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Office
300 Pasteur Dr
Stanford, CA 94305Phone+1 650-723-4000
Summary
- Dr Peter Santa Maria is a surgeon scientist born and raised in Perth, Australia with a subspecialty interest in Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery. He attended medical school at The University of Western Australia before undertaking his residency in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. He was the Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery fellow at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (2012), Western Australia before undertaking a three year instructorship at Stanford University in Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery (2015).
Clinically, Dr Santa Maria specializes in adult and pediatric surgery for hearing, balance and facial nerve disorders. He has a special interest in the management of cholesteatoma, acoustic neuroma and glomus tumor surgery as well as hearing implants, including cochlear implants. Dr Santa Maria has authored book chapters and published papers and continues his clinical research in these areas, particularly with a focus on hearing preservation.
Scientifically, Dr Santa Maria completed his PhD in the molecular biology of wound healing of the tympanic membrane at The University of Western Australia (2012). His research includes a novel treatment for chronic ear drum perforations was accelerated through the SPARK program at Stanford, winning the "Excellence in Stanford SPARK 2014" award, and then taken into a pharmaceutical start-up, Auration Biotech, aimed at bringing treatments for hearing loss into the clinic. Auration Biotech recently partnered with a large pharmaceutical company, Astellas, to bring the non-surgical treatment for ear drum repair into human clinical trials. He research has now expanded to include novel treatments for biofilms in chronic suppurative otitis media and growth factor therapy for oral wound healing.
Education & Training
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Neurotology, 2012 - 2015
- University of Western AustraliaPh.D., 2006 - 2011
- University of Western Australia Faculty of MedicineClass of 2002
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2017 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2024 - 2024
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- 40 under 40 award Business News (Western Australia), 2017
- Robert Howard Next Step Award in Medical Technology Innovation Stanford Biodesign, 2015
- William E. Eaglestein Award for Excellence SPARK Stanford, 2014
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Clinical Trials
- Thermal Compression Device for Maintenance of Perioperative Normothermia Start of enrollment: 2014 Aug 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsPovidone-Iodine Fails to Eradicate Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media and Demonstrates Ototoxic Risk in Mice.Adam C Kaufman, Brian S Bacacao, Betul Berkay, Devesh Sharma, Anupam Mishra
Otology & Neurotology. 2022-12-01 - 1 citationsMinimally invasive trans-tympanic eustachian tube occlusion animal model.Ali Kouhi, Anping Xia, Kelly Khomtchouk, Peter Luke Santa Maria
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2022-05-01 - 7 citationsLong-Term Health Utilization and Outcomes in Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media.Anthony Thai, Ksenia A Aaron, Adam C Kaufman, Peter L. Santa Maria
Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. 2021-10-12
Journal Articles
- A novel thermal compression device for perioperative warming: A randomized trial for feasibility and efficacySanta Maria PL, Santa Maria C, Eisenried A, Velasquez, N. Kannard, B. Ramani, A. Kahn D, Wheeler A, Brock-Utne J, BMC Anesthesiology, 1/1/2017
- Associations between cardiovascular disease and its risk factors with hearing loss – a cross-sectional analysis: The Busselton Healthy Ageing StudyTan, HEI. Lan, NSR. Knuiman, MW. Divitini, ML. Swanepoel, DW. Hunter, M. Brennan-Jones, CG. Hung, J. Eikelboom, RH. Santa Maria, PL, Clin Otolaryngol, 1/1/2017
- Functional Outcomes of Heparin Binding Epidermal Growth Factor Like Growth Factor Treatment for Chronic Tympanic Membrane PerforationsSanta Maria, PL. Gottlieb, P. Santa Maria, C. Kim, S. Yang, YP. Puria, S, Tissue Eng Part A, 1/1/2017
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Hearing preservation surgery for cochlear implantation--A meta-analysisSanta Maria PL, ACI Alliance Cochlear Implant Symposium, Washington, DC, 1/1/2013
- The Genetics of Tympanic Membrane Healing After Perforation in Rats - A Microarray StudySanta Maria PL, Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation Frontiers, Noosa, Queensland, Australia, 1/1/2008
Lectures
- Commercialization and innovation of medical devicesValencia, CA, 2015; Chicago, IL, 2017 - 1/1/2017
- Interactive 3D Surgical OtologyChicago, IL - 1/1/2017
- Medical Device InnovationFremantle, Australia - 1/1/2017
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Press Mentions
- Welcome to the AAO-HNSF 2024 Annual Meeting Program ScheduleSeptember 16th, 2024
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