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Eric M. Genden, MD, MHCA, FACS is a
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head and neck cancer surgeon at the
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and
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in New York City. where he serves as the Isidore Friesner Professor and Chairman of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and Professor of
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and
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. According to hi
biography at Mount Sinai
Genden's professional titles also include Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, He is Executive Vice President of
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, and Director of the Head and Neck Institute at the Mount Sinai Health System.


Education

Genden received his B.A. degree from
Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
in 1987 and graduated from
Mount Sinai School of Medicine The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS or Mount Sinai), formerly the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, is a private medical school in New York City. It is the academic teaching arm of the Mount Sinai Health System, which manages eigh ...
in 1992 where he obtained his MD degree with Distinction in Research, and
Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
School of Public Health with a Masters in
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. His residency training at Washington University and
Barnes-Jewish Hospital Barnes-Jewish Hospital is the largest hospital in the U.S. state of Missouri. Located in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, it is the adult teaching hospital for the Washington University School of Medicine and a major component of ...
in St. Louis.


Career

Genden's expertise is in
thyroid The thyroid, or thyroid gland, is an endocrine gland in vertebrates. In humans it is in the neck and consists of two connected lobes. The lower two thirds of the lobes are connected by a thin band of tissue called the thyroid isthmus. The thy ...
,
parathyroid Parathyroid glands are small endocrine glands in the neck of humans and other tetrapods. Humans usually have four parathyroid glands, located on the back of the thyroid gland in variable locations. The parathyroid gland produces and secretes par ...
surgery, head and neck
cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...
surgery, and airway reconstruction. Memberships include the New York Head and Neck Society, American Head and Neck Society, American Board of Facial
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and Reconstructive Surgery, and the
American Broncho-Esophagological Association The American Broncho-Esophagological Association (ABEA) was founded in 1917 by Chevalier Jackson,AD Boyd. Chevalier Jackson: the father of American bronchoesophagoscopy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 57, 502-505 the well-known American otolar ...
. In 2006, Genden performed the first jaw transplant using the patient's jaw and bone marrow. Genden has authored six textbooks on oncology and microvascular head and neck reconstruction. He published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and co-authored a chapter about facial transplantation in for Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America. He served as a co-investigator on more than 15 clinical trials. He graduated from Brooks School in 1983 and received the Distinguished Brooksian Recipient Award in 2018, and is a contributing editor at the
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's ''JAMAevidence''.


Research

A partial list of Genden's research areas include the debate between
hemithyroidectomy A thyroidectomy is an operation that involves the surgical removal of all or part of the thyroid gland. In general surgery, endocrine or head and neck surgeons often perform a thyroidectomy when a patient has thyroid cancer or some other condit ...
or total thyroidectomy for well-differentiated stage T2 tumors; he has studied as well as written about palliative care for patients with head and neck cancer; and the role of human papillomavirus status in recurrent and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.


Publications


Books

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Publications

*''A rare prevertebral ordinary lipoma presenting as obstructive sleep apnea: computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings.'' Eloy JA, Carneiro E, Vibhute P, Genden EM, Bederson JB, Som PM. " '' Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg'' 2008 Sep. *''Oral squamous cell carcinoma: histologic risk assessment, but not margin status, is strongly predictive of local diseasefree and overall survival.'' Brandwein-Gensler M, Teixeira MS, Lewis CM, Lee B, Rolnitzky L, Hille JJ, Genden E, Urken ML, Wang BY. '' Am J Surg Pathol'' 2005 *''Treatment considerations for head and neck cancer in the elderly''. Genden EM, Rinaldo A, Shaha AR, Clayman GL, Werner JA, Suarez C, Ferlito A. ''J Laryngol Otol'', 2005 *''Reepithelialized orthotopic tracheal allografts expand memory cytotoxic T lymphocytes but show no evidence of chronic rejection.'' Cleven HA, Genden EM, Moran TM. ''Transplantation'', 2005 *''Is there a role for selective neck dissection after chemoradiation for head and neck cancer?'' Robbins KT, Ferlito A, Suarez C, Brizel DM, Bradley PJ, Pellitteri PK, Clayman GL, Kowalski LP, Genden EM, Rinaldo A. ''J Am Coll Surg'', 2004 *''Pharyngocutaneous fistula following laryngectomy.'' Genden EM, Rinaldo A, Shaha AR, Bradley PJ, Rhys-Evans PH, Ferlito A. '' Acta Otolaryngol'', 2004 *''Primary sphenoid sinus esthesioneuroblastoma.'' Morris L, Govindaraj S, Genden EM. ''Am J Otolaryngol'', 2004 *''Complications of free flap transfers for head and neck reconstruction following cancer resection.'' Genden EM, Rinaldo A, Suarez C, Wei WI, Bradley PJ, Ferlito A. ''Oral Oncol'', 2004 *''Effect of fibrin matrix and vascular endothelial growth factor on reepithelialization of orthotopic murine tracheal transplants.'' Govindaraj S, Gordon R, Genden EM. ''Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol'', 2004 *''Reconstruction of the hard palate with the radial forearm free flap: Outcomes and Quality of Life.'' Wallace D, Genden EM, Urken ML. ''Head and Neck'', 2004 *''Sensory topography of the oral cavity and the impact of free flap reconstruction: A preliminary study.'' Zur KB, Genden EM, Urken ML. ''Head and Neck'', 2004 *''Prediction of Postoperative Hypocalcemia after Thyroid Surgery using a Rapid Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Assay.'' Mandell DL, Genden EM, Mechanick JI, Bergman DA, Urken ML. '' Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg'', 2004


References


External links


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