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Published on January 9, 2021 by Mark Persky

Mark Persky – New York, New York

Practice Contact Information

NYU Langone Health
160 East 34 Street
7th floor
New York
New York
10016
United States

Phone: 212-731-6161
Email:
Web Site:


Areas of Interest in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Research, Head and Neck Surgeon


Biography/Statement

Mark S. Persky, MD is a recognized expert in head and neck surgery with special interest and expertise in the treatment of tumors of the head, neck skull base and thyroid gland as well as congenital vascular malformations and hemangiomas .  He has published and lectured extensively on these topics.  He is Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the NYU School of Medicine and Director of the Head and Neck Center at NYU Langone Medical Center.

 

Dr. Persky received his Bachelors degree from New York University and his medical degree from the State University of New York Upstate Medical Center.  He completed his otolaryngology residency at NYU Medical Center and a Head and Neck Surgical Fellowship at Beth Israel Medical Center.  Dr. Persky was Vice-Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at the New York University School of Medicine from 1994-1998.  From 2005 through 2014, he was Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center, Otolaryngologist-in-Chief of the Continuum Otolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery Service Line and was a Professor of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  He was Associate Director of the Continuum Cancer Center and was Co-Director of the Institute for Head and Neck Cancer at Beth Israel Medical Center  He is a member of the American Laryngological Association, the American Head and Neck Society, the American Bronchoesophagological Society and the North American Skull Base Society.  He is Past President of the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society (a.k.a. Triological Society), the New York Head and Neck Society and the New York Laryngological Society.

He is currently Assistant Executive Vice President of the Triological Society.

 

Clinical Trials

Bibliography

 

Hu K, Dhanireddy B, Likens JN, Mourad WF, Kang P, Culliney B, Li Z, Jacobson AS, Tran T, Sadoughi B, Urken ML, Persky MS, Harrison LB.  Pretreatment PET metabolic tunmor volume (MTV) and maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) predict for organ preservation and disease-free survival in larynx cancer patients. Int J Radiat Oncol. 90(1):S538-S539, Sept. 2014

 

Khorsandi, AS, Su KH, Mourad WF, Urken ML, Persky MS, Lazarus CL, Jacobson AS.

Osteoradionecrosis of the Subaxial Cervical Spine Following Treatment for Head and Neck Carcinomas.  Br J Radiol. 88(1045):20140436. January 2015.

 

Iskandar ME, Bonomo G, Avadhani V, Persky M, Lucido D, Wang B, Marti JL.

Evidence for Overestimation of the Prevalence of Malignancy in Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules Classified as Bethesda Category III.  Surgery. 157(3):510-517. March 2015.

 

Jacobson AS, Alpert E, Persky M, Okay D, Buchbinder D, Lazarus C.

Transoral mandibulectomy and double barrel fibular flap reconstruction.

Laryngoscope. 2015 Sep;125(9):2119-22. doi: 10.1002/lary.25051. Epub 2015 Jul 7. No abstract available

 

Hu, K, Persky, MS

Treatment of Head and Neck Paragangliomas

Cancer Control (Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center)

July 2016: 23(3):228-241

 

Agrawal, N, Abbott, CE, Liu, C, Kang, S, Tipton, L, Patel, K, Persky, M, King, L, Deng, FM, Bannan, M, Olgilvie, JB, Heller, K, Hodak, SP

Noninvasive Follicular Tumor with Papillary-like Nuclear Features: Not a Tempest into Teapot.

Endocr Pract 2017 Apr 2;23(4):452-457

 

HU, K, Mourad, WF, Gamez, ME, Lin, W, Jacobson, AS, Persky, MS, Urken, ML, Culliney, BE, Li, Z, Tran, TN, Schantz, SP, Chadha, J, Harrison, LB

Five-Year Outcomes of an Oropharynx Directed Treatment Approach for Unknown Primary of the Head and Neck

Oral Oncol 2017 Jul;70:14-22

 

Hu, KS, Mourad, WF, Hamez, M, Safdieh, J, Lin, W, Jacobson, AS, Persky, MS, Urken, ML, Culliney, B, Li, Z, Tran, TN, Schantz, SP, Chadha, J, Harrison, LB

Low rates of contralateral neck failure In Unilaterally Treated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Prospectively Defined Criteria of Lateralization

Head Neck 2017 Aug;39(8):1647-1654

 

Hu KS, Mourad WF, Gamez ME, Lin W, Jacobson AS, Persky MS, Urken ML, Culliney BE, Li Z, Tran TN, Schantz SP, Chadha J, Harrison LB.

Five-year outcomes of an oropharynx-directed treatment approach for unknown primary of the head and neck.

Oral Oncol. 2017 Jul;70:14-22.

 

 

 

 

Van Cleave JH, Fu MR, Bennett AV, Persky MS, Li Z, Jacobson A, Hu KS, Most A, Concert C, Kamberi M, Mojica J, Peyser A, Riccobene A, Tran A, Persky MJ, Savitski J, Liang E, Egleston BL.

The development, usability, and reliability of the Electronic Patient Visit Assessment (ePVA) for head and neck cancer.

Mhealth. 2019 Jul 29;5:21. doi: 10.21037/mhealth.2019.06.05. eCollection 2019.

 

Moses LE, Rotsides JM, Balogun FO, Persky MS, Muggia FM, Persky MJ.

Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma as a Complication of Treatment for Recurrent High-Grade Serous Cancer.

Laryngoscope. 2019 Dec 4. doi: 10.1002/lary.28451. [Epub ahead of print]

 

Black, Margaret; Wei, Xiao-Jun; Sun, Wei; Simms, Anthony; Negron, Raquel; Hagiwara, Mari; Chidakel, Aaron R; Hodak, Steven; Persky, Mark S; Shi, Yan. ‘Adult rhabdomyoma presenting as thyroid nodule on fine-needle aspiration in patient with Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome: Case report and literature review’. Diagnostic cytopathology. 2020, June;48(6):576-580

 

Adult Rhabdomyoma Presenting As Thyroid Nodule On Fine-Needle Aspiration In Patient With Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome: Case Report And Literature Review

Black, Margaret; Wei, Xiao-Jun; Sun, Wei; Simms, Anthony; Negron, Raquel; Hagiwara, Mari; Chidakel, Aaron R; Hodak, Steven; Persky, Mark S; Shi, Yan

Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2020 Jun ; 48(6):576-580

 

Byun, David J; Tam, Moses M; Jacobson, Adam S; Persky, Mark S; Tran, Theresa T; Givi, Babak; DeLacure, Mark D; Li, Zujun; Harrison, Louis B; Hu, Kenneth S. ‘Prognostic potential of mid-treatment nodal response in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma’. Head & Neck. 2020 ():- (# 4605742

 

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