Practice Contact Information
Boston Medical Center
Suite 1500
Boston
MA
02118
United States
Phone: 617-414-4838
Email: andrew.salama@bmc.org
Web Site: https://www.bmc.org/oral-cancer
Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery
Head and Neck Surgeon, Oral Surgeon, Reconstructive Head & Neck Surgery
Biography/Statement
Dr. Salama obtained his DDS and MD degrees from the University of Maryland School of Dental Medicine and School of Medicine respectively. He completed his OMFS training at the University of Maryland in 2005, and joined the faculty at the University of Maryland Medical Center following the completion of a Fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology and Reconstruction in 2007. His primary clinical interests include treatment of head and neck malignancies and tumors, microvascular reconstruction and surgical management of craniofacial trauma.
He has a commitment to teaching on many levels and is the current residency program director at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine. His current clinical research involves evaluating bone healing following reconstruction of the mandible with microvascular free tissue transfer and SEER based outcomes for head and neck cancer. He has published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature and has written several textbook chapters. He has traveled nationally and internationally to present abstracts and research.
Clinical Trials
Bibliography
KIRKE DN, QURESHI MM, KAMRAN SC, EZZAT W, JALISI S, SALAMA A, EVERETT PC, TRUONG MT. ROLE OF ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY IN T4N0 STAGE IV HEAD AND NECK CANCER: A NATIONAL CANCER DATABASE ANALYSIS. HEAD NECK. 2018 FEB 8.
ALSAGER SF, TASHKANDI MM, KARTHA VK, YANG YT, ALKHERIJI Y, SALAMA A, VERELAS X, KUKURAZINSKA M, MONTI S, BAIS MV. INHIBITION OF LSD1 EPIGENETICALLY ATTENUATES ORAL CANCER GROWTH AND METASTASIS.ONCOTARGET 2017. JUL 27; 8 (43). 73372-73386
PYNNONEN MA, GILLESPIE MB, ROMAN B, ROSENFELD RM, TUNKEL DE, BONTEMPO L, BROOK I, CHICK DA, COLANDREA M, FINESTONE SA, FOWLER JC, GRIFFITH CC, HENSON Z, LEVINE C, MEHTA V, SALAMA A, SCHARPF J, SHATZKES DR, STERN WB, YOUNGERMAN JS, CORRIGAN MD. CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE: EVALUATION OF NECK MASS IN ADULTS OTOLARYNGOL HEAD NECK SURG. 2017 SEP; 157(3):355-371.
KAMRAN SC, QURESHI MM, JALISI S, SALAMA A, GRILLONE G, TRUONG MT.PRIMARY SURGERY-VERSUS PRIMARY RADIATION-BASED TREATMENT FOR LOCALLY ADVANCED OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER. LARYNGOSCOPE 2017 OCT 8, 1-12.
GIACALONE NJ, QURESHI MM, MAK KS, KIRKE D, PATEL SA, SHAH BA, SALAMA AR, JALISI S, TRUONG MT.ADJUVANT CHEMORADIATION DOES NOT IMPROVE SURVIVAL IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH HIGH-RISK RESECTED HEAD AND NECK CANCER. LARYNGOSCOPE. 2017 AUG 21, 1-10.
RUBIN SJ, KIRKE DN, EZZAT WH, TRUONG MT, SALAMA AR, JALISI S., MARITAL STATUS AS A PREDICTOR OF SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS-POSITIVE OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER. AM J OTOLARYNGOLOGY 2017 Nov – Dec; 38(6):654-659.
SHAPIRO MC, RAO SR, DEAN J,SALAMA AR. WHAT A SHAME: INCREASED RATES OF OMS RESIDENT BURNOUT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FREQUENCY OF SHAMED EVENTS DURING TRAINING., THE JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. 2017 Mar; 75(3):449-457
HAH BA, QURESHI MM, JALISI S, GRILLONE G, SALAMA A, COOLEY T, ZANER K, SAKAI O, TRUONG ANALYSIS OF DECISION MAKING AT A MULTIDISCIPLINARY HEAD AND NECK TUMOR BOARD INCORPORATING EVIDENCE-BASED NATIONAL CANCER COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK (NCCN) GUIDELINES.PRACT RADIAT ONCOL. 2016 Jul-Aug; 6(4):248-54
JESIN M, RASHEWSKY S, SHAPIRO M, TOBLER W, AGARWAL S, BURKE P, SALAMA A. PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY, HOSPITAL UTILIZATION, AND THE ROLE OF RACE IN OUTCOMES IN HEAD AND NECK TRAUMA.ORAL SURG ORAL MED ORAL PATHOL ORAL RADIOL. 2016 JAN; 121(1):12-6.
NORRIS O, MEHRA P, SALAMA A. MAXILLOFACIAL GUNSHOT INJURIES AT AN URBAN LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER – A TEN YEAR ANALYSIS. THE JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. 2015 Aug; 73(8):1532-9
SHAPIRO MC, WONG B, O’BRIEN MJ, SALAMA A., MANDIBULAR DESTRUCTION SECONDARY TO INVASION BY CARCINOMA CUNICULATUM. THE JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. Dec; 73(12):2343-51.
MCCLURE SA, MOVAHED R, SALAMA A, ORD RA MAXILLOFACIAL METASTASES: A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF ONE INSTITUTION’S 15-YEAR EXPERIENCE.THE JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. 2013 JAN; 71(1):178-88.
SÖNMEZ TT, PRESCHER A, SALAMA A, KANATAS A, ZOR F, MITCHELL D, ZAKER SHAHRAK A, KARAALTIN MV, KNOBE M, KÜLAHCI Y, ALTUNTAS SH, GHASSEMI A, HÖLZLE F.COMPARATIVE CLINICOANATOMICAL STUDY OF ILIUM AND FIBULA AS TWO COMMONLY USED BONY DONOR SITES FOR MAXILLOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION.BR J ORAL MAXILLOFAC SURG. 2013 Dec; 51(8):736-41
ZHANG T, LUBEK JE, SALAMA A,DYALRAM D, LIU X, ORD RA. TREATMENT OF CT1N0M0 TONGUE CANCER: OUTCOME AND PROGNOSTIC PARAMETERS.THE JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. 2014 Feb; 72(2):406-14.
ORD RA, SALAMA AR. IS IT NECESSARY TO RESECT BONE FOR LOW-GRADE MUCOEPIDERMOID CARCINOMA OF THE PALATE?BR J ORAL MAXILLOFAC SURG. 2012 DEC;50(8):712-4
ZHANG T, LUBEK J, SALAMA A,CACCAMESE J, COLETTI D, DYALRAM D, ORD R. VENOUS ANASTOMOSES USING A MICROVASCULAR COUPLER IN FREE FLAP HEAD AND NECK RECONSTRUCTION. THE JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY JULY 2014 Feb; 72(2):406-14.
JHAM, BC, SALAMA AR, MCCLURE SA, ORD RA. METATSTATIC TUMORS TO THE ORAL CAVITY: A CLINICAL STUDY OF 18 CASES. HEAD NECK PATHOL. 2011 Dec; 5(4):355-8.
LUBEK, J, EL-HAKIM M, SALAMA AR, LIU X, ORD RA: GINGIVAL CARCINOMA-RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF 72 PATIENTS AND INDICATIONS FOR ELECTIVE NECK DISSECTION.BRITISH JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, 2011 Apr; 49(3):182-5
SALAMA A. SCHEPER, M. METASTATIC NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMAS TO THE ORAL CAVITY AND MAJOR SALIVARY GLANDS-A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY AND METASTATIC DISEASE. ORAL SURGERY, ORAL MEDICINE, ORAL RADIOLOGY AND ENDODONTICS 2009, AUG 108 (2) 242-7.
SALAMA A, MCCLURE S, ORD RA, PAZOKI A. FREE FLAP COMPLICATIONS AND FAILURES IN AN AMERICAN ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY UNIT. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. Oct; 38(10):1048-51.
SCHEPER MA, BADROS A, SALAMA AR, WARBURTON G, CULLEN KJ, WEIKEL DS, MEILLER TF. A NOVEL BIOASSSY MODEL TO DETERMINE CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT BISPHOSPHONATE LEVELS. SUPPORT CARE CANCER, 2009, AUG 4, 1553-7.
E MURANO, M STONE, X LIU, AR SALAMA,R GULLAPALLI, RA ORD, J PRINCE. COMPENSATORY TONGUE PATTERNS IN GLOSSECTOMY PATIENTS. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 123(5): 3321, 2008.
DOMENICK P COLETTI, AR SALAMA, JOHN F CACCAMESE, APPLICATION OF INTERMAXILLARY FIXATION SCREWS IN MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA, THE JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. 2007 Sep;65(9):1746-50
BADROS A, WEIKEL D, SALAMA A, GOLOUBEVA O, SCHNEIDER A, RAPOPORT A, FENTON R, GAHRES N, SAUSVILLE E, ORD R, MEILLER T. OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAW IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS: CLINICAL FEATURES AND RISK FACTORS.J CLIN ONCOL. 2006 FEB 20; 24(6):945-52
NIKITAKIS NG, SALAMA AR, O’MALLEY BW JR, ORD RA, PAPADIMITRIOU JC.MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL PRIMITIVE NEUROECTODERMAL TUMOR-PERIPHERAL NEUROEPITHELIOMA OF THE HEAD AND NECK: A CLINICOPATHOLOGIC STUDY OF FIVE CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.HEAD NECK. 2003 JUN; 25(6):488-98.
HENDERSON JM, BERGMAN S, SALAMA AR, KOTERWAS G, MANAGEMENT OF THE ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY PATIENT WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA2001, APR: 59 (4), 421-7.
HENDERSON JM, SALAMA AR, BLANCHAERT RH, MANAGEMENT OF AURICULAR HEMATOMA USING A THERMOPLASTIC SPLINT, ARCHIVES OF OTO HEAD AND NECK SURGERY 2000, JUL 126 (7): 880-890.
SALAMA AR, SHAPIRO M.MARGIN ANALYSIS: SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE ORAL CAVITY. ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA, 2017 AUG; 29(3): 259-267.
SALAMA AR, SAKELLARIOU T, THE CERVICOFACIAL ADVANCEMENT FLAP,ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA, 2014: 389-400.
NADERSHAH M, SALAMA AR. REMOVAL OF MAJOR SALIVARY GLANDS. ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA. 2011, 24(2):295-305.
YANG RS, SALAMA AR, CACCAMESE JF. REOPERATIVE MIDFACE TRAUMA.ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA. 2011, FEB 23 (1):31-45.
GOYTIA RN, SALAMA AR, KHANUJA H. BISPHOSPHONATES AND OSTEONECROSIS, TREATMENT OR SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS. ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA. Apr; 40(2):223-34.
SALAMA AR,ORD RA. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE NECK IN SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE. ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA. Aug; 20(3):445-58.
NADERSHAH M, ALSHADWI A, SALAMA A. GIANT DEEP NECK LIPOMA: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.CLINICS IN SURGERY, VOL 2, 2017, ARTICLE 1299, 1-4.
NADERSHAH M, ALSHADWI A, SALAMA AAN UNUSUAL CASE OF CARCINOMA EX PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA OF THE PAROTID METASTASIZING TO THE MANDIBLE: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. J ORAL MAXILLOFAC SURG.2013 FEB; 71(2):437-42.
NADERSHAH M, ALSHADWI A, SALAMA AR. RECURRENT GIANT PILOMATRIXOMA OF THE FACE: A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. CASE REPORTS IN DENTISTRY, OCT 2012, 1-4.
ORAL CAVITY, ANTERIOR FLOOR OF MOUTH RESECTION WITH RECONSTRUCTION. ORAL, HEAD AND NECK ONCOLOGY AND RECONSTRUCTION. ELSEVIER, 2017. PAGES 428-453.
MAXILLOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION. ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY REVIEW, A STUDY GUIDE. QUINTESSENCE PUBLISHER, 2015. PAGES 275-316.
LIP CANCER: TREATMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION. LIP CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY. SPRINGER, 2013. PAGES 17-23.
RECTUS ABDOMINUS FREE FLAP. ATLAS OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, ELSEVIER, 2013. PAGES 1221-9.
FLAP CLASSIFICATION AND PRINCIPLES OF FLAP DESIGN FOR HEAD AND NECK RECONSTRUCTION. CURRENT THERAPY IN ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, MOSBY/ELSEVIER, 2010, PAGES 11-18.
THE MANAGEMENT OF PEDIATRIC CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL PATHOLOGY. ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, ED. 2. FONSECA RJ, ET AL. ST. LOUIS, ELSEVIER 739-773.
ORAL CANCER, SKIN CANCER. MCGRAW HILL PUBLISHERS, PAGES 345-55.