Peter S. Roland is the Arthur E. Meyerhoff Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas Texas. Dr. Roland is the founder and director of the Dallas Cochlear Implant Program and has received the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Distinguished Service Award and the Distinguished Award for Humanitarian Service. He is a pioneer and authority in micro-anatomy and histopathology of the human cochlea as it relates to cochlear implantation. His recent work also covers the utility of MRI in CI evaluation, high-resolution 3-D MR for scalar ossification, and the benefit of hearing conservation for speech perception.