Charles Meyer – Portsmouth VA

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

620 John Paul Jones Cir
Portsmouth, VA 23708
United States
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Charles Meyer, MD is a Commander in the United States Navy, Medical Corps and is currently stationed at Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth Virginia.  He is a board-certified Otolaryngologist and fellowship trained in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction.

He attended the United States Naval Academy and then served as a Surface-Nuclear Engineering Officer aboard the USS JAMES E WILLIAMS (DDG 95) and USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71).  After transferring to the US Navy Medical Corps, he attended the Uniformed Services University and completed Internship and Residency in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.  He also served at the Senior Medical Officer aboard the USS SAN ANTONIO (LPD 17).

He provides care covering the breadth of head and neck oncologic and reconstructive surgery including, advanced malignancies of the upper aerodigestive tract, salivary gland diseases, thyroid and parathyroid disease, skull base surgery (open and endoscopic), transoral robotic surgery, microvascular reconstruction, and general head and neck reconstruction.   He also provides Comprehensive Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Trauma care across the life span from neonatal to geriatric patients.

His specific research interests include microvascular reconstructive techniques of head and neck defects, robotic surgery, and minimally invasive approaches to head and neck problems.

1. Holcomb AJ, White A, Rossman E, Wagoner L, Akhter S, Gillespie M, Meyer CD, Lindau R, Panwar A, Osmolak A, Militsakh O, Lydiatt W, Coughlin AM. Tracheostomy Avoidance in Flap Reconstruction of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract is Safe in Selected Patients. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 Jan;172(1):100-109.
2. Kim M, Wu MP, Miller LE, Meyer, CD et al. Early Weight-Bearing After Fibula Free Flap Surgery. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024;150(2):127–132.
3. Cortina, L; Wu, M; Meyer, CD; Feng, A; Varvares, M; Deschler, D; Richmon, J; Lin, DT. Predictors of multiple pharyngoesophageal dilations and swallowing function following total laryngectomy and total laryngopharyngectomy. Accepted, Head and Neck, October 2023.
4. Cortina, L; Meyer, CD; Feng, A; Lin, DT; Deschler, D; Richmon, J; Varvares, M. Depth of resection predicts loss of tongue tip sensation after partial glossectomy in oral tongue cancer: A pilot study. Accepted, Oral Oncology October 2023.
5. Kim, M; Wu; M; Miller, L; Meyer, CD; Feng, A; Varvares, M; Deschler, D; Lin, D; Richmon, J. Early Weight Bearing After Fibula Free Flap Surgery Optimizes Postoperative Recovery. Under Review, JAMA – Head and Neck, October, 2023.
6. Meyer, CD; Wu, M; Miller, L; Mokhtari, T; Richmon, J. Robotic Thyroidectomy via Posterior Neck Approach using the Da Vinci Sp (Single Port) System. Accepted, Laryngoscope, September, 2023.
7. Holcomb, A; Rossman, E; White, A; Wagoner, L; Akhter, S, Gillespie, M; Meyer, C; Lindau, R; Panwar, A Osmolak, A; Militsakh, O; Lydiatt, W, Coughlin, A. Tracheostomy avoidance in flap reconstruction of the upper aerodigestive tract. Submitted Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery April 2023.
8. Wu MP, Miller LE, Meyer CD, Feng AL, Richmon JD. Online Searches Related to Total Laryngectomy. Laryngoscope. 2023 Mar 8. doi: 10.1002/lary.30643. Epub ahead of print.
9. Meyer C, Bresslour-Rashap É, Winters J, Riddick JB, Folsom C, Jardine D. Postoperative opioid protocol: A 5-year resident-led effort to standardize prescribing patterns. Am J Otolaryngol. 2023 Mar-Apr;44(2):103752.
10. Meyer, CD, Larson, AR, Richmon, JD, Holcomb, AJ. (2022). In J. Fagan (Ed.), Open Access Atlas of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck; Neck Operative Surgery (pp. 1–20). Creative Commons.
11. Hill, CJ; Meyer, CD; Anderson, D; McLean, J; Hao, Y; Lin, FC; Kimple, A; Capra, G. Burn Pit Exposure is Associated with Increased Sinonasal Disease. J Occup Environ Med. 2022 Aug 1;64(8):629-634
12. Hill, CJ, Meyer, CD, Elrod, L, Capra, G. COVID-19 Pre-Procedural Testing: What about the false positives? Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Jul;165(1):3-4.
13. Meyer, CD, Anderson, D, Dong, Z, Riddick, JB, Elrod, M, Ayala, MA. Prediction of thyroid hormone replacement following thyroid lobectomy: A long term retrospective study. OTO Open. 2021 Feb 16;5(1).
14. Meyer, CD, Winters, J, Brady, R, Riddick, JB, Folsom, C, Jardine, D. Impact of a Post-Operative Opioid Prescription Protocol: A Resident-Led Effort to Standardize Prescribing Patterns in a Multi-Subspecialty Academic Otolaryngology Department. Laryngoscope. 2020 Sep 7. Epub ahead of print.
15. Meyer CD, Capra GG, Strange RG, Weimerskirch BP, Santiago GF. Airway Management of COVID-19 Positive Patients Aboard USNS COMFORT Mission to New York City. J Craniofac Surg. 2020 Sep;31(6):e660-e661
16. Meyer, CD, Noda, F, Folsom, CR. Hybrid Surgical Simulator: A temporal bone surgical simulator validation study. Mil Med. 2020 Dec 30.
17. Meyer, CD, Winters, J, McLean, J, Torske, K, Santiago, G. Primary Dural Large B-Cell Lymphoma with Composite Polymethyl Methacrylate Cranial and Autologous Skull Reconstruction: A rare finding requiring unique reconstruction. Accepted for publication: Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, June 2020.
18. Meyer, CD, Hamersley, E, Torske, K, McIntyre, N, Mitchell, MC. “Olfactory Neuroblastoma with Carcinomatous Differentiation: An Unusual Histologic Finding In A Rare Tumor.” Head Neck Pathol. 2017 Feb 6.
19. Eliason M, Jardine D, Pelchy K, Meyer CD, and McIntyre N. The Incidence and Prevalence of Sleep Disordered Breathing in the Active Duty Military Population and Resulting Civilian Care Cost. Fed Pract. 2017 Feb;34(2):32-36.
20. Meyer, CD, Gallagher, DJ 3rd, McLeod, IK. Management of an intraoperative chyle leak: A case report and literature review. Mil Med. 2016. Sep;181(9).
21. Meyer, CD, Behm, NJ, Sklar, MJ. Adverse drug reactions to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in primary HIV: A case report and literature review. Case Reports in Infectious Disease. Epub 2015 Dec 21.

VIDEO PUBLICATIONS

1. Richmon, J; Meyer, CD. DaVinci Single Port (SP) Robotic Thyroidectomy. https://www.ahns.info/resources/education/video/. American Head and Neck Society. Accepted, September, 2023.
2. Meyer, CD; Richmon, J. Cancer of Unknown Primary with DaVinci Single Port (SP) Robot. https://www.ahns.info/resources/education/video/. American Head and Neck Society. Accepted, September, 2023.
3. Meyer, CD; Kim, M; Feng, A; Richmon, J. Spider Arm Surgical Limb Positioner for Head and Neck Surgery. https://www.ahns.info/resources/education/video/. American Head and Neck Society. Accepted, September, 2023.
4. Meyer, CD; Kim, M; Richmon, J. Scapula Tip Free Flap – Anterior Approach with Spider Arm Limb Positioner. https://www.ahns.info/resources/education/video/. American Head and Neck Society. Accepted, September, 2023.
5. Meyer, CD; Richmon, J. Thymic Cyst Excision with DaVinci Singe Port (SP) Robot. https://www.ahns.info/resources/education/video/. American Head and Neck Society. Accepted, September, 2023.