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Department of Otolaryngology Dr. Wetmore came to West Virginia University in the summer of 1988 as Professor and Chairman of the Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Department. His main area of interest is in diseases of the ear including hearing loss, dizziness, tinnitus, facial paralysis, and surgery of the ear and skull base. Dr Wetmore has published over sixty articles or book chapters in the medical literature on subjects ranging from laser surgery to sleep apnea to approaches to skull base surgery. He is also a member of numerous professional medical societies. In 1999 he received the degree of Masters in Business Administration "to enable me to become a better leader of my department and the medical center." On a personal level, Dr. Wetmore is married and has four children all of whom are married. For relaxation, he enjoys reading, using his personal computer, and skiing. Mailing Address: Appointments: Administrative Office: (304) 293-3233 Email: swetmore@hsc.wvu.edu |
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Dr. Wetmore grew up in northern Indiana and attended college and medical school at the University of Michigan where he graduated with distinction in 1971. He did his internship and a year of general surgery training in Los Angeles, California, and then completed four years of specialty training in Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Iowa. For the next eleven years, he was on the staff at the University of Arkansas School of Medicine where he was a pioneer in laser surgery. While at Arkansas, he was a junior faculty clinical scholar of the American Cancer Society from 1978 to 1981. In 1985 he did a fellowship in neurotology and skull base surgery in Zurich, Switzerland, under a world renowned skull base surgeon.