Description of Research Expertise

Non-Invasive Image-Guided Surgery

Selected Publications

Candelo E, Farwell DG, et al: The Global Experience of Laryngeal Transplantation: Series of Eleven Patients in Three Continenta Laryngoscope : 2024.

Evangelista L, Nativ-Seltzer N, Bewley A, Birkeland AC, Abouyared M, Kuhn M, Cates DJ, Farwell DG, Belafsky P: Functional Laryngectomy and Quality of Life in Survivors of Head and Neck Cancer with Intractable Aspiration JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 150 (4): 335-341,2024.

Hassan MA, Weyers BW, Bec J, Fereridouni F, Qi J, Gui D, Bewley AF, Abouyared M, Farwell DG, Birkeland AC, Marcu L: Anatomy-Specific Classification Model Using Label-free FLIm to Aid Intraoperative Surgical Guidance of Head and Neck Cancer IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 12 : 2023.

Gerber BB, Chen J, Beliveau A, Farwell DG, Birkeland AC: Using the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 to improve depression screening in head and neck cancer patients Am J Otolaryngol 44 (2): 103724,2023.

Peckham M, Spencer HJ, Syed S, Armstrong WB, Farwell DG, Gal TJ, Goldenberg D, Russell MD, Solis RN, King D, Stack BC: Breast and thyroid cancer: A multicenter study with Accrual to Clinical Trials Network J Surg Oncol 125 (8): 1211-1217,2022.

Garber B, Beliveau A, Chen J, Birkeland A, Farwell DG, Abouyared M: Using the PHQ2/9 Questionnaire to Improve Depression Screening in Survivorship for Head and Neck Cancer Patients COSM, Dallas, TX : 2022.

Weyers BW, Birkeland AC, Marsden MA, Tam A, Bec J, Frusciante RP, Gui D, Bewley AF, Abouyared M, Marcu L, Farwell DG: Intraoperative delineation of p16+ oropharyngeal carcinoma of unknown primary origin with fluorescence lifetime imaging: Preliminary report Head Neck 44 (8): 1765-1776,2022.

Suresh NV, De Ravin E, Barrette LX, Prasad A, Romeo D, Ng J, Moreira A, Farwell DG, Rajasekaran K: Quality appraisal of clinical practice guidelines for the use of radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of thyroid nodules and cancer Am J Otolaryngol 43 (4): 103508,2022.

Evangelista L, Bewley AF, Birkeland AC, Abouyared M, Tavill TE, Kuhn MA, Farwell DG, Belafsky P: Self-reported Measures of Voice and Swallowing, Functional Oral Intake and Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer, Survivors Before and After Functional Laryngectomy for Intractable Aspiration ABEA Meeting at COSM, Dallas, TX : 2022.

Weyers BW, Hassan MA, Bec J, Tam AK, Gui D, Bewley AF, Abouyared M, Birkeland AC, Marcu L, Farwell DG: In Vivo Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology: A 92-Patient Study Demonstrating the Detection of Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Confirmation of Negative Margins AHNS Annual Meeting at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM), Dallas, TX : 2022.

Academic Contact Information

Gabriel Tucker Professor and Chair
Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street- 5 Ravdin
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-349-5383
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366