Today, the steadfast vision of the Harvard Medical School (HMS) Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) is to be the preeminent worldwide source of advances and leaders in preserving and restoring hearing, balance, and voice as well as curing benign and malignant diseases of the head and neck.

Leadership of the Harvard Department of OHNS consists of an array of institutions with multiple layers that come together under the same mission. Opportunities are given regularly to leadership, faculty and trainees in all locations to encourage participation, understand issues, ask questions and provide input.

Mark A. Varvares, MD, FACS, oversees all patient, research and education initiatives for the Mass Eye and Ear, and Massachusetts General Hospital OHNS Departments. He is responsible to the Dean of HMS for administration and leadership of the OHNS academic network as well as faculty affairs within each entity. Derrick Lin, MD, FACS, who is the Associate Chief of OHNS, assists the Chair in all duties with particular emphasis on quality, credentialing and clinical programming.

Department Chair

Mark Varvares, MD, FACS
Chair of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Chief of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Mass Eye and Ear/Massachusetts General Hospital

Derrick Lin, MD, FACS
Associate Chief of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Mass Eye and Ear

Affiliate Hospital Chiefs

Michael Cunningham, MD, FACS
Department Chief of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Boston Children’s Hospital

Scharukh M. Jalisi, MD, MA, FACS
Division Chief of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Ravindra Uppaluri, MD, PhD
Division Chief of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Vice Chairs

Jennifer Shin, MD
Vice Chair of Academic Affairs
Longwood

Paul Konowitz, MD, FACS
Vice Chair of Strategic Network Development
Mass Eye and Ear

Daniel Deschler, MD, FACS
Vice Chair of Academic Affairs
Mass Eye and Ear

Christopher Hartnick, MD, MS
Vice Chair of Safety & Quality
Mass Eye and Ear

Steven Rauch, MD
Vice Chair of Clinical Research
Mass Eye and Ear

Daniel Polley, PhD
Interim Vice Chair of Basic Research
Mass Eye and Ear

Stacey Gray, MD
Vice Chair of Education
Mass Eye and Ear

Hideko Heidi Nakajima, MD, PhD
Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Mass Eye and Ear