Stacey Gray, MD, named Walter Augustus Lecompte Associate Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Stacey Gray, MD, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School, has been named the next incumbent of the Walter Augustus Lecompte Professorship of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery.

This professorship was originally established in 1907, with otology great Clarence Blake, MD, named the first incumbent. Since then, incredible pioneers in the field of otolaryngology have bestowed this honor, including Joseph Nadol, MD, and D. Bradley Welling, MD, PhD, FACS.

Dr. Gray currently serves as the Director of the Sinus Center at Mass Eye and Ear and is world renowned for her work in the long-term management of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. She has greatly focused on improving outcomes and decreasing surgical complications for patients with complicated rhinologic and skull base disorders.

In 2005, Dr. Gray contributed to the introduction of endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery to the Mass Eye and Ear/Mass General Hospital (MGH) community. In a collaborative effort, she helped bring endoscopic approaches to the armamentarium of surgical treatment options for skull base pathology at MGH, shifting the management paradigm for benign intracranial tumors that previously required craniotomy for resection as well as sinonasal malignancies that previously required a traditional anterior craniofacial resection.

She was the first to publish on long term complications of skull base surgery, and subsequently developed strategies to decrease the risk of these late complications. Her findings have resulted in refinements of our surgical planning and reconstructive techniques and have generated an algorithm to decrease the risk of post-operative complications.

Alongside her remarkable clinical and research accomplishments, Dr. Gray is an extraordinary leader in surgical training and education. Currently serving as the Program Director for the Harvard Combined Program in Otolaryngology Residency and Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, she is committed to improving training efforts and devoted to spearheading new initiatives. Under her guidance, resident scholarship has increased exponentially. Specifically, there has been an increase in resident publications, presentations at national meetings and resident research CORE grant applications and awards. She was recently awarded the Mass General Brigham Outstanding Program Director Award in recognition of her incredible work in this role.

"Dr. Gray has contributed to the success of the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery for over two decades. Her service as a leader and surgical educator has been nothing short of exceptional and her academic achievements in the field of rhinology have directly led to the significant improvement of patient care worldwide," said Mark Varvares, MD, FACS, John W. Merriam/William W. Montgomery Professor and Chair of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School. "We are delighted to congratulate Dr. Gray on her well-deserved appointment as the Walter Augustus Lecompte Associate Professor of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery."