Clough Shelton

Clough Shelton, MD, FACS

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Emeritus - Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery

Board Certification

  • American Board of Otolaryngology

Research Interests

  • Cochlear Implants

Dr. Shelton has been associated with the University of Utah since 1994. Prior to that time, he was a partner at the House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles. He has lectured throughout the world on Neurotology disorders and has published many articles and books. He is an active member of both national and international professional societies. Currently, he is Past President of the American Neurotology Society, Past President of the American Otological Society and Past President of the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He has received the Award of Merit from the American Otological Society.

Originally from Texas, Dr. Shelton enjoys the outdoor recreation of Utah, particularly cycling. He also enjoys traveling and exploring different parts of the world. He and his wife have a son and a daughter.

Education History

Fellowship House Ear Institute
 Fellow
Fellowship Otologic Medical Group, Inc.
 Clinical Fellow
Chief Resident Stanford University Medical Center
 Chief Resident
Residency Stanford University Hospital
 Resident
Internship Parkland Memorial Hospital
 Intern
Professional Medical University of Texas Southwestern
 MD
Undergraduate University of Texas at Austin
Undergraduate Texas A&M University

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Cohen MA, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Gozal YM, Karsy M, Alzhrani G, Shelton C, Couldwell WT (2020). Internal Auditory Canal Variability: Anatomic Variation Affects Cisternal Facial Nerve Visualization. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 19(3), E251-E258. (Read full article)
  2. Casazza GC, Thomas AJ, Dewey J, Gurgel RK, Shelton C, Meier JD (2019). Variations in Stapes Surgery Cost within a Multihospital Network. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 161(5), 835-841. (Read full article)
  3. Casazza GC, McCrary HC, Shelton C, Gurgel RK (2019). Primary Petrous Apex Epidermoids With Skull Base Erosion. Otol Neurotol, 40(5), e556-e561. (Read full article)
  4. Krisht KM, Shelton C, Couldwell WT (2014). Early Conquest of the Rock: Julius Lempert's Life and the Complete Apicectomy Technique for the Treatment of Suppurative Petrous Apicitis. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base, 76(2), 101-7. (Read full article)
  5. Wilson KF, London NR, Shelton C (2013). Tympanoplasty with intact canal wall mastoidectomy for cholesteatoma: long-term hearing outcomes. Laryngoscope, 123(12), 3168-71. (Read full article)
  6. Gurgel RK, Shelton C (2013). The SoundBite hearing system: patient-assessed safety and benefit study. Laryngoscope, 123(11), 2807-12. (Read full article)
  7. Collett T, Error ME, Shelton C (2013). Squamous cell carcinoma of the tympanic membrane. Otol Neurotol, 34(8), e115-6. (Read full article)
  8. Collett T, Error ME, Shelton C (October 2013). Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Tympanic Membrane. Otol Neurotol, 34(8), 115-116.
  9. Wilson KF, Hoggan RN, Shelton C (2013). Tympanoplasty with intact canal wall mastoidectomy for cholesteatoma: long-term surgical outcomes. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 149(2), 292-5. (Read full article)
  10. Shelton C, Warren FM (2012). Minimal access cochlear implant fixation: temporalis pocket with a plate. Otol Neurotol, 33(9), 1530-4. (Read full article)
  11. Chamoun R, MacDonald J, Shelton C, Couldwell WT (2012). Surgical approaches for resection of vestibular schwannomas: translabyrinthine, retrosigmoid, and middle fossa approaches. Neurosurg Focus, 33(3), E9. (Read full article)
  12. Mumert ML, Altay T, Shelton C, Harnsberger HR, Couldwell WT (2012). Ganglion cyst of the temporomandibular joint with intracranial extension in a patient presenting with seventh cranial nerve palsy. J Neurosurg, 116(2), 310-2. (Read full article)
  13. Salzman KL, Childs AM, Davidson HC, Kennedy RJ, Shelton C, Harnsberger HR (2012). Intralabyrinthine schwannomas: imaging diagnosis and classification. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 33(1), 104-9. (Read full article)
  14. Warren FM 3rd, McCool RR, Hunt JO, Hu N, Ng PP, Buchmann LP, Shelton C (2011). Preoperative embolization of the inferior petrosal sinus in surgery for glomus jugulare tumors. Otol Neurotol, 32(9), 1538-41. (Read full article)
  15. Hillman TA, Shelton C (2011). Resorbable plate cranioplasty after the translabyrinthine approach. Otol Neurotol, 32(7), 1171-4. (Read full article)
  16. Warren FM 3rd, Wiggins RH 3rd, Pitt C, Harnsberger HR, Shelton C (2010). Apparent cochlear nerve aplasia: to implant or not to implant? Otol Neurotol, 31(7), 1088-94. (Read full article)
  17. Gorrie A, Warren FM 3rd, de la Garza AN, Shelton C, Wiggins RH 3rd (2010). Is there a correlation between vascular loops in the cerebellopontine angle and unexplained unilateral hearing loss? Otol Neurotol, 31(1), 48-52. (Read full article)
  18. 92 Kang SY, Swolan TA, Kileny PR, Niparko JK, Driscoll CL, Shelton C, Telian SA (2009). Incomplete electrode extraction during cochlear implant revision. Otol Neurotol, 2009(30), 160-164.
  19. House WF, Shelton C (2008). Middle fossa approach for acoustic tumor removal. 1992. Neurosurg Clin N Am, 19(2), 279-88, vi. (Read full article)
  20. Hillman TA, Kertesz TR, Hadley K, Shelton C (2006). Reversible peripheral vestibulopathy: the treatment of superior canal dehiscence. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 134(3), 431-6. (Read full article)
  21. Massey BL, Kennedy RJ, Shelton C (2005). Stapedectomy outcomes: titanium versus teflon wire prosthesis. Laryngoscope, 115(2), 249-52. (Read full article)
  22. Kennedy RJ, Shelton C, Salzman KL, Davidson HC, Harnsberger HR (2004). Intralabyrinthine schwannomas: diagnosis, management, and a new classification system. Otol Neurotol, 25(2), 160-7. (Read full article)
  23. Badi AN, Kertesz TR, Gurgel RK, Shelton C, Normann RA (2003). Development of a novel eighth-nerve intraneural auditory neuroprosthesis. Laryngoscope, 113(5), 833-42. (Read full article)
  24. Kertesz TR, Shelton C, Wiggins RH, Salzman KL, Glastonbury CM, Harnsberger R (2001). Intratemporal facial nerve neuroma: anatomical location and radiological features. Laryngoscope, 111(7), 1250-6. (Read full article)
  25. Ellul S, Shelton C, Davidson HC, Harnsberger HR (2000). Preoperative cochlear implant imaging: is magnetic resonance imaging enough? Am J Otol, 21(4), 528-33. (Read full article)
  26. Sedwick JD, Louden CL, Shelton C (1997). Stapedectomy vs stapedotomy. Do you really need a laser? Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 123(2), 177-80. (Read full article)
  27. Dahlen RT, Harnsberger HR, Gray SD, Shelton C, Allen R, Parkin JL, Scalzo D (1997). Overlapping thin-section fast spin-echo MR of the large vestibular aqueduct syndrome. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 18(1), 67-75. (Read full article)
  28. Shelton C (1995). Unilateral acoustic tumors: how often do they recur after translabyrinthine removal? Laryngoscope, 105(9 Pt 1), 958-66. (Read full article)
  29. Nassif PS, Shelton C, Arriaga M (1992). Hearing preservation following surgical removal of meningiomas affecting the temporal bone. Laryngoscope, 102(12 Pt 1), 1357-62. (Read full article)
  30. Shelton C, Hitselberger WE, House WF, Brackmann DE (1990). Hearing preservation after acoustic tumor removal: long-term results. Laryngoscope, 100(2 Pt 1), 115-9. (Read full article)
  31. Shelton C, Brackmann DE, House WF, Hitselberger WE (1989). Acoustic tumor surgery. Prognostic factors in hearing conversation. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 115(10), 1213-6. (Read full article)
  32. Shelton C, Luxford WM, Tonokawa LL, Lo WW, House WF (1989). The narrow internal auditory canal in children: a contraindication to cochlear implants. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 100(3), 227-31. (Read full article)

Review

  1. Simons-McCandless M, Shelton C (2000). Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids - Do They Mix? [Review]. Nov(00), 38-48.

Book Chapter

  1. Warren FM, Shelton C, Wiggins, II RH (2010). Neuroradiology of the Temporal Bone and Skull Base. In Cummings Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (Fifth). Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier.

Newspaper

  1. Shelton C (09/28/2013). Let's Hear It For Cochlear Implants. Wall Street Journal.