince Street in Alexandria, Virginia. He chaired several committees, including the Ethics Committee, the Nominating Committee, the Bylaws Committee, and the Humanitarian Efforts Committee, which promoted humanitarian missions around the world. He also served on the editorial board of the Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surger y journal. Highlighting the need to help transform lives in the United States and around the world, he wrote in his August 1997 Bulletin column, “In our role as physicians we have ongoing opportunities to make a positive impact on people’s lives. Current humanitarian efforts in our specialty present a wealth of further options. Those of us practicing medicine in the United States regularly have occasions to share medical information with patients and colleagues here. Compelling projects are under way with those third world colleagues who are trying hard to provide quality care for their patients in very difficult circumstances.” Dr. Krause passed away on February 7, 2013. David R. Nielsen, MD, 2002-2014 Executive Vice President and CEO, remembered him as an outstanding role model. “Dr. Krause had the rare quality of inspiring immediate confidence from everyone who met him,” he said. “He seemed like a mentor and friend even to those who knew him only moderately well.” Prior to his retirement, he established the Barbara and Charles Krause Lectureship in Humanities in Medicine in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School. In November 2012, he and his wife attended the first installation of the Charles J. Krause, MD, Collegiate Professorship in Otolaryngology at the University of Michigan Medical School, an honor given to 2020-2021 AAO-HNS/F President Carol R. Bradford, MD, MS. Dr. Krause, who was known for his ability to bring groups together for the betterment of all, also served as president of the American Society of Head and Neck Surgery, the American Board of Otolaryngology, and the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

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