D. Gregory Farwell

About

D. Gregory Farwell, M.D., F.A.C.S., M.A.M.S.E, is the Gabriel Tucker Professor of Otorhinolaryngology and Chair of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. He is based in Philadelphia, PA, and is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Dr. Farwell's clinical expertise includes head and neck cancer and thyroid cancer. His research focuses on non-invasive image-guided surgery, with significant contributions to the understanding and treatment of head and neck cancers, including the use of advanced imaging techniques for early detection and intraoperative guidance. He has authored numerous publications on these topics and is recognized for his leadership in the field of otorhinolaryngology.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Science
• Surgery
• Internal medicine
• Pathology
• Radiology
• Physical therapy
• Family medicine
• Physics

Selected publications

• Intraoperative delineation of p16+ oropharyngeal carcinoma of unknown primary origin with fluorescence lifetime imaging: Preliminary report

  Head & Neck · 2022 · 27 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  BACKGROUND: This study evaluated whether fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIm), coupled with standard diagnostic workups, could enhance primary lesion detection in patients with p16+ head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of the unknown primary (HNSCCUP). METHODS: FLIm was integrated into transoral robotic surgery to acquire optical data on six HNSCCUP patients' oropharyngeal tissues. An additional 55-patient FLIm dataset, comprising conventional primary tumors, trained a machine learning classifi…

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• The Global Experience of Laryngeal Transplantation: Series of Eleven Patients in Three Continents

  The Laryngoscope · 2024-07-06 · 11 citations

  articleOpen access

  BACKGROUND: The loss of laryngeal function affects breathing, swallowing, and voice, thus severely compromises quality of life. Laryngeal transplantation has long been suggested as a solution for selected highly affected patients with complete laryngeal function loss. OBJECTIVE: To obtain insights regarding the advantages, weaknesses, and limitations of this procedure and facilitate future advances, we collected uniform data from all known laryngeal transplants reported internationally. METHODOL…

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• Functional Laryngectomy and Quality of Life in Survivors of Head and Neck Cancer With Intractable Aspiration

  JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery · 2024-03-07 · 9 citations

  articleOpen access

  Importance: Late effects of head and neck cancer (HNC) treatment include profound dysphagia, chronic aspiration, and death. Functional laryngectomy (FL) can improve patient survival and quality of life (QoL); however, removing a failing larynx for a noncancer reason is a difficult decision. Data regarding the ability of FL to improve self-perceptions of voice, swallowing, and QOL in survivors of HNC with intractable aspiration are inconclusive. Objective: To investigate the association of FL wit…

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• Using the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 to improve depression screening in head and neck cancer patients

  American Journal of Otolaryngology · 2022-12-01 · 7 citations

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• Quality appraisal of clinical practice guidelines for the use of radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of thyroid nodules and cancer

  American Journal of Otolaryngology · 2022-05-19 · 7 citations

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Recent grants

• Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging/Spectroscopy System For Robotic Cancer Surgery Guidance

  NIH · $4.6M · 2014–2027

Frequent coauthors

• Bevan Yueh

  University of Minnesota

  55 shared

• Eduardo Méndez

  55 shared

• Allen M. Chen

  University of California, Irvine

  54 shared

• Quang Luu

  43 shared

• Arnaud F. Bewley

  42 shared

• Neal D. Futran

  University of Washington

  40 shared

• Megan E. Daly

  University of California, Davis

  39 shared

• Laura Marcu

  University of California, Davis

  34 shared

Labs

• D. Gregory Farwell LaboratoryPI

Education

• MD

  Washington University Medical Center

Awards & honors

• Gabriel Tucker Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
• F.A.C.S.
• M.A.M.S.E

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