Chair and Professor
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston, MA, United States
Mark Varvares is a native of St. Louis, Missouri.
He trained in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, completing one year at Saint Louis University and remainder at Harvard. Following residency, he completed a one-year Head and Neck Ablative and Reconstructive Surgery fellowship at Harvard under the direction of Drs. William Montgomery and Mack Cheney. After completing training he held faculty appointments at both Saint Louis University and Harvard.
In 2003, he assumed the position as Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at Saint Louis University. In January of 2006, Dr. Varvares was also named Director of the Saint Louis University Cancer Center. In April of 2008, Dr. Varvares was named the first incumbent of the Donald and Marlene Jerome Endowed Chair in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. In February of 2015, he left St Louis to return to Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Harvard Department of Otology and Laryngology to serve as the Associate Chair for Administration. In 2021, he was named Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital.
His present clinical interests include all areas of head and neck surgical oncology, including major ablative and reconstructive surgery of the head and neck
Research interests include the impact that surgical pathology of head and neck cancers has on outcomes, the role of PET/CT in the management of head of neck cancer, the role of high risk HPV in oropharyngeal cancer and the role of oncolytic viruses in translational head and neck oncology research.
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