Ernest A. Weymuller, Jr. was born in New York City. He graduated from Dartmouth College, B.A. (1962) and Harvard Medical School, M.D. (1966). After completing his surgical internship and junior assistant residency at Vanderbilt University Hospital (1966-68), he served as a Captain, USAF Medical Corps (1968-70), thereafter completing otolaryngology training at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (1970-73).
Dr. Weymuller began his postgraduate career in 1973 with Boston Ear Nose and Throat Associates and also served as associate director of the Head and Neck Tumor Clinic at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He returned to academic medicine in 1978 with an appointment as an assistant professor at the University of Washington, became professor and vice-chairman in 1985, and chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in 1992. Current local responsibilities include co-directorship of the UW Surgical Oncology Fellowship; principal investigator, NIH Training Grant; vice-president University of Washington Physicians; and associate director for surgery at UW Medical Center.
He has over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals, has co-authored two surgical atlases, contributed 30 chapters to various textbooks, and serves on numerous editorial review boards. His major areas of academic focus are the development and testing of the UW Head and Neck Quality of Life Instrument and the establishment of an International Head and Neck Cancer Database.
National activities include president of the American Head and Neck Society (2000-01) and senior examiner of the American Board of Otolaryngology. He has chaired AAO-HNS committees on Ethics (1991-94), Research (1992-1997), Research Liaison and Development (1997-1999), and is program chairman for the VI International Conference in Head and Neck Cancer (2004). Dr. Weymuller has presented invited lectures at the University of Toronto (Abbott Lecturer), the British National Head and Neck Society, National Cancer Center of Singapore (Ministry of Health), National Head and Neck Meeting in India (Hiranandani Oration), and the International Congress of Head and Neck Cancer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Dr. Weymuller's day-to-day clinical activities focus on sinus surgery and head and neck cancer management.
Ernie and Alice Crownover Weymuller have enjoyed 36 years of marriage and are extraordinarily proud of their children, EA III and Sims, and their respective families.