Dr. Eric Holbrook, the Chief of the Rhinology Division at Mass. Eye and Ear, is a fellowship-trained rhinologist with more than 15 years of experience in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of problems involving the nose and sinuses. 

At Mass. Eye and Ear, Dr. Holbrook was involved in the establishment of the Sinus Center, the Smell and Taste Clinic, and the Endoscopic Skull Base surgery team. Dr. Holbrook has been an invited speaker at national and international meetings and has published more than 35 peer-reviewed papers and several textbook chapters. He has also been named “Best Doctor in Otolaryngology” by Boston Magazine and Best Doctors, Inc.

Dr. Holbrook’s clinical interests include diseases of the nose and sinuses, endoscopic approaches to the skull base, and smell and taste disorders. He is a member of the Skull Base Center at Mass. Eye and Ear/Mass General, the Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Center at Mass General, and the Center for Thyroid Eye Disease and Orbital Surgery as Mass. Eye and Ear.

His research interests include olfaction and chronic rhinosinusitis. His olfactory research is partly funded by the National Institutes of Health.