Practice Contact Information
Universidad de Antioquia- IPS Universitaria-Hospital Universitario San Vicente Fundacion
Calle 7 #39-107, Consultorio 1308.
Medellin
Antioquia
050021
Colombia
Phone: 42669633
Email: alvarosanabria@gmail.com
Web Site: https://cexca.com.co/
Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery
Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Research, Head and Neck Surgeon, Reconstructive Head & Neck Surgery
Biography/Statement
Full professor of Surgery. Department of Surgery. Universidad de Antioquia
Head and neck surgeon. IPS Universitaria- Hospital Universitario San Vicente Fundacion
Scientific Director. CEXCA Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades de Cabeza y Cuello
Clinical Trials
Bibliography
1: Mehanna H, Hardman JC, Shenson JA, Abou-Foul AK, Topf MC, AlFalasi M, Chan
JYK, Chaturvedi P, Chow VLY, Dietz A, Fagan JJ, Godballe C, Golusiński W, Homma
A, Hosal S, Iyer NG, Kerawala C, Koh YW, Konney A, Kowalski LP, Kraus D,
Kuriakose MA, Kyrodimos E, Lai SY, Leemans CR, Lennon P, Licitra L, Lou PJ,
Lyons B, Mirghani H, Nichols AC, Paleri V, Panizza BJ, Parente Arias P, Patel
MR, Piazza C, Rischin D, Sanabria A, Takes RP, Thomson DJ, Uppaluri R, Wang Y,
Yom SS, Zhu YM, Porceddu SV, de Almeida JR, Simon C, Holsinger FC.
Recommendations for head and neck surgical oncology practice in a setting of
acute severe resource constraint during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international
consensus. Lancet Oncol. 2020 Jun 11:S1470-2045(20)30334-X. doi:
10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30334-X. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32534633; PMCID:
PMC7289563.
2: Coca-Pelaz A, Shah JP, Hernandez-Prera JC, Ghossein RA, Rodrigo JP, Hartl DM,
Olsen KD, Shaha AR, Zafereo M, Suarez C, Nixon IJ, Randolph GW, Mäkitie AA,
Kowalski LP, Vander Poorten V, Sanabria A, Guntinas-Lichius O, Simo R, Zbären P,
Angelos P, Khafif A, Rinaldo A, Ferlito A. Papillary Thyroid Cancer-Aggressive
Variants and Impact on Management: A Narrative Review. Adv Ther. 2020 Jun 1.
doi: 10.1007/s12325-020-01391-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32488657.
3: Sanabria A, Shah JP, Medina JE, Olsen KD, Robbins KT, Silver CE, Rodrigo JP,
Suárez C, Coca-Pelaz A, Shaha AR, Mäkitie AA, Rinaldo A, de Bree R, Strojan P,
Hamoir M, Takes RP, Sjögren EV, Cannon T, Kowalski LP, Ferlito A. Incidence of
Occult Lymph Node Metastasis in Primary Larynx Squamous Cell Carcinoma, by
Subsite, T Classification and Neck Level: A Systematic Review. Cancers (Basel).
2020 Apr 24;12(4):1059. doi: 10.3390/cancers12041059. PMID: 32344717; PMCID:
PMC7225965.
4: Kowalski LP, Sanabria A, Ridge JA, Ng WT, de Bree R, Rinaldo A, Takes RP,
Mäkitie AA, Carvalho AL, Bradford CR, Paleri V, Hartl DM, Vander Poorten V,
Nixon IJ, Piazza C, Lacy PD, Rodrigo JP, Guntinas-Lichius O, Mendenhall WM,
D’Cruz A, Lee AWM, Ferlito A. COVID-19 pandemic: Effects and evidence-based
recommendations for otolaryngology and head and neck surgery practice. Head
Neck. 2020 Jun;42(6):1259-1267. doi: 10.1002/hed.26164. Epub 2020 Apr 15. PMID:
32270581; PMCID: PMC7262203.
5: Sanabria A. Experience with Active Surveillance of Thyroid Low-Risk Carcinoma
in a Developing Country. Thyroid. 2020 Feb 20. doi: 10.1089/thy.2019.0522. Epub
ahead of print. PMID: 31950887.
6: Nixon IJ, Shah JP, Zafereo M, Simo RS, Hay ID, Suárez C, Zbären P, Rinaldo A,
Sanabria A, Silver C, Mäkitie A, Vander Poorten V, Kowalski LP, Shaha AR,
Randolph GW, Ferlito A. The role of radioactive iodine in the management of
patients with differentiated thyroid cancer – An oncologic surgical perspective.
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2020 May;46(5):754-762. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2020.01.010. Epub
2020 Jan 9. PMID: 31952928.
7: Grisales J, Sanabria A. Utility of Routine Frozen Section of Thyroid Nodules
Classified as Follicular Neoplasm. Am J Clin Pathol. 2020 Jan 2;153(2):210-220.
doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqz152. PMID: 31732728.
8: Coca-Pelaz A, Rodrigo JP, Suárez C, Nixon IJ, Mäkitie A, Sanabria A, Quer M,
Strojan P, Bradford CR, Kowalski LP, Shaha AR, de Bree R, Hartl DM, Rinaldo A,
Takes RP, Ferlito A. The risk of second primary tumors in head and neck cancer:
A systematic review. Head Neck. 2020 Mar;42(3):456-466. doi: 10.1002/hed.26016.
Epub 2019 Nov 21. PMID: 31750595.
9: Restrepo S, Rojas S, Sanabria A. Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric
validation of the Patient Scar Assessment Questionnaire to the Spanish language
in head and neck surgery. Int Wound J. 2020 Feb;17(1):21-31. doi:
10.1111/iwj.13218. Epub 2019 Nov 3. PMID: 31680458.
10: Vartanian JG, Gonçalves Filho J, Kowalski LP, Shah JP, Suárez C, Rinaldo A,
De Bree R, Rodrigo JP, Hamoir M, Takes RP, Mäkitie AA, Zbären P, Andreasen S,
Poorten VV, Sanabria A, Hellquist H, Robbins KT, Bödeker CC, Silver C, Ferlito
A. An evidence-based analysis of the management of N0 neck in patients with
cancer of the parotid gland. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2019
Oct;19(10):899-908. doi: 10.1080/14737140.2019.1674143. Epub 2019 Oct 8. PMID:
31591950.
11: Zbären P, Shah JP, Randolph GW, Silver CE, Olsen KD, Shaha AR, Zafereo M,
Kowalski LP, Suarez C, Sanabria A, Vander Poorten V, Nixon I, Rinaldo A, Ferlito
A. Thyroid Surgery: Whose Domain Is It? Adv Ther. 2019 Oct;36(10):2541-2546.
doi: 10.1007/s12325-019-01048-8. Epub 2019 Aug 10. PMID: 31401787; PMCID:
PMC6822823.
12: Sanabria A, Rojas A, Arevalo J. Meta-analysis of routine calcium/vitamin D3
supplementation versus serum calcium level-based strategy to prevent
postoperative hypocalcaemia after thyroidectomy. Br J Surg. 2019
Aug;106(9):1126-1137. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11216. Epub 2019 Jun 25. PMID: 31236917.
13: Sanabria A, Kowalski LP, Nixon I, Angelos P, Shaha A, Owen RP, Suarez C,
Rinaldo A, Ferlito A; International Head and Neck Scientific Group.
Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
in Thyroidectomy: A Systematic Review. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Jun
1;145(6):563-573. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2019.0092. PMID: 30973598.
14: Kowalski LP, Sanabria A. Priority setting in head and neck oncology in low-
resource environments. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019
Jun;27(3):198-202. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000530. PMID: 30870186.
15: Bossi P, Alfieri S, Strojan P, Takes RP, López F, Mäkitie A, Saba NF,
Rodrigo JP, Bradford C, Suarez C, Zafereo M, Forastiere AA, Vermorken JB, Quer
M, Sanabria A, Simo R, de Bree R, Rinaldo A, Ferlito A. Prognostic and
predictive factors in recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous cell
carcinoma: A review of the literature. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2019
May;137:84-91. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.01.018. Epub 2019 Feb 13. PMID:
31014517.
16: de Bree R, Takes RP, Shah JP, Hamoir M, Kowalski LP, Robbins KT, Rodrigo JP,
Sanabria A, Medina JE, Rinaldo A, Shaha AR, Silver C, Suárez C, Bernal-
Sprekelsen M, Ferlito A. Elective neck dissection in oral squamous cell
carcinoma: Past, present and future. Oral Oncol. 2019 Mar;90:87-93. doi:
10.1016/j.oraloncology.2019.01.016. Epub 2019 Feb 10. PMID: 30846183.
17: Coca-Pelaz A, Halmos GB, Strojan P, de Bree R, Bossi P, Bradford CR, Rinaldo
A, Vander Poorten V, Sanabria A, Takes RP, Ferlito A. The role of age in
treatment-related adverse events in patients with head and neck cancer: A
systematic review. Head Neck. 2019 Jul;41(7):2410-2429. doi: 10.1002/hed.25696.
Epub 2019 Feb 9. PMID: 30737976.
18: Sanabria A, Rojas A, Arevalo J, Kowalski LP, Nixon I. Microscopically
positive surgical margins and local recurrence in thyroid cancer. A meta-
analysis. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2019 Aug;45(8):1310-1316. doi:
10.1016/j.ejso.2019.02.007. Epub 2019 Feb 7. PMID: 30795955.
19: López F, Suárez C, Vander Poorten V, Mäkitie A, Nixon IJ, Strojan P, Hanna
EY, Rodrigo JP, de Bree R, Quer M, Takes RP, Bradford CR, Shaha AR, Sanabria A,
Rinaldo A, Ferlito A. Contemporary management of primary parapharyngeal space
tumors. Head Neck. 2019 Feb;41(2):522-535. doi: 10.1002/hed.25439. Epub 2018 Dec
14. PMID: 30549361.
20: Kwon D, Genden EM, de Bree R, Rodrigo JP, Rinaldo A, Sanabria A, Rapidis AD,
Takes RP, Ferlito A. Overcoming wound complications in head and neck salvage
surgery. Auris Nasus Larynx. 2018 Dec;45(6):1135-1142. doi:
10.1016/j.anl.2018.03.008. PMID: 29692326.
21: Simó R, Nixon IJ, Vander Poorten V, Quer M, Shaha AR, Sanabria A, Alvarez
FL, Angelos P, Rinaldo A, Ferlito A. Surgical management of intrathoracic
goitres. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2019 Feb;276(2):305-314. doi:
10.1007/s00405-018-5213-z. Epub 2018 Nov 30. PMID: 30506185.
22: Tesseroli MAS, Spagnol M, Sanabria Á. Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy by
vestibular approach (TOETVA): initial experience in Brazil. Rev Col Bras Cir.
2018 Nov 14;45(5):e1951. Portuguese, English. doi: 10.1590/0100-6991e-20181951.
PMID: 30462826.
23: Sanabria A. Active Surveillance in Thyroid Microcarcinoma in a Latin-
American Cohort. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Oct 1;144(10):947-948.
doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2018.1663. PMID: 30178005; PMCID: PMC6233831.
24: Guntinas-Lichius O, Silver CE, Thielker J, Bernal-Sprekelsen M, Bradford CR,
De Bree R, Kowalski LP, Olsen KD, Quer M, Rinaldo A, Rodrigo JR, Sanabria A,
Shaha AR, Takes RP, Vander Poorten V, Zbären P, Ferlito A. Management of the
facial nerve in parotid cancer: preservation or resection and reconstruction.
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2018 Nov;275(11):2615-2626. doi:
10.1007/s00405-018-5154-6. Epub 2018 Sep 28. PMID: 30267218.
25: Gonçalves Filho J, Zafereo ME, Ahmad FI, Nixon IJ, Shaha AR, Vander Poorten
V, Sanabria A, Hefetz AK, Robbins KT, Kamani D, Randolph GW, Coca-Pelaz A, Simo
R, Rinaldo A, Angelos P, Ferlito A, Kowalski LP. Decision making for the central
compartment in differentiated thyroid cancer. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2018
Nov;44(11):1671-1678. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2018.08.005. Epub 2018 Aug 13. PMID:
30145001.
26: Chala AI, Vélez S, Sanabria A. The role of laryngectomy in locally advanced
thyroid carcinoma. Review of 16 cases. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 2018
Apr;38(2):109-114. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-1191. PMID: 29967549; PMCID:
PMC6028821.
27: Sanabria A, Sánchez D, Chala A, Alvarez A. Quality of life in patients with
larynx cancer in Latin America: Comparison between laryngectomy and organ
preservation protocols. Ear Nose Throat J. 2018 Mar;97(3):83-90. doi:
10.1177/014556131809700323. PMID: 29554402.
28: Sanabria A, Kowalski LP, Shah JP, Nixon IJ, Angelos P, Williams MD, Rinaldo
A, Ferlito A. Growing incidence of thyroid carcinoma in recent years: Factors
underlying overdiagnosis. Head Neck. 2018 Apr;40(4):855-866. doi:
10.1002/hed.25029. Epub 2017 Dec 5. PMID: 29206325; PMCID: PMC5849517.
29: Shaha AR, Silver CE, Angelos P, Nixon IJ, Rodrigo JP, Sanabria A, Vander
Poorten V, Williams MD, Rinaldo A, Ferlito A. The central compartment – Center
of controversy, confusion, and concern in management of differentiated thyroid
cancer. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2017 Nov;43(11):1981-1984. doi:
10.1016/j.ejso.2017.08.001. Epub 2017 Aug 12. PMID: 28916416.
30: Quer M, Vander Poorten V, Takes RP, Silver CE, Boedeker CC, de Bree R,
Rinaldo A, Sanabria A, Shaha AR, Pujol A, Zbären P, Ferlito A. Surgical options
in benign parotid tumors: a proposal for classification. Eur Arch
Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 Nov;274(11):3825-3836. doi: 10.1007/s00405-017-4650-4.
Epub 2017 Jun 21. PMID: 28639060.