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Assistant Professor

Education:

  • PhD., Florida State University, Neuroscience, 1988
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anatomy, University of Connecticut Health Center, 1988-1993

Professional Experience:

  • Assistant Research Professor, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 2013-present
  • Senior Research Scientist, Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 2004-2009
  • Senior Research Scientist, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, 2001-2004
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Medical College of Ohio, 1996-2001
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, 1993-2001
  • Visiting Scientist, Department of Neurobiology, University of California at Berkeley, 1998
  • Research Associate, Department of Anatomy, University of Connecticut Health Center, 1988-1993
  • Instructor for Medical Neuroanatomy, University of Connecticut Health Center, 1988-1993
  • Instructor for Medical Neuroanatomy, Florida State University, 1981-1986

Recent Publications:

  • Giardina CK, Brown KD, Adunka OF, Buchman CA, Hutson KA, Pillsbury   HC, Fitzpatrick DC. Intracochlear Electrocochleography: Response Patterns During Cochlear Implantation and Hearing Preservation. Ear and hearing. 2019 Jan 17.
  • Hutson, K.A., **Naso, C., Pulver, S., Grana, G.,and Fitzpatrick, D.C.  Light Sheet Microscopy of the Gerbil Cochlea.  Assoc. Res.Otolaryngol., 2019.
  • Grana, G.D., Hutson, K.A.,Lutz, B.T. and Fitzpatrick, D.C.  Dynamic Range Adaptation in the ECoG of the Mongolian Gerbil. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol., 2019.
  • Fitzpatrick, D.C., Giardina, C.K., Hutson, K.A., Pillsbury, H.C. and Brown, K.D. Monitoring Phase and Amplitude of the Response to Low Frequency Tones During Cochlear Implant Insertion Using and Extracochlear Electrode.  Assoc.Res. Otolaryngol., 2019.
  • Hutson, K.A.,Graña, G.D. and Fitzpatrick, D.C. Anatomical Basis for Parallel and Interconnected non-ITD Pathways from the Inferior Colliculus to the Medial Geniculate in the Mongolian Gerbil. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol., 2018.
  • Lutz, B.T., Hutson, K.A,Pulver, S. and Fitzpatrick, D.C. Neural Contribution to the Summating Potential: Spiking and Dendritic Components.Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol., 2018.
  • Garña, G.D., Hutson, K.A.,Lutz, B.T. and Fitzpatrick, D.C.  Anatomical Basis for Parallel and Interconnected non-ITD Pathways from the Inferior Colliculus to the Medial Geniculate in the Mongolian Gerbil. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol., 2018.
  • Graña G.D., Hutson, K.A., Badea, A., Pappa, A., Scott, W., and Fitzpatrick, D.C. The organization of frequency and binaural cues in the gerbil inferior Colliculus. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2017, 525: 2050-2074.
  • Iseli, C.E., Merwin, III, W.H, Klatt-Cromwell, C., Hutson, K.A., Ewend, M.G., Adunka, O.F., Fitzpatrick, D.C. and Buchman, C.A.  Effect of Cochlear Nerve Electrocautery on the Adult Cochlear Nucleus. Otology and Neurotology, 2014.
  • Hutson, K.A.,Durham, D., and Tucci, D.L. Reversible Conductive Hearing Loss: Restored Activity in the Central Auditory System.  Audiology and Neurotology, 2009, 14: 69-77.
  • Hutson, K.A., Durham, D., Imig, T. and Tucci, D.L.  Consequences of unilateral hearing loss: cortical adjustments to unilateral deprivation. Hearing Research, 2008, 237:19-31.
  • Hutson, K.A., Durham, D., and Tucci, D.L.  Consequences of unilateralhearing loss: time dependent regulation of protein synthesis in auditory brainstem nuclei. Hearing Research, 2007, 233: 124-134.