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Dr. Varvares presenting Dr. Jung with the Norman Knight Award

Dr. David H. Jung Presented Norman Knight Award

May 27, 2021

David H. Jung, MD, PhD, FACS, a neurotologic surgeon at Mass Eye and Ear, has been named the recipient of the Norman Knight Leadership Development Award. The award was endowed by Norman Knight, a self-made broadcast pioneer and media mogul who has been a thoughtful champion of Mass Eye and Ear for over 25 years.

Recipients are selected for their exceptional promise as future leaders within their specialty in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at Mass...

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Ciersten Burks, MD

Resident Ciersten Burks, MD Pens Commentary on Systemic Racism

May 26, 2021

No group has suffered more from the COVID-19 pandemic than Black and Latinx populations. Systemic racism, Ciersten Burks, MD says, is to blame.

Sparked by the tragic murder of George Floyd last summer, Dr. Burks, a PGY-3 HMS OHNS resident from Indianapolis, Indiana, was published by the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery in April for her commentary on the disparities existing among the marginalized surgical patients...

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