Head and Neck Research

Practice Contact Information

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
5 East 98th Street
8th Floor, Box 1191
New York
NY
10029
United States

Phone: 212-241-9410
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/diana-n-kirke

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

Diana N. Kirke, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She received her medical degree from the University of Queensland and completed her Otolaryngology Residency via the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Adelaide, Australia.

After completing her training, she relocated to New York to complete a Research Fellowship at Mount Sinai. This was followed by a Head and Neck Microvascular Fellowship at Boston University, and then a Laryngology Fellowship at both the New York Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders and the Sean Parker Institute for the Voice

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PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

1. Kirke DN, Sulica L. The natural history of vocal fold cysts. Laryngoscope [Epub ahead of print].
2. Kirke DN, Kaye R, Blitzer A. Impact of an upper respiratory tract infection on botulinum toxin efficacy in spasmodic dysphonia patients. Laryngoscope [Epub ahead of print.
3. Rubin SJ, Wu KY, Kirke DN, Ezzat WH, Truong MT, Salama AR, Jalisi S. Head and Neck Cancer Complications in the Geriatic Population Based on Hospital Case Volume. Ear Nose Throat J [Epub ahead of print].
4. Kirke DN, Blitzer A. Interesting case of late Gore-Tex extrusion following medialization laryngoplasty. Laryngoscope [Epub ahead of print].
5. Kirke DN, Qureshi MM, Kamran SC, Ezzat W, Jalisi S, Salama A, Everett PC, Truong MT. Role of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy in T4N0 stage IV head and neck cancer: A National Cancer Database analysis. Head Neck. 2018 Jun;40(6):1174-1184.
6. Rubin SJ, Kirke DN, Ezzat, WE, Truong MT, Salama AR, Jalisi S. Marital status as a predictor of survival in patients with human papilloma virus positive oropharyngeal cancer. Am J Otolaryngol. 2017 Nov-Dec;38(6):654-659.
7. Giacalone NJ, Qureshi MM, Mak KS, Kirke DN, Patel SA, Shah BA, Salama A, Jalisi S, Truong MT. Adjuvant chemoradiation does not improve survival in elderly patients with high risk head and neck cancer. Laryngoscope. 2018 Apr;128(4):831-840.
8. Wong K, Gilad A, Cohen MB, Kirke DN, Jalisi S. The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool for Laryngectomy Health Information. Head Neck. 2017 Nov;39(11):2256-2263.
9. Jalisi S, Rubin SJ, Wu KY, Kirke DN. Outcomes of Head and Neck Cancer Surgery in the Geriatric Population based on Case Volume at Academic Centers. 2017 Nov;127(11):2539-2544.
10. Rubin SJ, Cohen MB, Kirke DN, Qureshi MM, Truong MT, Jalisi S. Comparison of Facility Type Outcomes for Oral Cavity Cancer using the National Cancer Database. 2017 Nov;127(11):2551-2557.
11. Kirke DN, Chitguppi C, Rubin SJ, Truong MT, Jalisi S. Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the base of tongue: A population-based study. Am J Otolaryngol. 2017 May – Jun;38(3):279-284.
12. Kirke DN, Owen RP, Carrao V, Miles BA, Kass JI. Using 3D computer planning for complex reconstruction of mandibular defects. Cancers of the Head & Neck. 2016; 1:17.
13. Kirke DN, Battistella G, Kumar V, Rubien Thomas E, Choy M, Rumbach A, Simonyan K. Neural correlates of dystonic tremor: a multimodal study of voice tremor in spasmodic dysphonia. Brain Imaging Behav. 2017 Feb;11(1):166-175.
14. Kirke DN, Frucht SJ, Simonyan K. Alcohol responsiveness in laryngeal dystonia: a survey study. J Neurol 2015 Jun; 262(6): 1548-56.
15. Kirke DN, Porceddu S, Wallwork BD, Panizza B, Coman WB. Pathologic occult neck disease in patients with metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma to the parotid. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2011 Apr; 144(4) 549-51.
16. Kirke D, Horwood K, Wallwork B. Floor of mouth and tongue metastasis from malignant pleural mesothelioma. ANZ J Surg2010 Jul-Aug; 80(7-8) 556-8.

Practice Contact Information

Kaiser Permanente – Los Angeles Medical Center
4900 Sunset Blvd
6th Floor
Los Angeles
CA
90027
United States

Phone: 323-783-4670
Email:
Web Site:

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. Lin proudly serves the Kaiser Permanente Southern California patient population providing care in head and neck oncology and reconstruction.  Her clinical interests include head and neck oncology surgery (head and neck cancer, skin cancer, and thyroid malignant and benign diseases), minimally invasive trans-oral robotic surgery (TORS) and microvascular reconstruction (free flap surgery).   At a young age growing up in New Jersey, she knew she wanted to become a physician and take care of patients and enrolled in the Honors Program in Medical Education (HPME) at Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine. She graduated with a bachelor of science in biochemistry with honors and received her medical degree.  She remained at Northwestern University and completed a residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery .  After twelve years in Chicago, she returned to the east coast to complete a fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology, Microvascular Reconstruction and Skull Base Surgery at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary- Harvard Medical School.  She then joined the faculty at SUNY Downstate in New York in 2013 joined Kaiser Permanente Southern California in 2015.

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University of Toronto, Odette Cancer Centre
2075 Bayview Avenue, Room M1-102

Toronto
Ontario
M3N 4M5
Canada

Phone:
Email:
Web Site: https://sunnybrook.ca/content/?page=otolaryngology-head-neck-surgery

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 Enepekides has dedicated his career to the treatment of complex malignancies of the head, neck and skull base and to the reconstruction of complex deformities of the head and neck. He completed his undergraduate degree, medical degree, and residency at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Following his residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery he went on to complete two fellowships, one at Hahnemann University Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (microvascular reconstructive surgery); and another at the University of California – Davis in Sacramento California (Head and Neck Oncology/Skull Base Surgery). He subsequently joined the department of Otolaryngology at UC Davis Medical Center where he was an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, co-director of Head and Neck Oncology, and Chief of Otolaryngology at the Northern California VA Medical Center. He then returned to Canada where he joined the University of Toronto’s department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Enepekides is currently an associate professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is the Chief of the Department of Otolaryngology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Chief of the division of Surgical Oncology at the Odette Cancer Centre. He is also a Surgical Oncology Regional Lead for Cancer Care Ontario.

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