Daniel M. Zeitler, MD FACS is a board-certified Otologist/Neurotologist at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, WA. He serves as Co-Director of the Listen for Life Cochlear Implant Center and Co-Director of the Center for Lateral Skull Base Surgery. Dr. Zeitler graduated magna cum laude from Northwestern University and earned his MD with honors from New York University. He completed his General Surgery internship and residency in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at New York University and his Otology/Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery fellowship at the University of Miami Ear Institute. Dr. Zeitler is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Uniformed Services University. Dr. Zeitler is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Otolaryngology, Triological Society, American Otological Society, and American Neurotology Society. Dr. Zeitler is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance and a board member of the Listen and Talk Foundation in Seattle. As a researcher, Dr. Zeitler is the Director of Research for the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Virginia Mason and has held Virginia Mason Medical Center’s Wilske Chair for Translational Research. He has authored over 60 peer-reviewed manuscripts, multiple book chapters, and co-edited a textbook. He remains active with his clinical research in the fields of cochlear implantation for single-sided deafness, vestibular schwannoma surgery quality improvement, and the use of machine learning in predicting surgical outcomes.