Associate Professor, Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania

Otolaryngology (ENT)

Karen is an expert in the field of Otolaryngology (ENT). He studied medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He received 3 awards: "Regional Top Doctor", "Super Doctor" and "Fellow (FAAO-HNS)". Karen B. Zur is also published. He has 35 publications published. The lastest publication: "Sodium channel mRNAs in cultured spinal cord astrocytes: in situ hybridization in identified cell types.'

Publications

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• Recurrent laryngeal nerve reinnervation in children: Acoustic and endoscopic characteristics pre-intervention and post-intervention. A comparison of treatment options.
• Severity of Voice Handicap in Children Diagnosed with Elevated Lesions.
• Recurrent laryngeal nerve reinnervation for unilateral Vocal fold immobility in children.
• Laryngotracheal reconstruction with resorbable microplate buttressing.
• Multidisciplinary approach to Vocal cord dysfunction diagnosis and treatment in one session: A single institutional outcome study.
• Evolving treatments in the management of laryngotracheal hemangiomas: Will propranolol supplant steroids and surgery?
• KTP laser ablation of extensive tracheal hemangiomas.
• Single- vs double-stage laryngotracheal reconstruction.
• Management of oral feeding in children undergoing airway reconstruction.
• Transoral trans-stomal microdebrider excision of tracheal papillomatosis.
• Laryngotracheal reconstruction with posterior costal cartilage grafts: outcomes at a single institution.
• Examination of aerodynamic measures and strain by vibratory source.
• Functional magnetic resonance imaging: contemporary and future use.
• Sensory topography of the oral cavity and the impact of free flap reconstruction: a preliminary study.
• Electron microscopic analysis of biofilm on endotracheal tubes removed from intubated neonates.
• Distribution pattern of the human lingual nerve.
• Vascularized hemitracheal autograft for laryngotracheal reconstruction: a new surgical technique based on the thyroid gland as a vascular carrier.
• Primary description of a new entity, renal cell-like carcinoma of the nasal cavity: van Meegeren in the house of Vermeer.
• Prognostic factors in patients with carcinoma of the vulva--our own experience and literature review.
• L- and D- methionine provide equivalent long term protection against CDDP-induced ototoxicity in vivo, with partial in vitro and in vivo retention of antineoplastic ac...
• Sodium channel mRNAs in cultured spinal Cord astrocytes: in situ hybridization in identified cell types.
• Differential up-regulation of sodium channel alpha- and beta 1-subunit mRNAs in cultured embryonic DRG neurons following exposure to NGF.
• The scapular osteofasciocutaneous flap: a 12-year experience.
• Congenital subglottic cyst in a term neonate.
• Multimodality education for airway endoscopy skill development.
• Pediatric laryngotracheal stenosis and airway reconstruction: a review of Voice outcomes, assessment, and treatment issues.
• Pediatric postcricoid vascular malformation: a diagnostic and treatment challenge.
• Combined retrograde and anterograde hypopharyngeal puncture and dilatation in a child with complete hypopharyngeal stenosis.
• Pediatric Voice Handicap Index (pVHI): a new tool for evaluating pediatric dysphonia.
• Vibratory source, Vocal quality and fundamental frequency following pediatric laryngotracheal reconstruction.
• The clinical relevance of the submucosal cricoid cleft.
• Otolaryngologists may not be doing enough to diagnose pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis.
• Pediatric airway foreign body retrieval: surgical and anesthetic perspectives.
• Use of calcium hydroxylapatite for management of recalcitrant otorrhea due to a patulous eustachian tube.

Schools

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• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

• Mount Sinai Med Center

• Cincinnati Children39s Hospital Med Center

Procedures Preformed

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• Excision of Parotid, Sublingual, or Submandibular Gland
• Intranasal or Sinus Procedure
• Laryngoscopy - Laryngotomy - Laryngectomy - Pharyngolaryngectomy - Pharyngectomy
• Laryngoscopy and Laryngotomy
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Conditions Treated

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• Bell's Palsy
• Cholesteatoma
• Chronic Sinusitis
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
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Doctors Specialties

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

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Regional Top Doctor
• Super Doctor
• Fellow (FAAO-HNS)

Education

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• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
• Yale University

Hospital

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• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Hospital
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

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