Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Otolaryngology
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis
- Internship: University of Washington School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Washington School of Medicine
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 - Radiotherapy With Cisplatin vs Carboplatin Paclitaxel for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Abousaud M, Pamulapati S, Rashid S, Lozano F, Shepherd M, Fowowe B, Cao Y, Kim P, Liu Y, Bates JE, McDonald M, Rudra S, Stokes WA, Gross J, Schmitt NC, El-Deiry MW, Patel MR, Hammond AL, Teng Y, Steuer C, Shin DM, Saba NF
JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery. 2025;151(8):769-776.
PMID: 40569627 - Reirradiation: Standards, challenges, and patient-focused strategies across tumor types.
Beddok A, Willmann J, Embring A, Appelt AL, Balermpas P, Chua K, Choi JI, Elger BS, Gabrys D, Hoskin P, Niyazi M, Pasquier D, Paradis K, Kaidar-Person O, Plaisier C, Schmitt NC, Steuer CE, Thariat J, Yom SS, Poortmans P, Vasquez Osorio E, Andratschke N
CA: a cancer journal for clinicians. 2025;
PMID: 40438993 - 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 - Combination radiation and αPD-L1 enhance tumor control by stimulating CD8+ PD-1+ TCF-1+ T cells in the tumor-draining lymph node.
Shen Y, Connolly E, Aiello M, Zhou C, Chappa P, Song H, Tippitak P, Clark T, Cardenas M, Prokhnevska N, Mariniello A, De Bruyker I, Pagadala MS, Dhere VR, Rafiq S, Kesarwala AH, Orthwein A, Thomas SN, Zhang SL, Khan MK, Dixon JB, Lesinski GB, Lowe MC, Kissick H, Yu DS, Paulos CM, Schmitt NC, Buchwald ZS
Nature communications. 2025;16(1):3522.
PMID: 40229241 - Statin Drugs Are Associated With Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer.
Kristoff TJ, Evans S, Nayi P, Abousaud M, Goyal S, Liu Y, Shin D, Steuer CE, Saba NF, Schmitt NC
Cancer medicine. 2025;14(5):e70718.
PMID: 40052634 - Strategies for Improving CAR T Cell Persistence in Solid Tumors.
Wittling MC, Cole AC, Brammer B, Diatikar KG, Schmitt NC, Paulos CM
Cancers. 2024;
PMID: 39199630 - Pembrolizumab and Cabozantinib in Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Long-term Survival Update with a Biomarker Analysis.
Saba NF, Chaudhary R, Kirtane K, Marra A, Ekpenyong A, McCook-Veal A, Schmitt NC, Gross JH, Patel MR, Remick J, Bates JE, McDonald MW, Rudra SF, Stokes WA, Biernacki M, Song X, Slebos RJC, Liu Y, Steuer CE, Shin DM, Teng Y, Chung CH
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. 2024;30(20):4601-4608.
PMID: 39167623 - Age and postoperative swallowing function in patients treated for advanced oral cancer: A retrospective study.
Amos SE, Daoud GE, Patel SR, Burnham AJ, Ottenstein L, Baddour HM, Tkaczuk A, Schmitt NC
Journal of geriatric oncology. 2024;15(8):101841.
PMID: 39095313 - 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
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