Shawn Michael Stevens, MD, FACS

Otolaryngologist
Neuro-Otologist

• (602) 406-8811
• Fax: (602) 406-8810

ENT & Skull Base Surgery

Accepting New Patients

Shawn Stevens, MD, FACS, is a surgical neurotologist and an associate professor in the Department of ENT and Skull Base Surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute. He co-founded the Department and directs its Surgical Neurotology and Cochlear Implant programs. He also serves as co-director of the Acoustic Neuroma Program. Dr. Stevens is dual board certified in otolaryngology – head and neck surgery and in neurotology by the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Stevens’ expertise includes all types of hearing and vestibular disorders, lateral skull base surgery, acoustic neuromas and other skull base tumors, cochlear implantation, auditory brainstem implantation, bone-anchored hearing devices, cholesteatoma, and other inflammatory conditions of the ear. He is an active fellow of the American Neurotology Society and the President of the Arizona Society of Otolaryngology. Dr. Stevens is also involved in multiple advocacy initiatives at the local, regional, and national level, including efforts to expand patient access to cochlear implant care.

Dr. Stevens earned his medical degree from The Ohio State University in Columbus. He completed his residency in otolaryngology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and a fellowship in otology, neurotology, and lateral skull base surgery at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio.

Dr. Stevens’ research interests include treatment outcomes in the management of vestibular schwannoma, genotype-phenotype correlation in acoustic neuroma, imaging biomarkers in acoustic neuroma, and translational research involving implantable hearing devices. To this end, he helped to found the Barrow Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory in 2025, which he co-directs with Tony Spahr, PhD.

To request an appointment with Dr. Stevens, please call (602) 406-8811.