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
- Colocated Multidisciplinary Clinic Is Associated With Improved Timeliness to Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.
Daoud GE, Riedel MF, Ryan MJ, Gaonkar M, Mehta MP, Hendler KT, Stokes WA, Bates JE, Remick J, Shin DM, Steuer CE, Saba NF, El-Deiry MW, Kahng PW, Gross JH, Baddour HM, Schmitt NC, Kaka AS, Patel MR, Boyce BJ, Rudra S
Head & neck. 2026;
PMID: 41943401 - Submental Island Flap for Reconstruction of Preauricular Defects: A Narrative Review.
Fogle A, Kim C, Boyce BJ, Gross JH, Baddour HM, Schmitt NC, Kaka AS
Oral oncology reports. 2026;
PMID: 41551972 - Minimizing Chemoradiation Using a Surgical Algorithm for HPV-Associated Cancer of Unknown Primary.
Daoud GE, Burnham AJ, Vettikattu NT, Schmitt NC, Boyce BJ, Gross JH, Baddour HM, El-Deiry MW, Steuer CE, Saba NF, Bates JE, Stokes WA, Magliocca KR, Patel MR, Kaka AS
Head & neck. 2026;48(5):1235-1240.
PMID: 41355498 - 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
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