Specialty Otolaryngology
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Featured
A Line of Defense Hidden Inside the Nose
Scientists had long tried to understand why colder temperatures correlate with colds, flus and other upper respiratory viruses. The discovery of an innate immune response at the front of the nose has provided a missing link to the phenomenon.
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Global Surgery: Reaching the Unreachable
Mass Eye and Ear leaders in Global Surgery launched a new program to help address the global surgical workforce crisis.
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Establishing a Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss Gene
A robust collaboration between Mass Eye and Ear and Boston Children's Hospital resulted in discovering a novel gene for nonsyndromic hearing loss called PKHD1L1.
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The Toth Center: New Leadership, Novel Innovations
Scientists are working towards new, innovative approaches to faster and more accurate diagnoses, less invasive treatments, predictive medicine, and more. With new leadership and collaborations, the Toth Center at Mass Eye and Ear is making great headway for the future of head and neck cancer care.
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Cochlear Organoids Shed Light on Hair Cell Regeneration for Hearing Loss Treatment
Albert Edge, PhD, and colleagues have developed murine cochlear organoids that show how sensory epithelial progenitor cells differentiate into hair cells, a potential step toward developing regenerative therapies for human hearing loss.
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CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing Treats Genetic Hearing Loss by Promoting Outer Hair Cell Survival
Yong Tao, PhD, Veronica Lamas, PhD, and Zheng-Yi Chen, DPhil, have extended their previous murine research to show CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9)-based genome editing can treat hearing loss associated with monogenic mutations in outer hair cell genes and digenic mutations affecting both inner and outer hair cells.
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Contributors
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Alan D. Workman, MD, MTR
Resident, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Emerges as Global Leader in Early COVID-19 Research -
Albert Edge, PhD
Director, Tillotson Cell Biology Unit, Principal Investigator, Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Mass Eye and Ear, Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Cochlear Organoids Shed Light on Hair Cell Regeneration for Hearing Loss Treatment
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Benjamin S. Bleier, MD, FACS
Director, Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Mass Eye and Ear, Claire and John Bertucci Chair in Otolaryngology, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Acoustic Resonance Therapy Safe and Effective for Nasal Congestion in Rhinitis
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Dunia E. Abdul-Aziz, MD
Physician and Surgeon, Mass Eye and Ear, Instructor, Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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Eric H. Holbrook, MD
Director, Division of Rhinology, Physician-Surgeon, Mass Eye and Ear, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Antibiotics Not Needed After Most Sinus Surgeries, Study Reports
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Kristina Simonyan, MD, PhD, Dr med
Director, Laryngology Research, Mass Eye and Ear, Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
DystoniaBoTXNet: Novel AI Model Predicts Botulinum Toxin Efficacy for Individual Patients With Isolated Dystonia
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Neil Bhattacharyya, MD, MA, FACS
Physician-Surgeon, Mass Eye and Ear, Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Sleep Disorders Tally $94.9 Billion in Health Care Costs Each Year
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Phillip A. Huyett, MD
Director of Sleep Surgery, Physician-Surgeon, Mass Eye and Ear, Clinical Instructor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Sleep Disorders Tally $94.9 Billion in Health Care Costs Each Year
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Phillip C. Song, MD
Director, Division of Laryngology, Physician-Surgeon, Mass Eye and Ear, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Emerges as Global Leader in Early COVID-19 Research
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Stacey T. Gray, MD
Director, Sinus Center, Mass Eye and Ear, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Vice Chair of Otolaryngology Education, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Antibiotics Not Needed After Most Sinus Surgeries, Study Reports
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.
