Dr. Felipe Santos is a neurotologic and skull base surgeon in the Department of Otolaryngology at Mass. Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School. He cares for patients with conditions of the ear and lateral skull base. His clinical expertise is in cochlear implants, otosclerosis, vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuromas), skull base tumors, facial paralysis, and cholesteatoma. He has been an invited speaker at national and international meetings and has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in the field. He also serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for six specialty clinical journals.

His research focuses on understanding the pathologic mechanisms of disease of the inner ear and temporal bone to better diagnose, treat, and prevent these conditions.

He received subspecialty fellowship training in neurotology and skull base surgery at the House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles after completing his otolaryngology residency at the University of Washington, where he also completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship with the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center. Dr. Santos attended medical school at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and graduated cum laude from Harvard College.