Faculty and staff from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School gathered in the Meltzer Auditorium at Massachusetts Eye and Ear on Friday, June 21, to celebrate the 2019 graduating class of residents and fellows.
Five chief residents and 11 clinical fellows graduated from a program led by Harvard Medical School Otolaryngology Residency Director Stacey T. Gray, MD, Associate Residency Director Kevin S. Emerick, MD, and the Walter Augustus Lecompte Professor and Chair of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School, D. Bradley Welling, MD, PhD, FACS.
"We are so proud of what our graduating residents and fellows have accomplished during their time with us,” said Dr. Gray. “We are excited to see where they are headed next and proud to have them representing our program worldwide."
The Joseph B. Nadol, Jr., MD, Graduation Lectureship was given by Carol R. Bradford, MD, FACS, Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan Medical School. In her talk, she expessed the importance of work-life balance. In order to succeed in the field of medicine, she noted that one must "take care of themselves in order to take care of others."
At the end of the ceremony, graduating resident Yin Ren, MD, PhD, was awarded the Jeffrey P. Harris, MD, PhD, Research Prize, for his FOCUS research project.
Prior to the graduation ceremony, the day began with the department’s seventh annual meeting, an event that brings together our faculty, residents, and fellows. The meeting featured Chief Resident Research Talks on topics from discovering biomarkers for chronic rhinosinusitis to the impact of hospital market competition on the adoption of transoral robotic surgery. These talks were followed by a poster session highlighting the work of all of our residents.
The annual meeting was concluded with faculty presentations by Jeffrey R. Holt, PhD, Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School, and Jeremy D. Richmon, MD, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School.