With more than 15 years of experience in pediatric otolaryngology, Dr. Christopher Hartnick serves as the Director of the Pediatric Otolaryngology Division and the Director of the Pediatric Airway, Voice, and Swallowing Center at Mass. Eye and Eye.
Dr. Hartnick has been an invited speaker at regional, national, and international meetings and has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers in the field. He serves as the Physician Director on the Mass. Eye and Ear Board of Directors and is the Vice Chair of Clinical Trials and Outcomes for the Department of Otolaryngology. He is an editor for ENT Journal, a reviewer for Journal of Voice, and an ad-hoc reviewer for several other publications.
Fellowship-trained and board-certified in otolaryngology, Dr. Hartnick’s clinical interests include pediatric airway and pediatric voice. His primary research interests include the development of maturation of the pediatric vocal fold, pediatric voice disturbances, and pediatric outcomes studies.
He is also the Benjamin Harry Peikin Chair in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery.
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Mass Eye and Ear
243 Charles St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-523-7900
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Dr. Hartnick has varied research interests in the Pediatric Otolaryngology arena. Prominent projects and interests include voice therapy and the treatment of vocal fold paralysis, airway narrowing, laryngeal papilloma, and tympanic membrane perforation.
Selected Publications:
Maturo S, Hartnick CJ. The vocal fold retractor: A useful tool for diagnosis and treatment of laryngeal and tracheal pathology. Laryngoscope Aug 2010.
Scott AR, Chong PS, Hartnick CJ, Randolph GW. Spontaneous and evoked laryngeal electromyography of the thyroarytenoid muscles: a canine model for intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Jan 2010; 119(1): 54-63.
Maturo S, Hartnick CJ. Use of 532-nm pulsed potassium titanyl phosphate laser and adjuvant intralesional bevacizumab for aggressive respiratory papillomatosis in children: initial experience. Arch Otolaryngol Head and Neck Surg Jun 2010; 136(6) : 561-5.
Wieland AM, Sundback CA, Hart A, Kulig K, Masiakos PT, Hartnick CJ. Poly(glycerol sebacate)-engineered plugs to repair chronic tympanic membrane perforations in a chinchilla model. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Jul 2010; 143(1): 127-33.
Brigger MT, Ashland JE, Hartnick CJ. Injection pharyngoplasty with calcium hydroxylapatite for velopharyngeal insufficiency: patient selection and technique. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Jul 2010; 136 (7) : 666-70.
Extremely knowledgeable
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Dr. Hartnick was gr was t! My daughter was nervous about going to see a specialist (especially so far from home) and Dr. Hartnick put her at ease immediately. Very caring. His experience and expertise put me at ease. It was a wonderful experience.
Awesome Dr & Staff
Dr. Hartnick is absolutely wonderful. Love working with him. He is typically very late to his appointments. Sometimes like on our latest appointment, he wes late by an hour plus to the appointment and so that's a little problem.
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Top notch expert, compassionate, thoughtful. Excellent care.
We were extremely disappointed with our experience when we went in to have our sons younger tie evaluated. We felt our concerns were incredibly dismissed and our appointment felt extremely rushed and not taken seriously. Coming into a doctors appointment with a 2 month old is not easy as is and to have it be rushed and our concern not properly ... Read More
Great experience.
The service was very good and the medicine the doctor prescribed was perfect, my baby is much better