Practice Contact Information
McGill University Health Centre
1001 Decarie Boulevard, Montreal, QC, Canada
D05-5704
Montréal
Québec
H4A 3J1
Canada
Phone: 514-934-1934 Ext: 34974
Email:
Web Site: https://muhc.ca/
Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery
Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Research, Head and Neck Surgeon, Reconstructive Head & Neck Surgery
Biography/Statement
Dr. Sadeghi presently serves as the Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at McGill University. He is also the Chief of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the MUHC, and Director of McGill Head and Neck Cancer Program.
Dr. Sadeghi is a graduate of McGill Medicine in 1991. He completed his residency at McGill, followed by a research fellowship. He then completed a fellowship training in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago, U.S.A.
Following his early career at McGill University, he moved to the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he served as Professor of Surgery and Director of Head and Neck Surgery from 2002 to 2017. He then returned to McGill in 2017 to lead the department.
Dr. Sadeghi has lectured internationally in the field of head and neck surgery and minimally invasive surgery. His clinical interest include head and neck surgery; oral, oropharyngeal, and laryngeal cancer; salivary gland surgery; thyroid and parathyroid surgery.
His research is focused on head and neck cancers. He has pioneered a novel therapeutic and personalized approach to oropharyngeal cancer with Transoral Robotic Surgery and Transoral Laser Microsurgery coupled with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. He has contributed to the development of endoscopic surgical techniques for sinonasal tumors. His other areas of research include Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and head and neck cancer, thyroid and parathyroid , quality of life and outcome research after head and neck cancer treatment.
Clinical Trials
NECTORS trial: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Transoral Robotic Surgery for HPV Positive Oropharyngeal Cancer