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Programs: Form 990, part iii, line 4a: massachusetts eye and ear is a specialty hospital dedicated to excellence in the care of disorders that affect the eye, ear, nose, throat and adjacent regions of the head and neck. In the 2017-2018 best hospitals survey, u. S. News & world report ranked mass. Eye and ear #2 in the nation for ear, nose and throat care and #4 for eye care. The commitment to provide compassionate and accessible patient care continued in 2017 with the expansion to nineteen clinical care locations. A major focus of the organization over the past year was the process to become a member of partners healthcare. The goal is for mass. Eye and ear to become a tier 1 entity within the top healthcare organization in the northeast. Mass. Eye and ear and partners have a long history of collaboration and the hope is that this will allow for a more seamless sharing of some of the centralized services partners extends to its entities, including peoplesoft (enterprise resource planning) and epic (unified patient care system). The process, nearing a final vote (as of this writing) will enable mass. Eye and ear to maintain its own hospital license, board of directors and independent departments, with the support of partners healthcare. Clinical highlights department of ophthalmology - faculty hires mary e. Aronow, md emma davies, md thaddeus dryja, md (part-time) rosario fernandez-godino, phd, msc gabriel fickett, od zhigang he, phd john kempen, md, mph, mhs, phd francois lebreton, phd michael price, md shrinivas pundlik, phd jane schweitzer, md ayellet segre, msc, phd david sola - del valle, md tomasz stryjewski, md jo-ann haney tilton, md jia yin, md faculty appointments ophthalmology alex bowers, phd: associate professor of ophthalmology sunil chauhan, phd: associate professor of ophthalmology joseph ciolino, md: associate professor of ophthalmology jack greiner, do, od, phd: assistant professor of ophthalmology (part-time) xiaoqing guo, md: instructor in ophthalmology nahyoung grace lee, md: assistant professor of ophthalmology heitian lei, phd: assistant professor of ophthalmology yang liu, md: instructor in ophthalmology richard masland, phd: distinguished david glendenning cogan professor of ophthalmology joan w. Miller, md: david glendenning cogan professor of ophthalmology eric pierce, md, phd: solman and libe friedman professor of ophthalmology shivakumar vasanth, phd: instructor in ophthalmology department of otolaryngology new recruits full-time medical staff kevin h. Franck, phd, mba, ccc-a kenneth m. Grundfast, md, facs yuna c. Larrabee, md community-based medical staff christina v. Scirica, md sean t. Doherty, md, facs jordan glicksman, md, mph jong chul park, md (part-time mass. Eye and ear) otolaryngology faculty appointments professor gregory w. Randolph, md, facs, face associate professor benjamin s. Bleier, md eric h. Holbrook, md hideko heidi nakajima, md, phd jeremy d. Richmon, md assistant professor nate jowett, md, frcsc david h. Jung, md, phd felipe santos, md other promotions/new leadership - benjamin s. Bleier, md, was named the director of endoscopic skull base surgery. - stacey t. Gray, md, was appointed president of the otolaryngology medical staff. - richard f. Lewis, md, was appointed director of the jenks vestibular physiology laboratory. - daniel b. Polley, phd, was appointed the director of the lauer tinnitus research center. - meaghan reed, aud, was promoted to associate director of audiology. - phillip c. Song, md, was appointed chief of the laryngology division. Department of anesthesiology - new recruits jeremy juang, md- staff anesthesiologist matthew novak, md- pediatric staff anesthesiologist nina nami, md- pediatric staff anesthesiologist naila moghul, md- staff anesthesiologist gustavo lozada, md- staff anesthesiologist yana levin, md- staff anesthesiologist genevieve galutera, crna rebecca vigil, crna brendan mcbrine, anesthesia technician shakeria mattier, executive assistant faculty promotions makara cayer, md assistant anesthesiologist, active staff, mass. Eye and ear stephen campo, md associate anesthesiologist, active staff, mass. Eye and ear martha cordoba-amorocho, md associate anesthesiologist, active staff, mass. Eye and ear arezou goli, md associate anesthesiologist, active staff, mass. Eye and ear martin joseph r. Hortaleza, md associate anesthesiologist, active staff, mass. Eye and ear gustavo lozada, md- associate anesthesiologist, active staff, mass. Eye and ear; co- director of ambulatory anesthesia, mass. Eye and ear alvaro macias, md associate anesthesiologist, active staff, mass. Eye and ear; associate anesthesia director of the operating rooms, mass. Eye and ear dongdong yao, md associate anesthesiologist, active staff, mass. Eye and ear arshad ragen, md anesthesiologist, active staff, mass. Eye and ear jeremy w. Goldfarb, md anesthesiologist, active staff, mass. Eye and ear lisa m. Hammond, md anesthesiologist, active staff, mass. Eye and ear department of radiology no new recruits in fy17 for fy17, the department of radiology had a total of 141 resident and fellow rotations joining dr. Curtin and faculty for daily read out sessions and head and neck imaging training (58 from mgh, 59 from bwh, and 24 from bidmc).

form 990, part iii, line 4b: education ent education highlights this year we celebrated the graduation of the class of 2017 at a june 23rd ceremony held in the meltzer auditorium at mass. Eye and ear. Our graduates included francis pete x. Creighton, jr. , md, rebecca j. Hammon, md, taha a. Jan, md, matthew r. Naunheim, md, mba, and george a. Scangas, md. We also celebrated the graduation of five clinical fellows: - regan w. Bergmark, md, rhinology - adam p. Campbell, md, rhinology - callum faris, md, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery - ruwan kiringoda, md, neurotology - heather a. Osborn, md, frcsc, head and neck surgical oncology/microvascular surgery following graduation, we welcomed several new trainees in otolaryngology to mass. Eye and ear, including five new otolaryngology interns and eight clinical fellows. Our otolaryngology interns include eric r. Barbarite, md, adeeb derakhshan, md, krupa r. Patel, md, tiffany v. Wang, md, and phoebe kuo yu, md. Our clinical fellows include joseph r. Dusseldorp, md (facial plastic and reconstructive surgery), jacqueline j. Greene, md (facial plastic and reconstructive surgery), joseph zenga, md (head and neck oncology/ microvascular surgery), nicholas a. Dewyer, md (neurtology), sarah bouhabel, md (pediatric otolaryngology), edward t. El rassi, md (rhinology), george a. Scangas, md (rhinology), and mohamed shama, md (thyroid and parathyroid surgery). In other education news, we continue to enjoy our state-of-the-art otolaryngology surgical training laboratory and have held several major courses there over the past year, from resident dissection courses to cme courses with international attendees. This year, two new lectureships were established, including the donald g. Keamy, sr. , lectureship and the c. T. Lee endowed lectureship in spirituality, compassion, and healing. Awards and honors ophthalmology teresa chen, md: a. Clifford barger excellence in mentoring award, harvard medical school reza dana, md, msc, mph: 2018 fridenwald award, association for research in vision and opthalmology; 2017 senior achievement award, american academy of opthalmology dean eliott, md: lifetime mentorship award, vit-buckle society evangelos gragoudas, md: 2017 simmons lessell excellence in education award, department of ophthalmology, mass. Eye and ear, harvard medical school kathryn hatch, md: named an "outstanding female leader in ophthalmology" by millenialeye frederick jakobiec, md, dsc: merrill reeh prize from the american society of ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery ula jurkunas, md: 2017 pfizer ophthalmics carl camras translational research award carolyn kloek, md: 2017 educator award, women in ophthalmology joan w. Miller, md: inducted into the dowling society, association for research in vision and opthalmology; appointed to the board of trustees, association for university professors in ophthalmology louis pasquale, md: 2017 gold fellow, association for research in vision and ophthalmology roberto pineda ii, md: accepted into the international intraocular implant club brian song, md, mph: joanne angle investigator award, prevent blindness amy watts, od: 2016 norman knight leadership award in ophthalmology david wu, md, phd: 2017 eleanor and miles shore 50th anniversary fellowship; iraty award for research in retinal diseases michael young, phd: 2017 silver fellow, association for research in vision and ophthalmology otolaryngology - benjamin s. Bleier, md, received the top science abstract cohort from the american rhinologic society. - jean m. Bruch, dmd, md, celebrated the release of the second edition of clinical oral medicine and pathology - daniel g. Deschler, md, facs, is the president-elect for the new england otolaryngological society and received a nomination for the 2017 excellence in mentoring awards given by harvard medical school. - stacey t. Gray, md, is the chair of the otolaryngology program directors organization - elliott d. Kozin, md, was elected to the national resident matching program board of directors and is a 2017 star reviewer for otolaryngology - head and neck surgery. - daniel j. Lee, md, facs, sunil puria, phd, hideko heidi nakajima, md, phd, and john j. Rosowski, phd, were invited speakers and guests at the 100th anniversary of the university hospital zurich department of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery. - brian j. Park, md, mph, facs, was accepted as a fellow of the american college of surgeons - gregory w. Randolph, md, facs, face, co-directed the 2017 world congress on thyroid cancer. - rosh sethi, md, mph, gave a talk at the 2nd world congress on endoscopic ear surgery in bologna, italy. - mark g. Shrime, md, mph, phd, facs, was the recipient of the 2017 damon runyon clinical investigator award. - gregory t. Whitman, md, released his book, dizziness: why you feel dizzy and what will help you feel better. Anesthesiology kathrin bourdeu, md- teacher of the year award lisa hammond, md- anesthesia rotation educational award radiology dr. Paul caruso - promoted to assistant professor - award for best scientific paper oral presentation at the european congress of radiology in vienna in march 2017 for our presentation on dynamic gadolinium enhanced mr imaging of the temporomandibular joint in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis dr. Amy juliano - promoted to assistant professor dr. Katherine reinshagen - awarded a certificate of merit for her presentation at ashnr entitled endoscopic endonasal surgery of the orbit: what the surgeon wants to know - selected for rsna advanced grant writing course 2017-2018 dr. Marybeth cunnane - promoted to assistant professor dr. Hilary kelly - partners healthcare/massachusetts general hospital-partners in excellence team award for contrast reaction simulation training - massachusetts general hospital department of radiology- award for excellence in resident education (presented by the class of 2018) facilities, equipment and technology ent mass. Eye and ear, stoneham moved its otolaryngology practice to a brand new office space at 41 montvale, which offers more clinical exam room space. Began renovations on the dr. Jowett/dr. Hadlock spel lab. Minor enhancements were made to the main campus hearing aid center (new rugs, chairs, and paint) additional exam rooms were added to the office-based clinic area at mass. Eye and ear, quincy. Anesthesia 2 nihon kohden patient monitors 2 nihon kohden multi-gas analyzers 7th floor anesthesia conference room renovation 7th floor anesthesia suite renovation radiology current mri was upgraded to r5 software to provide better quality and commercial access to clinical science keys. New 2nd mri has dph and don approval. On track for spring 2018 startup. Varian i5 rf digital upgrade to fluoroscopy machine ct console/software upgrade

form 990, part iii, line 4c: community engagement michael s. Cohen, md, sent earmuff-style hearing protection to the new england patriots players for their kids to wear during super bowl li. He also hosted his annual hearing center family carnival, which brings dozens of patient families to mass. Eye and ear for a day of fun. Aaron k. Remenschneider, md, mph, alicia m. Quesnel, md, and research fellow iman a. Ghanad are working with the massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing on continued support for the boston marathon victims. They have established a formal collaboration with them to serve and support survivors, and collect clinical outcomes data on patients who are local. The voice and speech laboratory (vsl) went to concord-carlisle regional high school for a full-day program geared towards juniors and seniors, many of whom are interested in pursuing careers in health science. Staff from mass. Eye and ear, stoneham held a toy drive for the children of malden. A new collaboration between mass. Eye and ear and symphony new hampshire was established. The goal of this partnership is to bring medically based music therapy programs to mass. Eye and ear patients. Otolaryngology faculty and residents met with harvard medical school students at the mass. Eye and ear, longwood campus to review basic head and neck exam skills. Ophthalmology facility/programmatic - established the simmons lessell fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology - established the thomas j. Madden fellowship in retina - established the iraty ward for research in retinal diseases - established the monte j. Wallace ophthalmology chair in retina - new ophthalmology patient care location opened in malden, ma - offers comprehensive ophthalmology, including cataract surgery and contact lenses, as well as eye plastics services - optometry, glaucoma, and cornea services in the future. - first medical center in new england to offer state-of-the-art retinal surgery using the ngenuity 3d visualization system - offering new fda-approved cornea cross-linking procedure to halt progression of keratoconus - mass. Eye and ear is participating in a new harvard medical school faculty mentoring leadership certificate program that runs from november 8, 2017 through june 13, 2018. This program is a multi-session, peer-learning experience for mid-career and senior faculty physician and scientist mentors. The goal for participants of this program is to become leaders in mentoring who will go on to facilitate the program in future years, or develop similar programs at their own institutions. - launched the retinal disease institute (rdi) cabinet - an advisory council of leaders in retinal research philanthropy who will work with mass. Eye and ear/harvard ophthalmology retina leaders to accelerate cures for retinal diseases. Cabinet members include: joan miller, wyc grousbeck, charles de gunzburg, pete ankeny, chris snook, george yancopoulos, tony adamis, and gene hill. As the first of its kind, the rdi is designed to foster partnerships between mass. Eye and ear/harvard ophthalmology faculty working in fields related to retinal disease and the world's leading scientists (basic biomedical researchers, clinician scientists, engineers, and clinicians) working outside vision research.