Robert A. Dobie, MD (1945-2019) was a clinical professor of otolaryngology at both the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) and the University of California, Davis, as well as partner in Dobie Associates, providing consultation in hearing, balance, hearing conservation, and ear disorders (www.dobieassociates.net). After medical school and residency training at Stanford University, Dr. Dobie completed fellowships in auditory physiology and otoneurosurgery. His previous positions include professor at the University of Washington, department chair at UTHSCSA, and director of extramural research at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health. He was a past president of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, past chair of the Hearing and Equilibrium Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and served on the boards and councils of many other professional organizations and scholarly journals. Dr. Dobies research interests included age-related and noise-induced hearing loss, hearing conservation, and tinnitus. Additionally, he authored more than 200 publications.
