Intraoperative Cranial Nerve Monitoring in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (PDF)

Joseph Scharpf, MD, FACS



Director of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery



Head and Neck Institute



Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio






Gregory W. Randolph, MD, FACS, FACE, FEBS (Endocrine)

Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,


Harvard Medical School

Division of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Boston, MA, USA






Joseph Scharpf, MD, FACS, is a Staff Member of the Cleveland Clinic's Head and Neck Institute in the Head and Neck Surgery section. He is board-certified in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck GeSurgery. He serves as the Director of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery at The Cleveland Clinic.

He has published numerous journal articles and multiple book chapters on thyroid, parathyroid disease, head and neck cancer and reconstruction, and has delivered numerous presentations both nationally and internationally. Dr. Scharpf also serves as an educator, teaching medical students, residents, and fellows. He is a reviewer for several major scientific journals in his field and has served as a consultant for ThyCa, an organization dedicated to the well-being of those afflicted with thyroid cancer. Dr. Scharpf is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the American Thyroid Association, and a member of the American Head and Neck Society.



With more than 25 years of experience in otolaryngology, Dr. Gregory Randolph specializes in thyroid and parathyroid surgery. He is a Professor of Otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School, the Claire and John Bertucci Endowed Chair in Thyroid Surgical Oncology, and a surgeon at Mass. Eye and Ear, where he also serves as the Division Chief of both the General