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Univ Of Tennessee 920 Madiso AveSte 447Memphis, TN 38163
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Summary
- Okenwa Okose is a recent medical school graduate working at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary as a Harvard Research Fellow under Dr. Gregory Randolph. He is mostly involved in research directed towards the anatomy, identification and preservation of the recurrent laryngeal nerve and the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. His research experience also includes studies that explore the use of near-infrared autofluorescence technology to better identify parathyroid glands intra-operatively with the goal of reducing post-operative hypocalcemia following total thyroidectomies. Following his time as a research fellow he plans to resume his pursuit of a medical career in Otolaryngology.
Education & Training
University of TennesseeResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2021 - 2026
Texas A&M; Health Science Center College of MedicineClass of 2020
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The Role of Socioeconomic Status in Patients With Cutaneous Melanoma of the Head and Neck.R William Stout Jr, Nina Gallo, Sofia Torres-Small, Okenwa Okose, Chenhao Zhao
The Laryngoscope. 2025-01-01 - 9 citationsPediatric intraoperative nerve monitoring during thyroid surgery: A review from the American Head and Neck Society Endocrine Surgery Section and the International Neur...Gillian R Diercks, Jeff C Rastatter, Ken Kazahaya, Dipti Kamani, Lourdes Quintanilla-Dieck
Head & Neck. 2022-06-01 - 1 citationsVaried Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Course Is Associated with Increased Risk of Nerve Dysfunction During Thyroidectomy: Results of the Surgical Anatomy of the Recurrent L...Whitney Liddy, Che-Wei Wu, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Gianluca Donatini, Yasemin Giles Şenyürek
Thyroid. 2021-11-10
Other
- Superior Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring Signal Attenuation Influences Voice Outcomes in Thyroid Surgery: A Prospective Multicenter International StudyAyaka, I., Liddy, W., Barczyński, M., Wu, C., Huang, T., Van Slycke, S., Schneider, R., Dionigi, G., Dralle, H., Cernea, C., Kamani, D., Ahmed, A., Okose, O., Wang, Bo...
9/23/2020 - Current Opioid Prescribing Practices After Common Outpatient Otolaryngology Procedures: Experience at HarvardOkose C. Okenwa, Wang V. Tiffany, Abt B. Nicholas, Kamani Dipti, Emerick S. Kevin, Randolph W. Gregory
Oral Presentation: AAO-HNSF 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting - 9/13/2020
Research History
- Harvard Research FellowResponsible for study design, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript writing/editing of clinical research related to - Thyroid/Parathyroid surgery - Vagus Nerve - Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve - External Branch of the Superior Laryngeal Nerve2019 - 2020
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