Specialty Otolaryngology
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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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An Estimate for Hidden Hearing Loss
In one of the largest retrospective studies of its kind, a group of Mass Eye and Ear researchers examined data from nearly 96,000 ears to develop a word-score model that can help estimate the amount of hidden hearing loss in humans.
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Artificial Intelligence Feasible for Predicting Malignant Transformation of Oral Lesions
Otolaryngologists at Mass Eye and Ear developed machine learning models that are 80% accurate in predicting malignant transformation in patients with a variety of oral lesions and 71% accurate in those with a pathology-confirmed diagnosis of oral dysplasia or submucosal fibrosis.
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BRD4 Inhibitors May Be Effective Against a Subset of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas
Srinivas Vinod Saladi, PhD, an assistant scientist at the Mike Toth Head and Neck Cancer Research Center at Mass Eye and Ear, and colleagues have described a molecular pathway that promotes cancer growth in certain head and neck squamous cell carcinomas and may be a target for therapeutic intervention.
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Automated Tool Developed at Mass Eye and Ear Distinguishes Individuals With Tinnitus From Fraudulent Claims
Daniel B. Polley, PhD, and colleagues have developed an automated, quantitative system for assessing tinnitus and identifying false claims of the condition through self-directed, computerized testing that asks subjects to characterize the perceptual qualities of their tinnitus.
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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.
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.
