About the WIO He for She Award
This award recognizes a male otolaryngologist who serves as a strong mentor, collaborator, and sponsor of women in otolaryngology. It is meant to celebrate our male colleagues who celebrate us, those who show the importance of teamwork, synergy and building our profession together.
The 2024 nomination process will be open January 4 – March 8. Submit your nomination here.
2023 WIO He for She Award Recipient
Daniel Chelius, MD, is the 2023 recipient of the AAO-HNS Women in Otolaryngology (WIO) He for She Award recognizing a man who serves as a strong mentor, collaborator, and sponsor of women in otolaryngology. He is an associate professor of pediatric otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and an attending surgeon in the Texas Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Thyroid Tumor Program.
Since joining Texas Children’s Hospital in 2015, he has led 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 is also the AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting Coordinator. In this role, he has advocated for the development of the Personal and Professional Category for presentation submissions. Since its inception, the Academy roster of offerings in this category has had a broad appeal to all members, particularly topics pertinent to women.
Additionally, he developed the role of Diversity Strategic Team Leader tasked with educating members of the Annual Meeting Program Committee on implicit bias and how this plays a role in the scoring of submissions. Furthermore, he has encouraged submitters to identify whether panels members were women to encourage diversity within panels.
Dr. Chelius has served in multiple leadership roles in organized medicine including terms as president of the Houston Society of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery and chair of the AAO-HNS Young Physicians Section, where he worked to ensure that women were represented in the section leadership and that officer slates included women candidates for each leadership position.
Previous Recipients:
- 2022: Kourosh Parham, MD, PhD
- 2021: Alexander G. Chiu, MD
