Robin T. Cotton, MD, Receives the 2014 Jacobson Innovation Award of the American College of Surgeons
Craig Derkay, MD Professor and Vice-Chairman Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery Eastern Virginia Medical School Director, Pediatric Otolaryngology Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters I am pleased to announce that the 20th Jacobson Award for Surgical Innovation was presented to Robin T. Cotton, MD, for his seminal work in the care and reconstruction of the stenotic pediatric airway. Dr. Cotton received his award at a dinner in his honor in Chicago, IL, on June 5. The prestigious Jacobson Innovation Award honors living surgeons who have been innovators of a new development or technique in any field of surgery and is made possible through a gift from Julius H. Jacobson II, MD, and his wife Joan. Dr. Jacobson is a general vascular surgeon known for his pioneering work in the development of microsurgery. Dr. Cotton is the director of the Aerodigestive Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and professor, department of pediatrics, at the University of Cincinnati’s department of otolaryngology, both in Cincinnati, OH. He is the first otolaryngologist to receive this prestigious honor. Children, who were sentenced to a lifetime of breathing through a tracheotomy and having their lifestyle altered as a result, are now afforded the opportunity for reconstructive surgery and a more normal lifestyle thanks to Dr. Cotton’s pioneering work.
Craig Derkay, MD
Professor and Vice-Chairman Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Director, Pediatric Otolaryngology
Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters
I am pleased to announce that the 20th Jacobson Award for Surgical Innovation was presented to Robin T. Cotton, MD, for his seminal work in the care and reconstruction of the stenotic pediatric airway. Dr. Cotton received his award at a dinner in his honor in Chicago, IL, on June 5.
The prestigious Jacobson Innovation Award honors living surgeons who have been innovators of a new development or technique in any field of surgery and is made possible through a gift from Julius H. Jacobson II, MD, and his wife Joan. Dr. Jacobson is a general vascular surgeon known for his pioneering work in the development of microsurgery.
Dr. Cotton is the director of the Aerodigestive Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and professor, department of pediatrics, at the University of Cincinnati’s department of otolaryngology, both in Cincinnati, OH. He is the first otolaryngologist to receive this prestigious honor. Children, who were sentenced to a lifetime of breathing through a tracheotomy and having their lifestyle altered as a result, are now afforded the opportunity for reconstructive surgery and a more normal lifestyle thanks to Dr. Cotton’s pioneering work.