Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Research
Mass Eye and Ear
Steven D. Rauch MD is Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Otolaryngology of Harvard Medical School. He is Chief of the Vestibular Division and a member of the Otology Division of the Otolaryngology Department of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear and the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. Dr. Rauch is currently a member of the Research Advisory Board of the American Otological Society, Advisory Board of the Vestibular Disorders Association, and the Meniere's Disease Advisory Board of the Hearing Health Foundation. He has served as Chair of the Research Advisory Board of the AAO-HNS, a member of the Advisory Council and the Board of Scientific Advisors of NIH-NIDCD. He is a Past President of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO). He is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Otological Society, the American Neurotologic Society, the Triologial Society, and the AAO-HNS. He provides medical care to patients with hearing and balance disorders. His research and speaking is focused primarily on combined disorders of hearing and balance, including Meniere's disease, autoimmune inner ear disease, sudden deafness, acoustic trauma, and migraine. He does biotech and pharmaceutical industry consulting in the area of clinical trials design for inner ear drug development and delivery. Dr. Rauch has recently stepped down from an appointment of Professor in the Liberal Arts Department at Berklee College of Music, where he taught an undergraduate course on Health and Wellness.