Research Report: Resident Research Projects

Daniel Ballard, MD

• Development and Assessment of the Cochlea Otorrhea Aeration Cholesteatoma Happiness Score
• Surgical Management of Sialorrhea – Systematic Review

Rahul Gulati, MD

• Neonatal Ear Molding
• Postoperative Level of Care Following Head and Neck Microvascular Free-Flap Reconstruction, Systematic Review with Meta-analysis
• Randomized clinical control trial comparing the effects of a steroid eluting implant versus triamcinolone-impregnated carboxymethylcellulose foam on the postoperative clinic experience in patients that underwent functional endoscopic surgery for nasal polyposis
• Nutritional Issues and Head and Neck Cancer
• Outcomes of Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery for Clival Chondrosarcomas, a Systematic Review

Sandra Ho, MD

• Prospective Validation of the COACH score: A Novel Chronic Ear Grading System

Hunter Hopkins, MD

• ACE inhibitor prescribing habits of a providers serving a predominantly Afro-Caribbean population

Rachel Irizarry, MD

• Risk assessment in major head and neck oncology surgery. 
• Utility of post-treatment in PET/CT in HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: A systematic review with metanalysis
• Comparison of outcomes for total thyroidectomy in patients with Graves’ disease and patients with multinodular goiters.

Jennifer Liang, MD

• Comparison of Outcomes of Patients with and without Graves’ Disease Undergoing Total Thyroidectomy for Non-malignant Reasons.
• Risk Assessment in Major Oncologic Head and Neck Surgery. 
• Trends in Free-Flap Salvage and Management in Otolaryngology
• Organized Hematoma of the Maxillary Sinus: A Case Report.

Ankit Kansal, MD

• Increased survival in DBA/2J audiogenic seizure-prone mice after oxygen enrichment during specific seizure phases and the impact of a tracheal implant serving as a surrogate airway.

Fasil Mathews, MD

• Post-Treatment PET/CT in HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer

Prayag Patel, MD

• Immediate post-operative outcomes of tracheostomy in adults and children and its implications for a quality initiative.

Sam Schild, MD

• Otolaryngologists’ Attitudes Towards In-Office Pediatric Tympanostomy Tube Placement 

Daniel Sukato, MD

• Submental artery island flap vs free flap in head and neck reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ryan Tabtabai, MD

• Analysis of Anosmia during the Covid19 Pandemic

Stephanie Tominaga, MD

• Postoperative Respiratory Complications after Adenotonsillectomy in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Alisa Timashpolsky, MD

• Free-Flap Salvage and Management - A Survey Study
• Postoperative Respiratory Complications after Adenotonsillectomy in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Systematic Review: Surgical Management of Sialorrhea
• Management of Type 1 Posterior Laryngeal Clefts – A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Michael Weber, MD

• Case Series of Adult onset Auditory neuropathy, Michael Weber, MD, Sam Schild, MD, Matthew Hanson, MD. Accepted for poster presentation at AAO-HNS
• Present Impact of Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy on seizure incidence in co-morbidity OSA and epilepsy.

Derek Wu, MD

• Elevated levels of calpain 14 in nasal tissue of chronic rhinosinusitis
• Impact of adenotonsillectomy on homework performance in children