Posts by Yushi Hayashi, MD, PhD
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Scientists Identify Role of Protein Behind Rare Norrie Disease; Find Clues For Treating Hearing Loss
Albert Edge, PhD, and Yushi Hayashi, MD, PhD, of Mass Eye and Ear, have identified the mechanism that can lead to deafness in the rare syndrome, Norrie disease, and, in doing so, have revealed a pathway believed to be vital for hair cell regeneration.
Biography
Yushi Hayashi, MD, PhD, is a research fellow in the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Mass Eye and Ear.
Mass Eye and Ear/Mass General Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
A teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, Mass Eye and Ear/Massachusetts General Hospital combines the expertise of highly specialized ear, nose, and throat physicians, audiologists, speech-language pathologists and auxiliary health care professionals to provide care for patients with problems affecting the ear, nose, throat, head and neck areas. The department, which is led by Chief and Chair Mark A. Varvares, MD, FACS, is one of the largest otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (OHNS) departments in the country, with more than 70 physicians staffed at 15 locations in the greater Boston area.
