HOWARD P. HOUSE, MD MEMORIAL LECTURE FOR ADVANCES IN OTOLOGY“Modern Otology: A Nexus of Surgery, Neuroscience, and Biotechnology”
Scientists have known for 60 years that there is a battery-like power in the inner ear of mammals. But it took a team led by Konstantina Stankovic, MD, PhD, and scientists from MIT to figure out how to access that battery and begin assessing its potential.
The Howard P. House, MD Memorial Lecture for Advances in Otology honors a member who has had a distinguished career in advancing hearing science through research and education to improve quality of life.
Lecturer: Konstantina M. Stankovic, MD, PhD
Her own long-term goal, she says, is “to restore hearing through regeneration and novel technologies.” She began her research in hearing as an undergraduate student and has maintained a focus in this area since.
Dr. Stankovic is a neurotologic surgeon at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI), principal investigator at the Infirmary’s Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, and associate professor of otology and laryngology at Harvard Medical School. She trained at MIT (PhD) and Harvard (MD, residency in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery, followed by a postdoctoral research fellowship through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), a clinical fellowship in neurotology.
She has received numerous awards, including the Association of MIT Alumna award for the highest degree of academic excellence and professional promise, the Henry Asbury Christian Award for outstanding performance in research and scholarly activities at Harvard Medical School, HHHI postdoctoral research fellowship, the Burt Evans young investigator award from the National Organization for Hearing Research, and Harvard/MIT Thomas A. McMahon Mentoring Award.