Our Staff

Dr. Roland Eavey has practiced his focus exclusively on the pediatric and adolescent ear for many years and has provided care simultaneously for both Microtia as well as Aural Atresia, rather unique among microtia/atresia care givers. He focuses now on soft tissue reconstruction of the external ear in reconstruction with a team that can provide all varieties of external ear reconstruction, prosthetics and hearing enhancement methods. He is board certified both in otolaryngology and pediatrics, also unique among surgeons who provide care for Microtia. He is the Director of the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences and the Guy M. Maness Professor and Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology. 

Dr Eavey organized the comprehensive Microtia and Atresia care efforts at Vanderbilt. He first trained in Aural Atresia surgery in the 1970s and in Microtia surgery in the 1980s and maintained a steady practice in Microtia and aural Atresia for hundreds of patients during these decades. He has made several improvements to both Microtia and Aural Atresia reconstruction as well as having spearheaded unique research efforts including tissue engineering and gene discovery. Dr. Eavey is a graduate of Harvard University.

Dr. Scott Stephan is board certified in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as well as Otolaryngology. He is a leader in the American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and a member of the International Society of Auricular Reconstruction – the pre-eminent global organization for collaboration and research in the subject. He is a frequent conference speaker on microtia nationally, as well as a special lecturer for academic organizations as far reaching as Monterey, Chennai, and Beijing. His research endeavors over the years in tissue engineering, porous polyethylene implant construction, and craniocervical fascial flap design have focused on improving the aesthetic outcomes of patients undergoing microtia surgery.

Dr. Stephan specializes in microtia surgery for both children and adults using porous polyethylene implants (ex:  MedPor) covered by the patient’s own tissue. This technique has been developed through his training at several centers in the United States, as well as through the continued mentorship of Dr. John Reinisch, the pioneer of this approach to microtia surgery. Dr. Stephan also performs Rib Graft surgery.  Dr. Stephan has performed and taught microtia surgery to many doctors across the globe, including in countries such as Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala, and India. He is dedicated to a humanitarian surgical mission each year in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala where there is a high incidence of patient with microtia and aural atresia.

Dr. Marc Bennett is board certified in Otology and Neurotology, as well as Otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat). He attended Emory University as an undergraduate where he majored in Biology and played varsity baseball. He did his residency at Johns Hopkins University, and a dedicated two-year fellowship in Otology and Neurotology at the Otology Group of Vanderbilt. He holds a university appointment as full-time faculty and Associate Professor at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, and is the surgical director for patient safety at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is a recognized national and international pioneer in endoscopic ear surgery, and has contributed to more than 80 peer-reviewed publications.

Dr. Bennett specializes in auditory rehabilitation and hearing solutions for patients with ear canal Atresia and other ear pathologies. He offers different management solutions such as combined approaches (endoscopic and microscopic) to the ear for Atresia reconstruction for both children and adults, bone conduction implantation (BCI), and other implantable devices. Along with Dr. Scott Stephan, they provide a Combined Atresia and Microtia (CAM) reconstruction for patients with associated microtic ears. He has performed and taught these approaches to other doctors across the globe, including in North and South America, Europe, and Australia. His research endeavors on patient outcomes, endoscopic ear surgery, cholesteatoma, cochlear implantation and hearing loss target the use of the least invasive and less morbid management options in order to improve auditory outcomes of patients with ear canal Atresia.

Dr. Margaret McRedmond joined the Vanderbilt Medical Center audiology staff in 2007 where she now serves as an assistant director for the pediatric program. Patients who have Microtia and Atresia have been an area of focus for Dr. McRedmond throughout her career. She has a Clinical Doctoral Degree in Audiology from Pennsylvania College of Optometry and Audiology (2008), a Masters Degree in Audiology from Vanderbilt University (2003), and a Bachelor of Science from Miami University (2001). She also holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology from the American Speech and Hearing Association.

Dr. Brandy Stephens began working as a pediatric audiologist at Vanderbilt Medical Center in 2015. Her clinical focus is in pediatric diagnostics, hearing aids, and bone anchored implant devices.

Dr. Stephens has a Clinical Doctorate in Audiology from the University of Washington (2012) and a Bachelor of Science from Portland State University 2008. Dr. Stephens holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology from the American Speech and Hearing Association Audiology Fellow with the American Academy of Audiology.

Scott Fiscus, BCO (Precision Ocular) has been a practicing Ocularist and Anaplastologist since 1998. He is one of the few professionals in his specialty to provide both ocular and facial prosthetics. He is a Board Certified Ocularist and a member of both the American Society of Ocularists and the International Anaplastology Association.

With a bachelor degree in Fine Arts, he applies his talents and experience to the fitting and fabrication of custom made ocular and facial prosthetics, including ears.

Keisha Conway worked as a certified Medical Assistant in the Odess clinic with Drs. Scott Stephan and Alejandro Rivas for four years, until she transitioned to being the Microtia and Atresia Clinic Coordinator in July of 2019.

While working as the patient care coordinator, she has seen patient volume in the clinic grow and watched numerous families finally find the treatment they’re looking for with fantastic results. She looks forward to meeting patients in person at each monthly clinic and facilitating their care process from beginning to end.

Meghan Geiser first became involved with the Microtia-Atresia clinic at Vanderbilt as the Patient Care Coordinator, and then transitioned into becoming the Clinic Event Manager, organizing the patient education conference and Ear Community picnic since 2017. In that time, she has seen numerous families encounter the opportunity to become more educated, connected, and supported with either their child’s or their own diagnosis of Microtia and/or Atresia. She is proud to work with Vanderbilt to make such a wonderful opportunity available to families, and to further awareness about the invaluable work of the clinic’s physicians, audiologists, and nurses.