Fuad M. Baroody, MD, FACS, FAAAAI, FARS

2025 Senior Faculty Scholars

Dr. Fuad M. Baroody is Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery) and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago.  He received his medical degree and completed residency training in Otolaryngology at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, followed by fellowships in Otolaryngology/Allergy and Clinical Immunology as well as Pediatric Otolaryngology at the Johns Hopkins University.  He is currently the director of the Residency Program and the director of Pediatric Otolaryngology at the University of Chicago and his clinical practice centers around treating allergic rhinitis, sinusitis and other pediatric disorders.  Dr. Baroody is a diplomate of the American Board of Otolaryngology and has added Board certification in Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology.  He is regularly featured in the Chicago metro area top doctors publications and listed as one of the “Best Doctors in America” by Best Doctors Inc.  He has published more than 200 scientific articles and 50 book chapters on allergic and pediatric otolaryngologic diseases and is a fellow or member of multiple scientific organizations including the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the American College of Surgeons, The American Rhinologic Society, The American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, and the Society of University Otolaryngologists.  He is a regularly invited speaker at national conferences as well as international meetings and has contributed to several practice guidelines related to otolaryngic disease such as European Position Statement on Sinusitis (EPOS) and the international consensus on allergic rhinitis (ICAR) and sinusitis (ICOS).  He has received many awards during his tenure at the University of Chicago including the Distinguished Clinician Award, the ninth annual Faculty Physician Peer Role Model Award of the Pritzker School of Medicine, the Donald E. Liu Award for Collaborative Achievement from the Department of Pediatrics, Program Director of the Year Award, and the Distinguished Educator and Leader Faculty Award.  He was inducted into the AOA honor society as Faculty honoree and into the Academy of Clinical Excellence at the University of Chicago Medicine as an inaugural fellow.