https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9612-1696
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Duke School of Medicine Distinguished Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
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2026 - Present
Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery,
Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
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2023 - Present
Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery,
Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Professor of Cell Biology
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2023 - Present
Cell Biology,
Basic Science Departments
Professor in Neurobiology
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2023 - Present
Neurobiology,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Scholarly Works
Development of the Sinus Headache Screener (SHS).
Journal article Laryngoscope · June 23, 2026 OBJECTIVES: Facial pain or pressure is often non-rhinogenic but is frequently misdiagnosed as sinusitis, leading to inappropriate treatment with antibiotics and surgery. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a brief self-administered ques ... Full text Link to item CiteOlfactory cleft biopsy analysis of Alzheimer's disease pathobiology across disease stages.
Journal article Nat Commun · March 18, 2026 Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative condition affecting millions worldwide. Defining early pathobiological events remains challenging, in part due to inaccessibility of neural tissue. Because olfactory neurons are accessible, and olfactory loss ... Full text Link to item CiteBowman's glands act as facultative stem cells following olfactory epithelial lesion.
Journal article Chem Senses · March 2, 2026 Resident stem cells support tissue maintenance in self-renewing adult tissue niches, including the olfactory epithelium, the peripheral organ for smell. In adult mammals, olfactory basal cells support neurogenesis and barrier epithelial maintenance, but wh ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2026 - 2031NEUROD1 and cell fate plasticity in olfactory neuroblastoma
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2031Genotype-Phenotype Modeling of Rare Sinonasal Tumors to Enable Precision Oncology
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2026 - 2029View All Grants
Education
State University of New York Upstate Medical University ·
1999
M.D.
State University of New York Upstate Medical University ·
1999
Ph.D.
University of Virginia ·
1992
B.A.