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Dr. Dodd Receives AAPOS Fellow Research Award

Mary-Magdalene Ugo Dodd, MD, received the 2018 AAPOS Fellow Research Award for her project, "Long Term Outcomes of Adjustable Nasal Transposition of Split Lateral Rectus Muscle for Third Nerve Palsy - An International Perspective." The research project involved an innovative, cloud-based survey that...

Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD, Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD, the Paul A. Chandler Professor of Ophthalmology and Associate Director of the Ocular Genomics Institute at Harvard Medical School, and the Associate Chief for Clinical Research in Ophthalmology and Interim Glaucoma Service Director at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, has been...

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...

Symposia Facilitate Dialogue on Innovative Research

Attendance for the 3rd Biennial International Symposium on Ocular Regeneration and the 5th Biennial International Symposium on AMD continues to climb each year, reflecting the high caliber of these meetings and the value they bring to their respective fields. Both events sparked great discussions...

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...