Professor
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, United States
Mihir R. Patel, MD, is a professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Patel completed fellowship training in transoral robotic surgery (TORS) at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to receiving TORS training, Dr. Patel completed a fellowship in minimally invasive, endoscopic skull base surgery at The Ohio State University Skull Base Center.
As an active member within the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS), Dr. Patel is honored to serve on the TORS committee responsible for developing the curriculum for head and neck fellows. This course focuses on the nuances of TORS, including patient selection, intra-operative decision making, and managing complications..
Dr. Patel's area of interest includes clinical trials that advance personalized cancer care. He currently serves on the National Cancer Institute Previously Untreated Locally Advanced Committee as a surgical expert and is an active member of the ECOG-ACRIN head and neck committee where he has helped developed national trials, and participated in the pivotal ECOG-ACRIN 3311 human papillomavirus (HPV) oropharyngeal de-escalation trial.
In addition, Dr. Patel has helped develop a trial based on circulating tumor DNA levels that may reduce the adjuvant radiation dose by 60% after TORS for HPV-driven oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. In part, this trial stemmed from the knowledge gained working with Dr. Rafi Ahmed's laboratory at the Emory Vaccine Center to better understand the immune system in the setting of HPV. Dr. Patel and colleagues Dr. Nabil Saba and Dr. Ahmed are in the process of developing a trial that incorporates immunotherapy prior to TORS to evaluate the immune response..
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Radiologic Findings of Occult Nodal Metastasis During Clinically N0 Salvage Laryngectomy
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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