Penn Medicine Provider
Otorhinolaryngology
D. Gregory Farwell, MD, FACS
5.0
(289)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Perelman
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About me

  • Chair, Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
  • Gabriel Tucker Professor of Otorhinolaryngology

D. Gregory Farwell, MD, FACS, is Chair of Penn Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Farwell specializes in head and neck cancer surgery, thyroid/parathyroid surgery, advanced facial skin cancer surgery, and microvascular reconstruction.

As Chair of Penn Ear, Nose, and Throat, Dr. Farwell is committed to providing patients with compassionate, contemporary, evidence-based care, and significantly advancing the field of otorhinolaryngology to create the next gold standard in head and neck surgery.

Dr. Farwell has published well over 100 peer-reviewed papers and is a leader in the field of head and neck cancer surgery.  He has been invited to give over 300 presentations across the world on the best ways to treat and rehabilitate patients with cancer of the head and neck. 

Dr. Farwell sees patients at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine.

Education and training

  • Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis
  • Residency: Virginia Mason Medical Center
  • Residency: University of Washington

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

289 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

April 2025
5.0
5.0
dr farwell is fantastic and fabulous bedside manner
April 2025
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5.0
great doctor seems to care a lot about his patience good bedside manner period
March 2025
5.0
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professionalism
March 2025
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5.0
dr. farwell has amazing bedside manner and explains things very well and easy for me to understand.

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Farwell is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Gates JC, Abouyared M, Shnayder Y, Farwell DG, Day A, Alawi F, Moore M, Holcomb AJ, Birkeland A, Epstein J. Clinical Management Update of Oral Leukoplakia: A Review from the American Head and Neck Society Cancer Prevention Service , Head and Neck Pain: 2024

Yuan N, Hassan M, Ehrlich K, Weyers B, Biddle G, Ivanovic V, Raslan OA, Dui D, Abouyared M, Bewley AF, Birkeland AC, Farwell DG, Marcu L, Qi J. Early Detection of Lymph Node Metastasis Using Primary Head and Neck Cancer Computed Tomography and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging. , Diagnostics, 14(18): 2024,2097

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): 2024,335-341

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): 2023,103724

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): 2022,1211-1217

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

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): 2022,103508

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