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Published on March 27, 2023 by Ameya Jategaonkar

Ameya Jategaonkar – Phoenix, AZ

Practice Contact Information

Barrow Neurological Institute
2910 N 3rd Avenue
Suite 330
Phoenix
AZ
85013
United States

Phone: 602-406-8811
Email:
Web Site: https://www.barrowneuro.org/person/ameya-a-jategaonkar-md/


Areas of surgical specialization

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


Biography/Statement

Ameya A. Jategaonkar, MD, is an otolaryngologist in the Department of ENT and Skull Base Surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute.

Dr. Jategaonkar earned his medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix. He then completed his otolaryngology residency at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and a fellowship in advanced head and neck oncologic and microvascular reconstructive surgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

Dr. Jategaonkar’s clinical research interests include expanding minimally invasive/transoral techniques for treating head and neck cancers and optimizing techniques and outcomes for microvascular free tissue transfer in head and neck reconstruction.

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Published on March 21, 2023 by Matthew Herberg

Matthew Herberg – Fort Bliss, TX, TX

Practice Contact Information

18511 Highlander Medics St

Fort Bliss, TX
TX
79918
United States

Phone:
Email:
Web Site:


Areas of surgical specialization

Head and Neck Surgeon, Reconstructive Head & Neck Surgery


Biography/Statement

Dr. Herberg is a fellowship-trained Head & Neck Surgical Oncologist and Reconstructive Surgeon and board-certified by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army and currently works full-time at William Beaumont Army Medical Center.

He is a native of Los Angeles, California and moved to the east coast to complete his undergraduate degree cum laude at Yale University in New Haven, CT. He attended medical school at New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY and completed his surgical residency at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. He next served 4 years as a General Otolaryngologist at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in Ft Hood, TX before completing a 2-year fellowship in Head & Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He recently moved to El Paso with his family in late 2021.

Dr. Herberg treats all disorders of the ear, nose, and throat. As the only fellowship-trained subspecialist in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology in El Paso, he also has a special interest and advanced training in the management of tumors and cancers of the head & neck.

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Alkhatib HH, Maroun CA, Amin N, Zhu G, Guller M, Herberg ME, Wu ES, Seiwert TY, Rooper
LM, Eisele DW, Fakhry C, Pardoll D, Mandal R. Tumor Histological Grade and Immunotherapy
Response in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Jun 1;148(6):540-546.

Amin N, Maroun CA, El Asmar M, Alkhatib HH, Guller M, Herberg ME, Zhu G, Seiwert TY,
Pardoll D, Eisele DW, Fakhry C, Gourin CG, Mandal R. Neoadjuvant immunotherapy prior to
surgery for mucosal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Systematic review. Head Neck.
2022 Feb;44(2):562-571.

Ryan WR, Xu MJ, Ochoa E, Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Zebolsky AL, Ha PK, Bewley AF,
Mallen-St Clair J, Joshi AS, Coffey CS, Faraji F, MacDonald BV, Houlton JJ, Gobillot TA, Curry
JM, Philips R, Hackman TG, Richmon JD, Holcomb AJ, Coughlin AM, Panwar A, Smith RB,
Herberg ME, Fakhry C, Cognetti DM. Oncologic outcomes of human papillomavirus-associated
oropharynx carcinoma treated with surgery alone: A 12-institution study of 344 patients. Cancer.
2021 Sep 1;127(17):3092-3106.

Holcomb AJ, Herberg M, Strohl M, Ochoa E, Feng AL, Abt NB, Mokhtari TE, Suresh K, McHugh
CI, Parikh AS, Sadow P, Faquin W, Faden D, Deschler DG, Varvares MA, Lin DT, Fakhry C,
Ryan WR, Richmon JD. Impact of surgical margins on local control in patients undergoing
single-modality transoral robotic surgery for HPV-related oropharyngeal squamous cell
carcinoma. Head Neck. 2021 Aug;43(8):2434-2444.

Guller M, Herberg M, Amin N, Alkhatib H, Maroun C, Wu E, Allen H, Zheng Y, Gourin C, Vosler
P, Tan M, Koch W, Eisele D, Seiwert T, Fakhry C, Pardoll D, Zhu G, Mandal R. Nutritional
Status as a Predictive Biomarker for Immunotherapy Outcomes in Advanced Head and Neck
Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Nov 18;13(22):5772.

Herberg ME, Vosler PS, Mandal R, Fakhry C, Eisele DW, Gourin CG. Concentration of High
Cost Head and Neck Cancer Surgical Patients (2020). Poster presentation at the 2020
Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting, Coronado, CA.

Qureshi H, Ahmed Y, & Herberg ME. (2018). “Thyroid Malignant Neoplasia.” The 5-minute
clinical consult 2020 (28th ed.). Philadelphia, Pa.: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins.

 

Lindsay RW, George R, Herberg ME, Jackson P, Brietzke S. Reliability of a Standardized Nasal
Anatomic Worksheet and Correlation With Subjective Nasal Airway Obstruction. JAMA Facial
Plast Surg. 2016 Dec 1;18(6):449-454.

Littlefield PD, Tolisano AM; Sabol JV; Herberg ME; Coppit GL (2015). Total Auricular
Rehabilitation: Combined Cosmetic and Functional Lateral Temporal Bone Reconstruction. J
Craniofac Surg. 2015; 26(5):1467-70.

Herberg, ME, & Rivera, G. Otosyphilis: A rare but treatable cause of hearing loss. (2013).
Poster presentation at the 2013 Walter Reed Academic Day, Bethesda, MD.
Lindsay, R, Herberg ME, Liacouras P. (2012). The Use of 3-D Digital Technology and Additive
Manufacturing to Create Templates for Soft Tissue Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. Oct.
2012.

Herberg, ME; Liacouras, P, & Lindsay, R. (2012). Utilization of Non-invasive 3-D Photography in
Auricular Reconstruction. Free Paper Presentation at the 2012 American Academy of Facial
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Meeting, Washington, DC.

Herberg, ME, Littlefield, P, Sabol, J, & Coppit, G. Total Auricular Rehabilitation. (2012). Poster
presentation at the 2012 Streit Seminar, Honolulu, HI
Oppenheimer, B, Goldring, R, Herberg, ME, Hofer, I, Reyfman, P, Liautaud, S. et al. (2007).
Distal airway function in symptomatic subjects with normal spirometry following World Trade
Center dust exposure. Chest, 132(4), 1275-1282.

Dweck, E & Herberg, ME. (2006). Detection of Airway Dysfunction in Symptomatic Patients with
Normal Spirometry and Plethysmographic Airway Resistance. Poster presented at the American
Thoracic Society International Conference, San Diego, CA.

Published on March 19, 2023 by Michael Medina

Michael Medina – Weston, Florida

Practice Contact Information

Cleveland Clinic Florida
2950 Cleveland Clinic Boulevard

Weston
Florida
33331
United States

Phone: 954-659-5786
Email:
Web Site:


Areas of surgical specialization

Head and Neck Surgeon


Biography/Statement

Staff Head and Neck Surgeon/Otolaryngologist,  Cleveland Clinic Florida

Interests:

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Head and Neck

Cutaneous Malignancies of the Head and Neck

Neuromonitoring in Head and Neck Surgery

Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

Minimally Invasive approaches to Head and Neck Malignancies (Robotic Surgeries, Endoscopic and open Partial Laryngectomies, etc.)

Salivary Tumors

 

 

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Published on March 18, 2023 by Shawn Newlands

Shawn Newlands – Rochester, New York

Practice Contact Information

University of Rochester Medical Center
90 Crittenden Blvd.

Rochester
New York
14642
United States

Phone:
Email:
Web Site: https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/cancer-institute/cancers/head-neck.aspx


Areas of surgical specialization

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Surgeon


Biography/Statement

Dr. Newlands provides head and neck cancer care at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Wilmot Cancer Institute.  He treats the variety of head and neck cancers, with particular interest in cancers of the parotid and thyroid glands.

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Published on March 13, 2023 by Neil Gross

Neil Gross – Houston, Texas

Practice Contact Information

MD Anderson Cancer Center
1400 Pressler Street
Unit 1445
Houston
Texas
77030
United States

Phone:
Email:
Web Site: https://faculty.mdanderson.org/profiles/neil_gross.html


Areas of surgical specialization

Head and Neck Research, Head and Neck Surgeon


Biography/Statement

Neil D. Gross, M.D., FACS, is a dedicated surgeon and scientist with a passion for service, individualized cancer care and cancer research. Dr. Gross completed a head and neck surgery and oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and has since developed an international reputation as a thought-leader in head and neck cancer. He has published extensively, and has served in many service and leadership roles nationally and internationally.

Dr. Gross currently serves as Professor, Director of Clinical Research and Section Head of Oropharynx Cancer in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center. His clinical and research interests focus on improving functional outcomes using transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for HPV-associated oropharynx cancer and neoadjuvant approaches to aggressive cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Dr. Gross is an expert in the development and execution of surgeon-led clinical trials.

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