D. gregory Farwell - Faculty Biosketch

D. Gregory Farwell, M.D., F.A.C.S., M.A.M.S.E

Gabriel Tucker Professor of Otorhinolaryngology

Chair, Department of Otorhinolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA

Department: Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

Contact information

Gabriel Tucker Professor and Chair
Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street- 5 Ravdin
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-349-5383
Fax: 215-615-4334

Email:
greg.farwell@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Education:
B.A. (Biology and Chemistry, Summa cum laude)
Drury University, Springfield, MO, 1990.
M.D. (Medicine, First in Class)
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1994.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Department of Surgery, Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, WA, 1994-1995.
Research Fellowship, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 1995-1996.
Resident in Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1996-2000.

Certifications
American Board of Otolaryngology, 2001.
Ultrasound for Surgeons the Basic Course, 2004.

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Description of Clinical Expertise

Head and Neck Cancer
Thyroid Cancer

Description of Other Expertise

Head and Neck Cancer
Thyroid Cancer

Description of Research Expertise

Non-Invasive Image-Guided Surgery

Selected Publications

Wang SY, Turner G, Valdes-Morales KL, Hunter ER, Kim M, Tran VA, Polen K, Haynes D, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Walker JL, Zhang J, Brody RM, Cannady SB, Rajasekaran K, Farwell DG, Miura JT, Karakousis GC, Lukens JR, Amaravadi RK, Schuchter LM, Mitchell TC, Higgins HW, Carey RM: Accuracy of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Head and Neck Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Predictors of Biopsy Failure and Nodal Metastasis. JAMA Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery January 2026.

Rajasekaran K, Gentile M, Lukens JR, Newman JG, Chalian AA, Rassekh CH, Farwell DG, Lin A, Naik A, Kaye ER, Brody RM, O’Malley BW, Weinstein G, Cao A, Halle TR, Basu D, Cannady SB, Gobillot TA, Lee JJ: Risk of occult contralateral neck metastasis in early-stage HPV-related lateralized cancer of the base of tongue. Head & Neck December 2025.

Gobillot TA, Weinstein G, Cao A, Lee JJ, Brody RM, Basu D, O'Malley BW Jr, Farwell DG, Cannady S, Lin A, Lukens J, Gentile M, Newman JG, Chalian AA, Sun L, Lakshmipathy D, Cohen RB, Rasskeh CH, Rajasekaran K. : Outcomes of HPV+ oropharyngeal carcinoma of unknown primary following transoral robotic surgery. Laryngoscope August 2025.

Henderson Douglas , Knoedler Leonard , Niederegger Tobias , Fenske Jakob , Mathieu Olivier , Hundeshagen Gabriel , Heiland Max , Cetrulo Curtis L. , Farwell D. Gregory , Lechien Jerome R. , Lellouch Alexandre G. : What are the functional outcomes of total laryngeal transplantation? A systematic review of preclinical and clinical studies Frontiers in Immunology 16, July 2025.

Gates JC, Abouyared M, Shnayder Y, Farwell DG, Day A, Alawi F, Moore M, Holcomb AJ, Birkeland A, Epstein J.: Clinical Management Update of Oral Leukoplakia: A Review from the American Head and Neck Society Cancer Prevention Service. Head and Neck Pain November 2024.

Yuan N, Hassan M, Ehrlich K, Weyers B, Biddle G, Ivanovic V, Raslan OA, Dui D, Abouyared M, Bewley AF, Birkeland AC, Farwell DG, Marcu L, Qi J.: Early Detection of Lymph Node Metastasis Using Primary Head and Neck Cancer Computed Tomography and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging. Diagnostics 14(18): 2097, September 23 2024.

Candelo E, Farwell DG, et al: The Global Experience of Laryngeal Transplantation: Series of Eleven Patients in Three Continenta. Laryngoscope May 2024.

Evangelista L, Nativ-Seltzer N, Bewley A, Birkeland AC, Abouyared M, Kuhn M, Cates DJ, Farwell DG, Belafsky P: Functional Laryngectomy and Quality of Life in Survivors of Head and Neck Cancer with Intractable Aspiration. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 150(4): 335-341, Apr 2024.

Hassan MA, Weyers BW, Bec J, Fereridouni F, Qi J, Gui D, Bewley AF, Abouyared M, Farwell DG, Birkeland AC, Marcu L: Anatomy-Specific Classification Model Using Label-free FLIm to Aid Intraoperative Surgical Guidance of Head and Neck Cancer. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 12, Oct 2023 Notes: ePub ahead of print.

Gerber BB, Chen J, Beliveau A, Farwell DG, Birkeland AC: Using the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 to improve depression screening in head and neck cancer patients. Am J Otolaryngol 44(2): 103724, Mar-Apr 2023.