Professor, Otolaryngology, University Massachusetts Medical School

Otolaryngology (ENT)

Richard Gacek practices Otolaryngology (ENT). He went to University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He over the years received 2 awards: "Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Richard R. Gacek, MD is a published physician. He published 100 publications, including: 'Fiber components of the recurrent laryngeal nerve in the cat.' He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.

Publications

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• Clustering Is a Feature of the Spiral Ganglion in the Basal Turn.
• Fusion as an evolutionary principle of the vertebrate labyrinth.
• The meatal ganglion in neoplasia and inflammation of the facial nerve.
• Aneurysmal bone cyst of the temporal bone associated with reversible hemifacial paralysis.
• Efferent system degeneration in the human temporal bone.
• Pathology of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo revisited.
• Idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell's Palsy).
• The three faces of vestibular ganglionitis.
• Viral neuropathies in the temporal bone. Introduction.
• General comments on this issue.
• The macula neglecta in the feline species.
• The efferent cochlear bundle in man.
• Fiber analysis of the statoAcoustic nerve of guinea pig, cat, and monkey.
• ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE EFFERENT AND AFFERENT INNERVATION OF THE ORGAN OF CORTI IN THE CAT.
• EFFERENT INNERVATION OF VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH: HISTOCHEMICAL DEMONSTRATION OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY IN THE GUINEA PIG INNER EAR.
• ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY IN THE EFFERENT FIBERS OF THE STATO-Acoustic NERVE.
• Localization of Laryngeal motor neurons in the kitten.
• Localization of abductor and adductor fibers in the kitten recurrent Laryngeal nerve: use of a variation of the horseradish peroxidase tracer technique.
• Glomus tympanicum tumor.
• Management of temporal bone carcinoma.
• Vestibular neuroanatomy: recent observations.
• Location of abducens afferent neurons in the cat.
• Mucocele of the petrous apex.
• Intralabyrinthine schwannoma.
• Congenital cerebrospinal otorrhea.
• Location of trochlear vestibuloocular neurons in the cat.
• Total obliteration of the Chronic draining ear--how I do it.
• Localization of adductor and abductor motor nerve fibers to the larynx.
• Properties of central vestibular neurons fired by stimulation of the saccular nerve.
• Location of commissural neurons in the vestibular nuclei of the cat.
• Further observations on posterior ampullary nerve transection for positional vertigo.
• Transcanal labyrinthectomy.
• Posterior ampullary nerve transection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
• Saccular and utricular input to cat Neck motoneurons.
• Management of malignancy of the temporal bone.
• Location of brain stem neurons projecting to the oculomotor nucleus in the cat.
• Mastoid and middle ear cavity obliteration for control of otitis media.
• Hereditary abductor vocal cord paralysis.
• Fiber components of the recurrent Laryngeal nerve in the cat.
• Diagnosis and management of primary tumors of the petrous apex.
• Grand rounds. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Tumor Clinic.
• Schwannoma of the jugular foramen.
• Quantitative ultrastructural study of cat abducens interneurons.
• Otogenic brain abscess: the Syracuse experience.
• Evaluation and management of temporal bone arachnoid granulations.
• A differential diagnosis of unilateral serous otitis media.
• Ultrastructural changes in contralateral superior vestibulo-ocular neurons one year after vestibular neurectomy in the cat.
• Age-related changes in the neuromuscular junctions in the human posterior cricoarytenoid muscles: a quantitative study.
• Singular neurectomy update. II. Review of 102 cases.
• Ultrastructure of cat superior vestibular commissural neurons.
• Autosomal dominant sensorineural Hearing loss. Pedigrees, audiologic findings, and temporal bone findings in two kindreds.
• Ultrastructural changes in contralateral vestibulo-ocular neurons following vestibular neurectomy in the cat.
• Ultrastructural changes with age in the human superior Laryngeal nerve.
• Arachnoid granulation cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea.
• Neck dissection injury of a brachial plexus anatomical variant.
• Commissural projections of the superior vestibular nucleus in the rat.
• Motor end-plate distribution in the human lateral cricoarytenoid muscle.
• Motor end-plate distribution in the human interarytenoid muscle.
• Actomyosin adenosine triphosphatase activities of the cat infrahyoid muscles.
• A clinical approach to the management of geriatric dysequilibrium.
• Morphologic correlates of vestibular compensation in the cat.
• Convulsions secondary to hyponatremia associated with labyrinthectomy.
• Ultrastructural changes in vestibulo-ocular neurons following vestibular neurectomy in the cat.
• Ultrastructure of contralaterally projecting vestibular efferent neurons in the cat.
• Esterase activity in cat vestibular end organs. An enzymatic barrier system?
• Anatomical investigation of the corticonuclear projections to the facial nerve nucleus in the cat.
• Botulinum toxin for relief of spasmodic Dysphonia.
• Histochemical study of posterior cricoarytenoid muscle reinnervation by a nerve-muscle pedicle in the cat.
• The temporal bone anomaly in CHARGE association.
• Left Neck mass.
• Anatomic organization of the cat facial nerve.
• Three-dimensional distribution of neuromuscular junctions in human cricothyroid.
• Three-dimensional computer reconstruction of the neuromuscular junction distribution in the human posterior cricoarytenoid muscle.
• Pathophysiology and management of cupulolithiasis.
• Anatomical demonstration of the vestibulo-ocular projections in the cat.
• Anatomical studies of the vestibulo-ocular pathways in the cat.
• A cerebellocochlear nucleus pathway in the cat.
• The localization of vestibular efferent neurons in the kitten with horseradish peroxidase.
• Chemodectomas of the nasopharynx.
• Surgery on only-Hearing ears.
• Transection of the posterior ampullary nerve for the relief of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
• Localization of neurons supplying the extraocular muscles in the kitten using horseradish peroxidase.
• Cryosurgical treatment of carcinoma of the ear.
• Symposium on tympanoplasty. I. Results of modified type V tympanoplasty.
• Surgery on "only-hearing" ears with Chronic suppurative middle ear disease.
• The surgical management of labyrinthine fistulae in chronic otitis media with Cholesteatoma.
• The course and central termination of first order neurons supplying vestibular endorgans in the cat.
• Histochemical study of the acetylcholinesterase activity in the inner ear of the squirrel monkey.
• Neuroanatomical pathways of the vestibular system.
• The innervation of the vestibular labyrinth.
• Crista neglecta in the cat and human.
• Carotid artery protection with levator scapulae muscle.
• The diagnosis and treatment of poststapedectomy granuloma.
• The pathology of hereditary sensorineural Hearing loss.
• Neuroanatomical correlates of vestibular function.
• Fiber orientation of the facial nerve: an experimental study in the cat.
• Efferent innervation of the labyrinth.
• Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma limited to the larynx.
• Cupulolithiasis and posterior ampullary nerve transection.

Schools

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• University At Buffalo State University Of New York School Of Medicine

• Sisters Charity Hospital

• Henry Ford Hospital

• Mass Ee Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• Ear Tube Placement
• Ethmoidectomy (Sinus Surgery)
• Excision of Parotid, Sublingual, or Submandibular Gland
• Excision or Destruction of Palate or Uvula Lesion
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Conditions Treated

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• Acoustic Neuroma
• Acute Sinusitis
• Allergic Rhinitis
• Bell's Palsy
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Doctors Specialties

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• Ear, Nose, and Throat
• Otolaryngology (ENT)

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
• Henry Ford Hospital - Wayne State University
• University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Hospital

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• UMass Memorial Medical Center

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1639151756
NPPES Provider LastName		GACEK
NPPES Provider FirstName		RICHARD
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		016550002
NPPES Provider State		MA
Specialty Description		Otolaryngology
Total Claim Count		303.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1639151756
Last Name Of The Provider	GACEK
First Name Of The Provider	RICHARD
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