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Last week, Harvard Medical School Professor of Otolaryngology and Director of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Division at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Dr. Gregory Randolph, alongside Dr. Peter Angelos of the University of Chicago and Dr. Whitney Liddy of Northwestern University, hosted the fourth...

The Research and Education Foundation of the American Head and Neck Society has announced that this year's recipient of the Chris O'Brien Traveling Fellowship is our very own, Dr. Kevin Emerick. The purpose of this fellowship is to encourage international exchange of information concerning surgical...

Dr. Mark Shrime has been awarded the 2018 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Award for Humanism in Medicine by the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. This award recognizes members committed to practicing otolaryngology with compassionate, patient-centered care. For Dr. Shrime, his...

Dr. Ravindra Uppaluri, Chief of Otolaryngology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School, has been appointed the inaugural Distinguished Chair in Otolaryngology at BWH. A leader in his field, Dr. Uppaluri has dedicated his career to the...

The proteins that form the permeation pathway of mechanosensory transduction channels in inner ear hair cells have not been definitively identified. Genetic, anatomical, and physiological evidence support a role for sensor protein, transmembrane channel-like protein (TMC) 1, in hair cell sensory...

Boston, Mass. — Bacteria are present in just about every breath of air we take in. How the airway protects itself from infection from these bacteria has largely remained a mystery — until now. When bacteria are inhaled, exosomes, or tiny fluid-filled sacs, are immediately secreted from cells that...

Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Director of the Center for Professionalism and Peer Support at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dr. Jo Shapiro, published an invited commentary in Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery. Her piece, "We Have Enough Information to Act,"...

Earlier this month, Gregory W. Randolph, MD, FACS, FACE, hosted Massachusetts Eye and Ear's sixth biannual intraoperative neural monitoring (IONM) certification course for thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Under a new name, “Endocrine Technology Course: Certifications in Intraoperative Nerve...

We are pleased to present our latest issue of Harvard Otolaryngology. Highlights include: Hidden Hearing Loss: A 10-Year Journey: A decade after the discovery of cochlear synaptopathy, scientists uncover a new potential cause Is Tongue-Tie Surgery Always Necessary: New research questions whether too...