Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Otolaryngology
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine
- Residency: Ohio State University Hospital
Fellowships
University of Washington School of Medicine
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Treatment of recurrent oral carcinoma cuniculatum with immune checkpoint blockade: A case report and literature review.
Jones W, Kaka AS, Rudra S, Lubin D, Saeed F, Magliocca KR, Saba NF, Schmitt NC
Oral oncology reports. 2025;
PMID: 40574746 - Early-Phase Trial of IAP Antagonist Tolinapant and Definitive Radiation in Cisplatin-Ineligible Patients with Advanced Head and Neck Cancer.
Schmitt NC, Stokes WA, Bates JE, Kinney BLC, Remick J, McDonald MW, Rudra S, Steininger M, Oyewole M, Patel MR, Kaka AS, Gross JH, Switchenko J, Steuer CE, Shin DM, Saba NF
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. 2025;31(14):2910-2918.
PMID: 40353748 - Long-Term Postoperative Donor Site Musculoskeletal Morbidity after Osseous Free Flap Harvest.
Chan TG, Rosado A, Goyal S, Irizarry R, Owen RJ, Baddour HM, Boyce B, Kaka A, El-Deiry MW, Gross JH
OTO open. 2025;9(1):e70069.
PMID: 39802170 - Submandibular Gland Flap Reconstruction for Oropharyngeal Defects After Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS).
Lander DP, Vettikattu N, Sawaf T, Wang N, Patel MR, Kaka AS, Bur AM, Jackson RS
Head & neck. 2025;47(5):1440-1446.
PMID: 39739241 - Tunneled Submental Island Flap for Reconstruction of Endoscopic Nasopharyngectomy Defects.
Vuncannon JR, Rodas A, Daoud GE, Soriano RM, Kaka AS, Solares CA
The Laryngoscope. 2025;135(5):1697-1701.
PMID: 39611311 - Radiologic findings of occult nodal metastasis during clinically-N0 salvage total laryngectomy.
Chan TG, Wicks J, Sethi I, Becker J, Brandon D, Schmitt NC, Kaka A, Boyce B, Baddour HM, El-Deiry MW, Patel MR, Gross JH
Head & neck. 2025;47(1):201-214.
PMID: 39092682 - CD28-CD57+ T cells from head and neck cancer patients produce high levels of cytotoxic granules and type II interferon but are not senescent.
Kinney BLC, Brammer B, Kansal V, Parrish CJ, Kissick HT, Liu Y, Saba NF, Buchwald ZS, El-Deiry MW, Patel MR, Boyce BJ, Kaka AS, Gross JH, Baddour HM, Chen AY, Schmitt NC
Oncoimmunology. 2024;13(1):2367777.
PMID: 38887372 - Submental Island Flaps for Lateral Reconstruction: Technical Refinements for Optimal Outcomes and Resource Efficiency.
Oh MS, Vettikattu NT, Baddour HM, Gross JH, Boyce BJ, Patel MR, Schmitt NC, Arturo Solares C, Vuncannon JR, Kaka AS
OTO open. 2024;8(2):e131.
PMID: 38618288 - Salivary Mucinous Adenocarcinoma Masquerading as Chronic Submandibular Sialolithiasis.
Vettikattu NT, Daoud GE, Viswanathan K, Kaka AS
The Laryngoscope. 2024;134(5):2258-2261.
PMID: 37983880 - The evolving landscape of salivary gland tumors.
Steuer CE, Hanna GJ, Viswanathan K, Bates JE, Kaka AS, Schmitt NC, Ho AL, Saba NF
CA: a cancer journal for clinicians. 2023;73(6):597-619.
PMID: 37490348
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