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Julia Abitbol
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research interests are to identify genes that may enhance cochlear regeneration in an effort to treat patients with hearing loss.
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Chrysovalantou Faniku
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
BioDr. Chrysovalantou Faniku performed her undergraduate studies at the University of Bedfordshire in England (UK) from 2008-2012, majoring in Biomedical Sciences. She continued her Master degree in Reproductive and Developmental Biology at St George’s Medical School in London from 2012-2013. Her research focused on post-ovulatory wound repair and scarring. Dr. Faniku worked as a research assistant at King’s College London prior to pursuing a Ph.D. in Glasgow in 2014. She completed her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology in 2018. Her research focused on Cx43 and Panx1, how these are impacted by diabetes and ischemia and how they could be potential therapeutic targets for wound healing of diabetic ulcers. In 2018, Dr. Faniku started her first postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Otolaryngology working in the lab of Dr. Jon-Paul Pepper. Her project investigates the role of the hedgehog pathway in facial nerve regeneration after injury.
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Olya Gary
Web Designer 3, OHNS/Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
Current Role at StanfordAs a senior web designer at Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery Department and a member of the OHNS web team, I support the entire department web presence: http://med.stanford.edu/ohns.html.
I oversee a large number of projects related to the main OHNS site, research lab Wordpress sites, work on the website updates, and create visuals and photographs highlighting the department teams and places. I work with a large number of the department team members - from the administrative staff to the faculty members. -
Tina Munjal
Postdoctoral Medical Fellow, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Resident in Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)Current Research and Scholarly InterestsCurrently investigating acoustic coordinated reset neuromodulation and other neuromodulation techniques for the treatment of subjective tinnitus
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Brian Nuyen
Affiliate, Dean's Office Operations - Dean Other
Resident in Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)BioBrian Nuyen studied General Biology and Music at Revelle College at University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where he was also a member of the UCSD Medical Scholars Program, a combined B.S./M.D program. At UCSD School of Medicine, Brian discovered his passion for otitis media and language/communication sciences, leading to a Division of Otolaryngology Research Fellowship at UCSD School of Medicine and subsequent Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Student Medical Research Fellowship. During his time in medical school, Brian explored diversity health interests, focusing on minority health education and equality, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health. He continued these interests as an otolaryngology-head and neck surgery resident at Stanford, as a founding member and social chair of the Stanford Graduate Medical Education Diversity Committee. He currently serves as Stanford Residency Program representative to the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Foundation (AAO-HNS/F).
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Jared Shenson
Resident in Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI have two broad areas of research interest, focusing on the use of informatics and technology in medical education and surgical care.
1. Medical education innovation methods and use of educational informatics to enhance teaching and learning
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Davud Sirjani, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsInnovation of devices to improve the quality of life of patients with advanced head and neck cancers, minimal invasive parotid surgery, surgical simulation, flap reconstruction of large head and neck defects to restore cosmesis and function (speech, swallowing), stem cell recovery of radiation induced salivary damage, and salivary gland cancer biology
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Heather Starmer, MA CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Clinical Associate Professor, Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsHeather’s areas of research interest include investigation of strategies to enhance patient adherence to rehabilitation plans during head and neck cancer treatment, evaluation of communication and swallowing outcomes after Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS), and assessment of voice outcomes after thyroid surgeries.
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Zenghao Zhu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
BioZenghao Zhu received his BS in Thermal Energy and Power Engineering and his second BS in Law from China Jiliang University in 2012. He finished his master’s study in Power Engineering at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology in 2015. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Villanova University in Mechanical Engineering in 2019. Zenghao is currently a postdoctoral scholar in Dr. Ó Maoiléidigh’s lab and is creating models of hair-bundle mechanics and mechanotransduction in hair bundles.
