Steven M. Zeitels

Quick Facts

Full Name	Steven M. Zeitels
Occupation	Surgeon
Date Of Birth	Nov 7, 1957(1957-11-07)
Age	67
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Scorpio

Steven M. Zeitels Biography

Steven M. Zeitels is one of the most popular and richest Surgeon who was born on November 7, 1957 in New York, United States. Steven Marc Zeitels (born November 7, 1957) is the Eugene B. Casey Professor of Laryngeal Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation (MGH Voice Center). He is a specialist in disorders and diseases of the throat voice, airway, and larynx. His contributions to laryngeal and voice surgery are well-known throughout the USA as well as around the world. In 2004 the first chair endowed of Laryngeal surgery at Harvard Medical School was created to honor him. He also re-established an Harvard Laryngeal Surgery service at the MGH which was not present from the early 1920s. Zeitels has been awarded more than 75 honors and lecturers for his accomplishments such as his Casselberry Award, DeRoaldes Medal and the Newcomb Award from the American Laryngological Association (founded in 1879). Zeitels was the fourth surgeon in the history of the organization to be awarded all three prizes. He also has received the Chevalier Jackson Award and the annual Broyles Maloney Award (3 times) from the American Broncho-Esophageal Association (founded in 1917) in addition to the Distinguished Alumni Award from Boston University School of Medicine in 2007. Boston University (BU) School of Medicine in 2007. Zeitels is also known for his complex microsurgery techniques to restore the voice of vocalists who perform and has performed this for 15 Grammy award-winning singers.

Zeitels single-author Atlas of Phonomicrosurgery is considered by many surgeons as the most authoritative text on larynx surgery microsurgery. He has written over 200 research papers as well as book chapters and videotapes in these fields and has also presented more than 300 presentations and papers. He is a member or has served on the editorial boards of five international and national journals.

Zeitels’ work was featured in a long-form article in the New Yorker Magazine in 2013. It has also been featured in the Harvard Medical Alumni Journal, the Harvard Magazine and the Boston University Alumni Journal as well as being discussed extensively in print media, radio, and television both nationally and internationally [i.e. Good Morning America, The Today Show, ABC World News, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, London Sunday Times, USA Today, Boston Globe, NPR, BBC, National Geographic, Nightline, Bloomberg, Reuters, Boston – New York – LA television news.

Zeitels is regarded as a prolific surgical innovator having designed numerous new voice restoration procedures (phonosurgery) and surgical instruments, and holds six patents for these innovations. He is widely acknowledged for pioneering novel laser applications to treat dysplasia and cancer as well as laryngeal papillomatosis, polyps, nodules and is also well known for perfecting office-based laryngeal laser surgery. Most notable, was his introduction of angiolytic laser treatment of vocal cord cancer, which was a groundbreaking achievement evolving from Judah Folkman’s concepts of tumor angiogenesis and Rox Anderson’s theory of selective photothermolysis. He received the 2014 Broyles Maloney Award of the American Broncho- Esophagological Association for this revolutionary surgical research. Zeitels has also designed unique procedures to restore the voice of those who have had vocal paresis and paralysis. His techniques were featured in a National Geographic Channel documentary, “The Incredible Human Machine”, which highlighted Zeitels’ microsurgery on Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. Zeitels also performed a unique endoscopic removal of a tongue-base larynx cancer on Tom Hamilton, Aerosmith’s bass guitarist after radiation and chemotherapy failed to control his advanced throat cancer.

Larry Page, the CEO of Google has spoken about his struggles suffering from a damaged vocal nerve and has been a major patron of Zeitels along with the Voice Health Institute to create and develop the procedures for restoring voice in the future. Zeitels created and manages the Voice Restoration Research Program, which is a joint effort of researchers from Harvard and MGH and Robert Langer at MIT. They have spent over a decade developing a biomaterial that would restore the largest majority of human voice loss and the research group received the 2010 Broyles Maloney Award of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association for their effort. They plan to start trials with humans to test the vocal biogel in the year 2018.

Steven M. Zeitels Net Worth

Steven M. Zeitels is one of the richest Surgeon from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steven M. Zeitels 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Zeitels grew up in New Rochelle, New York. His mother and father who was an orthodontist as well as a primary school teacher, pressured him to pursue the field of medicine. At 17 years old, Zeitels was chosen to be part of the first group of Boston University Trustee Scholars, an innovative educational program designed for gifted teenagers and Boston University’s medical program. He completed his studies at his BU School of Medicine in 1982. Being aware that he wanted to become surgeon, he completed the BU and Tufts integrated Otolaryngology program. Head and Neck Surgery Program in 1987. He also completed an Head & Neck Surgical Oncology Training Program at BU as well as at the Boston Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 1988.

While in Chile speaking as a guest lecturer for the Chilean Society of Otolaryngology in 2001, he came across Maria Nuria Hananias, a Chilean surgeon in the field of otolaryngology. He and Maria were married in 2003. They have two children: two girls and a boy.

Zeitels has done career-saving surgery on hundreds of American and international performing vocalists. Media venues have discussed the surgical and medical care of a number of Zeitels’ celebrity patients including Adele, Julie Andrews, Steven Tyler, Roger Daltrey, Bono, Sam Smith, Cher, Keith Urban, Joe Buck, Dick Vitale, Lionel Richie, Paul Stanley, Christina Perri, Denyce Graves, Frederica von Stade, Donny Osmond, Melissa Errico, Carol Vaness, James and Livingston Taylor, Anna Vissi, Sam Wyche, Jim O’Brien, Charlie Moore, David Brudnoy, John Mayer, Connie Fisher, Jimi Westbrook, Jess Glynne, Miley Cyrus, and Shakira. His patients have been strong supporters of research and education and formed the nonprofit Voice Health Institute(VHI), formerly known as the Institute for Laryngology and Voice Restoration (ILVR) to help others with laryngeal and voice disorders. Julie Andrews serves as the Honorary Chairwoman of the VHI Advisory Board. Along with Julie Andrews, Steven Tyler, Roger Daltrey, Christina Perri, Denyce Graves, Lionel Richie and Joe Buck have been active collaborators with Zeitels to advance the cause of restoring lost voices. In Roger Daltrey’s case, Zeitels removed precancerous dysplasia from his vocal fold just one month prior to his 2010 Super Bowl performance. In 2012, there was broad international coverage of Zeitels’ unique microsurgery to restore Adele’s voice who thanked him in the acceptance of the first of her 6 Grammy Awards.

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