Russell Smith
HCA Florida Memorial Hospital
- Head and Neck Surgeon
3627 University Blvd South
Suite 210
Jacksonville, FL 32233
United States
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Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery
Point of Care Head and Neck Ultrasound
Panwar A, McGill T, Lydiatt D, Militsakh O, Lindau R, Coughlin A, Sayles H, Smith R, Lydiatt W. De-Novo Depression, Prophylactic Antidepressant, and Survival in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer. Laryngoscope 2022; epub
Ryan WR, Xu MJ, Ochoa E, Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Zeblosky AL, Ha PK, Bewley AF, Mallen-St. Clair J, Joshi AS, Coffey CS, Faraji F, MacDonald BV, Houlton JJ, Gobillot TA, Curry JM, Phillips R, Hackman TG, Richmon JD, Holcomb AJ, Coughlin AM, Panwar A, Smith RB, Herberg ME, Fakary C, Cognetti DM. Oncologic Outcomes of Human Papillomavirus-Associated Oropharynx Carcinoma Treated With Surgery Alone: A 12-Institution Study of 344 Patients. Cancer 2021; 127:3092-3106. PMID 33957701.
Zafareo M, Yu J, Angelos P, Brumund K, Chuang HH, Goldenberg, D, Lango M, Perrier N, Randolph G, Shindo ML, Singer M, Smith R, Stack BC Jr, Steward D, Terris DJ, Vu T, Yao
M, Tufano RP.American Head and Neck Society Endocrine Surgery Section update on parathyroid imaging for surgical candidates with primary hyperparathyroidism. Head Neck 2019;41:2398-2409. PMID 31002214.
Patel A, Shostrom V, Treude K, Lydiatt W, Smith R, Goldner W. Serum Thyroglobulin: Preoperative Levels and Factors Afftecting Postoperative Optimal Timing following Total Thyroidectomy. Int J Endocrinol 2019;20:1384651 eCollection 2019. PMID 30942600.
Jorgensen JB, Smith RB, Coughlin A, Spanos WC, Lohr MM, Sperry SM, Militsakh O, Zitsch RP 3rd, Yueh B, Dooley LM, Panwar A, Galloway TLI, Pagedar NA. “Impact of PET/CT on Staging and Treatment of Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.” Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019;160:261-6. PMID: 30126337.
Panwar A, Wang F, Lindau R, Militsakh O, Coughlin A, Smith R, Sayles H, Lydiatt D, Lydiatt W. “Prediction of Discharge Destination following Laryngectomy.” Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018; 159:1006-11. PMID: 30126321.
Oltman, J, Militsakh, O, D’Agostino, Kauffman, B, Lindau, R, Coughlin, A, Lydiatt, W, Lydiatt, D, Smith, R, Panwar, A. “Multimodal Analgesia in Outpatient Head and Neck Surgery: A Feasibility and Safety Study.” JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Dec 1;143(12):1207-1212. PMID: 29049548.
Panwar, A, Militsakh, O, Lindau, R, Coughlin, A, Sayles, H, Rieke, KR, Lydiatt, W, Lydiatt, D, Smith, R. “Impact of Primary Tracheoesphageal Puncture on Outcomes after Total Laryngectomy.” Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Jan;158(1):103-109. PMID: 28809132.
Macha MA, Rachagani S, Qazi AK, Jahan R, Gupta S, Patel A, Seshacharyulu P, Lin C, Li S, Wang S, Verma V, Kishida S, Kishida M, Nakamura N, Kibe T, Lydiatt WM, Smith RB, Ganti AK, Jones DT, Batra SK, Jain M. Afatinib radiosensitizes head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells by targeting cancer stem cells.Oncotarget. 2017; 8:20961-20973. PMID: 28423495.
Folsom, C, Serbousek, K, Lydiatt, W, Rieke, K, Sayles, H, Smith, R, Panwar, A. “Impact of Resident Training on Operative Time and Safety in Hemithyroidectomy.” Head Neck 2017;39:1212-17. PMID: 28263429.
Rector J, Kapil S, Treude KJ, Kumm P, Glanzer JG, Byrne BM, Liu S, Smith LM, DiMaio DJ, Giannini P, Smith RB, Oakley GG. S4S8-RPA phosphorulation as an indicator of cancer progression in oral squamous cell carinomas. Oncotarget. 2017; 8:9243-9250 PMID: 27999209.
Scharpf J, Tuttle M, Wong R, Ridge D, Smith R, Hartl D, Levine R, Randolph G. “Comprehensive Management of Recurrent Thyroid Cancer: An American Head and Neck Society Consensus Statement”. Head Neck. 2016;38:1862-1869. PMID: 27717219.
Smith RB, Coughlin AM. “Thyroid Hemostasis”. Otolaryngol Clin of North Am. 2016;49:727-48. PMID: 27267022.
Shats O, Goldner W, Feng J, Sherman A, Smith RB, Sherman S. “Thyroid Cancer and Tumor Collaborative Registry (TCCR)”. Cancer Inform. 2016;15:73-9. PMID: 27168721.
Fontana SC, Smith RB, Nazir N, Andrews BT. “Biomechanical Assessment of Fixation Methods for Segmental Mandible Reconstruction with Fibula in the Polyurethane Model. Microsurgery. 2016;36:330-3. PMID: 27059150.
Smith RB, Ferris RL. “Utility of Diagnostic Molecular Markers for Evaluation of Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules”. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016;142:421-2. PMID: 26967656.
Panwar A, Smith R, Lydiatt D, Lindau R, Wieland A, Richards A, Shostrom V, Militsakh O, Lydiatt W. “Vascularized tissue transfer in head & neck surgery: Is intensive care unit based management necessary?”. Laryngoscope. 2016 126;73-9. PMID: 26343412.
Agrawal A, Civantos FJ, Brumund KT, Chepeha DB, Hall NC, Carroll WR, Smith RB, Zitsch RP, Lee WT, Shnayder Y, Cognetti DM, Pitman KT, King DW, Christman LA, Lai SY. “[(99m)Tc]Tilmanocept Accurately Detects Sentinel Lymph Nodes and Predicts Node pathology Status in Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: Results of a Phase III Multi-institutional Trial”. Ann Surg Oncol. 2015;22:3708-15. PMID: 25670018.
Stansifer KJ, Guynan JF, Wachal BM, Smith RB. “Modifiable risk factors and thyroid cancer”. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;152:432-7. PMID: 25552593.
Macha MA, Rachagani S, Pai P, Gupta S, Lydiatt WM, Smith RB, Johansson SL, Lele SM, Kakar SS, Lee JH, Meza J, Ganti AK, Jain M, Batra SK. “MUC4 regulates cellular senescence in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma through p16/Rb pathway”. Oncogene. 2015;34:1698-708. PMID: 25994150.
Bauer AM, Smith RB, Thorell WE. “Implications of carotid sinus hypersensitivity following preoperative embolization of a carotid body tumor. An indication for prophylactic intraoperative cardiac pacing”. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014;140:459-63. PMID: 24651937.
Bikhchandani J, Wood J, Richards AT, Smith RB. “No benefit in staging FDG-PET in cNO head and neck cutaneous melanoma”. Head Neck. 2014;36:1313-6. PMID: 23956077.
Smith RB, Evasovich M, Girod DA, Jorgensen JB, Lydiatt WM, Pagedar NA, Spanos WC. “
Ultrasound for Localization in Primary Hyperparathyroidism”. Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. 2013;149:366-71. PMID: 23748916.
Lindau RH, Su YB, Kobayashi R, Smith RB. “Immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing disease of the paranasal sinus”. Head Neck. 2013;35:E321-4. PMID: 23047661.
Smith RB. “Ultrasound guided procedures for the office”. Ultrasound Clinics. 2012;7:219-28.
Nelson RF, Dursteler B, Smith RB. “Pathology Quiz Case 2. Tophaceous Pseudogout (Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition Disease, CPPD) of the TMJ”. Arch of Otolaryngol – Head Neck Surgery. 2012;138:873-5. PMID: 22986729.
Behery RE, Bedrnicek J, Lazenby A, Nelson M, Grove J, Huang D, Smith R, Bridge JA. “Translocation t(12:17)(q243.1;q21) as the Sole Anomaly in a Nasal Chondromesenchymal Hamartoma Arising in a Patient with Pleuropulmonary Blastoma”. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2012;15:249-53. PMID: 22356457.
Gupta PK, Smith RB, Gupta H, Forse RA, Fang X, Lydiatt WM. “Outcomes after thyroidectomy and
parathyroidectomy”. Head Neck. 2012;34:477-84. PMID: 21638513.
Gupta PK, Gupta H, Natarajan B, Shetty S, Smith RB, Lindau III R, Fang X, Lydiatt WM. “Postoperative Respiratory Failure After Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: Analysis of National Surgical Quality Improvement Program”. Head and Neck. 2012;34:321-7. PMID: 21400631.
Smith RB. “Ultrasound-guided procedures for the office”. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2010;43:1241-54. PMID: 21044739.
Bridge JA, Bowen JM, Smith RB. The small round blue cell tumors of the sinonasal area. Head Neck Pathol. 2010; 4(1):84-93. PMID: 20237994.
Smith RB. Minimally invasive radioguided parathyroidectomy performed for primary hyperparathyroidism. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surgery 2010;142:462.author reply 462-3. PMID: 20172405.
Civantos FJ, Zitsch RP, Schuller DE, Agrawal A, Smith RB, Nason R, Petruzelli G, Gourin C, Wong RJ, Ferris RL, El Naggar A, Ridge JA, Paniello RC, Owzar K, McCall L, Chepeha DB, Yarbrough WG, Myers JN. “Sentinel lymph node biopsy accurately stages the regional lymph nodes for T1-T2 oral squamous cell carcinomas: results of a prospective multi-institutional trial. J Clin Oncol. 2010;28:1395-400. PMID: 20108115.
Smith RB, Baker JJ, Sofferman RA. Adult with Lower Neck Mass. Patient of the Month Program –Otolaryngology 2009; 39(2):1-40.
Yao M, Smith RB, Hoffman HT, Funk GF, Lu M, Menda Y, Graham MM, Buatti JM. Clinical Significance of Postradiotherapy {18F}-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Imaging In Management of Head-and-Neck Cancer – A Long-term Outcome Report. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys 2009;74:9-14. PMID: 18930358.
Andrews BT, Smith RB, Hoffman HT, Funk GF. Orocutaneous and Pharyngocutaneous Fistula Closure Using a Vacuum-Assisted Closure System. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2008;117:298-302. PMID: 18478840.
Smith, RB, Wayne, S, Maley, J. Adult with Cheek Swelling. Patient of the Month Program – Otolaryngology2008;37(5):1-32.
Smith, RB, Robinson, RA, Hoffman, HT, Graham, MM. Preoperative FDG-PET Imaging to Assess the Malignant Potential of Follicular Neoplasms of the Thyroid. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2008;138:101-6. PMID: 18165002. PMID: 18165002.
Dornfeld K, Hopkins S, Simmons J, Spitz DR, Menda Y, Graham M, Smith R, Funk G, Karnell L, Karnell M, Dornfeld M, Yao M, Buatti J. Posttreatment FDG-PET uptake in the supraglottic and glottic larynx correlates with decreased quality of life after chemoradiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008; 71:386-92. PMID: 18164842.
Smith, RB. Surgery in the Management of Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma. Int. J. Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007;69(2 Suppl):S28–S30. PMID: 17848287.
Smith, RB, Sniezek, JC, Weed, DT, Wax, MK; Microvascular Surgery Subcommittee of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Utilization of Free Tissue Transfer in Head and Neck Surgery. Otolarynogol Head Neck Surg 2007;137:182-91. PMID: 17666238.
Spanos, WC, Geiger, J, Anderson, ME, Harris, GF, Bosler, AD, Smith, RB, Klingelhutz, AJ, Lee, JH. Deletion of the PDZ Motif of HPV16 E6 Preventing Immortalization and Anchorage-Independent Growth in Human Tonsil Epithelial Cells. Head Neck 2008;30:139-47. PMID: 17657785.
Buckwalter, AE, Karnell, LH, Smith, RB, Christensen, AJ, Funk, GF. Patient Reported Factors Associated with Discontinuing Employment Following Head and Neck Cancer Treatment. Arch Oto Head Neck Surg2007;133:464-70. PMID 17520760.
Yao, M, Hoffman, HT, Funk, GF, Chang, K, Smith, RB, Clamon, GH, Dornfeld, KJ, Buatti, JM. Is Planned Neck Dissection Necessary for Head and Neck Cancer Treated with Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 2007;68:707-13. PMID: 17379453.
Shah, VA, Yang, GS, Smith, RB, Lee, AG. Intracranial Hypertension After Unilateral Neck Dissection. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 2007;78:403-4. PMID: 17369592.
Smith, RB, Henstrom, DK, Karnell, LH, Chang, KC, Goldstein, DP, Funk, GF. Scapula osteocutaneous free flap reconstruction of the head and neck: impact of flap choice on surgical and medical complications. Head Neck2007;29:446-52. PMID: 17163464.
Yao, M, Nguyen, T, Buatti, JM, Dornfeld, KJ, Tan, H, Wacha, J, Bayouth, JE, Clamon, GH, Funk, GF, Smith, RB, Chang, K, Hoffman, HT. Changing Failure Patterns in Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated with Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy and Implications for Future Research. Am J Clin Oncol 2006;29:606-12. PMID: 17148999.
Wittkopf J, Connelly S, Hoffman H, Smith RB, Robinson R. Infection of True Vocal Fold Cyst with Aspergillus. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2006;135:660-1. PMID: 17011441.
Andrews BT, Smith RB, Chang KE, Scharpf J, Goldstein DP, Funk GF. Management of the Radial Forearm Free Flap Donor Site with the Vacuum-Assisted Closure (V.A.C.) System. Laryngoscope. 2006;116:1918-22. PMID: 17003705.
Andrews, BT, Smith, RB, Goldstein, DP, Funk, GF. Management of Complicated Head and Neck Wounds with Vacuum-Assisted Closure System. Head Neck. 2006;28:974-81. PMID: 16983694.
El-Deiry M, Funk GF, Nalwa S, Karnell LH, Smith RB, Buatti JM, Hoffman HT, Clamon GH, Graham SM, Trask DK, Dornfeld KJ, Yao M. Long-term, Health-related Quality of Life Outcomes Following Surgical Versus Non-surgical Management for Advanced-stage Head and Neck Cancer. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005;131:879-85. PMID: 16230590.
Smith RB. Concurrent Chemoradiation as a Treatment Option for Advanced-stage Laryngeal Cancers. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005;131:820. PMID: 16172364.
Yao M, Dornfeld, KJ, Buatti, JM, Skwarchuk, M, Tan, H, Nguyen, T, Wacha, J, Bayouth, JE, Funk GF, Smith RB, Graham, SM, Chang, K, Hoffman, HT. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Treatment for Head-and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma-The University of Iowa Experience. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 2005; 63:410-21. PMID: 16168834.
Yao M, Smith RB, Graham, MM, Hoffman, HT, Tan, H, Funk GF, Graham, SM, Chang, K, Dornfeld, KJ, Menda, Y, Buatti, JM. The Role of FDG PET in Management of Neck Metastasis from Head-and-Neck Cancer after Definitive Radiation Treatment. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 2005;63:991-9. PMID: 16099601.
Johnson, DM, From, AM, Smith, RB, From, RP, Maktabi, MA. An Endoscopic Study of Mechanisms of Obstruction to Endotracheal Tube Advancement. Anesthesiol 2005;102:910-4. PMID: 15851876.
Yao M, Smith RB, Hoffman HT, Funk GF, Graham MM, Buatti J. “Merkel Cell Carcinoma – Two Case Reports Focusing on the Role of Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Imaging in Staging and Surveillance”. Am J Clin Oncol 2005;28:205-10. PMID: 15803018.
Futran ND, Farwell G, Smith RB, Johnson P, Funk GF. “Management of Gun Shot Wounds to the Face”. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2005;132:75-85. PMID: 15632913.
Yao, M, Buatti, JM, Dornfeld, KJ, Graham, MM, Smith, RB, Funk, GF, Hoffman, HT. Can Post-RT FDG PET Accurately Predict the Pathologic Status in Neck Dissection After Radiation for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer? Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 2004;61:306-7. PMID: 15629631.
Yao M, Graham, MM, Smith, RB, Dornfeld, KJ, Skwarchuk, M, Hoffman, HT, Funk, GF, Graham, SM, Menda, Y, Buatti, JM. Value of FDG PET in Assessment of Treatment Response in Head and Neck Cancer Patients after Intensity Modulated Radiation Treatment. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 2004;60:1410-8. PMID: 15590172.
Funk GF, Karnell LHK, Smith RB, Christensen AJ: Clinical Significance of Health Status Assessment Measures in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: What Do Quality of Life Scores Mean? Arch Otolaryngol - Head Neck Surg2004;130:825-9. PMID:15262758.
Yao M, Graham MM, Hoffman HT, Smith RB, Funk GF, Graham SM, Dornfeld KJ, Skwarchuk M, Menda Y, BuattiJM. “The Role of Post-Radiation Therapy FDG PET in Prediction of Necessity for Post-Radiation Therapy Neck Dissection in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma”. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys2004;59:1001-10. PMID: 15234033.
Smith RB, Apostolakis LW, Karnell LH, Hoffman HT, Koch BB, Robinson RA, Zhen W, Menck HR. “National Cancer Data Base Report on Osteosarcoma of the Head and Neck”. Cancer 2003;98:1670-80. PMID: 14534884.
Bashir, AA, Robinson, RA, Benda, JA, Smith, RB. “Sinonasal adenocarcinoma: Immunohistochemical Marking and Expression of Oncoproteins”. Head Neck 2003;25:763-71. PMID: 12953313.
Maktabi, MA, Smith, RB, Todd, MM. “Is Routine Endotracheal Intubation As Safe As We Think Or Wish?”. Anesthesiol 2003;99:247-8. PMID: 12883393.
Smith, RB, Thomas, RA, Funk, GF. “Fibula Free Flaps:The Role of Angiography in Patients with Abnormal Pre-operative Color Flow Doppler Studies”. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003;129:712-5. PMID: 12874069.
Smith RB, Funk GF. “Severe Trismus Secondary to Periosteal Osteogenesis After Fibula Free Flap Maxillary Reconstruction”. Head and Neck. 2003;25:406-11. PMID: 12692879.
Heth JA, Funk GF, Karnell LH, McCulloch TM, Traynelis VC, Nerad JA, Smith RB, Graham SM, Hoffman HT. “Free Tissue Transfer and Local Flap Complications in Anterior and Anterolateral Skull Base Surgery”. Head and Neck. 2002;24:901-11. PMID: 12369068.
Funk GF, Karnell LH, Whitehead S, Paulino A, Ricks J, Smith RB. “Free Tissue Transfer Versus Pedicled Flap Cost in Head and Neck Cancer”. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002;127:205-12. PMID: 12297811.
Simon JH, Paulino AC, Smith RB, Buatti JM. “Prognostic Factors in Head and Neck Rhabdomyosarcoma”. Head and Neck. 2002;24:468-73. PMID: 12001077.
Zitsch RP, Lee BW, Smith RB. “Cervical Lymph Node Metastases and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip”. Head and Neck. 1999;21-447-53. PMID: 10402526.
Zitsch RP, Roberts GD, Smith RB. “Recurrent Cutaneous Melanoma of the Head and Neck”. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1999;120:391-3. PMID: 10064644.
Parsons DS, Smith RB, Mair EA, Dlabal LJ. “Unique Cases: Presentations of Acute Epiglottic Swelling and a Protocol for Acute Airway Compromise”. Laryngoscope. 1996;106:1287-91. PMID: 8849803.