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James Chodosh, MD, MPH, received a NIH R01 in the amount of $1.7M over four years for his project, "Immunopathogenesis of Adenovirus Keratitis." Tobias Elze, PhD, received a BrightFocus Award in the amount of $150,000 over two years for his project, "Computational Investigation of Glaucoma...

Jae-Hyun Jung, PhD, is the recipient of the 2017 Alice J. Adler Fellowship of the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear in the amount of $30,000 over one year for his project, “The best field expansion configuration for using multiplexing prism for homonymous hemianopia.” This award...

Findings may lead to the development of therapies to prevent damage to the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. Boston, Mass. — Chemical eye burns caused by alkali agents not only injure the front of the eye — the cornea, where the contact takes place — but also cause...

Dr. Mahmood and the team successfully conducted the last session, until August 2017, of our Interactive Hands-On 3D TEE Workshop on 11-12 March, 2017 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. As the only hands-on 3D imaging workshop in the country, this course has provided opportunities for...

Congratulations to Maria Saraf for being selected to present her research titled, “Decreased Myocardial Recovery Due To Oxidative Stress in Diabetics: Alterations in MAPK Pathway and PGC-1α” at the Research Assistant Learning Initiative (RALI) Mini-Grand Rounds at BIDMC. Keep up the good work!

Alexander Woltersom gave a Junior Session Oral Presentation on the research project titled: “Another Approach to Analyze the Dynamics of the Tricuspid Valve Annulus” at the 35 th Annual International Symposium: Clinical Update in Anesthesiology, Surgery and Perioperative Medicine Meeting held...

Congratulations to the Valve Research Team for presenting their research at the 6th annual HMS Surgery Research Day. Special shoutout to Maria Saraf for being one of 16 people who had podium presentations and for receiving the 'Excellence in Surgery Research' award! The rest of the team presented...

Survival of mass extinctions helps to explain near indestructible properties of hospital "superbugs" Boston, Mass. — Leading hospital “superbugs,” known as the enterococci, arose from an ancestor that dates back 450 million years — about the time when animals were first crawling onto land (and well...

Dr. Richard Cummings was featured in an article in the Spring/Summer 2017 Volume 7, No. 1 of the Inside Surgery Newsletter. The article appears on page 19 of the issue, and is titled "Using Glycobiology to Stop Inflammation".

The Harvard Medical School Department of Otolaryngology is proud to announce the launch of its new website. Found at oto.hms.harvard.edu, this site showcases the history, faculty, research advances, and educational opportunities of the Harvard Department of Otolaryngology. It provides access to...