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Five Medical Students Match into Harvard Combined OHNS Residency Program

March 17, 2024

We are pleased to introduce the five medical students who matched in the Harvard Combined Residency Program in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery this year. We hope that you will join us in welcoming them to Mass Eye and Ear, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital this June.

We are thrilled with the results of the match and look forward to their arrival:

Clinical Track Residents (Class of 2029)

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Mass Eye and Ear Celebrates Second OHNS Faculty Recognition Gala

February 13, 2024

Harvard Medical School faculty from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) at Mass Eye and Ear gathered at the Harvard Club on the evening of Friday, February 9, in celebration of Mass Eye and Ear’s second OHNS Faculty Recognition Gala.

This annual event is organized by the OHNS Education Office at Mass Eye and Ear in collaboration with senior members of the hospital’s departmental Leadership Team. Ten awards were presented to faculty members who demonstrate exceptional clinical, research and educational contributions to the...

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Harvard OHNS Committee on Climate Change Launches

January 15, 2024

Mark Varvares, MD, FACS, John W. Merriam and William W. Montgomery Professor and Chair Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School, recently established the Harvard OHNS Committee on Climate Change. The mission of this committee is to cultivate a culture of environmental responsibility and sustainability through advocacy, education, research, public service, operations, and...

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Drs. Nicole Jiam and Divya Chari awarded Hearing Health Foundation Emerging Research Grants

January 8, 2024

 

Nicole T. Jiam, MD, a second year neurotology and skull base surgery fellow, and Divya Chari, MD, investigator in the Jenks Vestibular Diagnostic and Physiology Laboratories, were awarded the Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) Emerging Research Grant (ERG). This is a highly prestigious grant earned by promising investigators working on groundbreaking hearing...

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Dr. Zheng-Yi Chen Named Principal Investigator of Hearing Restoration Research Program Grant by Department of Defense

July 25, 2023

Zheng-Yi Chen, DPhil, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School, has been named a principal investigator of a three-year Hearing Restoration Research Program (HRRP) grant from the Department of Defense.

The grant, worth $1.4 million, will fund a study led by Dr. Chen that explores a possible treatment for hearing damage from exposure to loud noises. Such exposure can harm the neural synapses bridging...

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