Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Rhinology Fellowship
Highlights
- Program Director: Ralph B. Metson, MD
- Start date: July 14
- Program length: One year
- Number of positions: Two per year
Program Details
Objectives
- To provide advanced post-residency clinical training in the management of diseases of the nose, paranasal sinuses, and skull base.
- To provide surgical training in minimally invasive approaches to the paranasal sinuses, orbit, and skull base, including endoscopic primary and revision sinus surgery, advanced frontal sinus techniques, transnasal approaches to the orbit (orbital and optic nerve decompression, DCR), and endoscopic skull base procedures (CSF leak and encephalocele repair, tumor resection).
- To provide opportunities to perform quality clinical, translational, and basic science research in the field of rhinology.
Curriculum
Rhinology fellowship training is provided by multiple faculty members and directed by Dr. Ralph Metson. The fellows alternate every three months between working with Drs. Metson and Scangas to working on a service with Drs. Bleier, Gray, Holbrook, and Workman.
Rhinology fellows spend balanced time between the operating room and clinic each week. Fellows spend one half-day each week as a preceptor in the Mass Eye and Ear Emergency Department instructing PGY-2 Harvard otolaryngology residents. Fellows will also have protected academic time each week to complete research and academic work.
This fellowship is to be a full-time occupation. Fellows may be asked to supervise the Mass. Eye and Ear Emergency Department at the discretion of the preceptor. Fellows will be required to assist in surgical cases, round on inpatients, and staff appropriate consults.
Salary and Benefits
Fellowship salary and benefits are provided at the PG-6 level as determined by Mass General Brigham.
Deadline: January 5, 2026
Candidates will apply through the San Francisco Match Program. A selection committee led by the fellowship director will determine the rank list. Rules of the match will be abided.
Apply through the match program at sfmatch.org
Research will be strongly encouraged. One-half day a week (Thursday mornings) will be protected for research and educational activities.
- Ralph B. Metson, MD, Director
- Benjamin S. Bleier, MD, FACS
- Stacey T. Gray, MD, Co-Director
- Eric H. Holbrook, MD, Co-Director
- George Scangas, MD
- Alan Workman, MD
Current Fellows
- Taylor Erickson, MD (2026-2027)
- Chris Valentini, MD (2026-2027)
- Alice Huang, MD (2025-2026)
- Kush Panara, MD (2025-2026)
Past Fellows
- Sean McKee, MD (2024-2025)
- Sathish Paramasivan, MD (2024-2025)
- Noel Ayoub, MD (2023-2024)
- Firas Sbeih, MD (2023-2024)
- Thad Vickery, MD (2022-2023)
- Dara Adams, MD (2022-2023)
- Barak Ringel, MD (2021-2022)
- Marianella Paz Lansberg, MD (2020-2021)
- Jonathan Simmonds, MD (2020-2021)
- Aria Jafari, MD (2019-2020)
- Ashton Lehmann, MD (2019-2020)
- Qasim Husain, MD (2018-2019)
- Catherine Banks, MBChB (2018-2019)
- George Scangas, MD (2017-2018)
- Edward El Rassi, MD (2017-2018)
- Regan Bergmark, MD (2016-2017)
- Adam Campbell, MD (2016-2017)
- Alice Maxfield, MD (2015-2016)
- Chris Brook, MD (2015-2016)
- Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD (2014-2015)
- William Yao, MD (2014-2015)
- Josh Meier, MD (2013-2014)
- Giant Lin, MD (2013-2014)
- Nipun Chhabra, MD (2012-2013)
- David Healy, MD (2012-2013)
- Arthur Wu, MD (2011-2012)
- Jonathan Ting, MD (2011-2012)
- Jamie Litvack, MD (2010-2011)
- Zachary Soler, MD (2009-2010)
- Man Kit Leung, MD (2008-2009)
- Michael Platt, MD (2007-2008)
- Douglas Reh, MD (2006-2007)
- Steven Pletcher, MD (2005-2006)
- Stacey Gray, MD (2004-2005)
- Raj Sindwani, MD 2003-2004
- Feodor Ung, MD (2002-2003)
- Mark Samaha, MD (2001-2002)
- Mathew Cosenza, DO (2000-2001)
Email: enteducation@meei.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-573-3654
Fax: 617-573-3939
