#  Harvard Otolaryngololgy Leadership 

 



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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.

Derrick Lin, MD, FACS, oversees all patient, research and education initiatives for the Mass General Brigham OHNS Department. 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.

## *Department Interim Chair*

   ![Dr. Derrick Lin Headshot ](/sites/g/files/omnuum8391/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/Derrick-Lin-%28720x995%29.jpg?itok=FywUryeI) 

 

[Derrick Lin, MD, FACS](/people/derrick-lin)  
Interim Chair of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery  
Harvard Medical School  
Interim Chair of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery  
Mass General Brigham

## *Affiliate Hospital Chiefs*

   ![Dr. Michael Cunningham portrait](/sites/g/files/omnuum8391/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oto/files/cunninghamm.png?itok=X06frlZm) 

 

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACS](/people/michael-cunningham)  
Department Chief of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery  
Boston Children’s Hospital

   ![Dr. Scharukh Jalisi portrait](/sites/g/files/omnuum8391/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oto/files/jalisis.png?itok=SVf5YYSb) 

 

[Scharukh M. Jalisi, MD, MA, FACS](/people/scharukh-jalisi)  
Division Chief of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery  
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

## *Vice Chairs*

[**Paul Konowitz, MD, FACS**](/people/paul-konowitz)  
Vice Chair of Strategic Network Development  
Mass Eye and Ear

[**Daniel Deschler, MD, FACS**](/people/daniel-deschler)  
Vice Chair of Academic Affairs  
Mass Eye and Ear

[**Christopher Hartnick, MD, MS**](/people/christopher-hartnick)  
Vice Chair of Safety & Quality  
Mass Eye and Ear

[**Kristina Simonyan, MD, PhD, Dr med**](https://oto.hms.harvard.edu/people/kristina-simonyan)  
Vice Chair of Clinical Research  
Mass Eye and Ear

[**Daniel Polley, PhD**](/people/daniel-polley)  
Vice Chair of Basic Research  
Mass Eye and Ear

[**Stacey Gray, MD**](/people/stacey-gray)  
Vice Chair of Education  
Mass Eye and Ear

[**Hideko Heidi Nakajima, MD, PhD**](/people/heidi-nakajima)  
Vice Chair of Faculty Enrichment  
Mass Eye and Ear