July 24, 2009

Department of Otolaryngology represenatives to the 4th Annual Metropolitan New York Resident Research Day Symposium, Judy Lee, MD and Daniel Jethanamest, MD, did a wonderful job this year. Dr. Lee's presentation, entitled Radiation-Induced Fibrosis: A Rationale for Smad3 Inhibition won the first place award, and Dr. Jethanamest's, which was entitled A New Software Tool to Optimize Frequency Map Selection for Cochlear Implants, won third place.

This year's event was hosted by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, and sponsored by the Departments of Otolaryngology of Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary/New York Medical College, New York University School of Medicine, State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York - Stony Brook, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.