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Daniel C. Chelius, Jr., MD

Associate Professor
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States

Dr. Daniel "Danny" Chelius, MD, FAAP, FACS, is an associate professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) where he practices pediatric otolaryngology and serves as Surgical Director of Perioperative Services at Texas Children’s Hospital. He will begin service as President-elect of the AAO-HNSF at the conclusion of the 2025 Annual Meeting. Dr. Chelus is the Immediate Past AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting Coordinator and oversaw the 2021 hybrid meeting in Los Angeles, the 2022 meeting in Philadelphia, the 2023 meeting in Nashville, and the 2024 meeting in Miami. Dr. Chelius graduated from Baylor College of Medicine with honors in 2005 before completing Otolaryngology residency at BCM in 2010 and pediatric otolaryngology fellowship at the University of Kansas/Children’s Mercy Hospital. Dr. Chelius has served in multiple leadership roles in organized medicine including terms as President of the Houston Society of Otolaryngology and Chair of the AAOHNS Young Physician’s Section. Since joining Texas Children’s Hospital in 2015, Dr. Chelius’s practice has focused on pediatric head and neck surgery. He co-leads a team of clinicians from across medical, surgical, and ancillary specialties to care for children with complex head and neck tumors through outcomes-driven care pathways. Dr. Chelius also serves as an attending surgeon in the Texas Children’s Pediatric Thyroid Tumor Program. In addition to complex tumor care, Dr. Chelius is a sought-after general pediatric otolaryngologist. His research interests include the impact of social determinants of health on head and neck cancer care and the future of care equity. Dr. Chelius is BCM’s past-councilor for Alpha Omega Alpha and has been honored with multiple medical student and resident teaching awards. Dr. Chelius’s greatest inspirations are his wife, Dr. Amber Pyeatt, and their three children.

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