Joseph Paydarfar – Lebanon New Hampshire

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Dr. Paydarfar is Chief, Division of Otolaryngology, Audiology and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Associate Professor of Surgery - Otolaryngology at the Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth.  After obtaining his MD from Duke University he completed his residency in Otolaryngology at Washington University in St. Louis and Head and Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Fellowship at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia. His clinical interests are in head and neck oncologic and reconstructive surgery, trans-oral laser microsurgery, and trans-oral robotic surgery.  His research interests include minimally invasive approaches and surgical navigation in head and neck surgery.

1: Schaner PE, Williams BB, Chen EY, Pettus JR, Schreiber WA, Kmiec MM, Jarvis
LA, Pastel DA, Zuurbier RA, DiFlorio-Alexander RM, Paydarfar JA, Gosselin BJ,
Barth RJ, Rosenkranz KM, Petryakov SV, Hou H, Tse D, Pletnev A, Flood AB, Wood
VA, Hebert KA, Mosher RE, Demidenko E, Swartz HM, Kuppusamy P. First-In-Human
Study in Cancer Patients Establishing the Feasibility of Oxygen Measurements in
Tumors Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance With the OxyChip. Front Oncol. 2021
Oct 1;11:743256. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.743256. PMID: 34660306; PMCID:
PMC8517507.

2: COVIDSurg Collaborative. Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned
cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international,
prospective, cohort study. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Nov;22(11):1507-1517. doi:
10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00493-9. Epub 2021 Oct 5. PMID: 34624250; PMCID:
PMC8492020.

3: Bessen SY, Wu X, Sramek MT, Shi Y, Pastel D, Halter R, Paydarfar JA. Image-
guided surgery in otolaryngology: A review of current applications and future
directions in head and neck surgery. Head Neck. 2021 Aug;43(8):2534-2553. doi:
10.1002/hed.26743. Epub 2021 May 25. PMID: 34032338.

4: Kerr DA, Thompson LDR, Tafe LJ, Jo VY, Neyaz A, Divakar P, Paydarfar JA,
Pastel DA, Shirai K, John I, Seethala RR, Salgado CM, Deshpande V, Bridge JA,
Kashofer K, Brčić I, Linos K. Clinicopathologic and Genomic Characterization of
Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors of the Head and Neck: Highlighting a Novel
Fusion and Potential Diagnostic Pitfall. Am J Surg Pathol. 2021 Dec
1;45(12):1707-1719. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001735. PMID: 34001695.

5: Divakar P, Khan MJ, Polacco M, Kerr DA, Paydarfar JA. Spontaneous regression
of squamous cell carcinoma in the setting of dental infection and needle biopsy.
Clin Case Rep. 2020 Aug 4;8(10):1919-1923. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3024. PMID:
33088519; PMCID: PMC7562853.

6: Eisen EA, Wu X, Rees CA, Pastel DA, Paydarfar JA, Saunders JE. Tensor Veli
Palatinopexy as a Novel Treatment for Eustachian Tube Dysfunction: A Cadaveric
Feasibility Study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Mar;164(3):652-656. doi:
10.1177/0194599820952407. Epub 2020 Sep 8. PMID: 32894994.

7: Sramek M, Shi Y, Quintanilla E, Wu X, Ponukumati A, Pastel D, Halter R,
Paydarfar J. Tumor phantom for training and research in transoral surgery.
Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2020 Jul 16;5(4):677-682. doi:
10.1002/lio2.426. PMID: 32864438; PMCID: PMC7444757.

8: Byrd BK, Wirth DJ, Paydarfar JA, Tafe LJ, Samkoe KS, Paulsen KD, Davis SC.
Considerations for NIR-I and short-wave infrared (SWIR) fluorescence imaging
within a clinical operating room. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng. 2020
Feb;11222:11222T. doi: 10.1117/12.2543869. Epub 2020 Feb 24. PMID: 34744248;
PMCID: PMC8570453.

9: Ponukumati AS, Wu X, Kahng PW, Skinner J, Paydarfar JA, Halter RJ. A System
for Characterizing Intraoperative Force Distribution During Operative
Laryngoscopy. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2020 Sep;67(9):2616-2627. doi:
10.1109/TBME.2020.2966954. Epub 2020 Jan 16. PMID: 31976874.

10: Schartz D, Divakar P, Tafe L, Paydarfar J. Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the
petroclival bone: A case report and literature review. Surg Neurol Int. 2020 Jan
10;11:6. doi: 10.25259/SNI_415_2019. PMID: 31966925; PMCID: PMC6969381.

11: Wu X, Fels S, Paydarfar JA, Halter RJ, Sanchez CA, Kahng PW, Rees CA,
Ponukumati AS, Eisen EA, Pastel DA, Borgard H, Lloyd JE. Multi-modal Framework
for Image-guided Trans-oral Surgery with Intraoperative Imaging and Deformation
Modeling. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2019 Jul;2019:6975-6978. doi:
10.1109/EMBC.2019.8857322. PMID: 31947443; PMCID: PMC7385548.

12: Rees CA, Wu X, Eisen EA, Pastel DA, Halter RJ, Paydarfar JA. Radiation
exposure alters airway deformability and bony structure displacement during
laryngoscopy. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2019 Oct 22;4(6):609-616. doi:
10.1002/lio2.311. PMID: 31890878; PMCID: PMC6929586.

13: Kahng PW, Wu X, Ramesh NP, Pastel DA, Halter RJ, Paydarfar JA. Improving
target localization during trans-oral surgery with use of intraoperative
imaging. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2019 May;14(5):885-893. doi:
10.1007/s11548-018-01907-9. Epub 2019 Feb 7. PMID: 30730029.

14: Paydarfar JA, Wu X, Halter RJ. Initial experience with image-guided surgical
navigation in transoral surgery. Head Neck. 2019 Jan;41(1):E1-E10. doi:
10.1002/hed.25380. Epub 2018 Dec 16. PMID: 30556235; PMCID: PMC6339594.

15: Sudoko CK, Polacco MA, Gosselin BJ, Paydarfar JA. Diagnostic Value of
Lingual Tonsillectomy in Unknown Primary Head and Neck Carcinoma Identification
After a Negative Clinical Workup and Positron Emission Tomography-Computed
Tomography. Front Oncol. 2018 Apr 20;8:118. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00118. PMID:
29732318; PMCID: PMC5919999.

16: Wu X, Paydarfar JA, Halter RJ. Quantifying Anatomic Deformations During
Laryngoscopy. Ann Biomed Eng. 2018 Jun;46(6):912-925. doi:
10.1007/s10439-018-2006-x. Epub 2018 Mar 14. PMID: 29542051; PMCID: PMC6054306.

17: Chang J, Wu X, Kahng PW, Halter RJ, Paydarfar JA. Cadaver head holder for
transoral surgical simulation. Laryngoscope. 2018 Oct;128(10):2341-2344. doi:
10.1002/lary.27161. Epub 2018 Mar 14. PMID: 29536544.

18: Li SX, Polacco MA, Gosselin BJ, Harrington LX, Titus AJ, Paydarfar JA.
Management of the thyroid gland during laryngectomy. J Laryngol Otol. 2017
Aug;131(8):740-744. doi: 10.1017/S0022215117001244. Epub 2017 Jun 8. PMID:
28592347; PMCID: PMC5733063.

19: Polacco MA, Pintea AM, Gosselin BJ, Paydarfar JA. Parotidectomy using the
Harmonic scalpel: ten years of experience at a rural academic health center.
Head Face Med. 2017 May 11;13(1):8. doi: 10.1186/s13005-017-0141-5. PMID:
28490378; PMCID: PMC5426003.

20: Paydarfar JA, Gosselin BJ, Tietz AM. Improving Access to Head and Neck
Cancer Surgical Services through the Incorporation of Associate Providers.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 Nov;155(5):723-728. doi:
10.1177/0194599816647945. Epub 2016 May 17. PMID: 27188705.

21: Paydarfar JA, Wu X, Halter RJ. MRI- and CT-Compatible Polymer Laryngoscope:
A Step toward Image-Guided Transoral Surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016
Aug;155(2):364-6. doi: 10.1177/0194599816650176. Epub 2016 May 24. PMID:
27221570; PMCID: PMC6024185.

22: Paydarfar JA, Freed GL, Gosselin BJ. The anterolateral thigh fold-over flap
for total and subtotal glossectomy reconstruction. Microsurgery. 2016
May;36(4):297-302. doi: 10.1002/micr.30033. Epub 2016 Feb 16. PMID: 26880059.

23: Polacco MA, Ossoff J, Paydarfar J. Vallecular Varix: A Perplexing Cause of
Oral Cavity Bleeding. West J Emerg Med. 2015 Dec;16(7):1201-2. doi:
10.5811/westjem.2015.10.28598. Epub 2015 Dec 8. PMID: 26759685; PMCID:
PMC4703181.

24: Ran C, Tafe LJ, Paydarfar JA. Nontender Parotid Mass in a Young Asian Man.
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Aug;141(8):763-4. doi:
10.1001/jamaoto.2015.0956. PMID: 26042618.

25: Jenson EG, Baker M, Paydarfar JA, Gosselin BJ, Li Z, Black CC. MCM2/TOP2A
(ProExC) immunohistochemistry as a predictive marker in head and neck mucosal
biopsies. Pathol Res Pract. 2014 Jun;210(6):346-50. doi:
10.1016/j.prp.2014.02.003. Epub 2014 Feb 19. PMID: 24630889.

26: Erkmen CP, Wang H, Czum J, Paydarfar JA. Use of cervicothoracic anatomy as a
guide for directed drainage of descending necrotizing mediastinitis. Ann Thorac
Surg. 2012 Apr;93(4):1293-4. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.08.081. PMID:
22450079.

27: Maddox PT, Paydarfar JA, Davies L. Parotidectomy: a 17-year institutional
experience at a rural academic medical center. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2012
Feb;121(2):100-3. doi: 10.1177/000348941212100205. PMID: 22397218.

28: Paydarfar JA, Patel UA. Submental island pedicled flap vs radial forearm
free flap for oral reconstruction: comparison of outcomes. Arch Otolaryngol Head
Neck Surg. 2011 Jan;137(1):82-7. doi: 10.1001/archoto.2010.204. PMID: 21242553.

29: Maddox PT, Paydarfar JA, Black CC, Eskey CJ. Pathology quiz case 1. Basal
cell adenocarcinoma (BCAC) of a minor salivary gland. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck
Surg. 2010 Mar;136(3):310, 312-3. doi: 10.1001/archoto.2010.8-a. PMID: 20231656.

30: Khorsandi-Ashtiani MT, Hasibi M, Yazdani N, Paydarfar JA, Sadri F,
Mirashrafi F, Kouhi A. Auricular leishmaniasis mimicking squamous cell
carcinoma. J Laryngol Otol. 2009 Aug;123(8):915-8. doi:
10.1017/S0022215108003782. Epub 2008 Oct 28. PMID: 18954494.

31: Black C, Marotti J, Zarovnaya E, Paydarfar J. Critical evaluation of frozen
section margins in head and neck cancer resections. Cancer. 2006 Dec
15;107(12):2792-800. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22347. PMID: 17120195.

32: Paydarfar JA, Birkmeyer NJ. Complications in head and neck surgery: a meta-
analysis of postlaryngectomy pharyngocutaneous fistula. Arch Otolaryngol Head
Neck Surg. 2006 Jan;132(1):67-72. doi: 10.1001/archotol.132.1.67. PMID:
16415432.

33: Paydarfar JA, Paniello RC. Functional study of four neurotoxins as
inhibitors of post-traumatic nerve regeneration. Laryngoscope. 2001
May;111(5):844-50. doi: 10.1097/00005537-200105000-00016. PMID: 11359163.

34: Krol BJ, Righi PD, Paydarfar JA, Cheng ET, Smith RM, Lai DC, Bhargava V,
Piccirillo JF, Hayes JT, Lue AJ, Scher RL, Weisberger EC, Wilson KM, Tran LE,
Rizk N, Pellitteri PK, Terris DJ. Factors related to outcome of salvage therapy
for isolated cervical recurrence of squamous cell carcinoma in the previously
treated neck: a multi-institutional study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000
Oct;123(4):368-76. doi: 10.1067/mhn.2000.107680. PMID: 11020170.

35: Paydarfar D, Eldridge FL, Paydarfar JA. Phase resetting of the respiratory
oscillator by carotid sinus nerve stimulation in cats. J Physiol. 1998 Jan
15;506 ( Pt 2)(Pt 2):515-28. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.515bw.x. PMID:
9490875; PMCID: PMC2230724.

36: White LE, Andrews TJ, Hulette C, Richards A, Groelle M, Paydarfar J, Purves
D. Structure of the human sensorimotor system. II: Lateral symmetry. Cereb
Cortex. 1997 Jan-Feb;7(1):31-47. doi: 10.1093/cercor/7.1.31. PMID: 9023430.

37: White LE, Andrews TJ, Hulette C, Richards A, Groelle M, Paydarfar J, Purves
D. Structure of the human sensorimotor system. I: Morphology and
cytoarchitecture of the central sulcus. Cereb Cortex. 1997 Jan-Feb;7(1):18-30.
doi: 10.1093/cercor/7.1.18. PMID: 9023429.

38: Purves D, Paydarfar JA, Andrews TJ. The wagon wheel illusion in movies and
reality. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Apr 16;93(8):3693-7. doi:
10.1073/pnas.93.8.3693. PMID: 8622999; PMCID: PMC39674.