| Lloyd B. Minor | |
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| 13th Provost of The Johns Hopkins University |
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| Term | September 1, 2009 – present |
| Predecessor | Kristina M. Johnson Scott L. Zeger (interim) |
| Born | May 25, 1957 Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Residence | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Spouse | Lisa Ann Keamy, M.D. |
| Website | Office of the Provost |
Lloyd Brooks Minor (born May 25, 1957)[1] is an American scientist, surgeon, and provost and senior vice president for academic affairs of The Johns Hopkins University.
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Minor graduated from Brown University with a Sc.B. in 1979 and an M.D. in 1982. He did his residency training in surgery at Duke University Medical Center (1982–1984) and in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center (1988–1992). Minor completed a research fellowship in vestibular neurophysiology at the University of Chicago Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences under the supervision of Jay M. Goldberg, Ph.D. (1984–1988). He completed a clinical fellowship in otology and neurotology at The Otology Group and The EAR Foundation in Nashville, Tennessee (1992–1993).
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 The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Since 1998, the department has been ranked number one by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospital rankings by specialties.[2][3] During his tenure as director, Minor expanded annual research funding by more than 50 percent and increased clinical activity by more than 30 percent.[4]
On September 1, 2009 Minor became provost of The Johns Hopkins University, serving as chief academic officer and the second-ranking member of the administration.[5] He also serves as University Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and a professor in the departments of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience.
With 140 published articles and chapters, Minor is an expert in balance and inner-ear disorders. He published four key studies between 1999 and 2001 laying out the connection between head motion and eye movements and how they are controlled by the balancing mechanisms centered in the inner ear.[6]
In 1995 Minor discovered superior canal dehiscence syndrome, a debilitating disorder characterized by sound- or pressure-induced dizziness.[7] 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.[8] In 1998 Minor and colleagues published a description of the clinical manifestations of the syndrome and related its cause to an opening (dehiscence) in the bone covering the superior canal.[9][10] He also developed a surgical procedure that corrects the problem and alleviates symptoms.[11]
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.[12]
Minor was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Minor is married to Lisa Ann Keamy, M.D., a family practice physician. They have two children, Emily and Samuel.[13]