Alan Shikani, MD, FACS is the inventor of the SOS (seeing Optical Stylet). Dr. Shikani trained in Otolarynogology-Head & Neck surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and is currently an Assistant Professor in Otolarynogology-Head & Neck surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He is Also the chief of Otolarynogology-Head & Neck surgery and associate chairman of surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital, the chief Otolarynogology-Head & Neck surgery at the Union Memorial Hospital, and the director of the Voice & Swallowing Center at the Union Memorial Hospital. Dr. Shikani is also an active member of many distinguished societies, These include: Alpha Omega Honor Medical Society, American Academy of Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Otolaryngology, and the American Rhinological Society. Dr. Shikani has published numerous articles and book chapters in the field of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck surgery and is the recipient of the prestigious Maurice H. Cottle Award Presented by the American Rhinological Society. He holds seventeen patents in his name either individually or as co-inventor, he has made multiple ENT inventions and brought several devices to market, Including the SOS.