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John A. Tucker, M.D.

Clinical Professor
Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
University of Pennsylvania Health Systems

Hometown
Gwynedd Valley, PA

College
University of Pennsylvania, AB Economics, 1953

Medical School
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, MD, 1957

Residency Program
Otolaryngology, University of Pennsylvania, 1961

Board Certified
American Board of Otolaryngology, 1963

Year Appointed to Penn Faculty
2000

Academic Appointments
Assistant Instructor, Otolaryngology 1958-1961
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia , PA

Visiting Attending Otolaryngologist 1963-1965
Emory School of Medicine , Division of Otolaryngology, Grady Hospital, Atlanta , GA

Assistant Instructor, Department of Surgery 1965-1966
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia , PA

Instructor, Bronchology, Esophagology and Laryngeal Surgery 1966-1967
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate Division, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Associate, Bronchology, Esophagology and Laryngeal Surgery 1967-1968
University of Pennsylvania , Graduate Division, School of Medicine , Philadelphia , PA

Consultant, School of Veterinary Medicine 1967-1971
Visiting Associate, Comparative Bronchology, Esophagology and Laryngeal Surgery
University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA

Assistant Professor, Bronchology in Otolaryngology 1967-68
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia , PA

Coordinating Director, Otolaryngology Residency Program 1968-1971
University of Pennsylvania , Department of Otolaryngology, Philadelphia , PA

Consultant, Respiratory Intensive Care Unit 1970-1972
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA

Associate Professor, Comparative Bronchology, Esophagology 1971-1984
and Laryngeal Surgery, University of Pennsylvania , School of Veterinary Medicine , Department of Clinical Studies
Philadelphia , PA

Associate Professor, Otolaryngology 1970-1972
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia , PA

Associate Professor, Bronchology, Esophagology and Laryngeal Surgery 1970-1972
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate Division, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Director, Betty French Laryngeal Research Laboratory 1971-1972
Bockus Institute, Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Chief, Department of Otolaryngology 1970-1972
Gabriel Trucker Chair, Bronchology, Esophagology & Laryngeal Surgery
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Associate Professor, Surgery 1971-1972
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia , PA

Professor of Surgery 1972-1973
Director, Div. of Otolaryngology, Bronchology, Esophagology and Laryngeal Surgery
Hahnemann University , Philadelphia , PA

Director, Institute of Laryngology 1973-1984
Hahnemann University , Philadelphia , PA

Professor and Chairman, Department of Otorhinolaryngology 1973-1984
Hahnemann University, Philadelphia , PA

Director, Graduate School Program in Speech Pathology and Audiology 1973-1984
Hahnemann University, Philadelphia , PA

Professor of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy 1972-1984
Hahnemann University, Philadelphia , PA

Adjunct Professor, Comparative Bronchology, Esophagology and 1973-1984
Laryngeal Surgery
Temple University School of Medicine , Philadelphia , PA

Consulting Physician 1973-1979
Philadelphia Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia , PA

Faculty, Basic Science Course 1975-1980
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington , D.C.

Director, William Glasgow Reynolds Voice and Whole Organ Laryngeal 1986-1988
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Section of the Laboratories, Philadelphia , PA

Visiting Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and 1987
Human Communication, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA

Professor, Pediatric Otolaryngology 1984-1989
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia , PA

Chief, Section of Pediatric Otolaryngology 1984-1989
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia , PA

Clinical Professor, Pediatric Otolaryngology 1989-1998
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia , PA

Adjunct Professor, Otorhinolaryngology 1993-2000
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia , PA

Clinical Professor, Otolaryngology 1996-1998
Allegheny University School of Medicine, Philadelphia , PA

Clinical Professor, Otolaryngology 1998 - 2000
MCP-Hahnemann University, Philadelphia , PA

Professor, Pediatric Otolaryngology 2000 - 2001
MCP-Hahnemann at Drexel University , Philadelphia , PA

Clinical Professor, Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery 2000 - Present
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine , Philadelphia , PA

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
Attending 1968-1972
University of Pennsylvania Hospital , Philadelphia , PA

Attending 1968-1972
Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA

Attending 1968-1972
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia , Philadelphia , PA

Attending 1968-1972
Veteran's Hospital, Philadelphia , PA

Consultant 1972-1984
Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Chester , PA

Attending, Otorhinolaryngology 1972-1998
Hahnemann University, Philadelphia , PA

Consultant, Esophagology in the Institute of Gastroenterology 1964-1984
University of Pennsylvania Medical School , Presbyterian Hospital , Philadelphia , PA

Attending, Otolaryngology 1978
Temple University Hospital , Philadelphia , PA

Attending, Chevalier Jackson Clinic 1978-1988
Temple University Hospital , Philadelphia , PA

Attending, St. Mary's Hospital 1982-1988
Langhorne, PA

Attending, Rolling Hill Hospital 1982-1988
Elkins Park, PA

Consultant, Otolaryngology 1982-1988
Jeanes Hospital, Elkins Park , PA

Attending 1982-2000
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Active Staff, Philadelphia , PA

Chairman, Division of Otolaryngology 1989-1998
Chief, Pediatric Otolaryngology
Albert Einstein Medical Center , Philadelphia , PA

Attending/Active Staff 1993-Present
University of Pennsylvania Hospital , Philadelphia , PA

Attending/Active Staff 1995-1998
Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia , PA

Interim Chief, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology 1998-2000
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia , PA

Attending/Active Staff 2000-Present
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia , Philadelphia , PA

Honors & Awards
First Continuing Education Lecturer, Bronchoesophagological Association, Japan, 1991-1992
Gabriel F. Tucker Medal, Pediatric Laryngology, American Laryngeal Association, 1991
Visiting Professor, Medical College of Virginia at Richmond, 1991-1999
Chevalier Jackson Award, American Bronchoesophagological Association, 1992
Best Doctors in America, 1992, 1994
Who's Who in North America, 1996
Honored Lecturer, Paul Ward Society, UCLA, 1997
Gabriel Tucker Chairman of Otolaryngology, 1968

Contributions
Tucker J.A.: Instructor, Mid-Atlantic Endoscopy Course, October 1999-2001; Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
Tucker J.A.: The Posterior Commissure of Human Cricoid Cartilage, Revisited. Poster Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitae Sacrum (CORLAS); August 2000; August 2001, Washington, DC.
Tucker J.A.: The Posterior Commissure of the Human Larynx. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ESPO); September 14, 2002, Oxford, UK.

Recent Publications
John DJ, Deschler DG, Tucker JA. Central incisor width as a predictor of appropriate curette size in adenoidectomy. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2001;110:841-843.

Tucker JA. Central incisor width as a predictor of appropriate curette size in adenoidectomy. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 110:841-843, 2001.

Weinstein GS, Laccourreye O, Brasnu D, Tucker JA, Montone K. Reconsidering a paradigm: The spread of supraglottic carcinoma to the glottis. Laryngoscope 105:1129-1133, 1995.

Weinstein GS, Nuamah IF, Tucker J, Montone K. Evaluation of HER-2/neu (c-erbB-2) oncogene expression in whole organ sections of supraglottic squamous cell carcinoma. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 105(4):275-9, 1996.

Davis D, Tucker JA, Russo P. Management of airway obstruction in patients with congenital heart defects. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 102:163-166, 1993.

Whol D, Tucker JA. Infant botulism: Considerations for airway management. Laryngoscope 102(11):1251-1254, 1992.

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