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Andrew Holcomb – Omaha Nebraska

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Andrew Holcomb

Nebraska Methodist Hosptial

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8303/#200 Dodge Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68114
United States
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Dr. Andrew J Holcomb is a board-certified Otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon who specializes in the care of patients with benign and malignant tumors of the head and neck.  A Virginia native, he completed medical school at Eastern Virginia Medical School and completed residency training in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in head and neck oncology, skull base, and microvascular reconstructive surgery at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital in Boston.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

      1. Farrokhian N; Holcomb AJ, Dimon E, Karadaghy O, Ward C, Whiteford E, Tolan C, Hanly WK, Buchakjian MR, Harding B, Dooley L, Shinn J, Wood B, Rohde S, Khaja S, Parikh A, Bulbul MG, Penn J, Goodwin S, Bur AM. Development and validation of machine learning models for predicting occult nodal metastasis in early-stage oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. JAMA Open Network.
      2. Beydoun AS, Holcomb AJ, Pichardo P, Purdy NC, Heaton CM, McMullen C, Yesensky JA, Moore M, Goyal N, Kohan J, Sajisevi M, Tan K, Petrisor D, Wax MK, Kejner A, Hassan Z, Trott S, Larson A, Richmon JD, Graboyes E, Wood CB, Jackson RS, Pipkorn P, Puram SV, Zenga J. Perioperative topical antisepsis and surgical site infection in upper aerodigestive reconstruction: A multi-institutional prospective cohort. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
      3. Miller AL, Holcomb AJ, Parikh A, Richards J, Rathi VK, Remenschneider AK, Bergmark R, Annino DJ, Goguen LA, Uppaluri R, Rettig EM, Deschler DG, Emerick KS, Lin DT, Richmon JD, Chan CL, Min L, Varvares MA. Assessment of Patient Preoperative Functional Status Prior to Major Head and Neck Surgery: A Pilot Study. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2021). PMID: 34154446
      4. Holcomb AJ, Richmon JD. Robotic and Endoscopic Approaches to Head and Neck Surgery. Hematology/Oncology Clinics (2021). PMID: 34226079
      5. Holcomb AJ, Herberg M, Strohl M, Ochoa E, Feng AL, Abt NB, Mohktari TE, Suresh K, McHugh CI, Parikh AS, Sadow P, Faquin W, Faden D, Deschler DG, Varvares MA, Lin DT, Fakhry C, Ryan WR, Richmon JD. Impact of surgical margins on local control in patients undergoing single-modality transoral robotic surgery for HPV-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Head and Neck (2021). PMID: 33856083
      6. Feng AL, Holcomb AJ, Abt NB, Mohktari TE, Suresh K, McHugh CI, Parikh AS, Holman A, Kammer R, Goldsmith T, MS, Deschler DG, Varvares MA, Lin DT, Richmon JD. Feeding Tube Placement Following Transoral Robotic Surgery for Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2021). PMID: 34154449
      7. Stabenau KA, Akakpo KE, Richmon JD, McMullen C, Holcomb AJ, Graboyes EM, Gross J, Pipkorn P, Puram S, Zenga J. Postoperative wound infections in head and neck surgery: The current state of antiseptic and antibiotic practices. Oral Oncology (2021). PMID: 34083128
      8. Ryan WR, Xu MJ Ochoa E, Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Zebolsky AL, Ha PK, Bewley AF, Mallen-St. Clair J, Joshi AS, Coffey CS, Faraji F, Houlton JJ, Curry JM, Hackman TG, Richmon JD, Holcomb AJ, Coughlin AM, Smith RB, Herberg ME, Fakhry C, Cognetti D. Oncologic Outcomes of Human Papillomavirus-Related Oropharynx Carcinoma Treated with Surgery Alone: A 12-Institution Study of 344 Patients. Cancer (2021). PMID: 33957701
      9. Akakpo KE, Varvares MA, Richmon JD, McMullen C, Holcomb AJ, Razaee R, Curry J, Old MO, Kang SY, Graboyes E, Pipkorn P, Puram SV, Zenga J. The Tipping Point in Oral Cavity Reconstruction: A Multi-Institutional Survey of Choice Between Flap and Non-Flap Reconstruction. Oral Oncology (2021). PMID: 33810989
      10. Holcomb AJ, Richmon JD. Transoral robotic salvage oropharyngectomy with submental artery island flap reconstruction. Head and Neck (2020). PMID: 33210351
      11. Abt NB, Holcomb AJ, Feng AL, Mohktari TE, Suresh K, McHugh CI, Parikh AS, Faden D, Deschler DG, Varvares MA, Lin DT, Richmon JD. Opioid usage and predictors of opioid consumption following transoral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Laryngoscope (2020). PMID: 3321075
      12. Holcomb AJ, Brown L, Tawfik O, Madan R, Shnayder Y, Thomas SM, Wallace N. DNA repair gene expression is increased in HPV positive head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Virology (2020).  PMID: 32838940
      13. Holcomb AJ, Perryman M, Penn J, Goodwin S, Villwock M, Bur A, Shnayder Y, Tsue T, Woodroof J, Kakarala K. A pathology protocol increases lymph node yield in neck dissection for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. Head and Neck (2020). PMID: 32578921
      1. Sykes KJ, Morrow E, Smith J, Holcomb AJ, TeNapel M, Lominska C, Bur A, Kakarala K. What’s the hold up? – A mixed-methods analysis of post-operative radiotherapy delay in head and neck cancer. Head and Neck (2020).
      2. Abt NB, Holcomb AJ, Schroff S, Deschler DG. Intralaryngeal paraganglioma workup and discussion of surgical approach. BMJ Case Reports (2020). PMID: 32487522
      3. Bur AM, Holcomb AJ, Goodwin, B, Karadaghy O, Shnayder Y, Kakarala K, Brant J, Shew M. Machine learning to predict occult nodal metastasis in early oral squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncology (2019). PMID: 31010618
      1. Holcomb AJ, Hamill S, Irwin T, Sykes K, Garnett J, Kraft S. Practice patterns of referring physicians in management of the dysphonic patient. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery(2018).  PMID: 29462564
      2. Kumar D, Yalamanchali S, New J, Parsel S, New N, Holcomb AJ, Gunewardena S, Tawfik O, Lominska C, Kimler B, Anant S, Kakarala K, Tsue TT, Shnayder Y, Sykes K, Padhye S, Thomas S. Development and characterization of an in vitro model for radiation-induced fibrosis. Radiation Research (2018). PMID: 29351058
      3. Jones J, Usman S, New J, Holcomb AJ, Gunewardena S, Tawfik O, Bruegger D, Hoover L, Thomas S. Differential gene expression and pathway analysis in juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma using RNA-sequencing. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2018). PMID: 29634432
      4. Kavookjian H, Holcomb AJ, Garnett J, Kraft S. The role of quality-of-life instruments in predicting voice therapy dropout. Laryngoscope (2018). PMID: 30194864

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Meyer CD, Larsen AR, Richmon JD, Holcomb AJ. Transoral robotic oropharyngectomy (TORS) surgical technique for cancers of tonsil and base of tongue. Open Access Atlas of Otolaryngolgoy, Head & Neck Operative Surgery (VULA).
  2. Mokhtari T, Abt NB, Larsen AR, Holcomb AJ, Richmon JD.  Transoral robotic surgery (TORS): Setup and basics. Open Access Atlas of Otolaryngolgoy, Head & Neck Operative Surgery (VULA).
  3. Larsen AR, Holcomb AJ, Richmon JD. Transoral robotic surgical (TORS) approaches to the parapharyngeal space, hypopharynx, and larynx. Open Access Atlas of Otolaryngolgoy, Head & Neck Operative Surgery (VULA).
  4. Abt NB, Larsen AR, Holcomb AJ, Richmon JD. Transoral robotic thyroidectomy (TORT) and robotic facelift thyroidectomy (RFT). Open Access Atlas of Otolaryngolgoy, Head & Neck Operative Surgery (VULA).
  5. Deschler DG, Holcomb AJ. Reconstruction of laryngopharyngectomy defects with fasciocutaneous supraclavicular artery island flap” Matrix Head, Face, and Neck Reconstruction: An Illustrated and Pictorial Guide (Expected 2022).
  6. Deschler DG, Holcomb AJ. Reconstruction of cervical cutaneous defects with fasciocutaneous supraclavicular artery island flap. Matrix Head, Face, and Neck Reconstruction: An Illustrated and Pictorial Guide (Expected 2022).
  7. Deschler DG, Holcomb AJ. Reconstruction of oral cavity and oropharyngeal defects with fasciocutaneous supraclavicular artery island flap. Matrix Head, Face, and Neck Reconstruction: An Illustrated and Pictorial Guide (Expected 2022).
  8. Deschler DG, Holcomb AJ. Reconstruction of parotidectomy, auriculectomy, and temporal bone defects with fasciocutaneous supraclavicular artery island flap. Matrix Head, Face, and Neck Reconstruction: An Illustrated and Pictorial Guide (Expected 2022).