David Gary Lott MD

David G. Lott, M.D., holds the academic rank of Professor of Otolaryngology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. He serves as the Chair of the Division of Laryngology within the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. His practice includes voice and swallowing restoration, laryngeal cancer, and laryngotracheal reconstruction.

Dr. Lott received his M.D. degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Head and Neck Institute. He received further fellowship training in Laryngeal Surgery and Professional Voice at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Lott is the Associate Director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine, Arizona Campus. In addition, he is the Director of the Head and Neck Regenerative Medicine Lab at Mayo Clinic. The primary goal of the lab is to establish a safe and effective clinical translation of regenerative medicine technology. The lab is initiating an FDA-approved human clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of the tissue-engineered technologies. Additionally, the efforts of this program have established the world’s first UNOS-approved Head and Neck Transplantation Program.