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David Shaye, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Dr. David Shaye specializes in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the face, head, and neck. This includes aesthetic procedures such as a facelift, blepharoplasty, or browlift. Dr. Shaye is experienced in rebuilding all parts of the face from skin cancer (Moh's) surgery to birth deformities of the lips, nose, and ears. He offers a wide range of options for facial reconstruction after car accidents and injuries of the bones of the face, which include the spectrum from free tissue transfer to scar management. Rhinoplasty and improvement of the appearance and function of the nose are also important aspects of his practice.

A U.S. Department of State Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Shaye earned his bachelor's degree in physics from Hamilton College and his medical degree from Albany Medical College. He completed residency training in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at the University of California at Davis and fellowship training in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Shaye regularly performs surgery for children with cleft lip and palate deformities in Zimbabwe, serves as a surgical team leader with Doctors Without Borders, and participates in a teaching partnership with the Ministry of Health in Rwanda. He has volunteered extensively in Malawi, Bhutan, Dominica, Guatemala, Nigeria, and Nepal.

Watch this video of Dr. Shaye's participation with Operation of Hope, an all-volunteer surgical team that provides surgeries to children in developing countries who are born with facial deformities.

Read Dr. Shaye's article on his experiences teaching local surgeons in Africa, A Face-Lift In Boston, A New Jaw In Rwanda: One Surgeon’s Global Perspective, which was published on WBUR - CommonHealth.

Dr. Shaye's surgical work in rural Nepal was recently featured on the news program CNN Vital Signs with Dr. Sanjay Gupta (Watch Part IPart IIPart III).

Affiliates

Program in Global Surgery and Social Change

Mass Eye and Ear

Dr. Shaye focuses his research on global surgery or the delivery of surgical services to areas with limited resources. Specific research interests include cleft lip and palate, the burden of disease assessment, and mobile phone technology to improve surgical follow-up.

Isolated Orbital Floor Fracture Management: A Survey and Comparison of American Oculofacial and Facial Plastic Surgeon Preferences.
Authors: Authors: Cohen LM, Shaye DA, Yoon MK.
Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr
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Medical Students and Global Surgery Efforts at Academic Medical Centers-Reply.
Authors: Authors: Shaye DA.
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
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Opioid Prescription Patterns After Rhinoplasty-Reply.
Authors: Authors: Sethi RKV, Lee LN, Shaye DA.
JAMA Facial Plast Surg
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A Career in Global Surgery.
Authors: Authors: Shaye DA.
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
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Opioid Prescription Patterns After Rhinoplasty.
Authors: Authors: Sethi RKV, Lee LN, Quatela OE, Richburg KG, Shaye DA.
JAMA Facial Plast Surg
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Noma surgery.
Authors: Authors: Shaye DA, Winters R, Rabbels J, Adentunji AS, Magee A, Vo D.
Laryngoscope
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Backward Planning a Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Curriculum for the Surgical Workforce in Low-Resource Settings.
Authors: Authors: Shaye DA, Tollefson T, Shah I, Krishnan G, Matic D, Figari M, Lim TC, Aniruth S, Schubert W.
World J Surg
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Evaluation of the Noma Disease Burden Within the Noma Belt.
Authors: Authors: Shaye DA, Rabbels J, Adetunji AS, Magee A, Vo D, Winters R.
JAMA Facial Plast Surg
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Surgical Care and Otolaryngology in Global Health.
Authors: Authors: Bergmark RW, Shaye DA, Shrime MG.
Otolaryngol Clin North Am
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Blast SMS Text Messaging to Facilitate Enrollment for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in Zimbabwe.
Authors: Authors: Shaye DA, Muchemwa FC, Gonga A, Tollefson TT.
JAMA Facial Plast Surg
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