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Temporal Bone Dissection Course
This course seeks to bring practicing otolaryngologists up to date with the latest techniques in otologic surgery, including chronic ear disease, otosclerosis, vestibular disorders, and endoscopic ear techniques. Faculty will provide lectures and dissection demonstrations. Under the guidance of...
Dr. Mark Varvares Promoted to Professor of Otolaryngology
The Department of Otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School recently celebrated the promotion of Mark A. Varvares, MD, FACS, to Professor of Otolaryngology. Dr. Varvares is the Associate Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear. Dr. Varvares...
Five Medical Students Matched to the Harvard Otolaryngology Residency Program
We are pleased to introduce the five medical students who’ve been matched to our residency program this year. We look forward to their arrival and hope all will join us in welcoming them this June. Ciersten BurksMedical School: Indiana University Harvard otolaryngology resident Christopher...
First Annual Harvard "Mastoid Bowl" Winner Announced
The Department of Otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School held its first annual "Mastoid Bowl" in the Joseph B. Nadol, Jr., MD, Surgical Training Laboratory at Mass. Eye and Ear earlier this year. Hosted by Daniel J. Lee, MD, FACS, this competition evaluated otolaryngology residents as they...
Strong Ability to Detect and Perceive Motion May Prevent Pilot Disorientation
Boston, Mass. — A new study led by researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear found that good performance on a piloting task was associated with lower vestibular thresholds, which represent stronger ability to sense and perceive information about motion, balance, and spatial orientation. Published...
Electrical Stimulation in the Nose Induces Sense of Smell in Human Subjects
Boston, Mass. — Physicians at Massachusetts Eye and Ear have, for the first time, induced a sense of smell in humans by using electrodes in the nose to stimulate nerves in the olfactory bulb, a structure in the brain where smell information from the nose is processed and sent to deeper regions of...
Harvard Otolaryngology Faculty Take the Podium at Mid-Winter Meetings
Triological Combined Sections Meeting Our department had excellent representation in San Diego at the 2019 Triological Mid-Winter Meeting last month. There were dozens of outstanding presentations by our faculty members, residents, fellows, and trainees, in addition to several poster presentations...
Dr. Vinay Rathi Discusses the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in JAMA
In anticipation of the release of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores, which expected later this month, a recent article published in JAMA discusses what we will learn from them and where this system should go next. Lead-authored by Vinay Rathi, MD, a Harvard Otolaryngology...
New Book Spotlights Mass. Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School Hearing Expertise
An estimated 37 million Americans have a form of hearing loss, and as author David Owen notes in his new book, Volume Control, many don’t seek the treatment they need due to the cost of hearing aids and stigma associated with wearing them. “Hearing problems are often aggravated by the human tendency...