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Published on June 6, 2018 by Steven Sperry

Steven Sperry – Milwaukee, WI

Practice Contact Information

Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy
Suite 525
Milwaukee
WI
53215
United States

Phone: 414-281-4466
Email:
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Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Surgeon, Reconstructive Head & Neck Surgery


Biography/Statement

Dr. Sperry is a fellowship-trained Head and Neck and Reconstructive Surgeon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He completed residency at the University of Pennsylvania and fellowship at the University of Iowa, and was a clinical professor on the faculty at the University of Iowa prior to relocating to Milwaukee. He sees patients with tumors of the head and neck and thyroid gland, and also specializes in complex reconstructive procedures, utilizing microvascular free tissue transfer techniques.

Clinical Trials

Bibliography

Independent Predictors of Prognosis Based on Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma Surgical Margins.

Buchakjian MR, Ginader T, Tasche KK, Pagedar NA, Smith BJ, Sperry SM.

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 May 1:194599818773070. doi: 10.1177/0194599818773070.

 

A Hairy Situation: Laser Hair Removal after Oral Reconstruction.

Shields BE, Moye MS, Bayon R, Sperry SM, Wanat KA.

Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2018 Mar;127(3):205-208. doi: 10.1177/0003489417750930.

 

Longitudinal Perioperative Pain Assessment in Head and Neck Cancer Surgery.

Buchakjian MR, Davis AB, Sciegienka SJ, Pagedar NA, Sperry SM.

Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2017 Sep;126(9):646-653. doi: 10.1177/0003489417723034..

 

Definition of “Close Margin” in Oral Cancer Surgery and Association of Margin Distance With Local Recurrence Rate.

Tasche KK, Buchakjian MR, Pagedar NA, Sperry SM.

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Dec 1;143(12):1166-1172. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2017.0548.

 

Survival outcomes in elderly patients with untreated upper aerodigestive tract cancer.

Hughley BB, Sperry SM, Thomsen TA, Charlton ME, Pagedar NA.

Head Neck. 2017 Feb;39(2):215-218. doi: 10.1002/hed.24565.

 

Association of Main Specimen and Tumor Bed Margin Status With Local Recurrence and Survival in Oral Cancer Surgery.

Buchakjian MR, Tasche KK, Robinson RA, Pagedar NA, Sperry SM.

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 Dec 1;142(12):1191-1198. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2016.2329.

 

Correlating thyroid cytology and histopathology: Implications for molecular testing.

Reed MJ, Sperry SM, Gailey MP, Jensen CS, Robinson RA, Funk GF, Pagedar NA.

Head Neck. 2016 Jul;38(7):1104-6. doi: 10.1002/hed.24410.

 

The University of Pennsylvania curriculum for training otorhinolaryngology residents in transoral robotic surgery.

Sperry SM, O’Malley BW Jr, Weinstein GS.

ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2014;76(6):342-52. doi: 10.1159/000369624.

 

Influence of body composition on survival in patients with head and neck cancer.

Karnell LH, Sperry SM, Anderson CM, Pagedar NA.

Head Neck. 2016 Apr;38 Suppl 1:E261-7. doi: 10.1002/hed.23983.

 

Association of sentinel lymph node biopsy with survival for head and neck melanoma: survival analysis using the SEER database.

Sperry SM, Charlton ME, Pagedar NA.

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 Dec;140(12):1101-9. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2014.2530.

 

Comparison between Organ Preservation Surgery and Radiation in Early Supraglottic Carcinoma Is Limited by Bias.

Sperry SM, Pagedar NA.

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 Jul;151(1):182. doi: 10.1177/0194599814536362.

 

Supracricoid partial laryngectomy for primary and recurrent laryngeal cancer.

Sperry SM, Rassekh CH, Laccourreye O, Weinstein GS.

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Nov;139(11):1226-35. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2013.4990.

 

EGFR inhibition promotes an aggressive invasion pattern mediated by mesenchymal-like tumor cells within squamous cell carcinomas.

Basu D, Bewley AF, Sperry SM, Montone KT, Gimotty PA, Rasanen K, Facompre ND, Weinstein GS, Nakagawa H, Diehl JA, Rustgi AK, Herlyn M.

Mol Cancer Ther. 2013 Oct;12(10):2176-86. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-12-1210.

 

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