Specialty Otolaryngology
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Featured
Fighting HPV Head and Neck Cancer One Blood Sample At a Time
The incidence of HPV-associated head and neck cancers has become an epidemic in the U.S. Recent studies at Mass Eye and Ear reveal that non-invasive "liquid biopsies" might revolutionize the way surgeons diagnose and treat the disease for years to come.
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U.S. Insurers Seldom Cover Gender-Affirming Voice and Facial Feminization Surgery
Based on a systematic review, Mass Eye and Ear otolaryngologists determined only 3% of the top U.S. commercial insurance companies provide coverage for gender-affirming voice therapy/voice surgery, and only 18% cover facial feminization surgery, despite the established medical benefits of these procedures.
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Prior Surgery No Barrier to Cochlear Implantation for Ménière's Disease
Steven D. Rauch, MD, and colleagues at Mass Eye and Ear found word recognition scores improve after cochlear implantation for deafness caused by Ménière's disease regardless of age at implantation and whether patients received previous medical or surgical Ménière's treatment.
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Implanted Vestibular Prosthesis Improves Spatial Orientation in Animals with Severe Vestibular Damage
Faisal Karmali, PhD, Richard F. Lewis, MD, and colleagues at Mass Eye and Ear showed in monkeys that a semicircular canal implant improved head orientation after severe vestibular damage, suggesting implants mimicking canal function can improve spatial orientation and balance in patients with vestibular hypofunction.
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
Discovery of New Molecular Player May Lead to Pathway for Hearing Loss Reversal
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Benjamin S. Bleier, MD
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
Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Emerges as Global Leader in Early COVID-19 Research
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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, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
New Artificial Intelligence Platform Diagnoses Dystonia With Near-Perfect Accuracy
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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.
