Dr. Harris became a faculty member of the UCSD Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery in 1979.  He was appointed Chief of the division in 1986, and obtained a full Professorship in 1989.  He has served on several scientific review boards including the NIH, the Deafness Research Foundation, the American Otologic Society, the House Ear Institute, and the American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery.  He co-chaired the Expert Panel on Hearing and Hearing Impairment for the NIH, which identified the priorities for federal funding of hearing research over the next decade.  He is a past President of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, the largest international organization devoted to research in Otolaryngology, and a past President of the San Diego Academy of Otolaryngology, and has recently served as President of the American Otological Society.  He has also served as Chief of Staff for both the Medical Center and the Thornton Hospital, and on the Board of Governors for the UCSD Medical Group.   Dr. Harris has been a Visiting Professor at many prestigious universities and institutions, including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Washington, the Mayo Clinic, Stanford, University of Chicago, Baylor, British Columbia, University of Paris, University of Zurich, Utrecht, Toronto, and the Cleveland Clinic. He has been an invited guest speaker at the Academies of Otolaryngology in Britain, Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Norway, China, Spain, Brazil, Korea, and Thailand. He is on the editorial board of many scientific journals, is Editor in Chief of Audiology and Neurotology, and has published three books and over 200 scientific articles.   Dr. Harris has been recommended repeatedly as one of the top otolaryngologists in the city by San Diego Magazine.     For patient referrals in otology and neurotology, please call the Perlman Ambulatory Healthcare Center at (858) 657-8590.