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Peter Santa Maria, MD, Otolaryngology (ENT), Stanford, CA

Peter Luke Santa Maria MD PhD

Neurotology


Assistant Professor

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  • 300 Pasteur DrStanford, CA 94305

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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 University
    Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Neurotology, 2012 - 2015
  • University of Western Australia
    University of Western AustraliaPh.D., 2006 - 2011
  • University of Western Australia Faculty of Medicine
    University of Western Australia Faculty of MedicineClass of 2002

Certifications & Licensure

  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2024 - 2026
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2017 - 2025

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

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A novel thermal compression device for perioperative warming: A randomized trial for feasibility and efficacy  
    Santa 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 Study  
    Tan, 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 Perforations  
    Santa 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

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Hearing preservation surgery for cochlear implantation--A meta-analysis
    Santa Maria PL, ACI Alliance Cochlear Implant Symposium, Washington, DC, 1/1/2013
  • The Genetics of Tympanic Membrane Healing After Perforation in Rats - A Microarray Study
    Santa Maria PL, Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation Frontiers, Noosa, Queensland, Australia, 1/1/2008

Lectures

  • Commercialization and innovation of medical devices 
    Valencia, CA, 2015; Chicago, IL, 2017 - 1/1/2017
  • Interactive 3D Surgical Otology 
    Chicago, IL - 1/1/2017
  • Medical Device Innovation 
    Fremantle, Australia - 1/1/2017
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Other

  • Tympanic membrane wound healing in rats: a combined histological, immunohistochemical, and transcriptome study. 
    Santa Maria PL, Thesis
    University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia - 1/1/2011

Press Mentions

  • Welcome to the AAO-HNSF 2024 Annual Meeting Program Schedule
    Welcome to the AAO-HNSF 2024 Annual Meeting Program ScheduleSeptember 16th, 2024

Grant Support

  • The role of macrophages in chronic suppurative otitis media associated sensory hearing lossUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2025–2026

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