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July 1998
Volume 62 |
Number 7
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| Lewis H. Wright
Memorial Lecture: Steven M. Zeitels, M.D., to Present 'The
Origin and Development of Laryngoscopy and Laryngology' |
Kathryn E. McGoldrick, M.D., Chair
Lewis H. Wright Memorial Lectureship Committee
Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology
The Lewis H. Wright Memorial Lecture, sponsored annually by the
Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, honors its namesake, an
indefatigable pioneer in American anesthesiology who was devoted
to enhancing the stature of anesthesiology as a clinical science
and medical specialty. A dynamic innovator, Dr. Wright was a founding
member of the Board of Trustees of the Wood Library-Museum and,
in later years, served as its President-Emeritus. He was also
a founder of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists
in 1955, working in close collaboration with Harold Griffith,
M.D.
This year's distinguished lecturer is Steven M. Zeitels,
M.D., Associate Professor of Otology and Laryngology at Harvard
Medical School and Associate Medical Director of the Voice and
Speech Laboratory at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in
Boston, Massachusetts. His lecture, titled "The Origin and Development
of Laryngoscopy and Laryngology," will be delivered during the
ASA Annual Meeting on Tuesday, October 20, 1998, at 1 p.m. in
the Orlando/Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida.
Dr. Zeitels has an extensive list of impressive achievements
since his graduation from Boston University School of Medicine
in 1982. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and
his areas of subspecialization are laryngology (including professional
and performing voice disorders) as well as head and neck oncological
surgery. Dr. Zeitels serves as the laryngologist and teaches courses
on the anatomy and physiology of the larynx, voice production
and caring for the voice of the performing artist at the following
institutions: New England Conservatory, Tanglewood Music Program,
Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory. He has also
lectured in the Department of Linguistics at Harvard University
as well as at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A prolific
writer, Dr. Zeitels has also published more than 60 scientific
manuscripts and chapters related to laryngology and head and neck
surgery.
Dr. Zeitels is the consummate innovator. He instituted
and directs one of the few postresidency fellowship programs in
laryngology in the United States. Moreover, he has introduced
a number of creative procedures for improved microsurgical management
of the vocal folds (phonomicrosurgery) and paralytic dysphonia.
Dr. Zeitels recently received notification that he is the 1998
recipient of the Casselberry Award from the American Laryngological
Association for designing a new (and highly successful) corrective
procedure for paralytic dysphonia. This procedure, called an adduction
arytenopexy, is used in conjunction with implant medialization
for paralyzed vocal folds. In this procedure, the arytenoid cartilage
is repositioned into a more normal position for laryngeal sound
production. Dr. Zeitels also received special recognition by the
American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological (Triological)
Society for his thesis on the microsurgical management of early
vocal cord cancer. This tour de force involved designing a new
technique for microsurgical excision of selected vocal cord cancers
that leaves the patient with a conversationally normal voice.
Additionally, Dr. Zeitels is the principal investigator for a
project in the area of endoscopic reversible laryngeal closure
to prevent chronic aspiration. Dr. Zeitels also directs a Spasmodic
Dysphonia Clinic where he injects botulinum toxin into the vocal
folds, a therapy that typically restores near-normal speech to
individuals afflicted with this debilitating disorder.
A popular and engaging speaker who is sought after internationally,
Dr. Zeitels has lectured in lands as distant as Auckland, New
Zealand, and as close to home as Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where
he moderated a session on laryngeal transplantation.
In addition to his passion for opera and other vocal forms,
Dr. Zeitels is an enthusiastic and accomplished historian who
is an authority on such revered figures as Chevalier Jackson,
Alfred Kirstein and Gustav Killian. Dr. Zeitels' numerous and
eclectic interests will, no doubt, contribute to a fascinating
lecture on laryngoscopy from the surgical perspective in general,
and through his unique prism in particular.
Kathryn E. McGoldrick, M.D., is Professor
of Anesthesiology at Yale University School of Medicine and Medical
Director of Ambulatory Surgery at Yale-New Haven Hospital, New
Haven, Connecticut. She is a Trustee of the Wood Library-Museum
of Anesthesiology.
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