Dr. Peter S. Vosler, MD, PhD, FACS

Areas of expertise and specialization

Faculty Titles & Positions

• Clinical Assistant Professor Florida State University 2022 - Present
• Assistant Professor Johns Hopkins University 2018 - 2022
• Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgeon First Physicians Group of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Sarasota, Florida 2022 - Present
• Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 2018 - 2022
• Associate Staff, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery 2019 -
• Associate Staff, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 2019 - 2021

Awards

•  1st Place Best Video 2017 World Congress Thyroid Cancer 
• American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Leadership Grant 2014 American Academy of Otolaryngology 
• Research Fund for International Young Scientists 2012 Fudan University, Shanghai, China 
•  3rd Annual Julius Axelrod Lecture Travel Award 2009 Society for Neuroscience 
•  Young Investigator Travel Bursary 2009 XXIVth International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism and Function 

Professional Memberships

• American Head and Neck Society  
• American Thyroid Association  
• American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery  
• American College of Surgeons  

Fellowships

• University of Toronto, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction  2018

Fellowships

• Advanced Head and Neck Surgery and Microvascular Reconstruction at the University of Toronto

Articles and Publications

• PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (h-index = 22)Trakimas, D.R., Colloca, L., Fakhry, C., Tan, M., Khan, Z., & Vosler, P.S. (2023). Study protocol: randomized controlled trial of conditioned open-label placebo (COLP) for perioperative pain management in patients with head and neck cancer. BMJ Open, 13(7), e069785. PMID: 37419646.Dong, B.C., Lee, R.P, Lubelski, D., Vosler, P.S., Theodore, N.A., Meyer, C.F., Creighton, F.X., Jackson, C. M. (2023). Resection of condylar skull base tumor via combined far lateral and infrajugular approaches with single-stage occipitocervical fusion. World Nuerosurg, Epub 2022. PMID: 36455849Knoedler, S., Knodler, L, Baecher, H., Kauke-Navarro, M., Obed, D., Hoch, D.D., Diehm, Y.F., Vosler, P.S., Harreus, U., Knesser, U., & Panayi, A.C. (2022) 30-day postoperative outcomes in adults with obstructive sleep apnea undergoing upper airway surgery. J Clin Med, 11(24), 77371. PMID: 36555986.Sattur, M.G., Amans, M., Fargen, K.M., Huisman, T.A.G.M, Brinjikji, W., Hui, F., Shingala, A., Vosler, P.S., Pereira, V.M., Hepworth, E., Dehdashti, A.R., Patsalides A., Lo, S.L., & Spiotta, A.M. (2022). Angiographic evaluation of cranial venous outflow patterns in patients with and without idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 24(1), e29-35. PMID: 36337195.Scott-Wittenborn, N., DSouza, G., Aygun, N., Tewari, S.R., Azadi, J., Vosler, P., Gooi, Z., Mehta, V., Mydlarz, W., Nance, M., Mlot, S., Patel, M.R., Tan, M., Miles, B.A, Troy, T., & Fakhry, C. (2022). Feasibility of clinical evaluation of individuals with increased risk for HPV-associated oropharynx cancer. Head Neck, 45(1), 95-102. PMID: 36200696.Lopez, J., Reategui, M.L., Rooper, L., Koch, W., Fakhry, C., Mydalarz, W., Tan, M., Eisele, D.W., Mandal, R. Vosler, P., & Gourin, C.G. (2022). Node count as a quality indicator in surgically treated mucosal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Laryngoscope, 133(9), 2160-2165.Trakimas D.R., Perez-Heydrich C., Mandal R., Tan, M., Gourin, C.G., Fakhry, C., Koch, W.M., Russell, J.O., Tufano, R.P., Eisele, D.W., & Vosler, P.S. (2022). Peri-operative pain and opioid use in opioid-nave patients following inpatient head and neck surgery. Front Psychiatry, eCollection 2022. PMID: 35873237.Saraswathula S.A., Austin, J.M., Fakhry, C., Vosler, P.S., Mandal, R., Koch, W.M., Tan, M., Eisele, D.W., Frick, K.D., & Gourin, C.G. (2022). Surgeon volume and laryngectomy outcome. Laryngoscope, 133(4), 834-840. PMID:35634691.England R.W., Arun, A., Vosler, P.S., Lo, S.L., Gujar, S.K., Tariq, N., Weiss, C.R., Luciano, M.G., and Hui, F.K. (2022). Catheter-directed venography for evaluating internal jugular vein pseudo-occlusion. J Clin Neurosci, 98, 6-19. PMID: 35114476.Guller M, Herberg, Amin, N., Alkhatib, H., Maroun, C., Wu, E., Allen, H., Zheng, Y., Gourin, C., Vosler, P., Tan, M., Koch, W., Eisele, D., Seiwert, T., Fakhry, C., Pardoll, D., Zhu, G., and Mandal, R. (2021). Nutritional status as a predictive biomarker for immunotherapy outcomes in advanced head and neck cancer. Cancers (Basel), 13(22), 5772. PMID: 34830929.Zhu, G., Amin, N., Herberg, M.E., Maroun, C.A., Wang, H., Guller, M., Gourin, C.G., Rooper, L.M., Vosler, P.S., Tan, M., DSouza, G., Koch, W.M., Eisele, D.W., Seiwert, T.Y., Pardoll, D.M., and Mandal, R. (2021). Association of tumor site with the prognosis and immunogenic landscape of human papillomavirus-related head and neck and cervical cancers. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 148(1), 70-79. PMID: 34792560. Drake, V. Bigelow E., Fakhry, C., Windon, M., Rooper, L.M., Ha, P., Miles, B., Gourin, C., Mandal, R., Mydlarz, W., London, N., Vosler, P.S., Yavvari, S., Troy, T., Waterboer, T., Eisele, D.W., and DSouza, G. (2021). Biologic and behavioral associations of estrogen receptor alpha positivity in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncol, 121, 105461. PMID: 34304004.Saraswathula, A., Gourin, C.G. & Vosler, P.S. (2021). Guide to enhanced recovery for cancer patient undergoing surgery: Head and neck cancer. Ann Surg Oncol, 28(12), 6932-35. PMID: 33891196.Ryan J.F., Xie, D.X., Eytan, D.F., McCarthy, E.F., Mandal, R., Gourin, C.G., Lipson, E.J., Meyer, C.F. & Vosler, P.S. (2020). Melanoma metastatic to the hyoid bone. Clin Case Rep, 9(1), 522-525. PMID: 33891196.Windon, M., Fakhry, C., Rooper, L., Ha, P., Schoppy, D., Miles, B., Koch, W., Vosler, P., Eisele, D., & DSouza, G. (2020). The role of age and Merkel cell polyomavirus on oral cavity cancers. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 163(6), 1194-1197. PMID: 32571145. Maroun, C.A., Zhu, G., Fakhry, C., Gourin, C.G., Seiwert, T.Y., Vosler, P.S., Tan, M., Koch, W., Eisele, D.W., Pardoll, D.M., & Mandal R. (2020). An immunogenomic investigation of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma in patients 45 years and younger. Laryngoscope, 131(2), 304-311. PMID: 32297993.Gourin, C.G., Vosler, P.S., Mandal, R., Pitman, K.T., Fakhry, C., Eisele, D.W., and Frick, K.D. & Austin J.M., (2019). Association between hospital market concentration and costs of laryngectomy. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 145(10), 939-947. PMID: 31465102. Vosler, P.S., Orsini, M., Enepekides, D.J., & Higgins, K.M. (2018). Predicting complications of major head and neck oncological surgery: an evaluation of the ACS NSQIOP surgical risk calculator. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 47(1), 21. PMID: 29566750. Noel, C.W., Vosler, P.S., Hong, M., Orsini, M., Enepekides, D., & Higgins, K. (2018). Motor and sensory morbidity associated with the anterolateral thigh perforator free flap. Laryngoscope, 128(5), 1057-61. PMID: 29105774.Vosler, P.S., Kass, J.I., Wang, E.W. and Snyderman, C.H. (2016). Successful implementation of a clinical care pathway for management of epistaxis at a tertiary-care center. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 155(5), 879-885. PMID: 27352889.Davis, K.S., Vosler, P.S., Yu, J., and Wang, E.W. (2016). Intraoperative image guidance improves outcomes in complex orbital reconstruction by novice surgeons. J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 74(7), 1420-1425. PMID: 27019413.Vosler, P.S., Ferguson, B.J., Contreras, J.I., Wang, E.W., Schaitkin, B.M., and Lee, S. (2014). Clinical and pathologic characteristics of intranasal abuse of combined opioid-acetaminophen medications. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol, 4(10), 839-44. PMID: 25137346.Zhang, L., Zhang, F., Weng, Z., Brown, B.N., Yan, H., Ma, X.M., Vosler, P.S., Badylak, S.F., Dixon, C.E., Cui, X.T., & Chen, J. (2013). Effect of an inductive hydrogel composed of urinary bladder matrix upon functional recovery following traumatic brain injury. Tissue Eng Part A, 19(17-18), 1909-18. PMID: 23596981.Shi, H., Sun, B.L., Zhang, L., Lu, S., Zhang, P., Wang, H., Yu, Q., Stetler, R.A., Vosler, P.S., Chen, J., & Gao, Y. (2013). miR-15b suppression of Bcl-2 contributes to cerebral ischemic injury and is reversed by sevoflurane preconditioning. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets, 12(3), 381-91. PMID: 23469855.Zhang, M., Wang, H., Zhao, J., Chen, C., Leak, R.K., Xu, Y., Vosler, P., Chen, J., Gao, Y., & Zhang, F. (2013). Drug-induced hypothermia in stroke models: does it always protect? CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets, 12(3), 371-80. PMID: 23469851 Yuan, F., Wang, Y., Guan,. Y., Ren, Y, Lu, H., Xiao, T., Xie, H., Vosler, P.S., Chen, J. & Yang, G. (2013). Real-time imaging of mouse lenticulostriate artery following brain ischemia. Frontiers in Biosciences (Elite Ed.), 5, 517-24. PMID: 23277007.Zhang, P., Zhang, Q., Pu, H., Wu, Y., Bai, Y., Vosler, P.S., Chen, J., Shi, H., Gao, Y., & Hu, Y. (2012). Very early-initiated physical rehabilitation protects against ischemic brain injury. Frontiers in Biosciences (Elite Ed.), 4, 476-89. PMID: 22652654. Stetler, R.A., Gao, Y., Zhang, L., Weng, Z., Zhang, F., Hu, X., Wang, S., Vosler, P., Cao, G., Sun, D., Graham, S.H., & Chen, J. (2012). Phosphorylation of HSP27 by protein kinase D is essential for mediating neuroprotection against ischemic neuronal injury. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(8), 2667-89. PMID: 22357851.Gan, Y., Ji, X., Hu, X., Luo, Y., Zhang, L., Li, P., Liu, X., Vosler, P., Gao, Y., Stetler, R.A., & Chen, J. (2012). Transgenic overexpression of peroxiredoxin-2 attenuates ischemic neuronal injury via suppression of a redox-sensitive pro-death signaling pathway. Antioxid Redox Signal, 17(5), 719-32. PMID: 22356734.Vosler, P.S., Zhang, F., Brennan, C.S., Yanagiya, A., Cao, G., Wang, S., Morley, S.J., Sonenberg, N. & Chen, J. (2011). Establishment of a causal link between protein synthesis inhibition and neuronal death via calpain-mediated degradation of eIF4G. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(44), 18102-7. PMID: 22006312.Zhang, F., Wang, S., Gan, L., Vosler, P.S., Zigmond, M.J. & Chen, J. (2011). Protective effects and mechanisms of sirtuins in the nervous system. Progress in Neurobiology, 95(3), 373-95. PMID: 21930182.Wang, G., Jiang, Z., Li, Y., Li, X., Shi, H., Gao, Y., Vosler, P.S., & Chen, J. (2011). Free-radical scavenger edaravone treatment confers neuroprotection against traumatic brain injury in rats. J Neurotrauma, 28(10), 123-34. PMID: 21732763. Stetler, R.A., Gao, Y., Zukin, R.S., Vosler, P.S., Zhang, L., Zhang, F., Cao, G., Bennett, M.V.L. and Chen, J. (2010). Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease APE1 is required for PACAP-induced neuroprotection against global cerebral ischemia. PNAS, 107(7) 3204-9. PMID: 20133634. Gao Y., Cao G., Zhang W., Hu, X, Stetler, R.A. Vosler P. and Chen J. (2010). Neuroprotection against hypoxic-ischemic brain injury by inhibiting the apoptotic protease activating factor-1 pathway. Stroke, 41(1) 166-72. PMID: 19910549. Vosler, P.S., Graham, S.H., Wechsler, L. and Chen J. (2009). Mitochondrial targets for stroke: Focusing basic science research toward development of clinically translatable therapeutics. Stroke, 40(9), 3149-55. Review. PMID: 19478227. Vosler, P.S., Sun, D., Wang, S., Gao, Y., Kitner, D.B., Signore, A.P., Cao, G. and Chen, J. (2009). Calcium dysregulation induces apoptosis-inducing factor release: Cross-talk between PARP-1 and calpain-signaling pathways. Experimental Neurology, 218(2), 213-220. PMID: 19427306.Vosler, P.S. and Chen, J. (2009). Potential molecular targets for translational stroke research. Stroke, 40(3 Suppl), S119-120. Review. PMID: 19064800. Stetler, R.A., Cao, G, Gao, Y, Zhang, F. Wang, S., Weng, Z, Vosler, P., Zhang, L., Signore, A., Graham, S. and Chen, J. (2008). Hsp27 protects against ischemic brain injury via attenuation of a novel stress-response cascade upstream of mitochondrial death signaling. Journal of Neuroscience, 28(49), 13038-55. PMID: 19052195. Vosler, P.S., Brennan, C.S. and Chen, J. (2008). Calpain-mediated signaling mechanisms in neuronal injury and neurodegeneration. Molecular Neurobiology, 38(1), 78-100. Review. PMID: 18686046. Wang, S., Xing, Z., Vosler, P.S., Wang, H., Signore, A., Stetler, R.A., Gao, Y., and Chen, J. (2008). Cellular NAD replenishment confers marked neuroprotection against oxygen-glucose deprivation: role of enhanced DNA repair. Stroke, 39(9), 2587-2595. PMID: 18617666. Vosler, P.S., Logue, E.S., Repine, M.J. & Callaway, C.W. (2005). Delayed hypothermia preferentially increases expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor exon III in rat hippocampus after asphyxial cardiac arrest. Brain Research Molecular Brain Research, 135(1-2), 21-29. PMID: 15857665.Castner, S.A., Vosler, P.S. & Goldman-Rakic, P.S. (2005). Amphetamine sensitization impairs cognition and reduces dopamine turnover in primate prefrontal cortex. Biological Psychiatry, 57(7), 743-751. PMID: 15820231.Vosler, P.S., Bombace, J.C., & Kosten, T.A. (2001). A discriminative two-lever test of dizocilpines ability to reinstate ethanol-seeking behavior. Life Sciences, 69(5), 591-598. PMID: 11510953.BOOK CHAPTERSVosler, P.S. (2019). Reconstruction of the Oral Tongue. In C. Fakhry, Kiess, Eisele, and Pitman (Eds). Oral Cancer: Evaluation, Therapy, and Rehabilitation. Thieme (in press). Vosler, P.S. and Chepeha, D.B. (2018). Rehabilitation After Neck Dissection. In B. Stack and Moreno (Eds.) Neck Dissection. Thieme, p. 143.Vosler, P.S. and Myers, E.N. (2016). Transoral Inferior Maxillectomy. In E.N. Myers (Ed.), Operative Otolaryngology, 3rd Edition. Elsevier Ltd, p. 227-35. Vosler, P.S. and Chen, J. (2009). Calpain-modulation of programmed cell death pathways in cerebral ischemia. In G.Y. Yang and K. Jin (Eds.), Experimental Stroke. Oak Park, IL, Bentham Science Publishers, Ltd., p.1-8.

Teaching and speaking

• INVITED PRESENTATIONS6/2023Neck dissection and Two Adjuncts to Thyroid Cancer Surgery. World Congress on Thyroid Cancer, London, UK8/2023Decision-Making Process in Type of Treatment for Throat (Oropharynx) Cancer. Sarasota Memorial Hospital Robotics Seminar Series, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL6/2023 Updates on HPV: What you need to know about HPV and throat cancer. Webinar at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL.6/2023Management of HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer. Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL.12/2022 Head & Neck and Microvascular Surgery Practice Talk. Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL.10/2021Opioid-Sparing Strategies in Otolaryngology: Approaches to Reduce Opioids-Adults. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Surgery Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. 10/2020Neck dissection and Two Adjuncts to Thyroid Cancer Surgery. 74th Canadian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, Thyroid Cancer Update, Toronto, ON. 9/2020Advanced Laryngeal Cancer, WebinENTs en cirugia oncologica de cabeza y cuello, South American Head and Neck Society.9/2020Update on Scapula Free Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA. 8/2020Early-Stage Skin Cancer, WebinENTs en cirugia oncologica de cabeza y cuello, South American Head and Neck Society. 2/2020Now that Ive taken it out, what do I do? Simple local and regional flap options for head and neck reconstruction. Atlantic Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Update, Delray Beach, FL. 2/2020Opioid Epidemic! Safe Alternatives to Narcotics for Perioperative Pain Management. Atlantic Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Update, Delray Beach, FL. 11/2019Surgical Management of Aggressive Thyroid Carcinoma. Contemporary Surgical Management of Thyroid and Parathyroid Disease, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. 9/2019Reconstruction of the Oral Cavity, Greater Baltimore Medical Center Head & Neck Grand Rounds, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. 4/2019Surgery vs. Chemotherapy and/or Radiation. Johns Hopkins Head and Neck Cancer Education and Survivorship Day, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. 6/2012Mechanisms of Cell Death in Stroke: From Energy Depletion to Protein Synthesis Inhibition, Department of Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.TEACHING- Brian D Jellison Cancer Institute at Sarasota Memorial Hospital Tumor Board (2022-Present)- Teaching of Florida State University Medical Students, Sarasota Memorial Hospital (2023-Present)- Johns Hopkins Head and Neck Surgery Tumor Board, Johns Hopkins University (2018-2022) - Teaching of medical students, residents and fellows on a weekly basis through patient cases, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (2018-2022)- Teaching Assistant-Medical Neuroscience for 1st year medical students, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (5/2007, 4/2008)- Guest Lecturer Opiates/Narcotics & Pain, Neurobiology of Pain and Addiction, University of Pittsburgh (11/2007)- Mentorship of undergraduate students, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (5/2005-12/2008)

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