Alexander G. Chiu, MD

Alexander G. Chiu, MD, is a professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the executive vice dean of the UW School of Medicine and senior vice president for medical affairs. Prior to his appointment in January 2025, he served as the Russell E. Bridwell, MD, endowed chair and professor of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Kansas and the founding chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Arizona. Dr. Chiu began his career on faculty at the University of Pennsylvania and has held multiple institutional and department leadership roles, including founder and co-executive director of the Digital Health Co/Lab at KU, co-chair of Banner Health-University of Arizona Academic Management Council, interim chair of the UA Department of Surgery, UA Otolaryngology Residency Program Director and the Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery Fellowship Director at the University of Kansas, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Arizona. 

Dr. Chiu's academic and clinical focus is in the field of endoscopic and minimally invasive surgery of the nose, sinuses and skull base. He completed his medical degree at Albany Medical College and residency training in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Georgetown University.  He completed a fellowship in sinus and skull base surgery at Stanford University. 

Dr. Chiu is the past editor-in-chief of ENT Today and the American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy and is the author of two textbooks: Sinonasal Tumors and Atlas of Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery, which is now on its 3rd edition and has been translated into three different languages. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. The recipient of the Honor Award and the inaugural #HeforShe award celebrating male otolaryngologists who help to advance the work of female colleagues from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Chiu has directed over 15 international otolaryngology conferences, has taught sinus and endoscopic skull base surgery to surgeons around the world and has been honored as a visiting professor at a number of institutions around the country. He has served on the board of directors of the American Academic of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the Triologic Society.

Dr. Chiu has been named a Castle and Connelly top doctor since 2010 and is actively involved with research involving the topics of chronic rhinosinusitis, sinonasal tumors and outcomes of sinus and skull base surgery. He pioneered an animal model for the study of topical medications for sinusitis and has held multiple foundation and industry grants. He co-founded the Digital Health Co/Lab at the University of Kansas, an institution-wide center that develops and commercializes digital health technologies and artificial intelligence to improve health care delivery and outcomes. He also started a multi-institutional collaborative of otolaryngology departments to study and address health inequities within the specialty.