Gregory A. Grillone, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Associate Professor and Vice Chairman
Residency Program Director
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Boston University Medical Center

88 East Newton Street, D-616
Boston, MA 02118
Tel. 617-638-7934
Fax 617-638-7964
gregory.grillone@bmc.org


Research Interests:
Retrospective review of voice quality following augmentation of the vocal fold using the Minihole Laryngoplasty technique

Study: Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis of Neoplasia, Source: National Institutes of Health - R01CA097966,

Study: Harvard Collaborative Oral Cancer Study, National Institutes of Health - Grant #CA 78609

Study: Long-term General and Voice Related Quality of Life after Botulinum Toxin Injection for Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society


Selected Honors and Awards
Mount Sinai School of Medicine-Hadassah Medical School Student Exchange Fellowship Award - 1983 Faculty Teaching Award for excellence in Resident Teaching) - 1998 Honor Award Recipient, American Academy of Otolaryngology of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery - 2000 Top Docs - Listed in Consumers Guide to Top Doctors, publiched by Consumer Checkbook Magazine - 2002, 2003 Certificate of Appreciation - Medical Student Advisor Program Boston University School of Medicine - 2004


Selected Professional Society and Committee Memberships:
National, Regional, and Hospital President, New England Otolaryngological Society, 2000-2001

President-Elect, Medical Dental Staff, Boston Medical Center, 2004-2005

Multimedia Committee, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Board of Directors, Massachusetts Society of Otolaryngology, 1992-present

Program Chair, Annual Meeting of the American Bronchoesophagological Society, Boca Raton, Florida, May 2005

Member, Editorial Review Panel, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Chairman, Laser Credentialing Committee/Laser Advisory Committee, Boston Medical Center

Chairman, Graduate Medical Education Committee, August 2005-present

Chairman, Internal Review Subcommittee, Graduate Medical Education Committee, 2001 - present

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

American Broncho-Esophagological Association

American Head and Neck Society

The Voice Foundation

Cancer Care Committee, Boston Medical Center

Society of University Otolaryngologists

Graduate Medical Education Committee, Boston Medical Center

Recent Publications:
Vocal Cord Paralysis Following Laryngeal Mask Airway Ventilation, Laryngoscope-May 2005. Laryngoscope. 115(8):1436-1439, August 2005

Isolated sphenoid sinus disease, In: Otolaryngology Clinics of North America, 37: 435-451, 2004

Organ preservation surgery for intermediate size laryngeal cancer, In: Otolaryngology Clinics of North America, 38: 11-20, 2005.

Recent Presentations:
Miniseminar: Management of Intermediate Size (T2 and T3) Laryngeal Cancer- Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, New York, NY, September 2004. (Selected by AAO-HNS to be placed on the their website as an educational resource for residents and academy members.)

Instructional Course: Basic Coding for Otolaryngology - Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, New York NY, September 2004.

Sarcoid of the Larynx – Eastern Section Meeting of the Triological Society, Washington DC, January 2005. (Jaimie Derosa, M.D.)

Panel: From Injection Laryngoplasty to Medialization Thyroplasty and Back – Fifth Workshop of the European Laryngological Society, Madrid, Spain, February 2005.

Botulinum toxin for spasmodic dysphonia-how I do it – Seventh International Symposium of the International Association of Phonosurgeons, Madrid, Spain, February 2005.

Long-term General and Voice Related Quality of Life after Botulinum Toxin Injection for Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia American Bronchoesophagolological Association annual meeting – Boca Raton, Florida, May 2005. (Arthur Jey, MS IV) (Selected by the chairman of the COSM secretaries committee for press release.)

Diagnosing and Managing Giant Cell Tumor in Patients with Paget’s Disease of Bone - Eastern Section Meeting of the Triological Society, Washington DC, January 2005. (poster)

Vocal Cord Paralysis Following Laryngeal Mask Airway Ventilation - Eastern Section Meeting of the Triological Society, January 2005. (poster)

Endoscopy to Go - American Bronchoesophagolological Association Annual Meeting – Boca Raton, Florida, May 2005. (poster)

Amyloid of the upper airway – Is there more than meets the eye - American Bronchoesophagolological Association Annual Meeting – Boca Raton, Florida, May 2005. (poster)