Lloyd B. Minor

Minor was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. His father was an accountant and his mother worked as a kindergarten teacher. He graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Science in biology in 1979 and received his M.D. from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 1982.

Minor completed his initial residency training in surgery at Duke University Medical Center from 1982 until 1984.[https://cap.stanford.edu/profiles/viewCV?facultyId=36000&name=Lloyd_Minor CV of Lloyd B. Minor] at Stanford University From 1984 until 1988, he was a research fellow in vestibular neurophysiology at the University of Chicago Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, under the supervision of Jay M. Goldberg. From 1988 until 1992 he was a resident in otolaryngology at the University of Chicago Medical Center. From 1992 to 1993, Minor completed a clinical fellowship in otology and neurotology at The Otology Group and The EAR Foundation in Nashville, Tennessee.

In 1993 Minor joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as an assistant professor of laryngology and otology. He became an associate professor in 1997 and a professor in 2001 in the departments of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering. In 2003 Minor was appointed the Andelot Professor and director (chair) of the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and otolaryngologist-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital. During his six years as department chair, Minor expanded annual research funding by more than 50 percent and increased clinical activity by more than 30 percent.Johns Hopkins University. (2009, August 21). [http://releases.jhu.edu/2009/08/21/lloyd-minor-named-provost/ Lloyd Minor named provost]. During his tenure, the department was ranked number one by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospital rankings by specialties.

On September 1, 2009 Minor became provost of Johns Hopkins University, making him both chief academic officer and the second-ranking member of the administration.O’Shea, D. (2009, August 31). [http://gazette.jhu.edu/2009/08/31/new-provost-steps-into-his-post/ New provost steps into his post]. Gazette. He also served as University Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery from 2009 until 2012, while remaining a professor in the departments of biomedical engineering and neuroscience. During his tenure as provost, Minor launched a number of university-wide initiatives, among them the Gateway Sciences Initiative to increase innovation in teaching, and the Doctor of Philosophy Board to encourage quality education on the doctoral level. He helped coordinate the Individualized Health Initiative, which aims to use genetic information to improve health care,Stanford Report. (2012, July 13). Lloyd B. [http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2012/july/minor.html Minor named dean of Stanford School of Medicine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007182016/http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2012/july/minor.html |date=2012-10-07 }}. and worked to improve recruitment and retention of faculty.O’Shea, D. (2012, July 12). [http://releases.jhu.edu/2012/07/18/minor-stanford/ Provost Minor to become Stanford’s Dean of Medicine]. Stanford University.

Minor has been dean of Stanford University School of Medicine since December 1, 2012.Stanford University - [https://med.stanford.edu/school/leadership/dean.html Lloyd B. Minor, M.D.] His role as dean gives him oversight for Stanford Medicine's clinical enterprise (Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital), and also gives him oversight for Stanford Medicine's clinical enterprise strategy. He also has oversight of the physicians chosen to serve on the faculty and in Stanford Medicine's clinical network.Stanford Medicine. (2014, November 3). [https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2014/11/defining-the-principles-of-stanford-medicine.html Defining the principles of Stanford Medicine]. At Stanford University, Minor also serves by courtesy as a professor of otolaryngology (head and neck surgery), bioengineering, and neurobiology.

Minor has used his position as Dean to push for Stanford Medicine to focus on "precision health", which is intended to tailor care to patients' individual variations.(2015, July 30). [http://www.independentnews.com/news/precision-health-part-of-stanford-package/article_fb6af88c-3665-11e5-9d68-eb9c1af74031.html "Precision Health” part of Stanford package]. The Independent. He has written about precision health in op-eds for publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Forbes. Minor espouses it as both a form of treatment and preventive medicine[http://med.stanford.edu/school/leadership/dean/precision-health-in-the-news.html Precision Health in the News - Op-Eds by Dean Lloyd Minor], Stanford Medicine (2017) that is focused on prediction by accounting for factors such as behavior and socioeconomic conditions.Minor, L.B. (2016, January 6.) [https://www.forbes.com/sites/valleyvoices/2016/01/06/we-dont-just-need-precision-medicine-we-need-precision-health/#6e6b9df76a92 "We don’t just need precision medicine, we need precision health"]. Forbes. Working across Stanford Medicine and Stanford University, Minor also oversaw the development and implementation of a new cancer research and care model, and launched an initiative concerning biomedical big data and a health care system with learning capabilities.(2014, March 6). [http://med.stanford.edu/school/leadership/dean/updates.html#mar6-20 Letter from the Dean]. Stanford University.(2013, June 14). [http://med.stanford.edu/school/leadership/dean/updates.html#jun14-2013 Letter from the Dean]. Stanford University. He was re-appointed the dean in March 2017, to a second five-year term.Stanford Medicine, [https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2017/03/minor-reappointed-dean-of-the-school-of-medicine.html Minor reappointed dean of the School of Medicine] (March 13, 2017)

Concerning grants and finances, at Stanford Minor has supported competitive innovation grants that back basic science research, also increasing support for other core areas and resources.(2013, November 21). [http://med.stanford.edu/school/leadership/dean/updates.html#nov21-2013 Letter from the Dean]. Stanford University. In particular, he expanded clinical and patient-centered research,Newby, Kris. (2015, February 19). [https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2015/02/research-by-clinician-educators-boosts-advances-in-patient-care.html Research led by clinician educators accelerates advances in patient care]. Stanford University. helped support new educational models,Ford, Andrea. (2015, April 27). [http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2015/04/27/stanford-medicines-lloyd-minor-on-re-conceiving-medical-education/ Stanford Medicine’s Lloyd Minor on re-conceiving medical education.] Stanford University. and supported financial assistance covering students' first four years of Ph.D. training. He furthermore worked to cut down on financial barriers for students," increased faculty development programs and leadership options,(2014, September 3). [http://med.stanford.edu/school/leadership/dean/updates.html#sep3-2014 Letter from the Dean]. Stanford University. and pushed for programming with diversity and "accountability".(2015, May 6). [http://med.stanford.edu/school/leadership/dean/updates.html#jul2-2015 Letter from the Dean: Diversity and Societal Citizenship]. Stanford University.White, Tracie. (2014, May 5). [https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2014/05/for-first-time-school-to-offer-12-full-tuition-scholarships.html For first time, school to offer 12 full-tuition scholarships]. Stanford University. Between 2012 and 2016, Stanford credited Minor with helping raise the number underrepresented minority students from 10% of incoming graduate students to 28%. In 2017, he introduced the Health Trends Report published by Stanford Medicine, with research and reviews on emerging trends in health care.[http://med.stanford.edu/school/leadership/dean/healthtrends.html Stanford Medicine 2017 Health Trends Report - Harnessing the Power of Data in Health - A Message from Dean Lloyd Minor], Stanford University

Minor is an expert in balance and inner ear disorders, and since 1980 he has published over 140 articles and chapters.[http://web.jhu.edu/administration/provost/past_provosts#Minor Office of the Provost, Johns Hopkins University, Past Provosts] He published four key studies between 1999 and 2001 articulating the connection between head motion and eye movements and how they are controlled by the balancing mechanisms centered in the inner ear. Through neurophysiological investigations of eye movements and neuronal pathways, Minor has identified adaptive mechanisms responsible for compensation to vestibular injury in a model system for studies of motor learning (the vestibulo-ocular reflex). By 2010, synergies between this basic research and clinical studies have led to improved methods for the diagnosis and treatment of balance disorders.Johns Hopkins Medicine (2010, May 17). [http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/Johns_Hopkins_Provost_Honored_With_International_Award Johns Hopkins provost honored with international award.]

In 1995 Minor discovered superior canal dehiscence syndrome, a debilitating disorder characterized by sound- or pressure-induced dizziness.{{Dead link|date=August 2017}} National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. (2006, Summer). [http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/inside/sum06/pg2.asp Innovative surgery on the ear bone relieves rare form of severe dizziness and hearing loss.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220233904/https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/inside/sum06/pg2.asp |date=2010-12-20 }} Inside. Key to this discovery was Minor's finding that the eye movements evoked by sound and pressure stimuli in patients with superior canal dehiscence syndrome often align with the plane of the superior canal.Flynn, R. (2007, Winter). [http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hmn/W07/feature2.cfm A minor balancing act.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125101758/http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hmn/W07/feature2.cfm |date=2010-11-25 }} Hopkins Medicine. He and his colleagues publicly published the findings on superior canal dehiscence syndrome for the first time in Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery in 1998, describing clinical manifestations of the syndrome and relating its cause to an opening (dehiscence) in the bone covering the superior canal.Minor LB, Solomon D, Zinreich JS, Zee DS. Sound- and/or pressure-induced vertigo due to bone dehiscence of the superior semicircular canal. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1998 Mar;124(3):249-58. {{PMID|9525507}}.Allen, J.E. (1999, February 22). [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-22-he-10632-story.html Severe dizziness traced to hole in skull bone.] Los Angeles Times. In addition to describing the syndrome, he also later developed a surgical procedure that corrects the problem and alleviates symptoms.(2006, May 30). [http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/44209.php Surgical plugs in ear’s bone stops strange form of severe dizziness.] Medical News Today.

He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. Before that, he had been president of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology and chair of the Auditory Research Study Section of the National Institutes of Health. In 2012 Minor was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

In recognition of his work in refining a treatment for Ménière's disease using gentamicin, Minor received the Prosper Ménière Society's gold medal in 2010.Minor, LB. Intratympanic gentamicin for control of vertigo in Ménière’s disease: Vestibular signs that specify completion of therapy. Am J Otol. 1999 Mar;20(2):209-19. {{PMID|10100525}} In 2015 he also won the Joseph Toynbee Memorial Medal from the Royal Society of Medicine and Royal College of Surgeons.Stanford - Lloyd Minor, M.d. [https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/brands/notable/notable-2015.html Notable People December 2015]

Minor is married to Lisa Ann Keamy, a family practice physician. They have two children.Miller, M.E. (2004). [http://esgweb1.nts.jhu.edu/dome/0402/profile.cfm Minor makes the majors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719171417/http://esgweb1.nts.jhu.edu/dome/0402/profile.cfm |date=2011-07-19 }}. Dome, 55(1).

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• [https://med.stanford.edu/school/leadership/dean.html Office of the Dean, Stanford University School of Medicine]
• [http://med.stanford.edu/school/leadership/dean/updates.html Updates from Minor on Stanford Medicine]
• [http://web.jhu.edu/administration/provost/past_provosts#Minor Office of the Provost, Johns Hopkins University, Past Provosts]
• {{YouTube|FVJInwFUhgE|New Dean Profile (10-minute video published February 10, 2013)}}
• {{YouTube|f6vAkdGw8T4|ABC News 20/20 Primetime Medical Mysteries, The Musician who Heard Too Much (8-minute video about Minor and superior canal dehiscence syndrome)}}
• [http://fortune.com/author/lloyd-minor/ Invited commentary in Fortune]
• [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/8578 Invited commentary in The Wall Street Journal]

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