Alumni Day and Resident Graduation Symposium
June 16, 2022
The 22nd Annual Soboroff Lectureship
Promoting Equity in Otolaryngology through Pragmatic Research
Matthew L. Bush, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, FACS , is the Vice Chair for Research and a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.
He earned his M.D. degree from Marshall University School of Medicine in Huntington, WV. He completed Otolaryngology residency at the University of Kentucky. He completed a post-doctoral research fellowship and his Otology, Neurotology & Cranial Base Surgery fellowship at The Ohio State University. He also completed a PhD in Clinical and Translational Science in 2017 and an MBA in 2020, both from the University of Kentucky.
His research is focused on hearing healthcare disparities. He serves as the principal investigator of several NIH-funded community-based trials to promote hearing healthcare access and utilization among underserved populations.
Burton J. Soboroff Lectureship
Dr. Burton J. Soboroff, a beloved physician and teacher in the
UIC Otolaryngology Department, established the endowment that makes
this Lectureship and Resident Research Symposium possible. His
dedication to this department as well as the practice of
Otolaryngology will be remembered for years to come. It is an honor
for us to have this day to recognize the contributions of this great
individual.
Dr. Soboroff was educated at Northwestern University where he was Phi Beta Kappa, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1938. He attended Northwestern University Medical School , receiving his M.D. degree in 1942. Read More..