Personal Information:

Education:

Academic Appointments:

Clinical Instructor, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1993-1994.

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, 2016-Present.

Teaching:

Teaching Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 1981-1983.

Medical Student Instructor, Department of Human Anatomy, Stanford Medical School, 1985-1987.

Coordinator, Medical Student Education, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 1990-1991.

Instructor, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Basic Science Course, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 1991-1992.

Instructor, Temporal Bone Surgical Dissection Courses, The EAR Foundation, 1993-1994.

Guest Lecturer, Temporal Bone Surgical Dissection Course, The EAR Foundation, February, 1996.

Academic Honors and Awards:

Honors in Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 1983.

Stanford University Alumni Medical Scholar, 1985-1986.

Speaker, Third Annual Stanford Medical Student Research Symposium, 1986.

Research Honors Award, Stanford Medical School, 1988.

Chief Resident, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 1992-1993.

Best Doctor, Phoenix Magazine

Best Doctors in America®

America's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

Patients' Choice Award, Patients' Choice

Compassionate Doctor Recognition

Phoenix Super Doctors®, AZ Magazine

US News Top Doctor, US News and World Report

CyberKnife Radiosurgical Certification 2012

Honorable Mention Award in Basic Science, The Triological Society Thesis 2013

Administrative and Committee Responsibilities:

Admissions Committee, Stanford Medical School, 1984-1985.

Undergraduate Education Advisor, Stanford University, 1983-1985.

Chief Resident, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 1992-1993.

President and Founder, The EAR Foundation of Arizona (earfoundationaz.com), 1995 – present.

Surgery Committee, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, 1996-2017.

Operating Room Committee, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, 2000-2002.

Medical Advisory Team, Arizona Diamondbacks, Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Suns, 1996 - present.

Advisory Panel, Arizona Community Foundation, 1998.

Advisory Panel, Never Too Young to Hear, Sensory Programs, Arizona Department of Health, 1998 - present.

Board of Directors, Desert Voices School, 1999.

Institutional Review Board, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, 2003 - 2009.

Manuscript Reviewer ,The Laryngoscope Medical Director, Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program, Phoenix Children's Hospital, 2006-2016.

Chief, Otolaryngology, Banner - University Medical Center - Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, 2012-2017.

Licensure:

State of Arizona, 1994 - Present

Private Practice:

Phoenix, Arizona, August 1994 - present.

Board Certification:

National Board of Medical Examiners, 1989.

American Board of Otolaryngology, 1994.

Neurotology, 2005 , with Recertification 2013.

Society Memberships:

Fellow, American Otological Society

Fellow, American Neurotology Society

Fellow, The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society (The Triological Society)

Fellow, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Arizona Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Maricopa County Medical Society

Hospital Staff Memberships:

Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona.

Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona.

St. Joseph's Medical Center and Barrow Neurologic Institute, Phoenix, Arizona.

Research Positions:

Research Assistant, Department of Medicine, StanMed Computer Facility, Stanford Medical School, 1982-1987.

Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Knowledge Systems Laboratory, Stanford University, 1986-1987.

Principal Investigator, Biomedical Research Program, The EAR Foundation of Arizona, 2003 – present.

Presentations:

MENTOR: A computer program to teach the differential diagnosis process, Stanford Medical Student Research Symposium, 1986.

Comparative post-operative infection rates in mid-facial trauma using intermaxillary fixation, wire fixation, and rigid internal fixation implants, Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meetings, Palm Desert, California, April 1992.

A surgical solution for the difficult chronic ear, The Southern Section Meeting of the Triological Association, Marco Island, Florida, January 1994.

Ossiculoplasty using the Black hydroxylapatite hybrid ossicular replacement prostheses, Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meetings, West Palm Beach, Florida, May 1994.

Chronic ear disease: Surgical decisions and Techniques, 99th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1995.

Cochlear Implant Update, Indian Health Service National Audiologists Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, March 1999.

Overview of Cochlear Implants, Auditory Rehabilitation Conference, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, October 2003.

Cholesteatoma, Cholesterol Granuloma, and Canal Dehiscence Syndromes, Fourth Biennial Balance Center Symposium, Treatment of Balance Disorders, Barrow Neurologic Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, January 2004.

Examination of the external and middle ear, Arizona Audiology Seminar, The EAR Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, November 2006.

Advances in Cochlear Implantation, Annual Meeting, Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Phoenix, Arizona, May 2007.

The Effects of Chronic Disease on the Ear, Arizona Audiology Seminar, The EAR Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, November 2007.

Difficult Cases of Dizziness Panel, Fifth Biennial Balance Symposium, Treatment of Balance Disorders, Barrow Neurologic Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, February 2008.

Medical Conditions Affecting the Ear, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, October 2009.

Drugs and Hearing Loss, Arizona Audiology Seminar, The EAR Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, October 2011.

Current Trends in Meniere's Disease, Eigth Biennial Balance Symposium, , Barrow Neurologic Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, January 2014.

Bone Anchored Hearing Aids, ENT in the Desert Conference, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, February 2014.

Current Management of Cholesteatoma, ENT in the Desert Conference, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, February 2014.

Ototoxicity, ENT in the Desert Conference, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, March 2016.

Chronic Ear Disease, ENT in the Desert Conference, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, March 2016.

Systemic Disease involving the Ear, Department of Speech and Hearing, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, November 2018 and November 2019.

Book Chapters:

Macias JD, Haller J, Frodel Jr JL. Comparative post-operative infection rates in mid-facial trauma using intermaxillary fixation, wire fixation, and rigid internal fixation implants. In Yearbook of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 1994, Edited by M. M. Paparella and G. R. Holt, Mosby - Yearbook, Inc., St. Louis, 1994.

Glasscock ME, Schall DG, Macias JD, Widick MH. Radical and modified radical mastoidectomy. In Atlas of Head and Neck Surgery - Otolaryngology, Edited by Bailey BJ, Neely JG, Calhoun KH, and Coffey AP, Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1996.

Macias JD. Bronchoscopy. In Iowa Head and Neck Surgery Protocols, The University of Iowa, Edited by Hoffman H, Funk G, McCulloch T, and Graham S, San Diego, Singular Publishing Group, 2000.

Macias JD. Local anesthesia for endoscopy. In Iowa Head and Neck Surgery Protocols, The University of Iowa, Edited by Hoffman H, Funk G, McCulloch T, and Graham S, San Diego, Singular Publishing Group, 2000.

Publications:

Macias JD, Maffly RH. MENTOR: A computer program to teach the differential diagnosis process. Computers in Life Science Education 7:52-55, 1986.

Macias JD, Haller J, Frodel Jr JL. Comparative post-operative infection rates in mid-facial trauma using intermaxillary fixation, wire fixation, and rigid internal fixation implants. Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 119:308-9, 1993.

Macias JD, Wackym PA, McCabe BF. Early diagnosis of otologic Wegener's granulomatosis using the serologic marker C-ANCA. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology 102:337-341, 1993.

Macias JD, Robinson RA, Hoffman HT. Identification of human papillomavirus DNA in young patients with upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinoma with no associated risk factors. Modern Pathology 6:469 (abstract), 1993.

Macias JD. Diagnosing Meniere's disease. Steady, The EAR Foundation, Vol. 5:5, Winter 1994. Macias JD. Current research in Meniere's disease. Steady, The EAR Foundation, Vol. 6, Fall 1994.

Macias JD, Glasscock ME, Widick MH, Schall DG, Haynes DS, Josey AF. Ossiculoplasty using the Black hydroxylapatite hybrid ossicular replacement prostheses, American Journal of Otology, 16:718-721,1995.

Jackson CG, Glasscock ME, Schall DG, Macias JD, Widick MH. A surgical solution for the difficult chronic ear. American Journal of Otology, 17: 7-14, 1996.

Widick MH, Haynes DS, Jackson CG, Patterson K, Glasscock ME, Macias JD. Slow-flow phenomena in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the jugular bulb masquerading as skull base neoplasms. American Journal of Otology 17: 648-652, 1996.

Sabo MP, Winston R, Macias JD. A comparison of pure tone and transient otoacoustic emissions screening in a grade school population, American Journal of Otology 21:88-91, 2000.

Macias JD, Lambert KM, Massengale S, Ellensohn A, Fritz J. Variables affecting treatment in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Laryngoscope 110:1921-1924, 2000.

Macias JD, Ellensohn A, Massingale S, Gerkin R. Vibration with the canalith repositioning maneuver: A prospective randomized study to determine efficacy. Laryngoscope 114:1011-1014,2004.

Macias JD, Massingale S, Gerkin RD. Efficacy of vestibular rehabilitation therapy in reducing falls. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 133:323-325, 2005.

Macias MP, Gerkin RD, Macias JD. Increased Amphiregulin expression as a biomarker of cholesteatoma activity. Laryngoscope 120:2258-2263, 2010.

Macias JD, Gerkin RD, Locke D, Macias MP. Differential gene expression in cholesteatoma by DNA chip analysis. Laryngoscope 123 Suppl S5:S1-21, 2013.