Kenneth M Grundfast MD FACS FAAP

 

Kenneth M Grundfast, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P

Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery,

Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery,

Boston University School of Medicine

 

BUSINESS ADDRESS:

Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery 
Boston University Medical Center
820 Harrison Avenue, FGH Building, 4th floor
Boston, MA 02118-2393
617-638-7933/4

 

BIRTHPLACE: Brooklyn, New York, BIRTHDATE: March 12, 1944

CITIZENSHIP: U.S.A.

 

LICENSURE

Massachusetts: 1999, #160725District of Columbia: 1974-present, #MD000006119, Renewal 12/31/2000   

District of Columbia: 1974-present, #000066348, Renewal 12/31/1997

Maryland; 1974-79,1985-present, #D13839, Renewal 9/30/2000

Virginia: 1985-present, #0101037990, Renewal 3/31/2000

 

CERTIFICATION

National Board of Medical examiners 1969   

American Board of Otolaryngology, September 23,1977

 

MILITARY SERVICE

1971-73 Lieutenant Commander, Commissioned Corps, U.S. Public Health Service, and physician in National Health Service Corps, Washington, D.C. (Medical Director, Shaw Neighborhood Community Health Center).

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1961-65 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD B.A., (Liberal Arts)   

1965-69 State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center Syracuse M.D., 1969

1969-70 Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA Straight Surgical Internship, Ralph Deterling, M.D., Chief of Service

1970-71 Department of Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. Fellowship in Community Health and Social Medicine. H. Jack Geiger, M.D., Chief of Service

1973-74 Sibley Memorial Hospital, Department of Surgery, Washington, D.C. First Year Residency in General Surgery. Maurice J. Casey, M.D., Chief of Service

1974-77 Boston University and Affiliated Hospitals Residency Training Program in Otolaryngology. M. Stuart Strong, M.D., Chief of Service

1977-78 Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Department of Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology. Charles D. Bluestone, M.D., Chief of Service

1988 Kennedy Institute for Biomedical Ethics, Georgetown University Intensive Course in Biomedical Ethics

1989-90 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Laboratory of Molecular Otology. One year sabbatical to learn molecular biology and molecular genetics. -

The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine – Short Course in Medical Experimental Mammalian Genetics.
Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, Inc.. – Recombinant DNA Methodology.

1994 Lasers in Otology. Course sponsored by Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, New York, NY, November 3-4

1995 Outcomes Research in Otolaryngology. Seminar sponsored by the University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, October 20-22

1996 Dizziness Update 1996. Course sponsored by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 25-26

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1972-74 Clinical Instructor, Department of Community Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.   

1977 Resident Representative to Full-Time StaffUniversity Hospital Training Program in Otolaryngology, Boston, MA

1977-78 Fellow in Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA

1978-79 Staff Otolaryngologist, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

1978-79 Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

1980-83 Assistant Professor Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery and Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine Washington, D.C.

1983-91 Associate Professor with Tenure, Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery and Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine Washington, D.C

1991-99 Professor, Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery and Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine Washington, D.C

1980-94 Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology Children’s National Medical Center

1980-88 Clinical Assistant Professor, Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

1988-93 Clinical Associate Professor, Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

1993-95 Clinical Professor, Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

1982- Active Staff Washington Hospital Center

1987- Clinical Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

1989-95 Clinical Staff Privileges, Clinical Center National Institutes of Health

1989-90 Visiting investigator, Laboratory of Molecular Otology, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health

1994-96 Director, Ear and Hearing Disorders Clinic, Children’s National Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington, D.C.

1994- Consultant with full clinical/surgical privileges, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Washington, D.C.

1994-96 Full surgical privileges, Montgomery Surgery Center Rockville, MD

7/1/96-99 Professor of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics, Department of Otolaryngology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Full clinical/surgical privileges

8/97- Clinical Scholar, Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center

9/97- Georgetown University Medical Center, Associate Director Satellite Offices for Medical and Surgical Specialties

2/1/97- Interim Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology, Georgetown University Medical Center

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