American Head & Neck Society

Advancing Education, Research, and Quality of Care for the Head and Neck oncology patient.

Published on by Urjeet Patel

Urjeet Patel – Chicago, Illinois

Practice Contact Information

Northwestern University
676 North Saint Clair Street
#1325
Chicago
Illinois
60611
United States

Phone: 312-695-3222
Email: [email protected]
Web Site:

Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

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

Biography/Statement

Dr. Patel was born and raised in Chicago and completed his undergraduate education at Brown University where he received his BA in Philosophy.  He attended Yale University for medical school and then completed residency in Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis.  He then joined Dr. Richard Hayden at the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale for a fellowship in Head and Neck Oncological and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery.  He returned to Chicago in 2003 to join the staff at Stroger – Cook County Hospital where he now serves as Chairman of the Division of Otolaryngology and Chairman of the Cancer Committee.  He is recently promoted to full professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Northwestern University.  He serves on several national committees for the American Head and Neck Society and currently serves as the Chairman of the Reconstructive Surgery Section.  He also participates in multi-institutional clinical trials for cancer treatment through the National Cancer Institute (NCI).  His clinical interests include head and neck oncologic surgery, minimally-invasive transoral robotic surgery (TORS), as well as reconstructive surgery with free tissue transfer.

Clinical Trials

Bibliography

Published on by Geoffrey Young

Geoffrey Young – Miami, Florida

Practice Contact Information

Chief of Head and Neck Surgery, Miami Cancer Institute
8900 N Kendall Dr.

Miami
Florida
33176
United States

Phone: 7865962000
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://baptisthealth.net/en/health-services/cancer-services/pages/cancer-care/adult-cancers/head-neck-cancers.aspx

Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

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

Biography/Statement

Dr. Young is an international leader in the field of head and neck surgical oncology.  He  specializes in minimally invasive, robotic and complex open surgery for both cancer and benign head and neck tumors.  He also an expert in the field of melanoma and other head and neck skin cancers. Dr. Young has authored numerous scientific articles and has been an invited speaker at national and international  meetings. His research interests include individualized medicine and surgical innovations for the management of head and neck  malignancies.

Clinical Trials

As part of the Memorial Sloane Kettering Alliance, Miami Cancer Institute has access to numerous clinical trials

Bibliography

Selected Bibliography
Peer-reviewed Articles
1. Young GD, Winokur TS, Cerfolio RJ, Van Tine BA, Chow LT, Okoh V, Garver RI Jr. Differential expression and biodistribution of cytokeratin 18 and desmoplakins in non-small cell lung carcinoma subtypes. Lung Cancer. 2002 May; 36(2):133-41. PMID:11955647

 
2. Okoh V, Young GD, Winokur TS, Garver RI Jr. A novel assay for the quantification of invasion from raft cultures of lung carcinomas. Clin Exp Metastasis. 2004; 21(1):1-6. PMID:15065596

 
3. Rosenthal E, McCrory A, Talbert M, Young G, Murphy-Ullrich J, Gladson C. Elevated expression of TGF-beta1 in head and neck cancer-associated fibroblasts. Mol Carcinog. 2004 Jun; 40(2):116-21. PMID:15170816   DOI:10.1002/mc.20024

 
4. Young GD, Murphy-Ullrich JE. Molecular interactions that confer latency to transforming growth factor-beta. J Biol Chem. 2004 Sep 3; 279(36):38032-9. Epub 2004 Jun 18. PMID:15208302   DOI:10.1074/jbc.M405658200

 
5. Young GD, Murphy-Ullrich JE. The tryptophan-rich motifs of the thrombospondin type 1 repeats bind VLAL motifs in the latent transforming growth factor-beta complex. J Biol Chem. 2004 Nov 12; 279(46):47633-42. Epub 2004 Sep 01. PMID:15342643   DOI:10.1074/jbc.M404918200

 
6. Taube JM, Anders RA, Young GD, Xu H, Sharma R, McMiller TL, Chen S, Klein AP, Pardoll DM, Topalian SL, Chen L. Colocalization of inflammatory response with B7-h1 expression in human melanocytic lesions supports an adaptive resistance mechanism of immune escape. Sci Transl Med. 2012 Mar 28; 4(127):127ra37. PMID:22461641   PMCID:3568523   DOI:10.1126/scitranslmed.3003689

 
7. Lyford-Pike S, Peng S, Young GD, Taube JM, Westra WH, Akpeng B, Bruno TC, Richmon JD, Wang H, Bishop JA, Chen L, Drake CG, Topalian SL, Pardoll DM, Pai SI. Evidence for a role of the PD-1:PD-L1 pathway in immune resistance of HPV-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Res. 2013 Mar 15; 73(6):1733-41. Epub 2013 Jan 03. PMID:23288508   PMCID:3602406   DOI:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-12-2384

 
8. Taube JM, Young GD, McMiller TL, Chen S, Salas JT, Pritchard TS, Xu H, Meeker AK, Fan J, Cheadle C, Berger AE, Pardoll DM, Topalian SL. Differential expression of immune-regulatory genes associated with PD-L1 display in melanoma: Implications for PD-1 pathway blockade. Clin Cancer Res. 2015; 21(17):3969-76. PMID:25944800

 
9. Gamez ME, Jeans E, Hinni ML, Moore E, Young G, Ma D, McGee L, Buras MR, Patel SH. Outcomes and patterns of failure of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the larynx: The Mayo Clinic experience. Laryngoscope 2017 Jul 06 Epub 2017 July 06 PMID:28681992   DOI:10.1002/lary.26725

 

Published on 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:
Web Site:

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.

 

Published on by Kevin Brumund

Kevin Brumund – La Jolla, California

Practice Contact Information

Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego Health System
3855 Health Sciences Drive #0987

La Jolla
California
92093
United States

Phone: 858-822-6197
Email:
Web Site:

Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Surgeon

Biography/Statement

Dr. Brumund is a Head and Neck Surgical Oncologist at Moores Cancer Center at UCSD and an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.  He is also the Chief of Head and Neck Surgery at the VA Medical Center in San Diego.  He specializes in the management of all Head and Neck Tumors, both benign and malignant.  A large part of his practice is the surgical management of thyroid and parathyroid disease, especially thyroid cancer, and the utilization of point of care ultrasound.

Clinical Trials

Bibliography

Published on by Vasu Divi

Vasu Divi – Palo Alto, California

Practice Contact Information

Stanford University
900 Blake Wilbur Drive

Palo Alto
California
94304
United States

Phone: 650-498-6000
Email:
Web Site: https://profiles.stanford.edu/vasu-divi

Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

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

Biography/Statement

Vasu Divi, M.D. completed medical school and his residency training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Michigan.  He then completed advanced training in head and neck oncology and reconstructive surgery at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary.  His clinical interested include oral cavity carcinoma, advanced skin cancers, reconstructive surgery, and treatment of osteoradionecrosis of the head and neck.

Clinical Trials

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