RalphBellMetsonMD

Otolaryngology (ENT) • Boston, MA

Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School

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Office
Zero Emerson Pl
Ste 2D
Boston, MA 02114
Fax+1 617-227-4482

Education & Training

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1985 - 1987
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1981 - 1985
Huntington Memorial HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1980 - 1981
University of Southern California/LACUSC Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1979 - 1980
University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 1979

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1980 - 2025
MA State Medical License 1985 - 2025
American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Otolaryngology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2003-2014
Boston Magazine Castle Connolly, 2008, 2010-2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Fellow (FAAO-HNS) American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Orbital decompression surgery among Medicare beneficiaries in the post-teprotumumab era.
Akash M Bhat, Zachary M Soler, Rodney J Schlosser, Ralph B Metson, Vinay K Rathi
International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology. 2024-09-01
Leprosy as a cause of nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
Darren A Chen, Maxwell T Roth, Firas Sbeih, William Faquin, Michael K Yoon
Orbit. 2024-08-28
1 citations
A New Patient-reported Outcomes Measure for Surgically Treated Epiphora: Tearing Assessment and Rating Scale-12 (TEARS-12).
Aria Jafari, Jonathan C Simmonds, Margaret B Mitchell, Catherine G Banks, Ashton Lehmann
American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy. 2024-07-01

Journal Articles

Use of Corticosteroid-Eluting Sinus Stents Between 2012 and 2017
Ralph Metson, Matthew R Naunheim, Vinay K Rathi, JAMA

Lectures

Endoscopic Surgery of the Sinuses & Eustachian Tube
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts - 4/2/2012

Press Mentions

Clinical Best Practices: Otolaryngologists Tackle QuestionsJune 13th, 2022
Elizabeth Mahoney Davis, MD, FACS, an Otolaryngologist with Colden – Seymour ENT and AllergySeptember 23rd, 2019
New Developments in the Management of Eustachian Tube DysfunctionJanuary 12th, 2016

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