Gainesville Faculty

George T. Singleton, M.D.

• Professor and Chairman Emeritus
• Vice-Chair

Dr. Singleton is board certified in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.

Contact

Clinic Appointments

• Phone: (352) 265-0920
• Fax: (352) 265-0010

Academic Office

• Phone: (352) 273-5199
• Fax: (352) 392-6781

Email

singlegt@ent.ufl.edu

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Training and Certification

Education

1954-1955	Intern, Henry Ford Hospital
1955-1957	Assistant Resident, Otolaryngology, Henry Ford Hospital
1957-1958	Senior Resident, Otolaryngology, Henry Ford Hospital
1960,1961	Special Fellowship in Otolaryngology, National Institute of Health, University of Chicago

Honors and Awards

1960	Research Award of the American
1967	H.P. Mosher Memorial Award of Triological Society
1990	President's Honor Award, Physician of the Year
1990's - 2000's	Listing in The Best Doctors in America - 2nd & Later Editions (1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03)
	Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
	Florida Society of Otolaryngology

Academic Affiliations

• Acoustical Society of America
• Alachua County Medical Society, President
• American Medical Association
• American Otological Society, Inc.
• American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society
• Centurion Club of the Deafness Research Foundation
• Florida Medical Association, Council of Specialties 1970-1974
• Florida Physicians Association
• Florida Society of Otolaryngology, President 1974-1975
• Florida Surgical Center, Quality Assurance Committee
• Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
• Gainesville Academy of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
• Otosclerosis Study Group
• Association for Research in Otolaryngology
• Gulf Coast ENT Society
• Alachua County Medical Society
• Society of University Otolaryngologists - Head & Neck Surgeons
• Member of the Board 1970-1973
• Program Chairman and Host 1971
• Selection Committee for V. P. for Health Affairs, University of Florida
• Founder and member of Regional Health Planning Council, 1975
• Florida Conservation of Hearing, Past Committee Chairman 1967
• Society of Academic Chairman of Otolaryngology, President 1975-1976
• Florida Society of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
• American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
• American Board of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
• American Neurotology Society, Chairman, CME Committee 1978-1984
• Director, Gainesville State Bank, Chairman Management Committee
• Surgery Committee, Veterans Administration 1961
• National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, 1968-1972
• Communicative Disorders Committee
• Risk Management on Hospital and Medical School Committee 1976
• Operative and Other Invasive Procedures Committee 1993
• Joint Committee on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAHO), 1995
• Veterans Administration
• Operating Room Committee, Shands Teaching Hospital 1996

Appointments

• Interim Chair, Department of Otolaryngology 2001-2004
• Vice-Chair, Department of Otolaryngology 2004-present

Publications

1. Atkins SJ, Singleton GT, Mancuso AA: High resolution computed tomography in vascular lesions of the middle ear. Poster at the annual meeting of the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, September 1984.
2. Kashima H, Leventhal B, Clark K, Cohen S, Dedo S, Donovan D, Fearon B, Gardiner L, Geopfert H, Lusk R, Singleton G: Interferon alfa-n1 (wellferon) in juvenile onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis: results of a randomized study in twelve collaborative institutions. Presented at the Eastern Sectional Meeting of the Triological Society, January 1985.
3. Slattery WH, Singleton GT: Methazolamide as medical therapy for the control of symptoms of Meniere’s disease. Presented at the 98th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, September 1994.
4. Cotter CS, Singleton GT, Corman LS: Autoimmune inner ear disease and parvovirus B19. Presented at the Triological Society Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 1993.
5. Avidano MA, Singleton GT: Adjuvant drug strategies in the treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. Presented at the American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery 97th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 1993.
6. McFeely W, Singleton GT, Rodriguez FJ, Antonelli PJ: Intratympanic Gentamycin treatment for Meniere’s disease. Presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery , September 1996.

Presentations

1. Singleton GT, Schuknecht HF: Experimental fracture of the stapes in cats. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology 1959;68:1069-81.
2. Schuknect HF, Benitez J, Beehkuis J, Igarashi M, Singleton GT, Reudi L: The pathology of sudden deafness. Laryngoscope 1962;72:1142-1157.
3. Singleton GT, Fine G: Neurofibroma associated with lymphatic aneurysm. Report of a case. Archives of Otolaryngology 1963;77:504-7.
4. Garlington JC, Singleton GT: Cicatrical Laryngeal stenosis. Journal of the Florida Medical Association 1963;50:277-80.
5. Garlington JC, Singleton GT: An unusual sore throat: Benign mucosal pemphigoid. Presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Medical Association, Miami, 1963.
6. Konishi T, Singleton GT: Effect of potassium chloride on the effective resistance of cochlear partition. Journal of the Acoustical Society 1965;37:1201.
7. Konishi T, Kelsey E, Singleton GT: Effects of chemical alteration in the endolymph on the cochlear potentials. Acta Otolaryngological (Stockholm) 1966;62:393-404.
8. Holloway RM, Singleton GT: Gustatory sweating. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Monthly 1967;46:316-324.
9. Konishi T, Kelsey E, Singleton GT: Negative potential in scala media during early state of anoxia. Acta Otolaryngological (Stockholm) 1967;64:107-118.
10. Singleton GT: The case for mastoidectomy without reconstruction. Internal Surgery 1967;48:189-195.
11. Singleton GT: Relationships of the cerebellar nodulus to vestibular function: A study of the effects of nodulectomy on habituation. Laryngoscope 1967;77:1579-1619.
12. Singleton GT, Hardcastle B: Congenital choanal atresia. Archives of Otolaryngology 1968;87:620-625.
13. Garlington JC, Singleton GT: Rapid decompression and recompression in the stapedectomized cat. Aerospace Medicine 1969;40:475-480.
14. Goldman NC, Hood CI, Singleton GT: Carcinoid of the larynx. Archives of Otolaryngology 1969;90:64-67.
15. Kohut RI, Singleton GT: Avenues of central spread in chronic ear disease. Southern Medical Journal 1969;62:802-805.
16. Singleton GT: Cervical Sympathetic chain block in sudden deafness. Laryngoscope 1971;81:734-736.
17. Goldman NC, Singleton GT, Holly EH: Aberrant internal carotid artery presenting as a mass in the middle ear. Archives of Otolaryngology 1971;94:269-273.
18. Singleton GT, Adkins WY: Cryosurgical treatment of juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis. An eight year experience. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology 1972;81:784-790.
19. Singleton GT, King ME, Black FO: Caloric habituation as a treatment for peripheral vestibular disorders. A pilot study. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology 1972;81:876-881.
20. Singleton GT, Kohut RI, Adkins WY: Control for vacuum embedding methods in temporal bone histopathology. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology 1973;84(1):125-129.
21. Singleton GT, Hardcastle B: Posterior nasal atresia. Birth Defects: Atlas and Compendium, p.676, 1973.
22. Cunningham CD, Smith RO, Enriquez P, Singleton GT: Desmoplastic fibroma of the mandible. A case report. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology 1975;84(1):125-129.
23. Black FO, Smith JR, King M, Singleton GT: Effect of coronal plane tilt on the cat caloric nystagmus responses. Surgery Forum 1975;26:524-525.
24. Singleton GT: Symposium: Methods of reconstruction in tympanoplasty. V. Prevention of blunting the anterior canal drum head contour - Plester technique. Laryngoscope 1976;86:193-195.
25. Singleton GT: Ossicular fixation to the Tegument. Laryngoscope 1976;86:209-210.
26. Singleton GT: Dizziness: An approach to its evaluation. Journal of the Florida Medical Association 1978;65(9):712-716.
27. Singleton GT, Post KN, Karlan MS, Bock DG: Perilymph fistulas: Diagnostic criteria and therapy. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology 1978;87:797-803.
28. Ellingwood KE, Million RR, Cassisi NJ, Singleton GT: Chemodectomas arising in temporal bone structures. International Journal of Radiology 1978;4(51):18.
29. Singleton GT: Histopathology of hearing loss in Hurler's Syndrome. Textbook.
30. Singleton GT, Cassisi NJ: Frey's syndrome: Incidence related to skin flap thickness in Parotidectomy. Laryngoscope 1980;90:1639-1639.
31. Dickens WJ, Million RR, Cassisi NJ, Singleton GT: Chemodectomas arising in temporal bone structures. Laryngoscope 1982;92(2):188-191.
32. Osguthorpe JD, Singleton GT, Adkins WY: The surgical approach to bilateral choanal atresia. Analysis of 14 cases. Archives of Otolaryngology 1982;108:366-369.
33. Osguthorpe JD, Singleton GT, Adkins WY: Surgical management of bilateral choanal atresia. Plastic Reconstructive Surgery of the Head and Neck 1984;2(166):1130-1137.
34. Singleton GT, Whitaker DL, Keim RJ, Kemker FJ: Cordless telephones: A threat to hearing. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology 1984;93-6:565-568.
35. Mounts P, Wu T, Leventhal B, Kashima H, Dedo H, Singleton GT, Gall S, Weck P, Whisnant J: Papilloma viruses: Molecular and Clinical Aspects. UCLA symposia on molecular and cellular Biology, New series, 1985.
36. Singleton GT: Diagnosis and treatment of perilymph fistulas without hearing loss. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 1986;94-4:426-429.
37. Isaacs JH Jr., Singleton GT, Mokris M: Meniere's Disease. Journal of the Florida Medical Association 1986;73-5:377-380.
38. Singleton GT: Chapter: Perilymphatic fistula; Current Therapy in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Gates GA, (Ed), Mosby Publishing, St Louis, MO, 1986.
39. Formby C, Hixson-Robles C, Singleton GT: Correlations between hearing threshold and caloric responses among a heterogeneous sample of dizzy patients. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders 1988;53 (1):65-70.
40. Kashima, et al: Interferon Alfa-N1 (Wellferon) in juvenile onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis: results of a randomized study in twelve collaborative institutions. Laryngoscope 1988;98(3):1000-358.
41. Leventhal, Singleton, et al: Randomized surgical adjuvant trial of Wellferon in recurrent papillomatosis: Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1988;114:1163-1169.
42. Singleton GT: Perilymph Fistulas: Advance Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1988;1:25-38.
43. Singleton GT: Chapter 144: Evaluation of the Dizzy Patient: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Vol. 2 Ed. Bailey, Johnson, Pillsbury, Kohut, Tardy - J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia 1993.
44. Singleton GT: Chapter 33: Perilymph Fistulas: The Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex and Vertigo. Ed. Sharpe, Barber - Raven Press, New York 1993.
45. Cotter CS, Singleton GT, Corman LS: Immune-mediated inner ear disease and parvovirus B19. Laryngoscope 1994;104(10):1235-1239.
46. Smith LN, Singleton GT: Unilateral sensorineural hearing loss in Bechet's disease: case report. American Journal of Otolaryngology 1994;15(4):286-288.
47. Avidano MA, Singleton GT: Adjuvant drug strategies in the treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 1995;112(2):197-202
48. Mendenhall WM, Parson JT, Stringer SP, Cassisi NJ, Singleton GT, Million RR. Radiotherapy in the management of temporal bone chomedectoma. Skull Base Surgery 1995;5:83-91.
49. Singleton GT, Wilson J, Rust KR, Antonelli PJ. Bioglass middle ear prosthesis: Long- term results. American Journal of Otology 1996;17(3):371-374.
50. Singleton GT: Sudden deafness and round window rupture by Victor Goodhill, MD. Laryngoscope 1997;107(5):577-579.
51. Singleton GT: Chapter 144: Evaluation of the Dizzy Patient: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Vol. 2 Ed. Bailey, Johnson, Pillsbury, Kohut, Tardy - J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia 1993. Accepted for publication 1997.
52. McFeely W, Singleton GT, Rodriguez FJ, Antonelli PJ: Intratympanic Gentamycin treatment for Meniere’s disease. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. In press Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.
53. Garside JA, Antonelli PJ, Singleton GT. Canalplasty for chronic tympanic membrane atelectasis. American Journal of Otolaryngology 1999;20:2-6.

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