1947
Born to Michael Max and Eve Joan (Kladky) G. in Beverly, MA.
1969
Earns a Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College.
1973
Achieves a Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry from Tufts University.
1975
Obtains a Doctor of Medicine from Tufts University; Is an intern at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL until 1976.
1976
Is a resident and NIH research fellow in otolaryngology and maxillofacial surgery at Northwestern University Medical School until 1978.
1977
Receives the National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health.
1978
Receives the Francis L. Lederer-Norval H. Pierce Award from the Chicago Laryngology and Otolaryngology Society.
1980
Is a clinical fellow in head and neck surgery at the Northwestern University Medical School until 1981.
1981
Earns a Master of Science in otolaryngology from Northwestern Univ., serving as a junior clinical fellow until 1984 and faculty until 1986.
1984
Marries Lynn Spilman; Serves on the board of directors of the Laser Institute of American until 1990.
1986
Serves the Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center in faculty practice and as a professor of otolaryngology until attaining emeritus status in 2018.
1991
Is executive medical director of the Vanderbilt Voice Center until 2018.
1995
Serves as president of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association until 1996, receiving the Chevalier Jackson Award in 1997.
2000
Serves as president of the Association of Academic Departments of Otolaryngology until 2002.
2004
Serves as president of the American Laryngological Assoc. until 2005 and receives the DeRoaldes Medal and James Newcomb Award in 2007.
2005
Serves as president of the American Medical Association’s Society of University Otolaryngologists until 2006.
2011
Serves as president of the Triological Society.
2019
Is the guest of honor at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting and receives the Presidential Citation.
2019
Is the guest of honor of the American Laryngological Society.
2022
Receives the Patrick E Brookhouser MD Award of Excellence from the Triological Society.