Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.H.S., Duke University School of Medicine 2011
  • M.D., University of Miami 1996
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, Surgery 2014 - 2016
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, Surgery 2012 - 2014
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, Surgery 2006 - 2012
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 2004 - 2006
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Puscas, L. "Junior otolaryngology resident in-service exams predict written board exam passage." The Laryngoscope 129, no. 1 (January 2019): 124-128.  Full Text
    • Honeybrook, A, Ellison, M, Puscas, L, and Raynor, E. "Otolaryngologist adherence to the AAO-HNSF Allergic Rhinitis Clinical Practice Guideline." International forum of allergy & rhinology (February 7, 2018).  Full Text
    • Bowe, SN, Johnson, K, and Puscas, L. "Facilitation and Debriefing in Simulation Education." Otolaryngologic clinics of North America 50, no. 5 (October 2017): 989-1001. (Review)  Full Text
    • Cabrera-Muffly, C, Chang, CWD, and Puscas, L. "Current Interview Trail Metrics in the Otolaryngology Match." Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery : Official Journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 156, no. 6 (June 2017): 1097-1103.  Full Text
    • Choi, KJ, Chang, B, Woodard, CR, Powers, DB, Marcus, JR, and Puscas, L. "Survey of Current Practice Patterns in the Management of Frontal Sinus Fractures." Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction 10, no. 2 (June 2017): 106-116.  Full Text
    • Puscas, L, Chang, CWD, Lee, H-J, Diaz, R, and Miller, R. "USMLE and Otolaryngology: Predicting Board Performance." Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery : Official Journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 156, no. 6 (June 2017): 1130-1135.  Full Text
    • Choi, KJ, Kahmke, RR, Crowson, MG, Puscas, L, Scher, RL, and Cohen, SM. "Trends in Otolaryngology Consultation Patterns at an Academic Quaternary Care Center." Jama Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery 143, no. 5 (May 2017): 472-477.  Full Text
    • Crowson, MG, Ryan, MA, Rocke, DJ, Raynor, EM, and Puscas, L. "Variation in tonsillectomy rates by health care system type." International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 94 (March 2017): 40-44.  Full Text
    • Johnson, SM, Brown, CS, and Puscas, L. "Persistent Acute Onset Macroglossia Treated with Compression Therapy." Case reports in otolaryngology 2017 (January 2017): 6402413-.  Full Text
    • Puscas, L. "Viewpoint From a Program Director They Can't All Walk on Water." Journal of graduate medical education 8, no. 3 (July 2016): 314-316.  Full Text
    • Moses, H, Powers, D, Keeler, J, Erdmann, D, Marcus, J, Puscas, L, and Woodard, C. "Opportunity Cost of Surgical Management of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma." Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction 9, no. 1 (March 2016): 76-81.  Full Text
    • Atisha, DM, Burr, TVR, Allori, AC, Puscas, L, Erdmann, D, and Marcus, JR. "Facial Fractures in the Aging Population." Plastic and reconstructive surgery 137, no. 2 (February 2016): 587-593.  Full Text
    • Hawkins, RE, Welcher, CM, Stagg Elliott, V, Pieters, RS, Puscas, L, and Wick, PH. "Ensuring Competent Care by Senior Physicians." The Journal of continuing education in the health professions 36, no. 3 (January 2016): 226-231.  Full Text
    • Patki, A, and Puscas, L. "A Video-Based Module for Teaching Communication Skills to Otolaryngology Residents." Journal of Surgical Education 72, no. 6 (November 2015): 1090-1094.  Full Text
    • Puscas, L, and Esclamado, R. "Use of a Secondary Essay in the Residency Application Process." JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 141, no. 7 (July 2015): 591-592.  Full Text
    • Puscas, L. "Midline cervical cleft: review of an uncommon entity." International journal of pediatrics 2015 (January 2015): 209418-. (Review)  Full Text
    • Nolen, D, Cannady, SB, Wax, MK, Scharpf, J, Puscas, L, Esclamado, RM, Fritz, M, Freiberger, J, and Lee, WT. "Comparison of complications in free flap reconstruction for osteoradionecrosis in patients with or without hyperbaric oxygen therapy." Head & Neck 36, no. 12 (December 2014): 1701-1704.  Full Text
    • Ryan, M, Powers, DB, and Puscas, L. "Mandibular mass. Focal cemento-osseous dysplasia (FCOD)." Jama Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery 140, no. 10 (October 2014): 985-986.  Full Text
    • Hu, F, Vishwanath, K, Beumer, HW, Puscas, L, Afshari, HR, Esclamado, RM, Scher, R, Fisher, S, Lo, J, Mulvey, C, Ramanujam, N, and Lee, WT. "Assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of tissue-specific-based and anatomical-based optical biomarkers for rapid detection of human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma." Oral oncology 50, no. 9 (September 2014): 848-856.  Full Text
    • Rocke, DJ, Beumer, HW, Taylor, DH, Thomas, S, Puscas, L, and Lee, WT. "Physician and Patient and Caregiver Health Attitudes and Their Effect on Medicare Resource Allocation for Patients With Advanced Cancer." JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 140, no. 6 (June 2014): 497-503.  Full Text
    • Rocke, DJ, Thomas, S, Puscas, L, and Lee, WT. "Physician knowledge of and attitudes toward the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 150, no. 2 (February 2014): 229-234.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Schulz, K, Puscas, L, Tucci, D, Woodard, C, Witsell, D, Esclamado, RM, and Lee, WT. "Surgical Training and Education in Promoting Professionalism: a comparative assessment of virtue-based leadership development in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residents. (Published online)" Med Educ Online 18 (October 29, 2013): 22440-.  Link to Item
    • Lee, WT, Esclamado, RM, and Puscas, L. "Selecting Among Otolaryngology Residency Applicants to Train as Tomorrow's Leaders." JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 139, no. 8 (August 1, 2013): 770-771.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rocke, DJ, Lee, WT, Beumer, HW, Taylor, DH, Schulz, K, Thomas, S, and Puscas, L. "Physician allocation of Medicare resources for patients with advanced cancer." Journal of Palliative Medicine 16, no. 8 (August 2013): 857-866.  Full Text
    • Rocke, D, Sharp, S, Wiener, D, Puscas, L, and Lee, WT. "Effectiveness of a postoperative disposition protocol for sleep apnea surgery." Am J Otolaryngol 34, no. 4 (July 2013): 273-277.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Kahmke, R, Lee, WT, Puscas, L, Scher, RL, Shealy, MJ, Burch, WM, and Esclamado, RM. "Utility of Intraoperative Frozen Sections during Thyroid Surgery." Int J Otolaryngol 2013 (2013): 496138-.  Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • Schulz, K, Puscas, L, Tucci, D, Woodard, C, Witsell, D, Esclamado, RM, and Lee, WT. "Surgical Training and Education in Promoting Professionalism: a comparative assessment of virtue-based leadership development in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residents." Medical education online 18, no. 1 (January 2013): 22440-.  Full Text
    • Puscas, L. "Otolaryngology resident in-service examination scores predict passage of the written board examination." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 147, no. 2 (August 2012): 256-260.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lee, WT, Yoo, DS, Puscas, L, Witsell, D, Cohen, SM, Fisher, SR, Scher, R, Broadwater, G, Ready, N, Brizel, DR, and Esclamado, RM. "Treatment-induced changes in vocal cord mobility and subsequent local recurrence after organ preservation therapy for laryngeal carcinoma." Head Neck 34, no. 6 (June 2012): 792-796.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Puscas, L, Sharp, SR, Schwab, B, and Lee, WT. "Qualities of residency applicants: comparison of otolaryngology program criteria with applicant expectations." Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 138, no. 1 (January 2012): 10-14.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Beumer, HW, Vishwanath, K, Puscas, L, Afshari, HR, Ramanujam, N, and Lee, WT. "Detection of squamous cell carcinoma and corresponding biomarkers using optical spectroscopy." Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery : Official Journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 144, no. 3 (March 2011): 390-394.  Full Text
    • Sharp, S, Puscas, L, Schwab, B, and Lee, WT. "Comparison of applicant criteria and program expectations for choosing residency programs in the otolaryngology match." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 144, no. 2 (February 2011): 174-179.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Beumer, HW, and Puscas, L. "Computer modeling and navigation in maxillofacial surgery." Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 17, no. 4 (August 2009): 270-273. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Gellad, ZF, Hampton, D, Tebbit, CL, Puscas, L, and Pavey, DA. "Bilateral vocal cord paralysis following stent placement for proximal esophageal stricture." Endoscopy 40 Suppl 2 (September 2008): E150-.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Puscas, L. "The role of human papilloma virus infection in the etiology of oropharyngeal carcinoma." Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 13, no. 4 (August 2005): 212-216. (Review)  Link to Item

  • Other Articles

    • "AMA adopts resolutions relevant to residents." Journal of the American Medical Association 282, no. 15 (November 1, 1999).
    • "Delegate's Report." Jama 282, no. 12 (September 22, 1999): 1196-1196.  Full Text
    • "DELEGATE'S REPORT." Jama 281, no. 6 (February 10, 1999): 572-572.  Full Text

  • Conference Papers

    • Rocke, D, Sharp, SR, Puscas, L, Wiener, D, and Lee, WT. "Upper Airway Surgery in Patients with Sleep Apnea." August 2012.
    • Puscas, L, Todea, A, Stanca, S, Domuta, G, Coltau, M, Unita, L, Indries, L, Cordea, D, and Teusdea, C. "Diffuse gastric mucosa lesions produced to patients with diabetes insipidus after desmopressin administration. Mechanism of action." April 2008.  Link to Item
    • Puscas, L, Todea, A, Maghiar, A, Coltau, M, Domuta, G, Mare, P, and Ionescu, G. "Somatostatin inhibits gastric acid secretion and reduces the activity of carbonic anhydrase IV in gastric parietal Cell. A new mechanism of action." April 2007.  Link to Item

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