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Jonathon Russell

Johns Hopkins

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601 North Caroline Street 6th Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
United States
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Dr. Russell is a Head and Neck Endocrine Surgeon who specializes in the treatment of thyroid and parathyroid pathology. His focus is on the application of novel technologies to improve patient outcomes in thyroid and parathyroid care. As the Director of Endoscopic and Robotic Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery at Johns Hopkins, he leads the largest series of remote access transoral thyroid and parathyroid cases in North America. He was also part of the first team of Head and Neck Surgeons in North America to offer RadioFrequency Ablation (RFA) for thyroid tumors, and is the Director of the Multidisciplinary Johns Hopkins Thyroid Tumor Center.

  1. Lott DG, Russell JO, Khariwala SS, Dan O, Strome M. Ten-Month laryngeal allograft survival with use of pulsed everolimus and anti-alphabeta T-cell receptor antibody immunosuppression. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2011 Feb;120(2):131-6.
  2. Russell JO, Hoschar AP, Scharpf J. Papillary squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: a clinicopathologic series. Am J Otolaryngol. 2011 Nov-Dec;32(6):557-63.
  3. Manzoor N, Russell JO, Bricker A, Koyfman S, Scharpf J, Burkey B, Khan MJ. Impact of surgical resection on survival in patients with advanced head and neck cancer involving the carotid artery. JAMA Otolaryngology-HNS. 2013 Nov; 139(11):1219-25.
  4. Yan K, Russell JO, Scharpf J. Management of a Lacrimal Duct Tumor with Metastasis to the Thyroid. Thyroid Disorders Ther. 2015 Feb;4:174.
  5. Russell JO, Revenaugh PC, Budd GT, Greskovich J, Scharpf J. Failed organ preservation strategy for adult laryngeal embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Am J Otolaryngol. 2015 March - April;36(2):277-279.
  6. Russell JO, Gales J, Bae C, Kominsky A. Referral Patterns and Positive Airway Pressure Adherence upon Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Nov;153(5):881-7.
  7. Richmon JD, Tufano RP, Russell JO, Day A, Chaudhary HM, Noureldine SI. Transoral Robotic Thyroidectomy. First published 2016 Sep 23. Video Endocrinology. doi: 10.1089/ve.2016.0078
  8. Russell JO, Yan K, Scharpf J. Nonthyroid Metastasis to the Thyroid Gland: Case Series and Review with Observations by Primary Pathology. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 Dec;155(6):961-968. PMID:2732942.
  9. Russell JO, Noureldine SI, Al Khadem MG, Tufano RP. Minimally invasive and remote-access thyroid surgery in the era of the 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology. 2016 Nov 14. doi:10.1002/lio2.36. [Epub ahead of print]
  10. Trinh G, Noureldine SI, Russell JO, Agrawal N, Lopez M, Prescott JD, Zeiger MA, Tufano RP. Characterizing the operative findings and utility of intraoperative parathyroid hormone (IOPTH) monitoring in patients with normal baseline IOPTH and normohormonal primary hyperparathyroidism. Surgery. 2017 Jan;161(1):78-86. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.10.001. PMID:27863787.
  11. Russell JO, Noureldine S, Chaudhary H, et al. Transoral robotic thyroidectomy: a preclinical feasibility study using the da Vinci Xi platform. J Robot Surg. J Robot Surg. 2017 Feb 2. doi: 10.1007/s11701-016-0661-1. [Epub ahead of print]
  12. Russell JO, Al Khadem M, Tufano R. Transoral resection of a parathyroid cyst. Video Endocrinology. Accepted April 2017.
  13. Russell JO, Clark J, et al. Transoral thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy – A North American series of robotic and endoscopic transoral approaches to the central neck. OOnc. 8/2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.06.001
  14. Al Khadem MG, Rettig EM, Dhillon VK, Russell JO, Tufano RP. Postoperative IPTH compared with IPTH gradient as predictors of post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia. Laryngoscope. 2017 Aug 26. doi: 10.1002/lary.26805. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:28842998.
  15. Dhillon VK, Al Khadem MG, Tufano RP, Russell JO. Online and call center referral for endocrine surgical pathology within institutions. Laryngoscope. 2017 Oct 8. doi: 10.1002/lary.26942. [Epub ahead of print]
  16. Dhillon VK, Russell JO, Al Khadem MG, Tufano RP. Preoperative information for thyroid surgery. Gland Surg. 2017 Oct;6(5):482-487. doi: 10.21037/gs.2017.05.03. Review.
  17. Razavi CR, Russell JO. Indications and contraindications to transoral thyroidectomy. Ann Thyroid. 2017;2(5). pii: 12. doi: 10.21037/aot.2017.10.01. Epub 2017 Oct 31.
  18. Razavi CR, Fondong A, Tufano RP, Russell JO. Central neck dissection via the transoral approach. Ann Thyroid. 2017;2(5). pii: 11. doi: 10.21037/aot.2017.10.02. Epub 2017 Oct 31.
  19. Dhillon V, Russell JO, Tufano RP. Delphian Lymph Node Dissection: Surgical Dissection Technique as Illustrated by the Johns Hopkins Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery Division. VideoEndocrinology Volume 5 Issue 1 Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.2018/1/12
  20. Shah J, Russell JO, Waters T, Kominsky AH, Trask D. Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty vs CN XII stimulation for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: A single institution experience. Am J Otolaryngol. 2018 Mar 2. pii: S0196-0709(18)30077-2. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2018.03.003. [Epub ahead of print]
  21. Razavi C, Al Khadem M, Fondong A, Clark JH, Richmon J, Tufano RP, Russell JO. Early outcomes in transoral vestibular thyroidectomy: Robotic versus endoscopic techniques. Head Neck. 2018 May 13. doi: 10.1002/hed.25323. [Epub ahead of print]
  22. Russell JO, et al. Transoral Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Vestibular Approach: A Framework for Assessment and Safe Exploration. Thyroid. 2018 Jul;28(7):825-829. doi: 10.1089/thy.2017.0642. Epub 2018 Jun 18.PMID: 29790432
  23. Trinh G, Rettig E, Noureldine SI, Russell JO, Agrawal N, Mathur A, Prescott JD, Zeiger MA, Tufano RP. Surgical Management of Normocalcemic Primary Hyperparathyroidism and the Impact of Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Testing on Outcome. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Aug 14:194599818793879. doi: 10.1177/0194599818793879. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 30105919
  24. Razavi CR, Vasiliou E, Tufano RP, Russell JO. Learning Curve for Transoral Endoscopic Thyroid Lobectomy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Aug 21:194599818795881. doi: 10.1177/0194599818795881. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 30126330
  25. Razavi CR, Tufano RP, Russell JO. Completion thyroidectomy via the transoral endoscopic vestibular approach. Gland Surg. 2018 Aug;7(Suppl 1):S77-S79. doi: 10.21037/gs.2018.02.01.

PMID:    30175068

  1. Heidi N. Overton MD, Marie N. Hanna MD, MEHP, Will Bruhn, Susan Hutfless, PhD, Mark C. Bicket MD, Martin A. Makary MD, MPH, and the Opioids After Surgery Workgroup (inc J Russell, MD). Opioid Prescribing Guidelines for Common Surgical Procedures: An Expert Panel Consensus. J Am Coll Surg. 2018 Oct;227(4):411-418. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.07.659. Epub 2018 Aug 14.
  2. Britt CJ, Ward BK, Owusu Y, Friedland D, Russell JO, Weinreich HM. Assessment of a Statistical Algorithm for the Prediction of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Aug 30. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2018.1657. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30178063
  3. Sahli Z, Canner JK, Najjar O, Schneider EB, Prescott JD, Russell JO, Tufano RP, Zeiger MA, Mathur A. Association Between Age and Patient-Reported Changes in Voice and Swallowing After Thyroidectomy. Laryngoscope. 2018 Sep 7. doi: 10.1002/lary.27297. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30194684
  4. Ranganath R, Dhillon V, Russell JO, Tufano RP. The evolution and progress of the application of intraoperative monitoring in endoscopic thyroid surgery. Journal Annals of Thyroid Volume 3. 11/9/2018.
  5. Russell JO, Razavi CR, Al Khadem MG, et al. Anterior cervical incision-sparing thyroidectomy: Comparing retroauricular and transoral approaches. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2018 Sep 24;3(5):409-414. doi: 10.1002/lio2.200. eCollection 2018 Oct. PMID:30410996
  6. Britt C, Russell JO. Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Use and Wound Healing in Tracheoesophageal Punctures. Ear Nose Throat J. 2019 Apr 11:145561319839805. doi: 10.1177/0145561319839805. [Epub ahead of print]PMID:30974994
  7. Russell JO et al. Letter to the Editor regarding "Carbon dioxide embolism during transoral robotic thyroidectomy: A case report.” Head Neck. 2018 Dec 14. doi: 10.1002/hed.25500. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:30549371
  8. Russell JO, Razavi CR, Garstka ME, et al. Remote-Access Thyroidectomy: A Multi-institutional North American Experience with Transaxillary, Robotic Facelift, and Transoral Endoscopic Vestibular Approach. J Am Coll Surg. 2018 Dec 23. pii: S1072-7515(18)32229-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.12.005. [Epub ahead of print]
  9. Russell JO, Razavi CR, et al. Transoral Vestibular Thyroidectomy: Current State of Affairs and Considerations for the Future. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Mar 12. pii: jc.2019-00116. doi: 10.1210/jc.2019-00116. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30860578
  10. Juarez MC, Ishii L, … Russell JO, et al. Objectively measuring social attention of thyroid neck scars and transoral surgery using eye tracking. Laryngoscope. 2019 Mar 22. PMID: 30900247
  11. Grogan RH, Suh I, …Russell JO. Patient Eligibility for Transoral Endocrine Surgery Procedures in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 May 3;2(5):e194829. doi: 0.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.4829. PMID:31150079
  12. Dawon, Shaear, Russell JO, et al. Obesity may not affect outcomes of transoral robotic thyroidectomy: subset analysis of 304 patients. 13 Aug 2019. DOI:10.1002/lary.28239
  13. Mandel, R… Russell JO, et al. Drain placement in thyroidectomy is associated with longer hospital stay without preventing hematoma. Laryngoscope. 15 Aug 2019. DOI: 10.1002/lary.28269.
  14. Park D, Shaear M…, Russell JO, et al. Transoral robotic thyroidectomy on two human cadavers using the Intuitive da Vinci single port robotic surgical system and CO2 insufflation: Preclinical feasibility study. Head Neck. 2019 Aug 30. doi: 10.1002/hed.25939. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31469475
  15. Razavi CR, Tufano RP, Russell JO. Starting a Transoral Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Program. Curr Otorhinolaryngol Rep. 2019 Sep;7(3):204-208. doi: 10.1007/s40136-019-00246-w. Epub 2019 May 24. PMID: 31396436