John Sealy Hospital, Galveston, TX
The Center for Cancers of the Head and Neck at the University of Texas Medical Branch brings together our comprehensive cancer care resources, allowing our physicians to deliver world-class care to patients with tumors of the head and neck.
State of the art care such as ours, although efficient at managing these challenging diseases, still fails to produce a cure for more than 40% of patients. Because of this simple fact, our faculty engages in aggressive research with the hope it will improve early diagnosis and treatment outcomes for our patients.
Dedicated doctors
Specifically, members of our team are pursuing investigations into the molecular biology of oncogene mutations in head and neck cancer, the molecular mechanisms important for lymphatic metastasis, and development of novel peptide compounds with activity against this disease. Furthermore, we have active clinical trials assessing the effects of novel drugs on the effects of radiation and the collection of tumor samples for the assessment of novel tumor markers which may help expedite future drug studies.
Other clinical studies at our center focus on assessing swallowing outcomes associated with radiation and surgery treatments for these tumors. We expect that better understanding of the effects of therapy on swallowing function will help develop modifications that may improve this important functional outcome.
Qualified surgical team
Funding this important work is always a challenge, one that has become even greater in recent times given the dwindling sources of federal funds for research. Increasingly, it is the generous gifts we receive from our patients, patients' families, and community that fuel our efforts. It is for this reason, that I encourage you to browse our research link to learn a bit more about the efforts we are applying to forward care for patients with these difficult diseases.
I encourage you to become a part of our team by making a contribution to help defray the cost of this important work. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or suggestions.
Vicente A. Resto, MD, PhD, FACS
UTMB has excellent specialists in the following areas:
Cutaneous Oncology
Richard Wagner, Jr., MD
Department of Otolaryngology
Medical School
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY
Internship
Westchester County Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Residency
Internal Medicine – Winthrop University Hospital
Dermatology – Boston University/Tufts University
Fellowship
Moh's Micrographic Surgery
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Board Certification
Internal Medicine and Dermatology
Head and Neck Surgery
Susan McCammon, MD
Head and Neck Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology
Medical School
University of Alabama
School of Medicine
Internship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Residency
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fellowship
Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Board Certification
Otolaryngology
Michael Underbrink, MD, MBA
Department of Otolaryngology
Medical School
University of Texas Medical School
Houston, Texas
Internship
University of Texas Medical Branch
General Surgery
Residency
University of Texas Medical Branch
Otolaryngology
Fellowship
University of Washington
Clinical Laryngology
Board Certification
Otolaryngology
Internal Medicine
Nitza Cintron, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Associate Medical Director,
Harborside Medical Group
Internal Medicine Bio
Medical School
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Internship
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Residency
Internal Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Board Certification
Internal Medicine
Medical Oncology
Avi Markowitz, MD
Bill and Louise Bauer Distinguished Chair,
in Cancer Research
Professor and Chief,
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Associate Director of Experimental Therapeutics
Department Head of the
Office of Oncology Clinical Trials,
UTMB Comprehensive Cancer Center
Internal Medicine Bio
Medical School
University of California
San Francisco
Internship
University of California
San Diego
Residency
University of California
San Diego
Fellowship
Cancer Research Institute
University of California
San Francisco
Board Certification
Internal Medicine
Medical Oncology
Maurice Willis, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Internal Medicine
Associate Director, UTMB Cancer Center over
Cancer Clinical Operations
Director, Hematology/Oncology Clinic
Director, Diversity for Internal Medicine
Program Director, Oncology Fellowship Program
Internal Medicine Bio
Medical School
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Internship
University of Texas Medical Branch
Residency
University of Texas Medical Branch
Fellowship
Medical Oncology
University of Texas Medical Branch
Board Certification
Internal Medicine
Medical Oncology
Neurosurgery
Joel Patterson, MD
Department of Otolaryngology
Medical School
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Internship
University of Texas Medical Branch
Department of Surgery
Residency
University of Texas Medical Branch
Division of Neurosurgery
Board Certification
Neurological Surgery
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Roger Throndson, DDS
Department of Otolaryngology
Dental School
University of Iowa
College of Dentistry
Iowa City, Iowa
Board Certification
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
Pathology
Eduardo Eyzaguirre, MD
Department of Otolaryngology
Medical School
Cayetano Heredia University
Lima, Peru
Residency
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
Fellowship
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Board Certification
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Suimin Qiu, MD, PhD
Department of Otolaryngology
Medical School
Xi'an Medical University
Xi'an, P.R. China
Residency
Department of Hepato-Biliary Surgery
Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, P.R. China
Department of Pathology
University of Texas Medical Branch
Fellowship
Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
M.D.Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Board Certification
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Radiation Oncology
Fernando Cesani, MD
Department of Otolaryngology
Medical School
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Internship
Staten Island Hospital
Staten Island, New York
Residency
Internal Medicine, University of Puerto Rico
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch
Fellowship
Nuclear Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
Board Certification
Nuclear Medicine & Radiology
Gregory Chaljub, MD
Department of Otolaryngology
Medical School
Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Residency
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas - Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas - Neuroradiology
Board Certification
Radiology
Neuroradiology
Radiology
Roy Riascos-Castaneda MD
Department of Otolaryngology
Medical School
Escuela Colombiana de Medicina
Colombia
Internship
Medical Intern Universidad El Bosque
Colombia
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusets
Residency
Hospital de San Jose
Bogota, Colombia
Fellowship
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
Board Certification
Diagnostic Radiology
Neuroradiology
Reconstructive Surgery
Vicente Resto, MD, PhD, FACS
Department of Otolaryngology
Medical School
Johns Hopkins University
Internship
Massachusetts General Hospital
Residency
Harvard University
Fellowship
Massachusets Eye & Ear Infirmary
Board Certification
Otolaryngology
Tammara Watts, MD, PhD
Department of Otolaryngology
Medical School
University of Maryland
Internship
Medical College of Georgia
Otolaryngology
Residency
Medical College of Georgia
Otolaryngology
Fellowship
Oregon Health and Science University
Microvascular and Facial Plastics
Reconstructive Surgery
Board Certification
American Board of Otolaryngology
Speech Language Pathology
Marte Hersey, MA, CCC-SLP
Department of Otolaryngology
Education
B.S. Speech Pathology
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan
M.A. Communication Disorders
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Michigan
Board Certification
American Speech Language Hearing Assoc.
Speech Language Pathology
Mandi Soltani, MCD, CCC-SLP
Department of Otolaryngology
Education
B.S. Speech Pathology and Audiology
Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville, Illinois
Master of Communication Disorders
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
Board Certification
American Speech Language Hearing Assoc.
Speech Language Pathology
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