
Dr. Wesley W.O. Krueger
CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Wesley William Otto Krueger, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Business Address: 2632 Broadway, Ste. 201, South Bldg.
San Antonio, Texas 78215
Business Phone: (210) 697-0880
Home Address: 103 Gatewood Ct.
San Antonio, Texas 78209
Home Phone: (210) 930-5229
Date of Birth: April 9, 1947
Place of Birth: Ft. Worth, Texas
Citizenship: USA
Sex: Male
EDUCATION
College: The University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1967-1970, B.A.
Graduate School: The University of Texas Medical Branch
at Galveston, Texas
1970-1971 (Anatomy)
The University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1971-1972 (Physiology)
Medical School: The University of Texas Medical School at
Houston, Texas
1972-1975 M.D.
Internship: The University of Texas Affiliated Hospitals,
Hermann Hospital, M.D. Anderson Hospital and
Tumor Institute, Houston, Texas
July 1975 - July 1976
Residency: Surgery
Hermann Hospital, M.D. Anderson Hospital and
Tumor Institute, Houston, Texas
July 1976 - July 1977
Research Project Investigator, Surgical Research
The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Hospital
and Tumor Institute, Section of Head and Neck Surgery
Houston, Texas
January 1977-July 1977
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,
The University of Texas Affiliated Hospital,
Hermann Hospital, M.D. Anderson Hospital and
Tumor Institute, Houston, Texas
July 1977-July 1980
Fellowship: Clinical Fellow
Otology and Neurotology, Otologic Medical Group
House Ear Clinic
Los Angeles, California
July 1980-July 1981
Licensure: Texas (E4463), February 14, 1976
Board Certification:
- Otolaryngology / Head American Board of Otolaryngology
- Neck Surgery February 13, 1981
- Neurotology American Board of Otolaryngology-Subspecialty of Neurotology
April 2004
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Otolaryngology,
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas 1981-1988
Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Otolaryngology,
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas 1988-present
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Fellow, American Medical Association
Member, Texas Medical Association
Fellow, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Fellow, American Neurotology Society
Member, San Antonio Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Member, Bexar County Medical Society
Member, Allen F. Kingman Neuroscience Society
Member, North American Skull Base Society
Member, American Neurotology Society
Member, William F. House Society
Member, Alumni Fellowship Group of House-Ear Clinic
CONSULTANTSHIPS
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Sunshine Cottage for the Deaf, San Antonio, Texas
Harry Jersig Center, San Antonio, Texas
University of Texas Medical School at Houston-Department of Otolaryngology
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Motion Sickness and Spatial Disorientation Control
Vestibular Ocular Reflex Enhancement in Athletes
Electrocochleography
Cochlear Implants
Implantable Middle ear prosthetic devices
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital - Active Staff
Foundation Health Ambulatory Surgery Center – Active Staff
Santa Rosa Northwest - Courtesy Staff
St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital - Courtesy Staff
Regional Hospital - Courtesy Staff
University Hospital - Courtesy Staff
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Nominating Committee of the Alumni Fellowship Group of the House Ear Institute, November 2, 1987-1989
Review Panel for Otology and Neurotology for the Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, May 1988-1989
Editorial Review Panel for Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,
January 1997 - 1999
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Vice President, Otofile, Inc., Medical Abstracting Company, San Antonio, Texas
1986-1990
Course Director, Surgical Laser Course of Applications in Otology, Head and Neck Surgery and Neurosurgery, Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital, July 1991
Clinical Investigator, Cochlear Implant, Adults, 1981-1989
Clinical Investigator, IONOS Middle Ear Prostheses, 1993-1995
Medical Director, Vice President, ADVITEC, Inc., Audio Visual Technology
1996-present
Founder and President, The EAR Foundation of South Texas, 1995-present
Clinical Investigator, IMPLEX Implantable Hearing Aid
Clinical Investigator, IONOCEM Bone Cement
Clinical Investigator, CLARION Hi-Focus Electrode with Electrode Positioner
Clinical Investigator, KURZ Middle Ear Prostheses
Clinical Investigator, XOMED Merogel and Epifilm
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Instructor, Surgical Dissection Course, Middle Fossa Approach, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, California, December 1990
Surgical Dissection of the Temporal Bone, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, March 9, 1995
Instructor, Surgical Dissection Course, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, California, December 1994
Instructor, Systematic approaches to Intracranial tumors, lateral and ventral to the brain stem. University of Texas Medical School, Houston, June 1995
Instructor, Systematic Temporal Bone Dissection Course, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1981-present
Instructor, Chronic Ear Disease: Surgical Decisions and Techniques, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, 1995
Instructor, Temporal Bone Dissection Course, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, April 18, 1997
Instructor, Temporal Bone Surgical Dissection Course, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, April 18, 1998
Instructor, Temporal Bone Surgical Dissection Course, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, California, June 7. 1998
Instructor, Otologic/Neurotologic Disease, University of Mexico, Guadalajara, Mexico, February 10-12, 1999.
Instructor, Temporal Bone Surgical Dissection Course, EAR Foundation at Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, May 3-5, 2000.
PUBLICATIONS
Krueger, WWO, Goepfert H, Romsdahl M, Herson J, Withers RH, Jesse RH: Enhanced wound healing via breaking strength increase with fibroblast implantations. Trans AAOO 86:804-811, 1978
Krueger, WWO, Jesse RH, Goepfert H, Herson J, Romsdahl M, Walker W: Wound healing enhancement: Fibroblast implantation to increase breaking strength in normal and irradiated skin. Surg Forum XXIX: 585-587, 1978
Byers RM, Krueger WWO, Saxton J: Use of surgery and postoperative radiation in the treatment of advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the pyriform sinus. Am J Surg, 138:597-599, 1979
Wesley W.O. Krueger: The approach to the problem of dizziness through the perspective of a Neurotologist. Bexar County Medical News, June 1988
Olsson JE, Barrs DM, Krueger WWO, Gibson DR: Use of receiver operating curves in the design of diagnostic strategies for retrocochlear lesions. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Acoustic Neuroma, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 25-29, 1991, Acoustic Neuroma, pp 77-81, 1992 Kugler Publications, Amsterdam/NY
Barrs DM, Althoff LK, Krueger WWO, Olsson JE: Work-related, noise-induced hearing loss: evaluation including evoked audiometry. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Vol 110, No 2, pp 177-184, February 1994
McElveen JT Jr, Krueger WWO, et al: Ossiculoplasty with polymaleinate ionomeric prosthesis. Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Vol 113, No 4, pp 420426, October 1995.
Krueger WWO: The Truth About Ear Tubes, Hearing Health, Vol. 12, November/December 1996 pp. 17-20.
Krueger WWO, Storper IS: Electrocochleography in retrosigmoid vestibular nerve section of the intractable vertigo secondary to Meniere’s disease. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Vol 116, No. 6, pp 593, June 1997
Krueger WWO, Wagner A: Needle Placement with Transtympanic Electrocochleography. Laryngoscope December 1997; 107: pp 1671-1673.
Feghali JG, Barrs DM, Beatty CW, Chen DA, Green JD Jr, Krueger WWO, Shelton C, Slattery WH III, Thedinger BS, Wilson DF, McElveen JT Jr: Bone Cement Reconstruction of the Ossicular Chain: A Preliminary Report. Laryngoscope June 1998: 108: pp 829-836.
Krueger WWO, Kemper JV: Cochlear Schwannomas. Skull Base Surgery: Vol 10, No. 2, 2000.
Kemper JV, Krueger WWO: Sensorineural Hearing Loss with Carbon Monoxide Exposure. Submitted for publication
Krueger WWO: Mastoid Extended Facial Recess. Essentials of Neuro-Otology. Thieme Publishing Co. In publication, 2003
Krueger WWO, Feghali JG, Barrs DM, Beatly CW, Green JD, Shelton C, Thedinger BS, Wilson DF, McElveen JT: Preliminary Ossiculoplasty Results using the Kurz Titanium Prostheses. Otology and Neurotology. Vol 23, No. 6, November 2002. Pgs 836-839.
Krueger WWO, Ferguson LD: A Comparison of hearing Screening Methods in school aged children. Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery December, 2002, Vol. 127, No. 6, Pgs 516-519.
Krueger WWO, Morgan Barry, Fletcher J, Anterior Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: An Underappreciated Entity. Otology and Neurotology.
Vol 28, No. 2, February 2007. Pgs 218-222.


