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Robert M Brody, MD

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Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
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Director of the International Visiting Professors Program , Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
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Department: Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
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37 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2008.
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32 Jefferson Medical College, 2012.
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6e University of Pennsylvania - Department of Biostatistics Epidemiology and Informatics, 2025.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

1fb Dr. Brody is board certified in otolaryngology - head & neck surgery with additional fellowship training in head and neck oncology and microvascular reconstructive surgery. He provides the full spectrum of head and neck cancer care ranging from mucosal and cutaneous malignancies to endocrine and salivary gland malignancies. He has additional expertise in the management complex head and neck lesions due to infection, trauma, and other benign conditions including congenital neck masses.
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c5 Dr. Brody has extensive training in transoral robotic surgery (TORS), laryngeal preservation surgery, and microvascular reconstructive surgery with a specific interest in dental restoration.
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Description of Research Expertise

1c6 Dr. Brody is a head and neck surgical oncologist and microvascular reconstructive surgeon with additional training in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics. He has experience in the analysis of population level national datasets. He has an interest database management and architecture and has overseen the creation of institutional clinical outcomes databases looking at multiple survival metrics as well as patient repoted outcomes.
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b1 Dr. Brody's clinical research primarily centers around the management of HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer with a specific emphasis on transoral robotic surgery (TORS)
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b1 Dr. Brody's translational research interests are centered around comparing differences in gene expression and the tumor microenvironment to predict treatment responses.
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89 Dr. Brody has additional interests in novel technologies including augmented reality and machine learning in the surgical setting.
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Selected Publications

13b Lee J, Naik A, Brody RM: Differences in Adjuvant Radiotherapy Delay Between Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer: A Cohort Study. American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Meeting, Miami, FL Sep 2024 Notes: oral presentation.

 161 Horton J, Brody RM, Cannady SB, Horwich P, Houlton J, Hornig J: Composite latissimus dorsi + serratus anterior/rib free flap: modern use cases and literature review. American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Meeting, Miami, FL Sep 2024 Notes: poster presentation.

 15c Kaki P, Sangal NR, Brody RM: Nationwide-Analysis of the Management and Survival of Noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features. American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Meeting, Miami, FL Sep 2024 Notes: poster presentation.

 124 Naik A, Miller CJ, Brody RM: To Drain or Not to Drain: Sentinel Lymph Biopsy for Head and Neck Melanoma. American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Meeting, Miami, FL Sep 2024 Notes: poster presentation.

 13a Sangal NR, Villarin C, Brody RM: Trends and Outcomes of TORS in the Treatment of Advanced HPV-positive SCCa of the Oropharynx. American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Meeting, Miami, FL Sep 2024 Notes: poster presentation.

 154 Naik A, Brody RM: Long-term survival and oncologic outcomes in HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma following transoral robotic surgery. American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Meeting, Miami, FL Sep 2024 Notes: poster presentation.

 143 Kaki P, Brody RM, Cannady SB: Comparing Functional Outcomes With and Without Free Flap Reconstruction Following TORS in T1/T2 HPV+ OPSCC. American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Meeting, Miami, FL Sep 2024 Notes: oral presentation.

 15b Kaki P, Sangal NR, Brody RM: Outcomes and Predictors of Immunotherapy with Targeted-Therapies in Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: An Advancing Therapeutic Modality. American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Meeting, Miami, FL Sep 2024 Notes: oral presentation.

 11a Carey RM, Prasad A, Wei K, Brant JA, Brody RM, Leibowitz JM, Civantos FJ, Sweeny L: Primary Site Surgery in Distantly Metastatic Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Laryngoscope 134(5): 2243-2251, May 2024.

 168 Sannigrahi MK, Cao AC, Rajagopalan P, Sun L, Brody RM, Raghav L, Gimotty PA, Basu D: A novel pipeline for prioritizing cancer type-specific therapeutic vulnerabilities using DepMap identifies PAK2 as a target in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Mol Oncol 18(2): 336-349, Feb 2024.

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