Charles Limb, M.D.
My enduring fascination with music since early childhood has really defined most of my career. Following a very benign childhood in suburban Long Island, I graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Government, and then went to Yale University School of Medicine where I had my first introduction to otolaryngology. I came to Baltimore in 1996, where I completed one year of internship in General Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Immediately afterwards (literally 15 minutes after my internship ended), I joined the Ryugo lab to study the effects of deafness on the auditory brainstem. Not only did this experience confirm my broad interests in audition, but through Dave Ryugo's mentorship, I gained the confidence to pursue my interests in studying the central auditory processes involved in music perception. I completed a residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and a fellowship in Neurotology both at Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by a 3 year neuroimaging fellowship at the NIDCD/NIH. I continue to study these issues (both in regards to cochlear implant users and highly trained musicians) today in my own lab, as well as continuing my collaborations with the Ryugo lab; my clinical interests focus on surgical treatment of hearing loss and other pathology of the temporal bone. I currently hold appointments as an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and have joint appointments at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and the School of Education. In my free time, I'm usually... playing music! |
