Konstantina M. Stankovic MD, PhD, FACS

Dr. Tina Stankovic is a board-certified ear and skull base surgeon and a PhD-trained auditory neuroscientist. Concurrent with her clinical activities, she directs a basic science laboratory that focuses on hearing and hearing restoration. The approach is interdisciplinary, combining tools of systems neuroscience with optics, ultra-low-power electronics, molecular biology, and genomics to improve diagnostics, prognostics, and therapeutics for deafness. Recent research highlights include optical imaging of cells inside the inner ear without contrast dyes, development of a prototype chip for a fully implantable cochlear implant, energy extraction from the inner ear to run electronics, and discovery that salicylates may prevent the growth of intracranial tumors (vestibular schwannomas/ acoustic neuromas), which cause hearing loss.

Her medical education includes a medical degree from Harvard Medical School (magna cum laude), an internship in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a residency in otolaryngology and fellowship in neurotology at Mass. Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School. Her scientific training includes bachelor's degrees in physics and in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Ph.D. in auditory neuroscience from MIT, and post-doctoral training in molecular neuroscience at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School.