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.

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.