About Benjamin Bleier, MD

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Clinical Interests:

Treats:

Locations

Mass Eye and Ear
243 Charles St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-523-7900

Medical Education

  • MD, University of Pennsylvania
  • Residency, University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship, Medical University of South Carolina

American Board Certifications

  • Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Research

Clinical
Reconstructive Techniques Following Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Cancer Surgery
Sinonasal Pharmacosurgical Approaches
Sutureless Laser Assisted Wound Repair
Novel Topical Therapies for Sinusitis

Endoscopic Orbital Surgery


Translational
The role of passive and active epithelial barrier function in sinonasal inflammatory disease

 

Publications

  • Peer Reviewed(Selected)

    • Bleier BS, Cohen NA, Chiu AG, et al. Endonasal Laser Tissue Welding: First Human Experience. Am J of Rhinol Allergy. 24(3):244-6, 2010 May.
    • Bleier BS, Kofonow JM, Hashmi N, Chennupati SK, Cohen NA. 
      Antibiotic Eluting Chitosan Glycerophosphate Implant in the  Setting of Acute Bacterial Sinusitis: A Rabbit Model. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 24(2):129-32, 2010 Mar.
    • Bleier BS, Kennedy DW, Palmer JN, et al. Current Management of Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma: A Tertiary Center Experience 1999-2007. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 23(3):328-30, 2009 May-Jun.
    • Bleier BS, Palmer JN, Sparano AM, Cohen NA. Laser Assisted Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Repair: An Animal Model to Test Feasibility. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 137(5):810-4, 2007 Nov.
    • Bleier BS, Mirza N. Image Guided Transoral Approach to the Pterygopalatine Fossa. Laryngoscope. 116(10):1927-1929, 2006 Oct.

    Textbook Chapters(Selected)

    • Bleier BS, Schlosser RJ. Prevention and Management of Medial
      Rectus Injury. Otolaryngol Clin N. Am. 43(4):801-7, Aug 2010.
    • Bleier BS. Complications of Sinusitis. In: Thaler E. Kennedy DW. Eds., Rhinosinusitis: A Guide to Diagnosis and Management. New York: Springer 2008.
    • Bleier BS, Govindaraj S, Palmer JN. State of the Art Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak and Encephalocele Repair. Op Tech in Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 17(1):49-57, March 2006.