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Bisexuality and health: The cost of invisibility

Sabra L. Katz-Wise, PhDOn September 23, 2019, the 20th anniversary of Bi Visibility Day, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) held its first-ever bisexual health research workshop. As an invited panelist at this event, sponsored by the NIH’s Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office, I joined 19...

Alumnus Alice R. McPherson, MD, Receives Retina Hall of Fame Award

Alice R. McPherson, MD, a Harvard Ophthalmology alumna and one of the world's leading vitreoretinal specialists, has been recognized with the inaugural Retina Hall of Fame Award for her pioneering contributions in the retina field. Dr. McPherson received the award at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the...

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...

Documentary Release: There's Heart Here

The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board is excited to announce the release of a short documentary: Roller derby. Cycling. Activism. Community. LGBTQ and Two Spirit people live full and vibrant lives. There's Heart Here tells their stories. Watch the film. For more information about LGBTQ and...

Cataract Master Tool Now Available to AAO Members

Cataract Master, the cataract surgical training tool created at Mass. Eye and Ear in 2012 by John I. Loewenstein, MD , Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Associate Clinical Chief of Ophthalmology at Mass. Eye and Ear, and former Harvard Ophthalmology faculty member Bonnie An Henderson, MD, is...

USCAP 2020 Meeting

Dr. Y. Guzman-Arocho's abstract, "Breast Histopathologic Features Associated with Long-Term Testosterone Therapy in Transgender Individuals", has been selected for platform presentation at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) 2020 meeting. Congratulations!

SABCS 2019

Dr. Heng's abstract, "Tobacco use, alcohol consumption, and breast cancer somatic genomic alterations" will be presented as a Poster at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

Fall 2019 Issue of Harvard Otolaryngology Now Available

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...

I am MGH: Transgender Care

At Massachusetts General Hospital, we are not only caregivers, support staff and researchers – we are leaders, advocates and allies. In this installment of the “I am MGH” video series, members of the MGH community share their roles in creating a more welcoming and affirming environment for...