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Allen L Feng, M.D.

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Biography
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CanadaBSc07/2011Mechanical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MDMD07/2015Medicine
Massachusetts Eye and Ear / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA07/2020Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery Residency
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI07/2021Head and Neck Oncology, Microvascular Reconstruction
2020
Chief Resident Teaching Award
2018
William W. Montgomery Resident Research Award
2015
W. Barry Wood Jr. Research Scholar Award
2011
APEGGA Past President’s Gold Medal in Mechanical Engineering
2011
Canadian Engineering Competition Innovative Design Award
2011
Western Engineering Competition Innovative Design Award
2008
SAP Canada Scholarship
2006
Canadian Millennium Excellence Award

Overview
Surgeon - Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Surgery

Research Interests: medical device design, biomedical engineering

Clinical Interests: head and neck cancer, microvascular reconstruction

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  1. Wang TV, Feng AL, Puka E, Rao V, Ciaramella A, Shah S, Song PC. Reproducibility of laryngeal force sensor measurements. Am J Otolaryngol. 2022 Dec 28; 44(2):103782. PMID: 36628909.
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  2. Feng AL, Spector ME, Chinn SB, Holcomb AJ, Davies JC, Richmon JD, Lin DT, Varvares MA. Cross-legged modification for medial sural artery perforator flap harvest. Head Neck. 2023 03; 45(3):752-756. PMID: 36490216.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  3. Miller LE, Au VH, Sivarajah S, Lin DT, Deschler DG, Varvares MA, Faden DL, Feng AL, Sadow PM, Richmon JD. Rate of atypical nodal metastases in surgically treated HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Head Neck. 2023 02; 45(2):409-416. PMID: 36416254; PMCID: PMC9875888.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  4. Ranganath K, Feng AL, Franco RA, Varvares MA, Faquin WC, Naunheim MR, Saladi SV. Molecular Biomarkers of Malignant Transformation in Head and Neck Dysplasia. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Nov 15; 14(22). PMID: 36428690; PMCID: PMC9688631.
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  5. Rao GM, Rao VM, Juang J, Benoit J, Feng AL, Song PC. Design, development, and face validation of an intubation simulation device using real-time force data feedback. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2022 Oct; 7(5):1506-1512. PMID: 36262463; PMCID: PMC9575137.
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  6. Wang AA, Feng AL, Rao V, Naunheim MR, Juliano AF, Song PC. Clinical, Radiologic, and Endolaryngeal Findings in Laryngeal Fractures: A 15-Year Case Series. OTO Open. 2022 Jan-Mar; 6(1):2473974X221080164. PMID: 35237739; PMCID: PMC8883307.
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  7. Feng AL, Nasser HB, Casper KA, Malloy KM, Stucken CL, Prince ME, Rosko AJ, Chinn SB, Spector ME. Lateral border and scapular tip free flaps: Old school versus new school. Head Neck. 2022 02; 44(2):576-581. PMID: 34687256.
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  8. Feng AL, Nasser HB, Casper KA, Malloy KM, Stucken CL, Prince ME, Chinn SB, Rosko AJ, Spector ME. The medial sural artery perforator flap: An underutilized flap in oral cavity reconstruction. Oral Oncol. 2022 01; 124:105417. PMID: 34226124.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  9. Feng AL, Holcomb AJ, Abt NB, Mokhtari TE, Suresh K, McHugh CI, Parikh AS, Holman A, Kammer RE, Goldsmith TA, Faden DL, Deschler DG, Varvares MA, Lin DT, Richmon JD. Feeding Tube Placement Following Transoral Robotic Surgery for Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 04; 166(4):696-703. PMID: 34154449.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  10. Holcomb AJ, Herberg M, Strohl M, Ochoa E, Feng AL, Abt NB, Mokhtari 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 Neck. 2021 08; 43(8):2434-2444. PMID: 33856083; PMCID: PMC9361190.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  11. Lin QT, Lee R, Feng AL, Kim MS, Stathopulos PB. The leucine zipper EF-hand containing transmembrane protein-1 EF-hand is a tripartite calcium, temperature, and pH sensor. Protein Sci. 2021 04; 30(4):855-872. PMID: 33576522; PMCID: PMC7980503.
    Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  12. Feng AL, Nasser HB, Rosko AJ, Casper KA, Malloy KM, Stucken CL, Prince ME, Chinn SB, Spector ME. Revisiting pedicled latissimus dorsi flaps in head and neck reconstruction: contrasting shoulder morbidities across mysofascial flaps. Plast Aesthet Res. 2021; 8. PMID: 34337111.
    Citations: 1     
  13. Feng AL, Puka E, Ciaramella A, Rao VM, Wang TV, Naunheim MR, Song PC. Laryngeal Force Sensor for Suspension Microlaryngoscopy: A Prospective Controlled Trial. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 08; 165(2):329-338. PMID: 33399514.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  14. Feng AL, Zenga J, Varvares MA. Novel voice prosthesis after total laryngectomy with laryngoplasty reconstruction. Head Neck. 2021 04; 43(4):1321-1330. PMID: 33372408.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  15. Gadkaree SK, Parikh AS, Barbarite E, Feng AL, McCarty J, Gray ST, Lin DT. Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx with Skull Base Involvement: Retrospective National Cohort Analysis of Treatment Paradigms, Outcomes, and Provider Density. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2022 Feb; 83(1):99-104. PMID: 35155076; PMCID: PMC8824618.
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  16. Abt NB, Holcomb AJ, Feng AL, Suresh K, Mokhtari TE, McHugh CI, Parikh AS, Faden DL, Deschler DG, Varvares MA, Lin DT, Richmon JD. Opioid Usage and Prescribing Predictors Following Transoral Robotic Surgery for Oropharyngeal Cancer. Laryngoscope. 2021 06; 131(6):E1888-E1894. PMID: 33210756.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  17. Colaianni CA, Feng AL, Richmon JD. Partial parotidectomy via periauricular incision: Retrospective cohort study and comparative analysis to alternative incisional approaches. Head Neck. 2021 03; 43(3):825-832. PMID: 33191533.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  18. Burks CA, Feng AL, Deschler DG. Management of the Embedded Tracheoesophageal Prosthesis: Retrograde Removal and Replacement. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2021 Jul; 130(7):840-842. PMID: 33094651.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  19. Feng AL, Parikh A, Gadkaree SK, Naunheim MR, Song PC. Laryngeal fractures in professional and semiprofessional ice hockey players. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2020 Dec; 5(6):1110-1116. PMID: 33364401; PMCID: PMC7752032.
    Citations: 1     
  20. Gadkaree SK, McCarty JC, Feng AL, Siu JM, Burks CA, Deschler DG, Richmon JD, Varvares MA, Bergmark RW. Role of physician density in predicting stage and survival for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Head Neck. 2021 02; 43(2):438-448. PMID: 33015935.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  21. Weitzman RE, Feng AL, Justicz N, Gadkaree SK, Lindsay RW. Unilateral Nasal Obstruction Causes Symptom Severity Scores Similar to Bilateral Nasal Obstruction. Facial Plast Surg. 2020 Aug; 36(4):487-492. PMID: 32717763.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  22. Workman AD, Xiao R, Feng A, Gadkaree SK, Quesnel AM, Bleier BS, Scangas GA. Suction mitigation of airborne particulate generated during sinonasal drilling and cautery. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2020 10; 10(10):1136-1140. PMID: 32779883; PMCID: PMC7323193.
    Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  23. Gadkaree SK, Derakhshan A, Workman AD, Feng AL, Quesnel AM, Shaye DA. Quantifying Aerosolization of Facial Plastic Surgery Procedures in the COVID-19 Era: Safety and Particle Generation in Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Rhinoplasty. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2020 Jul 02. PMID: 32628569.
    Citations: 3     Fields:    
  24. Gadkaree SK, Rathi VK, Feng AL, Workman AD, Phillips KM, Barbarite E, Bergmark RW, Scangas GA, Metson R. National Geographical Variation in Sinus Balloon Dilation. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 05; 162(5):761-766. PMID: 32122235.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  25. Feng AL, Puka E, Ciaramella A, Rao VM, Sataloff RT, Naunheim MR, Song PC. Force Metrics and Suspension Times for Microlaryngoscopy Procedures. J Voice. 2021 May; 35(3):450-454. PMID: 31791667.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  26. Gadkaree SK, Feng AL, Sharon JD, Richmon JD, Emerick KS, Lin DT, Deschler DG, Varvares MA, Pipkorn P, Zenga J. Composite Nasoseptal Flap for Palate Reconstruction. J Craniofac Surg. 2019 Oct; 30(7):1990-1993. PMID: 31205277.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  27. Feng AL, Puram SV, Singer MC, Modi R, Kamani D, Randolph GW. Increased prevalence of neural monitoring during thyroidectomy: Global surgical survey. Laryngoscope. 2020 04; 130(4):1097-1104. PMID: 31361342.
    Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  28. Suresh K, Feng AL, Varvares MA. Plunging ranula with lingual nerve tether: Case report and literature review. Am J Otolaryngol. 2019 Jul - Aug; 40(4):612-614. PMID: 31113682.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  29. Rathi VK, Murr AH, Feng AL, Tauscher JL, Naunheim MR, Kozin ED, Gray ST. Analysis of Venture Capital Investment in Therapeutic Otolaryngologic Devices, 2008-2017. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Apr 01; 145(4):387-389. PMID: 30816918; PMCID: PMC6481425.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  30. Xiao R, Sethi RKV, Feng AL, Fontanarosa JB, Deschler DG. The role of elective neck dissection in patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck. Laryngoscope. 2019 09; 129(9):2094-2104. PMID: 30667061.
    Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  31. Feng AL, Ciaramella A, Naunheim MR, Gadkaree SK, Fat I, Song PC. Laryngeal force sensor metrics are predictive of increased perioperative narcotic requirements. Laryngoscope. 2019 Nov; 129(11):2563-2567. PMID: 30667084.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  32. Feng AL, Le A, Johnson DN, Varvares MA. Multiple simultaneous head and neck cancers in Lynch syndrome: Case report and literature review. Laryngoscope. 2018 12; 128(12):2759-2761. PMID: 30325023.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  33. Gadkaree SK, Rathi VK, Gottschalk E, Feng AL, Phillips KM, Scangas GA, Metson R. The role of industry influence in sinus balloon dilation: Trends over time. Laryngoscope. 2018 07; 128(7):1540-1545. PMID: 29737532.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  34. Feng AL, Song PC. Laryngeal Force Sensor: Quantifying Extralaryngeal Complications after Suspension Microlaryngoscopy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 08; 159(2):328-334. PMID: 29613830.
    Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  35. Feng AL, Wesely NC, Hoehle LP, Phillips KM, Yamasaki A, Campbell AP, Gregorio LL, Killeen TE, Caradonna DS, Meier JC, Gray ST, Sedaghat AR. A validated model for the 22-item Sino-Nasal Outcome Test subdomain structure in chronic rhinosinusitis. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2017 12; 7(12):1140-1148. PMID: 29028287.
    Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  36. Creighton FX, Feng AL, Goyal N, Emerick K, Deschler D. Chicken thigh microvascular training model improves resident surgical skills. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2017 12; 2(6):471-474. PMID: 29299526; PMCID: PMC5743170.
    Citations: 3     
  37. Gray ST, Phillips KM, Hoehle LP, Feng AL, Yamasaki A, Caradonna DS, Sedaghat AR. Utilization patterns of systemic corticosteroid use for chronic rhinosinusitis. Acta Otolaryngol. 2018 Feb; 138(2):153-158. PMID: 28990841.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  38. Yamasaki A, Hoehle LP, Phillips KM, Feng AL, Campbell AP, Caradonna DS, Gray ST, Sedaghat AR. Association between systemic antibiotic and corticosteroid use for chronic rhinosinusitis and quality of life. Laryngoscope. 2018 01; 128(1):37-42. PMID: 28731529.
    Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  39. Feng AL, Razavi CR, Lakshminarayanan P, Ashai Z, Olds K, Balicki M, Gooi Z, Day AT, Taylor RH, Richmon JD. The robotic ENT microsurgery system: A novel robotic platform for microvascular surgery. Laryngoscope. 2017 11; 127(11):2495-2500. PMID: 28581249.
    Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
  40. Feng AL, Xiang YY, Gui L, Kaltsidis G, Feng Q, Lu WY. Paracrine GABA and insulin regulate pancreatic alpha cell proliferation in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia. 2017 06; 60(6):1033-1042. PMID: 28280900.
    Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
  41. Campbell AP, Phillips KM, Hoehle LP, Feng AL, Bergmark RW, Caradonna DS, Gray ST, Sedaghat AR. Depression symptoms and lost productivity in chronic rhinosinusitis. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2017 03; 118(3):286-289. PMID: 28284535.
    Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  42. Clark JH, Feng A, Harun A, Brown G, Francis HW. Secondary Acquired Cholesteatoma: Presentation and Tympanoplasty Outcomes. Otol Neurotol. 2016 08; 37(7):902-7. PMID: 27273390.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  43. Feng AL, Weinreich HM, McCarthy EF. Persistent Temporal Bone Lesion After Vestibular Schwannoma Resection. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 Mar; 142(3):289-90. PMID: 26795896.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  44. Clark JH, Feng AL, Morton K, Agrawal N, Richmon JD. Neck Incision Planning for Total Laryngectomy with Pharyngectomy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 Apr; 154(4):650-6. PMID: 26671904.
    Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  45. Feng AL, Clark JH, Agrawal N, Moussa W, Richmon JD. Neck incision planning for total laryngectomy: A finite element analysis. J Biomech. 2015 Nov 26; 48(15):4149-4154. PMID: 26556716.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  46. Lin DT, Yarlagadda BB, Sethi RK, Feng AL, Shnayder Y, Ledgerwood LG, Diaz JA, Sinha P, Hanasono MM, Yu P, Skoracki RJ, Lian TS, Patel UA, Leibowitz J, Purdy N, Starmer H, Richmon JD. Long-term Functional Outcomes of Total Glossectomy With or Without Total Laryngectomy. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Sep; 141(9):797-803. PMID: 26291031.
    Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  47. Cosgrove DP, Reyes DK, Pawlik TM, Feng AL, Kamel IR, Geschwind JF. Open-Label Single-Arm Phase II Trial of Sorafenib Therapy with Drug-eluting Bead Transarterial Chemoembolization in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Clinical Results. Radiology. 2015 Nov; 277(2):594-603. PMID: 26069923.
    Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
  48. Ward BK, Wenzel A, Kalyani RR, Agrawal Y, Feng AL, Polydefkis M, Ying HS, Schubert MC, Zuniga MG, Della Santina CC, Carey JP. Characterization of Vestibulopathy in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Jul; 153(1):112-8. PMID: 25829391.
    Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  49. Wang S, Luo Y, Feng A, Li T, Yang X, Nofech-Mozes R, Yu M, Wang C, Li Z, Yi F, Liu C, Lu WY. Ethanol induced impairment of glucose metabolism involves alterations of GABAergic signaling in pancreatic ß-cells. Toxicology. 2014 Dec 04; 326:44-52. PMID: 25456265.
    Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
  50. Richmon JD, Feng AL, Yang W, Starmer H, Quon H, Gourin CG. Feasibility of rapid discharge after transoral robotic surgery of the oropharynx. Laryngoscope. 2014 Nov; 124(11):2518-25. PMID: 24932480.
    Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  51. Feng AL, Boraey MA, Gwin MA, Finlay PR, Kuehl PJ, Vehring R. Mechanistic models facilitate efficient development of leucine containing microparticles for pulmonary drug delivery. Int J Pharm. 2011 May 16; 409(1-2):156-63. PMID: 21356284.
    Citations: 32     Fields:    Translation:Cells
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