• M.D., University of Southern California, School of Medicine, LA, CA
• Residencies: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Otolaryngology, Baltimore, Maryland; Kantonsspital, Otolaryngology, Zurich, Switzerland
• Academic Appointments: Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, LA, CA

Professional Honors and Activities:

• Co-guest of honor, 5th International Symposium, Meniere's Disease & Inner Ear Homeostasis Disorders, April 2-5 2005.
• Intern, Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles.—1946-1947.
• Capt., US Army Medical Corp., -- 1947-1949.
• Resident in Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Kantonsspital, Zurich, Switzerland – 1949-1952.
• Otologic Medical Group (now House Ear Clinic – 1958-1984.
• Director of Otologic Research, House Ear Institute – 1960-1984.
• Honorary Staff Member, Hospital of the Good Samaritan Medical Center.
• Staff member, St. Vincent Medical Center.
• Staff member, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles – through 1984.
• Credentials Committee Member, Hospital of the Good Samaritan Medical Center – 1963-1984.
• Advisory Committee Member, Crippled Children Services – 1970 –
• Vice President, Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society -- 1971.
• President, The Centurions of the Deafness Research Foundation – 1973-1974.
• Secretary-Treasurer, Western Section of the Triological Society – 1975-1981.
• Secretary, Los Angeles Society of Otolaryngology – 1974- 1975.
• President, Los Angeles Society of Otolaryngology – 1977-1978.
• On Editorial Board of Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology – 1975 –
• Council Member, Transplantation Council of Southern California – 1975 –
• Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society – 1978-1983.
• First Vice President, American Academy of Otolaryngology – 1978-1979.
• President, American Neurotology Society – 1979-1980.
• Senior Editorial Advisor, Annals – 1979 –
• Vice President and Section Chairman, Western Section Triological Society – 1984.
• On Editorial Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
• Head, Department of Histopathology, House Ear Institute – 1984 –
• President, Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society – 1986.
• President, Otosclerosis Study Group – 1990.

Decorations and Awards

• Recipient of the Annual J. McKenzie Brown Award for the most outstanding paper published. Presented at the American Otological Society Meeting, San Juan Puerto Rico. April, 1966.
• American Otological Society Meeting, San Juan Puerto Rico. April, 1966.
• Guest of Honor, Middle Section Triological Meeting, Tulsa, Oklahoma. January, 1990.
• Guest of Honor, Otopathology Conference, Venice, Italy. September, 1991.
• Guest of Honor, IV Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Kansas City, Missouri. February, 1992.
• Guest of Honor, American Neurotology Society, Palm Desert, California. April, 1992.
• William F. House Lectureship Award, American Neurological Society, 1992.
• Guest of Honor, Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society, Kona, Hawaii. June, 1992.
• Award of Merit, American Otologic Society, 1994.
• Guest of Honor, Federación de Sociedades y Colegios de O.R.L. y Cirugía de Cabeza y Cuello de la Republica Mexicana, A.C., Tijuana, Baja California. October, 1995.
• Key Note Speaker and Principal Judge, Bay Area Residents Research Symposium. June, 1996.
• Presidential Citation, American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, San Antonio, Texas. September, 1998.
• Elected to Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars, January 2003
• Co-guest of honor, 5th International Symposium, Meniere's Disease & Inner Ear Homeostasis Disorders, April 2-5 2005.

Professional Background

• Academic Appointment: Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology, University of Southern California School of Medicine -- 1973 –
• Military Service: Captain, U.S. Medical Corps, U.S. Army – 1947-1949.

Publications

• Linthicum FH, Jr. The fate of mastoid obliteration tissue: a histopathological study. Laryngoscope 2002;112:1777-1781.
• Linthicum FH, Jr., Saleh ES, Hitselberger WE, Brackmann DE, Hung G. Growth of postoperative remnants of unilateral vestibular nerve schwannoma: role of the vestibular ganglion. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 2002;64:138-142.
• Linthicum FH, Jr. Scheibe (cochleosaccular) dysplasia. Otol Neurotol 2001;22:708.
• Linthicum FH, Jr., Tian Q, Milicic M. Constituents of the endolymphatic tubules as demonstrated by three-dimensional morphometry. Acta Otolaryngol 1995;115:246-250.
• Linthicum FH, Jr. Histopathology of otosclerosis. Otolaryngol Clin North Am 1993;26:335-352.
• Linthicum FH, Jr. Fayad J, Otto SR, Galey FR, House WF. Cochlear implant histopathology. Am J Otol 1991;12:245-311.
• Linthicum FH, Jr., Anderson W. Cochlear implantation of totally deaf ears. Histologic evaluation of candidacy. Acta Otolaryngol 1991;111:327-331.
• Linthicum FH, Jr., Fayad J, Otto S, Galey FR, House WF. Inner ear morphologic changes resulting from cochlear implantation. Am J Otol 1991;12 Suppl:8-10; discussion 18-21.
• Linthicum FH, Jr., el-Rahman AG. Hydrops due to syphilitic endolymphatic duct obliteration. Laryngoscope 1987;97:568-574.
• Linthicum FH, Jr. Forquer BD. Sodium fluoride as a treatment for otosclerotic hearing loss. Am J Otol 1985;6:35-37.
• Linthicum FH, Jr., Galey FR. Histologic evaluation of temporal bones with cochlear implants. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1983;92:610-613.
• Linthicum FH, Jr. Galey FR. Computer-aided reconstruction of the endolymphatic sac. Acta Otolaryngol 1981;91:423-429.
• Linthicum FH, Jr., Brackmann DE. Bilateral acoustic tumors. A diagnostic and surgical challenge. Arch Otolaryngol 1980;106:729-733.
• Linthicum FH, Jr., Alonso A, Denia A. Traumatic neuroma: a complication of transcanal labyrinthectomy. Arch Otolaryngol 1979;105:654-655.

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