Samer Al-Khudari

Assistant Professor
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Rush University
United States of America

Professor Medicine
Biography

Samer Al-Khudari, MD, completed medical school at Rush Medical College, his residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the Henry Ford Health System, and his fellowship in head and neck oncology and microvascular surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Head and Neck Institute. Al-Khudari is board-certified with a clinical interest in head and neck cancer surgery, microvascular reconstruction of the head and neck (free-flap surgery), minimally invasive (robotic) head and neck surgery, thyroid cancer and goiters, and Zenker diverticulum. He belongs to several organizations, including the Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American Head and Neck Society, Michigan Otolaryngological Society, and the Syrian American Medical Society.

Research Intrest

His research interest includes Head and neck cancer, transoral robotic surgery outcomes, and quality of life.

List of Publications
Effect of human papillomavirus on patterns of distant metastatic failure in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy. Trosman SJ, Koyfman SA, Ward MC, Al-Khudari S, Nwizu T, Greskovich JF, Lamarre ED, Scharpf J, Khan MJ, Lorenz RR, Adelstein DJ, Burkey BB. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 May 1;141(5):457-62. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2015.136.
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Chemoradiation Therapy Versus Transoral Robotic Surgery for Human Papillomavirus-Associated, Clinical N2 Oropharyngeal Cancer. Sher DJ, Fidler MJ, Tishler RB, Stenson K, al-Khudari S. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Mar 1;94(3):512-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.11.006.
Utility of intraoperative frozen sections in surgical decision making for acute invasive fungal rhinosinusitis. Papagiannopoulos P, Lin DM, Al-Khudari S, Rajan K, Reddy S, Gattuso P, Tajudeen B, Batra PS. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2017 May;7(5):502-507. doi: 10.1002/alr.21918.