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Heidi Nakajima, MD, PhD, next incumbent of the Gudrun Larsen Eliasen and Nels Kristian Eliasen Professorship

March 17, 2024

Congratulations to Heidi Nakajima, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of OHNS at HMS, who has been named the next incumbent of the Gudrun Larsen Eliasen and Nels Kristian Eliasen Professorship of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. The Gudrun Larsen Eliasen...

Otologic and Lateral Skull Base Trauma Textbook Published

January 02, 2024

The first edition of Otologic and Lateral Skull Base Trauma textbook was published this past fall. Elliott Kozin, MD, a fellowship-trained neurotologic and otologic surgeon at Mass Eye and Ear and assistant professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck...

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

January 08, 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)...

Harvard OHNS Sustainability Committee 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 Sustainability Committee. The mission of this...

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...

Dr. Andreas Eckhard Presented Sandy and Herb Pollack Young Investigator Award

December 13, 2023

Congratulations to Andreas Eckhard, MD, Co-Director of the Otopathology Laboratory at Mass Eye and Ear, who was recently presented the Sandy and Herb Pollack Young Investigator Award at the 2023 Mass Eye and Ear Annual Meeting of Trustees and Medical...

Dr. Nicole Jiam Awarded Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship Award

August 22, 2023

Nicole T. Jiam, MD, a second-year neurotology and skull base surgery fellow at Mass Eye and Ear, was recently awarded the 2023 Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship Award. The Doris Duke Foundation selects physician-scientists at the subspecialty...

Dr. Obi Nwosu Presented 2023 Patricia & Barry Yellen Young Investigator Award

August 22, 2023

Obi Nwosu, MD, a third-year resident in the Harvard Combined Residency Program in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, was recently presented the 2023 Patricia & Barry Yellen Young Investigator Award. Long-time Mass Eye and Ear Trustee Barry Yellen and...

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...

Dr. Giovanni Battistella Awarded Seth Robbins Mass General Neuroscience Transformative Scholar in Tinnitus Research Award

July 17, 2023

Giovanni Battistella, PhD , Instructor in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School, has been named the recipient of the 2023 Seth Robbins Mass General Neuroscience Transformative Scholar in Tinnitus Research Award. The award supports...

Dr. Natalia Kyriazidis Wins Oral Podium Presentation Award at the World Congress on Thyroid Cancer

June 28, 2023

Natalia Kyriazidis, MD, an incoming thyroid and parathyroid surgeon at Mass Eye and Ear, finished in first place for the Oral Podium Presentation Award at the 2023 World Congress on Thyroid Cancer in London. The World Congress on Thyroid Cancer is one of...

Harvard OHNS Residents and Fellows Celebrate 2023 Graduation

June 16, 2023

Faculty and staff from the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) at Harvard Medical School (HMS) celebrated the 2023 graduating class of residents and fellows from the Harvard Combined Residency Program in OHNS on Friday, June 16...