Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery / Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery / Professor of Pediatrics and Assistant Dean, Office of Student Affairs at Boston University School of Medicine.

Otolaryngology (ENT)

Kenneth Grundfast practices Otolaryngology (ENT). He researched medicine at State University of New York Upstate Medical University. He has 37 awards "America's Top Doctors", "Boston Magazine", "Named among Top Doctors in the specialty of Otolaryngology", "Top Doctors", "Vice Presidential Citation", "Inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society", "Boston Herald", "Inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Socie", "Sylvan Stool Award", "Honorable Mention for Triologic Thesis", "Award for Excellence in Education", "Award for Teaching Excellence and Dedication to Education", "Included in the book: Best Doctors in America", "Distinguished Service Award", "Mentioned as one of the nation's "Top Doctors"", "Included in the 51st edition of Who's Who in America", "Included in the 1st edition of Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare", "Awarded, Presidential Citation", ""Top Doctors"", "Who's Who in America", "Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare", "Elected Associate Examiner", "Presidential Citation", "Physician's Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education", "Guest Editor", "Washington's Top Doctors", "Mentioned as one of Washington's Top Doctors", "Honor Award", "Seymour Cohen Award", "First Prize", "Humanitarian Award", "University Seal", "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare", "Super Doctor", "Top MD", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Fellow (FAAO-HNS)". Kenneth M. Grundfast is also a published MD. He has 98 publication published. The most recent publication is: Otologic manifestations of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• Increasing Competitiveness for an Otolaryngology Residency: Where We Are and Concerns about the Future.
• Minocycline-induced hyperpigmentation of tympanic membrane, sclera, teeth, and pinna.
• Otologic outcomes after blast injury: the Boston marathon experience.
• In Memoriam: Charles W. Vaughan, MD (1926-2014).
• What an Otolaryngologist Should Know About Evaluation of a Child Referred for Delay in Speech Development.
• Lessons learned from a leader and ultimate mentor - Dr. Loring W. Pratt.
• Loring Withee Pratt, MD, FACS 1918-2012.
• A comparison of two methods for preventing cross-contamination when using flexible fiberoptic endoscopes in an otolaryngology clinic: disposable sterile sheaths versus...
• Analysis of recurrent angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor-induced angioedema.
• Cervical Tuberculosis: a decision tree for protecting healthcare workers.
• Hearing loss in Wegener's granulomatosis.
• Modern management of acute Otitis media.
• Surgical management of Otitis media.
• Emerging therapies for the treatment and prevention of Otitis media.
• A stepwise approach to the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary Hearing loss.
• Intralabyrinthine schwannomas.
• Diagnosis and management of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid-middle ear effusion and otorrhea.
• Otorhinolaryngic manifestations of CHARGE association.
• Intraoperative detection of cerebrospinal fluid leak in surgical removal of congenital nasal masses.
• Anterior cricoid split: a "simple" surgical procedure and a potentially complicated care problem.
• Differentiating upper from lower airway compromise in neonates.
• Laryngeal dysgenesis.
• A review of the efficacy of systemically administered decongestants in the prevention and treatment of Otitis media.
• Genetics and molecular biology of Deafness.
• Genetics and molecular biology of Deafness. Update.
• Management of middle ear hemangiomas.
• Accuracy and usefulness of radiographic assessment of cervical neck Infections in children.
• Cefaclor compared with amoxycillin acute Otitis media with effusion: a preliminary report.
• Suspension microlaryngoscopy in the Boyce position with a new suspension gallows.
• Clinical applications of brainstem auditory electric response testing at a children''s hospital.
• Sudden or fluctuating Hearing loss and vertigo in children due to perilymph fistula.
• Waardenburg syndrome (WS) type I is caused by defects at multiple loci, one of which is near ALPP on chromosome 2: first report of the WS consortium.
• Finding the gene(s) for Waardenburg syndrome(s).
• Ethical and cultural considerations in research on hereditary Deafness.
• Practical approach to diagnosis and management of hereditary Hearing impairment (HHI).
• Complete evaluation of the child identified as a poor listener.
• Management of otolaryngic patients susceptible to malignant hyperthermia without dantrolene.
• Laryngeal pathology in Hearing-impaired children.
• Middle ear Disease in childhood achondroplasia.
• Adenotonsillectomy in children with sickle cell Disease.
• Management of Otitis media: a controversial issue.
• Nasal obstruction of the newborn revisited: clinical and subclinical manifestations of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction presenting as a nasal mass.
• Diverse etiologies of facial paralysis in children.
• Airway compromise from nasal obstruction in neonates and infants.
• An improved stent method for choanal atresia repair.
• The inferiorly based superior tympanomeatal flap for removal of congenital Cholesteatoma.
• Prospective study of subglottic stenosis in intubated neonates.
• Sudden onset of velopharyngeal insufficiency in Klippel-Feil syndrome.
• Vocal cord paralysis.
• External auditory canal stenosis and partial atresia without associated anomalies.
• Gaining access to school for the child with a trAcheostomy.
• Broken Aboulker stents in the trAcheal lumen.
• A technique for insertion and removal of an intraOral drain following treatment of a retropharyngeal abscess.
• A simple device for tympanocentesis in infants and children.
• Treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis with human leukocyte interferon. Results of a multicenter randomized clinical trial.
• Congenital aberrantly located cutaneous Stensen''s duct orifice--a newly described anomaly.
• Vocal cord paralysis in children studied by monopolar electromyography.
• The faculty member-medical school relationship of the future.
• Nasal septal perforation from illicit drug use.
• The reevaluation visit for acute Otitis media.
• Subglottic stenosis: retrospective analysis and proposal for standard reporting system.
• Duration of middle ear effusion after acute Otitis media.
• Cholesteatoma medial to an intact tympanic membrane in 34 young children.
• The role of the audiologist and otologist in the identification of the dysmorphic child.
• Cerumen removal. How necessary is it to diagnose acute Otitis media?
• Congenital middle ear Cholesteatoma.
• Tuberculosis of the middle ear and mastoid.
• Treatment of severe trAcheobronchomalacia with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).
• Adenotonsillar hypertrophy and upper airway obstruction in evolutionary perspective.
• Congenital hereditary bilateral abductor vocal cord paralysis.
• Sore throats in adolescents.
• Pharmacologic compliance with antibiotic therapy for acute Otitis media: influence on subsequent middle ear effusion.
• The febrile response in acute Otitis media.
• Acute Otitis media: toward a more precise definition.
• TrAcheomalacia in an infant with multiplex congenita (Larsen's) syndrome.
• Intranasal beclomethasone in the treatment of middle ear effusion: a pilot study.
• Delayed diagnosis and fate of congenital Cholesteatoma (keratoma).
• The appropriateness of tympanostomy Tubes for children.
• Enlarged vestibular aqueduct and sensorineural Hearing loss in childhood.
• Further elucidation of the genomic structure of PAX3, and identification of two different point mutations within the PAX3 homeobox that cause Waardenburg syndrome type...
• A new nonsyndromic X-linked sensorineural Hearing impairment linked to Xp21.2.
• Locus heterogeneity for Waardenburg syndrome is predictive of clinical subtypes.
• Management of Otitis media and the New Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Guideline.
• Refined localization of the branchiootorenal syndrome gene by linkage and haplotype analysis.
• Occult sinus of the piriform fossa.
• A role for the otolaryngologist in identification and discovery of genetic disorders and chromosomal abnormalities.
• Laryngomalacia. The search for the second lesion.
• Balancing pediatric otolaryngology training for fellows and residents at a children's hospital.
• Benign lesions of the external auditory canal.
• Management of oropharyngeal trauma in children.
• Relative incidence and alternative approAches for surgical drainage of different types of deep neck abscesses in children.
• Otologic manifestations of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome.
• Clinical practice guideline: Otitis media with effusion.
• Mutation of a transcription factor, TFCP2L3, causes progressive autosomal dominant Hearing loss, DFNA28.
• Cochlear disorder associated with melanocyte anomaly in mice with a transgenic insertional mutation.
• Hearing loss in neurofibromatosis type 1: report of two cases.
• Congenital laryngeal stridor (laryngomalacia): etiologic factors and associated disorders.

Schools

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• SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse

• New Engl Med Center

• Boston Affil Hosps

• Sibley Meml Hospital

• Chldns Hospital Pittsburgh

Procedures Preformed

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• Ear Tube Placement
• Perforated Eardrum Repair (Tympanoplasty)
• Vestibule and Floor of Mouth, Excision or Destruction

Conditions Treated

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• Bell's Palsy
• Cholesteatoma
• Conductive Hearing Loss
• Deafness
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Doctors Specialties

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• Ear, Nose, and Throat
• Otolaryngology (ENT)

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• America's Top Doctors
• Boston Magazine
• Named among Top Doctors in the specialty of Otolaryngology
• Top Doctors
• Vice Presidential Citation
• Inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
• Boston Herald
• Inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Socie
• Sylvan Stool Award
• Honorable Mention for Triologic Thesis
• Award for Excellence in Education
• Award for Teaching Excellence and Dedication to Education
• Included in the book: Best Doctors in America
• Distinguished Service Award
• Mentioned as one of the nation's "Top Doctors"
• Included in the 51st edition of Who's Who in America
• Included in the 1st edition of Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare
• Awarded, Presidential Citation
• "Top Doctors"
• Who's Who in America
• Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare
• Elected Associate Examiner
• Presidential Citation
• Physician's Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education
• Guest Editor
• Washington's Top Doctors
• Mentioned as one of Washington's Top Doctors
• Honor Award
• Seymour Cohen Award
• First Prize
• Humanitarian Award
• University Seal
• Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
• Super Doctor
• Top MD
• Fellow (FACS)
• Fellow (FAAO-HNS)

Education

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• Boston University Medical Center
• Tufts Medical Center
• State University of New York Upstate Medical University
• Johns Hopkins University

Hospital

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• Boston Medical Center

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1336101054
Last Name Of The Provider	GRUNDFAST
First Name Of The Provider	KENNETH
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