Resident Research
ENT Research and Teaching Skills
The Otolaryngology Residency Program fosters the development of residents' teaching abilities and hones research skills. Each resident in the Otolaryngology Residency Program also participates actively in their own quality improvement project and has access to the ENT High-Reliability Medicine and Clinical Effectiveness Task Forces. Residents are encouraged to develop their own personal interest within our diverse field, whether this includes an academic career or private practice.
In addition to hands on clinical training, the residents participate in an in-depth research curriculum which culminates in the writing of a CORE style Grant and submission prior to their PGY 3 research rotation.
Residents have the opportunity to complete a certificate program in quality initiatives through the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and can receive a yellow belt in Lean Six Sigma.
Clinical Research Fellowship
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center / Case Western Reserve University Department of Otolaryngology is pleased to announce two research fellow positions for the academic year of 2026-2027. The department is offering the positions as remote clinical research positions beginning in the June/July 2026 timeframe. The fellow will have direct access to and work closely with faculty on a variety of projects including otology, rhinology, pediatric ENT, laryngology, and head and neck.
Tracked Research Submissions with IRB (May 2022)
Total number of studies active with the IRB: 117
Studies approved by the IRB: 111
Studies pending approval from the IRB: 06
Podium presentations
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Three Rivers Otolaryngology Meeting March 2022.
Benjamin Johnson MD (also recipient of the first prize!)
Mentor - Kumar Alagramam, PhD
Antimalarial Artesunate as a Novel Treatment for Usher Syndrome Type II.Richard Muller, MD
Mentor: Quintin Pan, PhD
Does Treatment Choice, Surgical vs. Non-Surgical, Affect Prognosis of Complete Responders in p16+ and p16- Oropharyngeal SCC.AFPRS meeting
Divya Balchander BS, Claudia I. Cabrera MD MS, Hira Qureshi BS, Jaime A. Perez PhD, Amanda Goslawski MD, Benjamin R. Johnson MD, Akina Tamaki MD, Cyrus Rabbani MD
Bell’s Palsy and COVID-19: Insights from a TriNetX AnalysisAHNS
Brooke A. Quinton, BS, Claudia I. Cabrera, MS MD, Akina Tamaki, MD, Shawn Li, MD, Nicole Fowler, MD, Rod Rezaee MD, Pierre Lavertu, MD, Theodore Teknos, MD, Quintin Pan, PhD, Jason E. Thuener, MD
The Impact of Microscopic versus Macroscopic Extranodal Extension in Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma: National Cancer Database Analysis and Review of the LiteratureAOS
Saima Wase BS, Divya Balachander BS, Claudia I Cabrera MD, MS, Sarah Mowry MD.
Diabetes Mellitus and Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A TriNetX Network Study.Claudia I Cabrera, MD, MS; Benjamin Johnson MD; Jaime A. Perez PhD3; Maroun Semaan MD, Alejandro Rivas MD; Sarah Mowry, MD.
Cochlear and Vestibular Dysfunction in the COVID-19 Era: A Population Based Study.ANS Meeting
Jonathon W. Vargo MD, Benjamin Robert Johnson, MD, De'Andre Antonino Warren, MD and Nauman Manzoor, MD
Rapidly Progressive Facial Paralysis and Sensorineural Hearing Loss in a patient with PachymeningitisMultidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium 2022
Divya Balchander; Khaled Shorbaji; Claudia I. Cabrera, MD MS; Kate Clancy, MD; Nicole Fowler, MD; Jason E. Thuener, MD; Pierre Lavertu, MD; Theodoros N. Teknos, MD; Rod P. Rezaee, MD; Shawn Li, MD; and Akina Tamaki, MD
Prognostic Significance of Time Trends in Treatment of Head and Neck Squamous Cell CarcinomaACIA 2022
Congratulations to Claudia I. Cabrera, MD, MS, Stephen Politano MD, Benjamin Johnson MD; Jaime A. Perez PhD; Maroun Semaan MD, Alejandro Rivas MD; and Sarah Mowry, MD for selection of their Social Determinants of Health in Cochlear Implantation using the TriNetX system a population based study for a podium presentation.
Poster Presentations
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COSM 2022
AOS Session – Friday - Saturday
Humzah A. Quereshy, MD, MBA; Noah Yaffe, BS; Brooke A. Quinton, BS Sarah E. Mowry, MD.
The Incremental Economic Burden of Concurrent Depression in Hearing Loss Patients: A MEPS StudyACIA Meeting 2022
Diya Ramanathan BA, Claudia I. Cabrera MD, MS, Alejandro Rivas MD
Hearing Outcomes in Patients with Congenital Microtia-Atresia: A Retrospective Study of Index Cases and Early Outcomes as a poster presentation.Hannah Kang, Claudia I Cabrera, Viral Tejani, Maroun Semaan MD, Alejandro Rivas MD; and Sarah Mowry, MD
Post-Operative Speech Therapy in Adult Patients who underwent Cochlear implantationHannah Kang, Claudia I Cabrera, Viral Tejani, Maroun Semaan MD, Alejandro Rivas MD; and Sarah Mowry, MD
Cochlear Implantation and Post-Operative Speech Therapy Trends in Pediatric Patients as a poster presentation.
Resident Publications
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Quereshy HA, Quinton BA, Ruthberg JS, Maronian NC, Otteson TD.
Practice Consolidation in Otolaryngology: The Decline of the Single-Provider Practice.
OTO Open - February, 2022McCracken M, Pai K, Cabrera CI, Johnson BR, Tamaki A, Gidley WP, Manzoor NF. Temporal Bone Resection for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lateral Skull Base: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, March, 2022
Yaffe, N, Quereshy, H, Quinton, B, Otteson, TD, Shah, JR.
Reimbursement Trends in Pediatric Otolaryngology from 2000 to 2020: A CMS Physician Fee Schedule Analysis.
Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, April, 2022Quereshy HA, Quinton BA, Mowry SE.
Otolaryngology workforce trends by gender - When and where is the gap narrowing? American Journal of Otolaryngology, April, 2022Tranchito E, Cabrera CI, Terry M, Li S, Ali S, Thuener J, Fowler N, Lavertu P, Teknos T, Rezaee R, Tamaki A.
Occult nodal metastasis in major salivary gland malignancy: an update from the National Cancer Database
Oral Oncology, May, 2022Politano S, Balchander D, Cabrera CI, Thuener J, Teknos T, Rezaee R, Li S, Fowler N, Tamaki A.
Impact of intraoperative ischemia time on acute complications of head and neck microvascular free tissue transfer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
American Journal of Otolaryngology, May-June 2022 - 2020/2021
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AAO-HNSF 2021 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience
- Eve Tranchito, Claudia Cabrera, Morgan Terry, Shawn Li, Syed A. Ali, Jason E. Thuener, Nicole Fowler, Pierre Lavertu, Theodoros N. Teknos, Rod P. Rezaee, Akina Tamaki. Incidence of Occult Nodal Disease in Primary Salivary Gland Malignancies, Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
- Rachel A. Kominsky, Claudia I Cabrera, Clare M. Richardson, Maroun Semaan, ; Kenneth Rodriguez, Brian D’Anza, Low BMI as a Risk Factor for Patulous Eustachian Tube, Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
2021 ARS 67th Annual Meeting
- Firas Hentati, B.S, Armine Kocharyan, M.D, Richard G. Muller, M.D, Jeremy Ruthberg, B.A, Claudia I. Cabrera, M.D, Brian D’Anza, M.D, Kenneth Rodriguez, M.D., 70-degree Endoscope in Maxillary Antrostomy. Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
AHNS 10th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer: “Survivorship through Quality and Innovation”
- Jonathan C Garneau, Rod Rezaee. Reverse Flow Anterolateral Thigh Free Flap in a Case with Significant Atherosclerosis: A Viable Alternative for Arterial Microvascular Anastomosis. Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
- Claudia I Cabrera, Akina Tamaki, Grant Muller, Jill S Barnholtz-Sloan, Jason E Thuener, Nicole Fowler, Theodoros N Teknos, Rod P Rezaee, Shawn Li. Efficacy of adjuvant radiation in locally advanced laryngeal cancers with no nodal metastasis. Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
- Kate Clancy, Thomas Xia, Nirav Patil, Jay Wasman, Nicole Fowler, Pierre Lavertu, Shawn Li, Akina Tamaki, Theodoros N Teknos, Jason E Thuener, Scott Wilhelm, Chad A Zender, Rod Rezaee. Frozen Section Analysis of Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules. Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
- Chelsea S Hamill, Richard G Muller, Kate Clancy, Brandon Vu, Laurel Gui, Jason E Thuener, Jay Wasman, Shawn Li, Nicole Fowler, Rod P Rezaee, Pierre Lavertu, Theodoros N Teknos, Quintin Pan, Wendi Q O'Neill. Treatment failure patterns in p16+ and p16- oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
- Richard G Muller, Chelsea S Hammill, Brandon Vu, Jason E Thuener, Jay Wasman, Shawn Li, Nicole M Fowler, Rod P Rezaee, Pierre Lavertu, Theodoros N Teknos, Quintin Pan, Wendi Q O'Neill. Impact of treatment choice, surgical vs. non-surgical, on the prognosis of complete responders in p16+ and p16- oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas. Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
- Kate Clancy, Chelsea S Hamill, Wendi Q O'Neill, Jason Thuener, Laurel Gui, Shawn Li, Nicole Fowler, Rod Rezaee, Pierre Lavertu, Jay Wasman, Monaliben Patel, Anant Madabhusi, Theodoros N Teknos, Quintin Pan. p16 is a Prognostic Biomarker in Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy-treated Recurrent/Metastatic Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients. Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
- Kate Clancy, Chelsea Hamill, Akina Tamaki, Nicole M Fowler. Creation of a mobile clinic space for oral cancer screening. Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
- Nicole M Fowler, Claudia I Cabrera. The Development of Foreign Accent Syndrome Following Oral Cavity Surgery - A Case Series and Review of the Literature. Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
- Richard G Muller, Mark Weidenbecher, David Ludlow. Comparison of PET/CT versus Triple Endoscopy in Initial Workup of p16+ Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
- Jeremy S Ruthberg, Anish Abrol, Claudia I Cabrera, Akina Tamaki, Rod Rezaee. Anterior transfacial endoscopic-assisted approach to metastatic cutaneous malignancies with V2 involvement. Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
- Benjamin R Johnson, Claudia I Cabrera, Armine Kocharyan, Nauman Manzoor, Akina Tamaki. Utility of neck dissections in squamous cell carcinomas of the temporal bone. Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.