Michael J. McKenna, MD

Professor, Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School

Specialty Area

Otology, Neurotology, Skull Base Surgery

Address

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

MEEI

Tel: 617-573-3672
Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Clinical Background

Medical School

University of Southern California

Residency

Harvard - Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Fellowships

House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA

Board Certification

Otolaryngology, Neurotology

Professional Affiliations

American Otologic Society, American Neurotology Society, American Medical Association, Mass. Medical Society, American Academy of Otolaryngology, Amerian College of Surgeons, Otosclerosis Study Group, Collegium Oto-rhino-Laryngologicum

Clinical Interests

Otology, Neurotology

Research Interests

otosclerosis, inner ear drug delivery

Selected Publications

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Also see below.
McKenna MJ, Nguyen-Huynh AT, Kristiansen AG. Association of otosclerosis with Sp1 binding site polymorphism in COL1A1 gene: evidence for a shared genetic etiology with osteoporosis. Otol Neurotol 2004;25:447-50

Ramsey MJ, Merchant SN, McKenna MJ. Postauricular periosteal-pericranial flap for mastoid obliteration and canal wall-down tympanomastoidectomy. Otol Neurotol 2004;25(6):873-878

Clayton AE, Mikulec AA, Mikulec KH, Merchant SN, McKenna MJ. Association between osteoporosis and otosclerosis in women. J Laryngol Otol 2004;118:617-21

Zehnder AF, Kristiansen AG, Adams JC, Merchant SN, McKenna MJ. Osteoprotegerin in the inner ear may inhibit bone remodeling in the otic capsule. Laryngoscope, 2004;115(1):172-177, 2005

Ramsey MJ, Nadol Jr JB, Pilch BZ, McKenna MJ. Carcinoid tumor of the middle ear: A review of the literature and report of two cases with metastasis. Otol Neurotol, in press

Chen Z, Mikulec A, McKenna MJ, Sewell WF, Kujawa SG. A method for intracochlear drug delivery in the mouse. J Neurosci Methods, In press.

Publications

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