Associate Professor, Surgery, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen SOM

Otolaryngology (ENT)

Christian S. Head is an expert in the field of Otolaryngology (ENT). He researched medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Christian Head is a published doctor and has 33 publications published. The lastest was: 'Interleukin-1 regulates corticosterone secretion from the rat adrenal gland through a catecholamine-dependent and prostaglandin E2-independent mechanism.'

Publications

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• Dacomitinib, an Irreversible Pan-ErbB Inhibitor Significantly Abrogates Growth in Head and Neck Cancer Models That Exhibit Low Response to Cetuximab.
• Amelioration of acquired nasopharyngeal stenosis, with bilateral Z-pharyngoplasty.
• Human prostate sphere-forming cells represent a subset of basal epithelial cells capable of Glandular regeneration in vivo.
• Carcinoma of the prostate presenting as a painful parotid mass with mandibular invasion: a case report.
• Pathology quiz case 2. Oncocytic glomus tumor of the trachea.
• Salivary duct carcinoma: a clinical and histologic review with implications for trastuzumab therapy.
• Positron emission tomography: poor sensitivity for occult tonsillar Cancer.
• Cancer of the cervix in women under 40 years of age, a regional survey, 1975-1984.
• Treatment of recurrent and metastatic carcinoma of cervix: a comparison of low dose methotrexate with adriamycin plus methotrexate.
• Increased lysis of stem cells but not their differentiated cells by natural killer cells; de-differentiation or reprogramming activates NK cells.
• Emerging mechanisms of immunosuppression in oral Cancers.
• Coengagement of CD16 and CD94 receptors mediates secretion of chemokines and induces apoptotic death of naive natural killer cells.
• Potent induction of TNF-alpha during interaction of immune effectors with Oral tumors as a potential mechanism for the loss of NK cell viability and function.
• Interleukin-1 regulates corticosterone secretion from the rat adrenal Gland through a catecholamine-dependent and prostaGlandin E2-independent mechanism.
• Rapid and potent induction of cell death and loss of NK cell cytotoxicity against Oral tumors by F(ab'')2 fragment of anti-CD16 antibody.
• Potential contribution of naïve immune effectors to Oral tumor resistance: role in synergistic induction of VEGF, IL-6, and IL-8 secretion.
• Useful landmarks in arytenoid adduction and laryngeal reinnervation surgery.
• Lamina propria replacement therapy with cultured autologous fibroblasts for Vocal fold scars.
• Economic advantages to a distraction decision tree model for management of neonatal upper airway obstruction.
• Microvascular flap reconstruction of the mandible: a comparison of bone grafts and bridging plates for restoration of mandibular continuity.
• Isolated uvulitis.
• Fixation of mandibular osteotomies: comparison of locking and nonlocking hardware.
• Hypericin and pulsed laser therapy of squamous cell Cancer in vitro.
• Salvage surgery with free flap reconstruction: factors affecting outcome after treatment of recurrent Head and neck squamous carcinoma.
• Microvascular reconstruction after previous Neck dissection.
• Metastasis of genitourinary tumors to the Head and neck region.
• Evaluation of hardware-related complications in vascularized bone grafts with locking mandibular reconstruction plate fixation.
• Bilobed fibula flap for reconstruction of through-and-through oromandibular defects.
• Supraclavicular lymph node: incidence of unsuspected metastatic prostate Cancer.
• Photodynamic therapy and tumor imaging of hypericin-treated squamous cell carcinoma.
• Cystic paraThyroid presenting as an apparent Thyroid goiter.
• Radiographic assessment of inverted papilloma.

Schools

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• Ohio State University College Of Medicine and Public Health

• UCLA Med CtrUCLA D Geffen School

• University Of MD Med Sys

Procedures Preformed

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• Antrostomy and Antrotomy (Sinus Surgery)
• Ethmoidectomy (Sinus Surgery)
• Excision of Facial Bone
• Excision or Destruction of Palate or Uvula Lesion
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Conditions Treated

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• Acute Sinusitis
• Chronic Sinusitis
• Deafness
• Deviated Septum
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Doctors Specialties

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• Ear, Nose, and Throat
• Otolaryngology (ENT)

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• UCLA Medical Center
• University of Maryland
• The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Hospital

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• Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
• LAC-Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
• Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital

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