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David Smits, MD, has been named the 2018-2019 Richard J. Simmons and Ruthanne B. Simmons Glaucoma Fellow in the Harvard Department of Ophthalmology. This annual award was established in 2011 in recognition of two glaucoma physicians who were Harvard Ophthalmology graduates: the late Dr. Ruthanne...

The Harvard Medical School Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery recently hosted its second biennial Comprehensive Otolaryngology CME course at Massachusetts Eye and Ear in Boston. Directed by faculty members Nicolas Y. BuSaba, MD, John M. Dobrowski, MD, FACS, and Gregory W. Randolph...

Four out of 24 Heed fellowships were awarded to Harvard Ophthalmology trainees for AY2019-2020. These fellowships are funded by the Heed Ophthalmic Foundation and the Society of Heed Fellows. Congratulations to: Jose D. Diaz, MD Kareem Moussa, MD Huy V. Nguyen, MD Elizabeth Rossin, MD, PhD The Heed...

Congratulations to Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH, director of the Morse Laser Center at Mass. Eye and Ear, on receiving the inaugural Harvard Ophthalmology Excellence in Mentoring Award. The Harvard Ophthalmology Mentoring program was created in 2014 to help direct and support junior faculty members and...

Jeremy Wolfe, PhD—Professor of both Ophthalmology and Radiology at Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Visual Attention Lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital—has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Wolfe will be inducted as part of the 2019 class at a...

Androgenic alopecia is a common type of hair loss in both men and women. This condition can be surgically corrected through a hair transplant, which is an outpatient procedure performed under local anesthesia. A team of researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School, led by facial...

Commonly used ibuprofen may not be the safest pain relief option for all children following tonsillectomy due to an elevated risk for significant post-operative bleeding when compared to acetaminophen, according to a new randomized trial from Massachusetts Eye And Ear/Harvard Medical School...

A new study led by a research team from Harvard Medical School and Mass. Eye and Ear, describes how bacteria adapted to the modern hospital environment and repeatedly cause antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections. This study examined one of the first sustained hospital outbreaks of a multidrug...

Harvard Medical School faculty members gathered last weekend for the biannual Temporal Bone Dissection Course. Directed by David H. Jung, MD, PhD, FACS, Daniel J. Lee, MD, FACS, and Michael J. McKenna, MD, this Harvard continuing medical education (CME) course brought practicing otolaryngologists up...