No! Unlike X-ray, CT, and PET scans, MRIs do not use ionizing radiation and is considered a non-invasive procedure. Instead, MRIs use a strong magnetic field and radio waves to take pictures of your brain. The MRI scanner is a metal cylinder surrounded by a strong magnetic field. During the MRI, you...
Jennifer Potter, MD, LGBT Population Health Program Director and Co-Chair of The Fenway Institute, has been named a Professor at Harvard Medical School (HMS). An announcement from the HMS LGBTQ and Allies group cited the appointment as recognition of Dr. Potter’s “hard work in LGBT health research...
Since 2011, The Jonathan F. Borus Outstanding Early Career Educator Award in medical student education has been awarded to a junior faculty member at Harvard Medical School who has demonstrated exceptional promise, initiative and commitment in the area of psychiatric education. The award is named in...
Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Director of the Center for Professionalism and Peer Support at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dr. Jo Shapiro, published an invited commentary in Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery. Her piece, "We Have Enough Information to Act,"...
Boston, Mass. — Patricia A. D’Amore, Ph.D., MBA, the Charles L. Schepens Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Vice Chair for Basic and Translational Research, and Director of the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear has been elected to the American Academy of...
We regularly use a number of analytic tools for computational neurosciences in our research, including brain network analysis and neural simulations. These codes are open source software tools in Pyth on and can be found on the lab's GitHub account. All routines require NumPy, S ciPy and Matplotlib...
In issue #35 of Eye Witness, you'll learn the latest accomplishments within Harvard Ophthalmology and across our affiliates and partners. Download the full issue or read highlights below. Mass. Eye and Ear Performs First FDA-approved Gene Therapy for an Inherited Disease Jason Comander, MD, PhD...