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Published on January 14, 2021 by Rizwan Aslam

Rizwan Aslam – New orleans, LA

Practice Contact Information

Tulane University School of Medicine
1430 Tulane Avenue
,
New orleans
LA
70124
United States

Phone: 5049885454
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://tulanehealthcare.com/service/head-and-neck-cancer


Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

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


Biography/Statement

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Clinical Trials

Bibliography

Published on January 9, 2021 by Michael Persky

Michael Persky – New York, New York

Practice Contact Information

New York University Langone Health
160 East 34th Street
Seventh Floor
New York
New York
10016
United States

Phone: 212 731-6644
Email:
Web Site: https://nyulangone.org/doctors/1043502933/michael-j-persky


Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Surgeon


Biography/Statement

I am committed to providing thorough and compassionate care to people who have head and neck cancer, thyroid disease, and parathyroid disease. My training and expertise in advanced head and neck surgery—especially in robotic surgery—enable me to provide effective and often minimally invasive care.

Clinical Trials

Bibliography

  • Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Head & Neck Surg Onc, 2017
  • Residency, New York University School of Medicine, Otolaryngology, 2016
  • MD from New York University, 2011

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 surgical specialization 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

 

Published on January 9, 2021 by Vinay Fernandes

Vinay Fernandes – Toronto, Ontario

Practice Contact Information

University of Toronto – Toronto, ON
Suite 401

Toronto
Ontario
M1P3E2
Canada

Phone:
Email: [email protected]
Web Site:


Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Surgeon


Biography/Statement

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Clinical Trials

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Bibliography

Published on January 8, 2021 by Nathan Boyd

Nathan Boyd – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Practice Contact Information

University of New Mexico
2211 Lomas Boulevard Northeast
Dept. of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology
Albuquerque
New Mexico
87106
United States

Phone: 5052726451
Email: [email protected]
Web Site:


Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

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


Biography/Statement

Nathan Boyd, MD, is an Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico.  He received his medical degree at the University of New Mexico (UNM) School of Medicine, completed residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Kaiser-Permanente in Oakland, and completed a fellowship in head and neck oncology and microvascular reconstruction at the University of Iowa.  Since joining the faculty in 2012 he has been active in both the ambulatory and surgical settings and has taken a lead role in running the head and neck microvascular reconstruction program.  Dr. Boyd is both the founder and current director of the UNM Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Program and assisted with the development of the UNM Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery Program.

Clinical Trials

Bibliography

Selected Bibliography

Syme N, Olson G, Spafford M, Boyd N.  Microvascular Clamp Technique as a Reversible Simulation of Parathyroid Gland Excision.  American Journal of Surgery.  2019; Sep; epub ahead of print.

Dornedan A, Olson G, Boyd N.  Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (Wound VAC) in the Treatment of Chylous Fistula After Neck Dissection.  Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology. 2019 Jun;128(6): 569-574.

Zhang X, Luo Y, Wang C, Ding X, Yang X, Wu D, Silva F, Yang Z, Zhou Q, Wang L, Wang X, Zhou J, Boyd N, Spafford M, Burge M, Yang X, Liu M.  Adipose mTORC1 Suppresses Prostaglandin Signaling and Beige Adipogenesis via the CRTC2-COX-2 Pathway.  Cell Reports.  2018 Sep; 3180-3193.

Gerstein NS, Sanders JC, McCunn M, Brierly JK, Gerstein WH, West SD, Tawil L, Boyd NH, Bronshteyn YS, Torgeson EL, Schulman PM.  The Gun Violence Epidemic: Time for Perioperative Physicians to Act.  J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Jun;32(3):1097-1100.

Tomlinson A, Pagedar N, Jameson M, Schoeff S, Shearer E, Boyd N.  Use of the Teres Major Muscle in Chimeric Subscapular System Free Flaps for Head and Neck Reconstruction.  JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Sep; 141(9):816-21.

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