Dr. Joe Walter Kutz Jr., MD, FACS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. Dr. Kutz is the Program Director of the Neurotology Fellowship and the Associate Program Director for the Otolaryngology Residency Program. He is also the Co-director of the Neurofibromatosis Type 2 program at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

He completed his medical school and otolaryngology residency ay Baylor College of Medicine and complete a neurotology fellowship at the House Clinic in Los Angeles, CA.

Dr. Kutz has a busy clinical practice with a focus on Neurofibromatosis Type 2, endoscopic ear surgery, and skull base surgery. He has presented on endoscopic ear surgery both nationally and internationally, including at the American Academy of Otolaryngology Annual Meeting,  Dubai, and Bologna. In addition, Dr. Kutz has been an instructor at multiple courses teaching endoscopic ear surgery techniques.

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