Cummings Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Surgery
Seventh Edition
Paul W. Flint MD, FACS
Professor and Chair, Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
Howard W. Francis MD, MBA, FACS
Richard Hall Chaney Sr. Professor and Chair, Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
Bruce H. Haughey MBChB, MD, FACS, FRACS
Medical Director, Oncology, Advent Health Celebration, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Advent Health Medical Group, Orlando, Florida
Collaborative Professor, Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery, Morsani School of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Adjunct Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Auckland Faculty of Health Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand
Marci M. Lesperance MD
Professor, Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery
Chief, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Valerie J. Lund CBE, MBBS, MS, FRCS, FRCS(Ed), FACS(Hon)
Professor Emeritus, Rhinology and Anterior Skull Base Surgery, University College London and Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital London, UCLH, London, United Kingdom
K. Thomas Robbins MD
Professor Emeritus, Division of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery
Executive Director Emeritus, Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU
Simmons Endowed Chair of Excellence in Oncology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois
J. Regan Thomas MD
Professor, Facial Plastic Surgery, Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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Contributors
Dunia Abdul-Aziz MD
Instructor
Department of Otolaryngology
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Boston, Massachusetts
Waleed M. Abuzeid MD
Clinical Instructor
Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery
Stanford Sinus Center
Palo Alto, California
Meredith E. Adams MD, MS
Associate Professor
Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Peter A. Adamson OOnt, MD, FRCS(C), FACS
Professor, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Edem S. Agamah MD, MS
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Department of Internal Medicine
Southern Illinois School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois
Yuri Agrawal MD
Associate Professor
Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Faisal I. Ahmad MD
Fellow
Head and Neck Surgery
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Mostafa M. Ahmed MD
Assistant Professor
Carl R Darnall Army Medical Center
Fort Hood, Texas
Seth A. Akst MD, MBA
Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Physician
TeamHealth Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Washington, DC
W. Greer Albergotti MD
Assistant Professor, Head and Neck Surgery
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia
Sheri L. Albers DO, FAOCR
Director
Radiology Research and Consultation
Sacramento, California
Clint T. Allen MD
Associate Professor
Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Abdulmalik S. Alsaied MD
Otolaryngologist
Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia
King Fahd University Hospital
Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Mohamedkazim Alwani MD
Resident Surgeon
Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana
Jennifer Christy Alyono MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Carryn Anderson MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa
William B. Armstrong MD
Professor and Chair
Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery