Tips to Avoid the Emergency Room this Halloween for an Eye or ENT Problem
Halloween can be one of the most fun days of the year. What’s not to love between the costumes, candy and parties? A trip to ...
Author Archive for Mike Kotsopoulos
A New Tongue Built for a Life Well-lived
In the 1990s, Gail Rogers had her life derailed by oral cancer. A complex tongue reconstruction she underwent at Mass Eye and Ear not only ...
Surgical Care That Begins At the Bedside
Bedside manner can make or break care. Just ask, Felicity Janczewski, of Worcester, Mass. Her experience seeing Gregory W. Randolph, MD, FACS, FACE, at Mass ...
Correcting Decades of Sun Damage With Mohs Surgery
The sun spares nobody. Just ask Bill Kieffer, who has lived with an aggressive form of skin cancer for what has felt like an eternity. ...
Uncovering What’s Behind Tinnitus
Growing evidence is supporting the belief that “hidden hearing loss”, a type of inner ear nerve damage, may contribute to tinnitus, a potentially debilitating hearing ...
Women of Otolaryngology: Celebrating the History and Future of Women at Mass Eye and Ear
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Focus is recognizing the women of Mass Eye and Ear—both past and present. At Mass Eye and Ear, women ...
Sleepwalking? Sleep Talking? It’s No Laughing Matter
Karen Lee, MD, a member of the Sleep Medicine and Surgery Division at Mass Eye and Ear, Longwood, explains the science behind unwanted sleep behaviors. Sleepwalking ...
Why Do We “Spin” After a Few Too Many Drinks?
Matthew Crowson, MD, a member of the Vestibular Division at Mass Eye and Ear, explained how too much alcohol can lead to an acute case ...
I Found a Lump On My Child’s Neck. Now What?
Jennifer Setlur, MD, a pediatric ENT specialist at Mass Eye and Ear, Concord, explains what to do when a mysterious lump appears out of the ...
A Tiny Tumor; One Huge Problem
Few people know their body as well as Betty Doyling, a personal trainer from Warwick, Bermuda. That said, a pituitary tumor was the last thing ...
Experts Hopeful New Discovery May Lead to Pathway for Hearing Loss Reversal
A study led by investigators in the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories (EPL) demonstrates an improved way of studying hair cell regeneration in the inner ear, moving scientists ...
Editing Usher Syndrome
September 18 is Usher Syndrome Awareness Day. To bring attention to the debilitating condition that renders patients blind and deaf, Mass Eye and Ear researchers ...
