Brian B. Burkey MD, MEd, FACS

Brian B. Burkey MD, MEd, FACS is currently the Institute Chair of Surgical Specialties for Cleveland Clinic in Florida. Prior to moving to Florida, Dr. Burkey served as Vice-chairman and Section Head of the Section of Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Head and Neck Institute. Dr. Burkey came to the Cleveland Clinic after almost twenty years at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, rising to Professor of Otolaryngology and Vice-chairman within that department.

Dr. Burkey finished undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, before obtaining his medical degree at the University Of Virginia School Of Medicine in 1986. He completed otolaryngology residency training at the University Of Michigan Department Of Otolaryngology and a fellowship in microvascular and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Ohio State University, before launching his career at Vanderbilt. He has been an American Board of Otolaryngology diplomate since 1992, and his practice has an emphasis on head and neck oncologic and microvascular reconstructive surgery. He began co-directing the Vanderbilt fellowship in Head and Neck Oncologic and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery starting in 1992, one of the early fellowships in microvascular surgery, and has trained 30 fellows over his career, almost all of whom have positions in academic otolaryngology both nationally and internationally. He has continued this fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic, which is accredited by the American Head and Neck Society.