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EDITORIAL
Work As we enter a new year and I contemplate my first January issue as editor, I am awestruck by the amount of hard work and elbow grease constantly needed to make this journal great. Incredibly, most of the work is entirely uncompensated, driven by the passion and commitment of our authors, peer reviewers, and associate editors. Even the compensated among us, the Journal staff at Elsevier and the Academy offices, abide tenaciously to one of Napoleon Hill’s maxims for success, the “habit of doing more than paid for.”1 Some individuals can never be thanked too often. Jeanne McIntyre, Louanne Wheeler, Dain Oswald, Eileen Cavanagh, and Sheila Bodner at the Journal office are our performance experts and professional problem solvers. Christine Rullo, Jami Walker, and John Fotia from Elsevier help create a product that looks as seductive as its content. David Nielsen, Executive Vice President of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), strives continuously to ensure the Journal remains as great as the academy it serves. The essence of publishing a first-rate journal is summed up by Osler in one word, which he termed “the master-word in medicine.” When addressing the undergraduate class at the University of Toronto in 1903 he proposed: Though a little one, the master-word looms large in meaning. It is the open sesame to every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher’s stone, which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold. The stupid man among you it will make bright, the bright man brilliant, and the brilliant student steady. With the magic word in your heart all things are possible, and without it all study is vanity and vexation . . . It is directly responsible for all advances in medicine during the past twenty-five centuries . . . And the masterword is Work, a little one, as I have said, but fraught with momentous sequences if you can but write it on the tablets of your hearts, and bind it upon your foreheads.2 In an upcoming article in the Clinical Techniques and Technologies section of the Journal, an Oslerian disciple Reprint requests: Richard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, Department of Otolaryngology, 339 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
will describe a rapid and painless technique for binding the master-word, Work, on your foreheads (only kidding). We have employed this technique (after informed consent, of course) with much success on our associate editors, who are the front-line managers for peer review. Without them the job of editor would be overwhelming, and I am personally indebted to them for accepting their burden with grace, poise, and enthusiasm. Although their names are listed on the editorial page of every issue, we plan to highlight them every January for the special recognition they deserve: Kenneth W. Altman, New York, NY: Laryngology/Neurolaryngology Sanford M. Archer, Lexington, KY: Case Reports Neil Bhattacharyya, Boston, MA: Sinonasal Disorders Roy R. Casiano, Miami, FL: Case Reports Lee D. Eisenberg, Englewood, NJ: Clinical Epidemiology/ Outcomes Research Gady Har-El, Brooklyn, NY: Skull Base Medicine and Surgery Michael A. Keefe, San Diego, CA: Clinical Photographs, Clinical Techniques & Technology Dennis H. Kraus, New York, NY: Head and Neck Cancer John H. Krouse, Detroit, MI: Allergy Ronald B. Kuppersmith, College Station, TX: General Otolaryngology K. J. Lee, New Haven, CT: International Editor Eric Mair, Charlotte, NC: Sleep Medicine Scott C. Manning, Seattle, WA: Pediatric Otolaryngology Edwin M. Monsell, Southfield, MI: Otology and Neurotology Peter S. Roland, Dallas, TX: Otology and Neurotology Mark K. Wax, Portland, OR: Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Manuscript reviewers are often the least appreciated journal contributors because of their anonymity to authors and readers. Those who reviewed three or more manuscripts are acknowledged after this editorial, but hundreds of others also deserve thanks. Their personal sacrifice helps polish the best submissions to an even brighter luster, and, most imE-mail address: [email protected].
0194-5998/$32.00 © 2007 American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.otohns.2006.10.032
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portantly, to illuminate hidden flaws or biases in those of lesser quality. Constructive reviewing is time consuming, requiring up to three hours to critique a single manuscript. We are implementing systems to monitor review quality, so that star reviewers will be recognized at the AAO-HNS annual meeting and considered for promotion to the Editorial Board. Also critical to the Journal’s success is feedback and support from our Editorial Board and International Advisory Board, whose members are listed on the editorial page. Since this page is often overlooked in anticipation of heartier fare, I ask that you review it now to appreciate the diversity of talent. Our Editorial Board includes many of our hardest-working reviewers, since all must exceed a review threshold to qualify and remain eligible for service. Our International Advisory Board of liaisons and goodwill ambassadors for the Journal has helped us become an international publication that benefits from quality content worldwide. Perhaps the most important uncompensated workers for the Journal are our authors. Writing a manuscript worthy of publication is a laborious and painful task, often preceded by years of planning and research. The American surgeon Max Thorek observed, “A busy and active surgeon cannot set aside days and months writing as the professional writer can. He always has to make literature secondary to action. And the printed pages which bear his name are for the most part the fruit of hours stolen from sleep.”3 I thank all of our sleep-deprived authors for entrusting us with their content, and pledge to continuously improve the quality of our product and the service we provide.
In contemplating my role as editor, and the impact of the master-word Work on my sanity, an anecdote from my days in medical school comes to mind. I recall a study in which type-“A”-behavior individuals were forced to meditate. Paradoxically, the result was increased stress, because forcing productive people to stop producing created anxiety. Work per se is not stressful when a labor of love (e.g., Maslow’s self-actualization);4 it is only harmful in excess when perceived as drudgery. In the spirit of joyful work I look forward to collaborating with all Journal contributors for mutual success and prosperity. Richard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH Editor in Chief Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York Downstate and Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
REFERENCES 1. Hill N. Think & grow rich. New York: Fawcett Crest; 1960. 2. Osler W. Aequanimitas: With other addresses to medical students, nurses and practitioners of medicine. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston’s Son & Co; 1904. p. 878-9. 3. Schein M, editor. Aphorisms & quotations for the surgeon. Shrewdsbury, UK: tfm Publishing Limited; 2003. p. 256. 4. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow’s_hierarchy_of_needs (accessed 10/17/ 2006).
The Journal could not exist without our many dedicated manuscript reviewers. Between November 1, 2005, and October 31, 2006, a total of 1,541 reviews were performed. The 230 reviewers listed below have all completed three or more reviews, and the 14 names in bold have done ten or more. We thank all of our reviewers for their participation. The Journal Editorial Staff Elliot Abemayor, MD Kedar Karim Adour, MD Kenneth W. Altman, MD Milan R. Amin, MD Vinod K. Anand, MD Vijay Anand, MD Peter Edward Andersen, MD Jack B. Anon, MD Patrick J. Antonelli, MD Sanford M. Archer, MD Moises A. Arriaga, MD Seilesh C. Babu, MD Kevin K. Bach, MD Douglas D. Backous, MD Thomas J. Balkany, MD Ben J. Balough, MD Fuad Michel Baroody, MD David Michael Barrs, MD Loren Jay Bartels, MD Pete S. Batra, MD Tomislav Baudoin, MD Peter Charles Belafsky, MD John P. Bent, MD Brandon G. Bentz, MD Joel Marvin Bernstein, MD Neil Bhattacharyya, MD
Keith Blackwell, MD Brian W. Blakley, MD Nikolas H. Blevins, MD Andrew Blitzer, MD Charles D. Bluestone, MD Edgar M. Boyd, MD Ed Boyd, MD Derald E. Brackmann, MD Ryan C. Branski, MD Barton F. Branstetter, MD Scott Evans Brietzke, MD J. Dale Browne, MD Lawrence Peter Burgess, MD David D. Caldarelli, MD Karen H. Calhoun, MD C. Ron Cannon, MD Jeffrey D. Carron, MD Roy R. Casiano, MD Peter J. Catalano, MD Kenny H. Chan, MD Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD Kay W. Chang, MD Alexander G. Chiu, MD Sukgi Susan Choi, MD Christopher A. Church, MD James I. Cohen, MD
Noel Cohen, MD Erik G. Cohen, MD Noam A. Cohen, MD Minas Spiros Constantinides, MD James Mark Coticchia, MD Robin T. Cotton, MD Marion Everett Couch, MD Roberto A. Cueva, MD Terence M. Davidson, MD John M. DelGaudio, MD Craig Steven Derkay, MD Daniel G. Deschler, MD Martin Yvon Desrosiers, MD Hamilton Smith Dixon, MD Robert A. Dobie, MD H. Peter Doble, MD Joseph E. Dohar, MD John L. Dornhoffer, MD Richard L. Doty, MD Sonia A. Duffy, MD Pavel Dulguerov, MD James A. Duncavage, MD Robin A. Dyleski, MD David E. Eibling, MD David W. Eisele, MD Lee D. Eisenberg, MD
EDITORIAL
Work As we enter a new year and I contemplate my first January issue as editor, I am awestruck by the amount of hard work and elbow grease constantly needed to make this journal great. Incredibly, most of the work is entirely uncompensated, driven by the passion and commitment of our authors, peer reviewers, and associate editors. Even the compensated among us, the Journal staff at Elsevier and the Academy offices, abide tenaciously to one of Napoleon Hill’s maxims for success, the “habit of doing more than paid for.”1 Some individuals can never be thanked too often. Jeanne McIntyre, Louanne Wheeler, Dain Oswald, Eileen Cavanagh, and Sheila Bodner at the Journal office are our performance experts and professional problem solvers. Christine Rullo, Jami Walker, and John Fotia from Elsevier help create a product that looks as seductive as its content. David Nielsen, Executive Vice President of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), strives continuously to ensure the Journal remains as great as the academy it serves. The essence of publishing a first-rate journal is summed up by Osler in one word, which he termed “the master-word in medicine.” When addressing the undergraduate class at the University of Toronto in 1903 he proposed: Though a little one, the master-word looms large in meaning. It is the open sesame to every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher’s stone, which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold. The stupid man among you it will make bright, the bright man brilliant, and the brilliant student steady. With the magic word in your heart all things are possible, and without it all study is vanity and vexation . . . It is directly responsible for all advances in medicine during the past twenty-five centuries . . . And the masterword is Work, a little one, as I have said, but fraught with momentous sequences if you can but write it on the tablets of your hearts, and bind it upon your foreheads.2 In an upcoming article in the Clinical Techniques and Technologies section of the Journal, an Oslerian disciple Reprint requests: Richard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, Department of Otolaryngology, 339 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
will describe a rapid and painless technique for binding the master-word, Work, on your foreheads (only kidding). We have employed this technique (after informed consent, of course) with much success on our associate editors, who are the front-line managers for peer review. Without them the job of editor would be overwhelming, and I am personally indebted to them for accepting their burden with grace, poise, and enthusiasm. Although their names are listed on the editorial page of every issue, we plan to highlight them every January for the special recognition they deserve: Kenneth W. Altman, New York, NY: Laryngology/Neurolaryngology Sanford M. Archer, Lexington, KY: Case Reports Neil Bhattacharyya, Boston, MA: Sinonasal Disorders Roy R. Casiano, Miami, FL: Case Reports Lee D. Eisenberg, Englewood, NJ: Clinical Epidemiology/ Outcomes Research Gady Har-El, Brooklyn, NY: Skull Base Medicine and Surgery Michael A. Keefe, San Diego, CA: Clinical Photographs, Clinical Techniques & Technology Dennis H. Kraus, New York, NY: Head and Neck Cancer John H. Krouse, Detroit, MI: Allergy Ronald B. Kuppersmith, College Station, TX: General Otolaryngology K. J. Lee, New Haven, CT: International Editor Eric Mair, Charlotte, NC: Sleep Medicine Scott C. Manning, Seattle, WA: Pediatric Otolaryngology Edwin M. Monsell, Southfield, MI: Otology and Neurotology Peter S. Roland, Dallas, TX: Otology and Neurotology Mark K. Wax, Portland, OR: Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Manuscript reviewers are often the least appreciated journal contributors because of their anonymity to authors and readers. Those who reviewed three or more manuscripts are acknowledged after this editorial, but hundreds of others also deserve thanks. Their personal sacrifice helps polish the best submissions to an even brighter luster, and, most imE-mail address: [email protected].
0194-5998/$32.00 © 2007 American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.otohns.2006.10.032
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portantly, to illuminate hidden flaws or biases in those of lesser quality. Constructive reviewing is time consuming, requiring up to three hours to critique a single manuscript. We are implementing systems to monitor review quality, so that star reviewers will be recognized at the AAO-HNS annual meeting and considered for promotion to the Editorial Board. Also critical to the Journal’s success is feedback and support from our Editorial Board and International Advisory Board, whose members are listed on the editorial page. Since this page is often overlooked in anticipation of heartier fare, I ask that you review it now to appreciate the diversity of talent. Our Editorial Board includes many of our hardest-working reviewers, since all must exceed a review threshold to qualify and remain eligible for service. Our International Advisory Board of liaisons and goodwill ambassadors for the Journal has helped us become an international publication that benefits from quality content worldwide. Perhaps the most important uncompensated workers for the Journal are our authors. Writing a manuscript worthy of publication is a laborious and painful task, often preceded by years of planning and research. The American surgeon Max Thorek observed, “A busy and active surgeon cannot set aside days and months writing as the professional writer can. He always has to make literature secondary to action. And the printed pages which bear his name are for the most part the fruit of hours stolen from sleep.”3 I thank all of our sleep-deprived authors for entrusting us with their content, and pledge to continuously improve the quality of our product and the service we provide.
In contemplating my role as editor, and the impact of the master-word Work on my sanity, an anecdote from my days in medical school comes to mind. I recall a study in which type-“A”-behavior individuals were forced to meditate. Paradoxically, the result was increased stress, because forcing productive people to stop producing created anxiety. Work per se is not stressful when a labor of love (e.g., Maslow’s self-actualization);4 it is only harmful in excess when perceived as drudgery. In the spirit of joyful work I look forward to collaborating with all Journal contributors for mutual success and prosperity. Richard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH Editor in Chief Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York Downstate and Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
REFERENCES 1. Hill N. Think & grow rich. New York: Fawcett Crest; 1960. 2. Osler W. Aequanimitas: With other addresses to medical students, nurses and practitioners of medicine. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston’s Son & Co; 1904. p. 878-9. 3. Schein M, editor. Aphorisms & quotations for the surgeon. Shrewdsbury, UK: tfm Publishing Limited; 2003. p. 256. 4. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow’s_hierarchy_of_needs (accessed 10/17/ 2006).
The Journal could not exist without our many dedicated manuscript reviewers. Between November 1, 2005, and October 31, 2006, a total of 1,541 reviews were performed. The 230 reviewers listed below have all completed three or more reviews, and the 14 names in bold have done ten or more. We thank all of our reviewers for their participation. The Journal Editorial Staff Elliot Abemayor, MD Kedar Karim Adour, MD Kenneth W. Altman, MD Milan R. Amin, MD Vinod K. Anand, MD Vijay Anand, MD Peter Edward Andersen, MD Jack B. Anon, MD Patrick J. Antonelli, MD Sanford M. Archer, MD Moises A. Arriaga, MD Seilesh C. Babu, MD Kevin K. Bach, MD Douglas D. Backous, MD Thomas J. Balkany, MD Ben J. Balough, MD Fuad Michel Baroody, MD David Michael Barrs, MD Loren Jay Bartels, MD Pete S. Batra, MD Tomislav Baudoin, MD Peter Charles Belafsky, MD John P. Bent, MD Brandon G. Bentz, MD Joel Marvin Bernstein, MD Neil Bhattacharyya, MD
Keith Blackwell, MD Brian W. Blakley, MD Nikolas H. Blevins, MD Andrew Blitzer, MD Charles D. Bluestone, MD Edgar M. Boyd, MD Ed Boyd, MD Derald E. Brackmann, MD Ryan C. Branski, MD Barton F. Branstetter, MD Scott Evans Brietzke, MD J. Dale Browne, MD Lawrence Peter Burgess, MD David D. Caldarelli, MD Karen H. Calhoun, MD C. Ron Cannon, MD Jeffrey D. Carron, MD Roy R. Casiano, MD Peter J. Catalano, MD Kenny H. Chan, MD Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD Kay W. Chang, MD Alexander G. Chiu, MD Sukgi Susan Choi, MD Christopher A. Church, MD James I. Cohen, MD
Noel Cohen, MD Erik G. Cohen, MD Noam A. Cohen, MD Minas Spiros Constantinides, MD James Mark Coticchia, MD Robin T. Cotton, MD Marion Everett Couch, MD Roberto A. Cueva, MD Terence M. Davidson, MD John M. DelGaudio, MD Craig Steven Derkay, MD Daniel G. Deschler, MD Martin Yvon Desrosiers, MD Hamilton Smith Dixon, MD Robert A. Dobie, MD H. Peter Doble, MD Joseph E. Dohar, MD John L. Dornhoffer, MD Richard L. Doty, MD Sonia A. Duffy, MD Pavel Dulguerov, MD James A. Duncavage, MD Robin A. Dyleski, MD David E. Eibling, MD David W. Eisele, MD Lee D. Eisenberg, MD