Paul M. Konowitz, MD, FACS

Based at Mass Eye and Ear, Quincy, Dr. Konowitz has a primary clinical interest in adult and pediatric otolaryngology for more than thirty-five years at Mass Eye and Ear. He has a special interest in surgery of the thyroid and parathyroid glands with intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring. He co-developed the Boston Thyroid Club, an educational venue for practicing clinicians as well as those in training. He is actively involved in the teaching of residents at Mass Eye and Ear and has also travelled to Kenya and India to perform thyroid surgery and teach local physicians. His surgical volume has contributed significantly to the milestone of more than 3,000 thyroid surgical procedures being performed using intraoperative nerve monitoring at Mass Eye and Ear.

In 2011, Dr. Konowitz was awarded the William W. Montgomery teaching award for his many years of teaching thyroid and parathyroid surgery to Harvard Otolaryngology residents. He co-founded an innovative teaching program at Mass Eye and Ear, Quality, Humanism, and Professionalism (QHP). It is dedicated to ongoing post-graduate education for practicing physicians, as well as those in training on these important themes. For over ten years, he was a mentor in the Harvard Medical School course, Patient Doctor III, which was dedicated to the teaching of empathic care through reflective practice.

As the Associate Chair of Otolaryngology for Suburban Centers and Network Development, he oversees over thirty otolaryngology physicians at Mass Eye and Ear's suburban centers in areas such as clinical operations, patient satisfaction, and the delivery of quality and empathic care to patients. He is involved in the continued growth and expansion of Mass Eye and Ear’s network in greater Boston and beyond.