Shirley Y. Su, MBBS, FRACS
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Surgery
About Dr. Su
Dr. Shirley Y. Su is Associate Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. She also serves as adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. Su is Dual Board Certified with the American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. She completed two fellowships; Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Open and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Su's clinical expertise is in the endoscopic and open surgery management of complex benign and malignant tumors of the sinus, nasal cavity, nasopharynx, and skull base. Her research interests are centered around improving oncological and functional outcomes for patients treated for skull base malignancies. She is the Investigator on several prospective studies evaluating novel treatment for sinonasal cancers and to reduce the side effects of treatment. Dr. Su is the Vice-Chair of the Section of Skull Base Surgery for the American Head and Neck Society and the immediate past Chair of the Skull Base Surgery Committee for the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Society. She is a Director at Large of the North American Skull Base Society and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B. She has been invited to present at multiple national and international meetings on the topic of sinonasal tumors, head and neck tumors and skull base surgery. Dr. Su has been recognized for excellence in clinic care with a Top 1% Award.
Meet Shirley Su, M.B.B.S.
Skull base tumor specialist Shirley Su on treatment for these rare tumors
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Minimally invasive surgery, cancers of the nose, sinuses and cranial base.
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2000 | Monash University, Melbourne, AUS, MBBS, Medicine |
Postgraduate Training
| 2012-2013 | Clinical Fellowship, Endoscopic and Open Cranial Base Surgery; Clinical Instructor, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2011-2012 | Clinical Fellowship, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 2007-2011 | Clinical Residency, Advanced Surgical Training in Otolaryngology, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, East Melbourne |
| 2005-2007 | Clinical Residency, Advanced Surgical Training in General Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, East Melbourne |
| 2002-2005 | Basic Surgical Training, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, East Melbourne |
| 2001-2002 | Clinical Internship, General, Monash Medical Center, Melbourne |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Houston, TX, 2018 - Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2019
Assistant Professor, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 2013 - 2019
Instructor, Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012 - 2013
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Innovation Officer, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2021 - Present
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Chair, MD Anderson Cancer Center Skull Base Research Group, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2021
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Credentials Committee of the Medical Staff, 2020 - Present
Associate Scientific Member, Institutional Review Board 1, 2017 - 2020
Alternate Member, Clinical Effectiveness Subcommittee, 2017 - Present
Team Member, Inpatient Operations Steering Committee (IOSC), 2014 - 2015
Honors & Awards
| 2017 | Top 1% Award - Based on Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores for “top 1% of physicians nationally on care experience”, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2000 | Award for Notable Contribution, Young Achievement Australia |
| 1999 | Commonwealth Foundation Medical Electives Scholarship, Commonwealth Foundation Medical Electives |
| 1999 | Health Promotion Prize for project: "The Prevention of diabetes in Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes", VicHealth |
| 1998 | Chinese Health Foundation of Australia Award, Chinese Health Foundation of Australia |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Kevin J Contrera, Nasim Shakibai, Su SY, Maria K Gule-Monroe, Dianna Roberts, Bledi Brahimaj, Michelle D Williams, Renata Ferrarotto, Jack Phan, Brandon Gunn, Shaan Raza, Franco DeMonte, Ehab Y Hanna. Impact of Clinical Factors and Treatments on SMARCB1 (INI-1)-Deficient Sinonasal Carcinoma. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2023. PMID: 36856048.
- Kevin J Contrera, Samantha Tam, Kristen Pytynia, Eduardo M Diaz Jr, Amy C Hessel, Ryan P Goepfert, Miriam Lango, Su SY, Jeffrey N Myers, Randal S Weber, Arturo Eguia, Peter W T Pisters, Deborah K Adair, Ajith S Nair, David I Rosenthal, Lauren Mayo, Gregory M Chronowski, Mark E Zafereo, Shalin J Shah. ASO Visual Abstract: Impact of Cancer Care Regionalization on Patient Volume. Annals of Surgical Oncology 30(4):2341-2342, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36720835.
- Jiawei Zhao, Xinyang Jiang, Ehab Hanna, Su SY, Amy Moreno, Brandon Gunn, Steven Jay Frank, Renata Ferrarotto, Jing Ning, Bita Esmaeli. Orbital and periocular complications in patients with sinonasal tumours with orbital invasion. The British Journal of Opthamalogy, 2023. PMID: 36707226.
- Kevin J Contrera, Samantha Tam, Kristen Pytynia, Eduardo M Diaz Jr, Amy C Hessel, Ryan P Goepfert, Miriam Lango, Su SY, Jeffrey N Myers, Randal S Weber, Arturo Eguia, Peter W T Pisters, Deborah K Adair, Ajith S Nair, David I Rosenthal, Lauren Mayo, Gregory M Chronowski, Mark E Zafereo, Shalin J Shah. Impact of Cancer Care Regionalization on Patient Volume. Annals of Surgical Oncology 30(4):2331-2338, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36581726.
- Rita Snyder, Ron Gadot, Paul W Gidley, Marc-Elie Nader, Ehab Y Hanna, Su SY, Franco DeMonte, Shaan M Raza. Patient, Disease, and Treatment-Related Factors Affecting Progression-Free and Disease-Specific Survival in Recurrent Chondrosarcomas of the Skull Base. Operative Neurosurgery 24(1):33-43, 2022. PMID: 36519877.
- J Ho, J Mattei, M Tetzlaff, MD Williams, MA Davies, A Diab, ICG Oliva, J McQuade, SP Patel, H Tawbi, MK Wong, SB Fisher, E Hanna, EZ Keung,M Ross, R Weiser, SY Su, M Frumovitz, LA Meyer, A Jazaeri, CA Pettaway, BA Guadagnolo, AJ Bishop, D Mitra, A Farooqi, R Bassett, S Faria, P Nagarajan, RN Amaria. Neoadjuvant checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy for resectable mucosal melanoma. Frontiers in Oncology, 2022. PMID: 36324592.
- Habib A, Edem I, Bell , Su SY , Hanna EY, Kupferman ME, DeMonte F, Raza SM. Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Head and Neck Region with Skull Base/Intracranial Invasion: Review of Surgical Outcomes and Multimodal Treatment Strategies. A Retrospective Case Series. Current Oncology 29(9):6540-6550, 2022.
- Schur S, Passer JZ, Ehab Y Hanna, Su SY, Michael E Kupferman, Franco DeMonte, Shaan M Raza. The impact of expanded endoscopic approaches on oncologic and functional outcomes for clival malignancies: a case series. Journal of neuro-oncology 159(3):627-635, 2022. PMID: 35972674.
- Kaya D, Garnes ND, Robins A, Su SY, Ginsberg, LE, Chen MM. Leprosy of the great auricular nerve: case report and review of the literature. Clinical Imaging 82:63-66, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34775253.
- Schur SE, Hanna EY, Su SY, Kupferman ME, DeMonte F, Raza SM. Impact of salvage surgery for recurrent sinonasal cancers with skull base and intracranial involvement. J Neurosurg:1-8. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35120325.
- Diao K, Nguyen TP, Moreno AC, Reddy JP, Garden AS, Wang CH, Tung S, Wang C, Wang XA, Rosenthal DI, Fuller CD, Gunn GB, Frank SJ, Morrison WH, Shah SJ, Lee A, Spiotto MT, Su SY, Ferrarotto R, Phan J. Stereotactic body ablative radiotherapy for reirradiation of small volume head and neck cancers is associated with prolonged survival: Large, single-institution, modern cohort study. Head Neck 43(11):3331-3344, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34269492.
- Mehta GU, Passer JZ, Raza SM, Kim BYS, Su SY, Kupferman ME, Hanna EY, DeMonte F. The neurosurgical management of sinonasal malignancies involving the anterior skull base: a 28-year experience at The MD Anderson Cancer Center. J Neurosurg(8):1-9. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34624857.
- AS Abdelmeguid, D Bell, D Roberts, R Ferrarotto, J Phan, SY Su, M Kupferman, S Raza, F DeMonte, E Hanna. Long-Term Outcomes of Olfactory Neuroblastoma: MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience and Review of the Literature. The Laryngoscope 132(2):290-297. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34272876.
- Abdelmeguid AS, Teeramatwanich W, Roberts DB, Amit M, Ferraroto R, Glisson BS, Kupferman ME, Su SY, Phan J, Garden AS, Raza SM, DeMonte F, Hanna EY. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locoregionally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses. Cancer 127(11):1788-1795, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33567468.
- Choi KY, Amit M, Tam S, Bell D, Phan J, Garden AS, Williams MD, Ferrarotto R, El-Naggar AK, Raza SM, DeMonte F, Kupferman ME, Hanna EY, Su SY. Clinical Implication of Diagnostic and Histopathologic Discrepancies in Sinonasal Malignancies. Laryngoscope 131(5):E1468-E1475, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32946597.
- Yong M, Wu YQ, Su S, Hanna E, Prisman E, Thamboo A, Walgama E. The effect of prior radiation on the success of ventral skull base reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Head Neck. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33973680.
- Ng SP, He W, Pollard C, Nguyen T, Bahig H, Filler CD, Gunn B, Garden AS, Reddy JP, Morrison WH, Shah S, Rosenthal DI, Frank SJ, Guha-Thakurta N, Ferrarotto R, Hanna EY, Su SY, Phan J. Patient Outcomes after Reirradiation of Small Skull Base Tumors using Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT), Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) or Proton Therapy (PRT). Journal of Neurosurgery 81(6):638-644, 2020. PMID: 33381367.
- Mehta GU, Raza SM, Su SY, Hanna EY, DeMonte F. Management of olfactory neuroblastoma, neuroendocrine carcinoma, and sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma involving the skullbase. J Neurooncol 150(3):367-375, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32424573.
- Ng SP, Wang H, Pollard C, Nguyen T, Bahig H, Fuller CD, Gunn GB, Garden AS, Reddy JP, Morrison WH, Shah S, Rosenthal DI, Frank SJ, Guha-Thakurta N, Ferrarotto R, Hanna EY, Su SY, Phan J. Patient Outcomes after Reirradiation of Small Skull Base Tumors using Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy, Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy, or Proton Therapy. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 81(6):638-644, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 33381367.
- Habib A, Hanasono MM, DeMonte F, Haider A, Breshears JD, Nader ME, Gidley PW, Su SY, Hanna EY, Raza SM. Surgical Management of Skull Base Osteoradionecrosis in the Cancer Population - Treatment Outcomes and Predictors of Recurrence: A Case Series. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 19(4):364-374, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32324878.
- Pasalic D, Ludmir EB, Allen PK, Thaker NG, Chapman BV, Hanna EY, Su SY, Ferrarotto R, Glisson BS, Reddy JP, Brandon Gunn G, Fuller CD, Phan J, Rosenthal DI, Morrison WH, Garden AS, Frank SJ. Patient-Reported Outcomes, Physician-Reported Toxicities, and Treatment Outcomes in a Modern Cohort of Patients with Sinonasal Cancer Treated Using Proton Beam Therapy. Radiother Oncol 148:258-266, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32417351.
- MD Anderson Head and Neck Surgery Treatment Guidelines Consortium, Consortium members, Maniakas A, Jozaghi Y, Zafereo ME, Sturgis EM, Su SY, Gillenwater AM, Gidley PW, Lewis CM, Diaz E, Goepfert RP, Kupferman ME, Gross ND, Hessel AC, Pytynia KB, Nader ME, Wang JR, Lango MN, Kiong KL, Guo T, Zhao X, Yao CMKL, Appelbaum E, Alpard J, Garcia JA, Terry S, Flynn JE, Bauer S, Fournier D, Burgess CG, Wideman C, Johnston M, You C, De Luna R, Joseph L, Diersing J, Prescott K, Heiberger K, Mugartegui L, Rodriguez J, Zendehdel S, Sellers J, Friddell RA, Thomas A, Khanjae SJ, Schwarzlose KB, Chambers MS, Hofstede TM, Cardoso RC, Wesson RA, Won A, Otun AO, Gombos DS, Al-Zubidi N, Hutcheson KA, Gunn GB, Rosenthal DI, Gillison ML, Ferrarotto R, Weber RS, Hanna EY, Myers JN, Lai SY. Head and neck surgical oncology in the time of a pandemic: Subsite-specific triage guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Head Neck 42(6):1194-1201, 2020. PMID: 32342541.
- Amit M, Bell D, Hunt PJ, Hanna E, Su SY, Kupferman M, Aashiq M, Takahashi H, Gidley PW, Nader ME, DeMonte F, Raza SM. Surgical Management of Carcinomas of the Infratemporal Fossa and Skull Base: Patterns of Failure and Predictors of Long-Term Outcomes. J Neurosurg 134(5):1-7, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32534492.
- Choi JS, Sansoni ER, Lovin BD, Lindquist NR, Phan J, Mayo LL, Ferrarotto R, Su SY. Abscopal Effect Following Immunotherapy and Combined Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Recurrent Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Report of Two Cases and Literature Review. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 129(5):3489419896602, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31875405.
- Ng SP, Cardenasc CE, Elhalawania H, Pollard C III, Elgoharia B, Fanga P, Meheissend M, Guha-Thakurtae N, Bahigf H, Johnsone JM, Kamala M, Gardena AS, Reddya JP, Su SY, Ferrarottoh R, Franka SJ, Gunna GB, Morenoa AC, Rosenthala DI, Fullera CD, Phana J. Comparison of Tumor Delineation Using Dual Energy Computed Tomography Cases. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 14:1-5, 2020.
- Abdelmeguid AS, Raza SM, Su SY, Kupferman M, Roberts D, DeMonte F, Hanna EY. Endoscopic Resection of Sinonasal Malignancies. Head Neck 42(4):645-652, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31875340.
- Ng SP, Cardenas CE, Elhalawani H, Pollard C, Elgohari B, Fang P, Meheissen M, Guha-Thakurta N, Bahig H, Johnson JM, Kamal M, Garden AS, Reddy JP, Su SY, Ferrarotto R, Frank SJ, Brandon Gunn G, Moreno AC, Rosenthal DI, Fuller CD, Phan J. Comparison of tumor delineation using dual energy computed tomography versus magnetic resonance imaging in head and neck cancer re-irradiation cases. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol 14:1-5, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33458306.
- Bahig H, Ng SP, Pollard C, Nguyen TP, Gunn GB, Rosenthal DI, Fuller CD, Frank SJ, Garden AS, Reddy JP, Morrison WH, Ferrarotto R, Hanna EY, DeMonte F, Su SY, Phan J. A Prospective Evaluation of Health-Related Quality of Life after Skull Base Re-irradiation. Head Neck 42(3):485-497, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31868271.
- Mesko S, Wang H, Tung S, Wang C, Pasalic D, Ning MS, Pezzi TA, Moreno AC, Reddy JP, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Gunn GB, Frank SJ, Fuller CD, Morrison W, Su SY, Hanna E, Phan J. Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) for skull base malignancies: a systematic analysis of set-up and positioning accuracy. Pract Radiat Oncol. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32240823.
- Raza SM, Habib A, Wang WL, Gildey PW, Conley AP, Nader ME, Hanna EY, Su SY, DeMonte F. Surgical Management of Primary Skull Base Osteosarcomas: Impact of Margin Status and Patterns of Relapse. Neurosurgery nyz360(10.1093):360, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31515560.
- Tyler MA, Mohamed ASR, Smith JB, Aymard JM, Fuller CD, Phan J, Frank SJ, Ferrarotto R, Kupferman ME, Hanna EY, Gunn GB, Su SY. Long-term quality of life after definitive treatment of sinonasal and nasopharyngeal malignancies. Laryngoscope 130(1):86-93, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30706478.
- Hamza A, Roberts D, Su SY, Weber RS, Bell D, Ferrarotto R. PD-L1 Expression by Immunohistochemistry in Salivary Duct Carcinoma. Ann Diagn Pathol 40:49-52. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30978575.
- Ahmad FI, Su SY, Gross ND. The Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Management of Cutaneous Malignancies. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 27(1):119-129, 2019. PMID: 30420065.
- Amit M, Abdelmeguid AS, Watcherporn T, Takahashi H, Tam S, Bell D, Ferrarotto R, Glisson B, Kupferman ME, Roberts DB, Su SY, Raza SM, DeMonte F, Hanna EY. Induction Chemotherapy Response as a Guide for Treatment Optimization in Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 37(6):800353, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30615549.
- Mays AC, Hanna EY, Ferrarotto R, Phan J, Bell D, Silver N, Mulcahy CF, Roberts D, Abdelmeguid ASA, Fuller CD, Frank SJ, Raza SM, Kupferman ME, DeMonte F, Su SY. Prognostic Factors and Survival in Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Sinonasal Cavity. Head Neck 40(12):2596-2605, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30447126.
- Sagiv O, Bell D, Guo Y, Su SY, Wester ST, Jiang K, Yin VT, Shinder R, Hayek B, Kim HJ, Tetzlaff MT, Esmaeli B. Pathological Features and Clinical Course in Patients with Recurrent or Malignant Orbital Solitary Fibrous Tumor/Hemangiopericytoma. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30371551.
- Mehta GU, DeMonte F, Su SY, Kupferman ME, Hanna EY, Raza SM. Endoscopic endonasal transpterygoid transnasopharyngeal management of petroclival chondrosarcomas without medial extension. J Neurosurg:1-8. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30074455.
- Raza SM, Gidley PW, Kupferman ME, Hanna EY, Su SY, DeMonte F. Site Specific Considerations in the Surgical Management of Skull Base Chondrosarcomas. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 14(6):611-619, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28962038.
- Mays AC, Bell D, Ferrarotto R, Phan J, Roberts D, Fuller CD, Frank SJ, Raza SM, Kupferman ME, DeMonte F, Hanna EY, Su SY. Early Stage olfactory neuroblastoma and the impact of resecting dura and olfactory bulb. Laryngoscope 128(6):1274-1280, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29226334.
- Amit M, Tam S, Abdelmeguid AS, Kupferman ME, Su SY, Raza SM, DeMonte F, Hanna EY. Patterns of Treatment Failure in Patients with Sinonasal Mucosal Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 25(6):1723-1729, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29626308.
- Freeman JL, DeMonte F, Al-Holou W, Gidley PW, Hanna EY, Kupferman ME, Su SY, Raza SM. Impact of Early Access to Multi-Disciplinary Care on Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Skull Base Chordoma. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 160(4):731-740, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29270681.
- Phan J, Pollard C, Brown PD, Guha-Thakurta N, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Fuller CD, Frank SJ, Gunn GB, Morrison WH, Ho JC, Li J, Ghia AJ, Yang JN, Luo D, Wang HC, Su SY, Raza SM, Gidley PW, Hanna EY, DeMonte F. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Pain Secondary to Recurrent Malignant Skull Base Tumors. J Neurosurg 130(3):1-10, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29701557.
- Ferrarotto R, Cardnell R, Su SY, Diao L, Eterovic AK, Prieto V, Morrisson WH, Wang J, Kies MS, Glisson BS, Byers LA, Bell D. Poly ADP-ribose polymerase-1 as a potential therapeutic target in Merkel cell carcinoma. Head Neck. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29570891.
- Amit M, Tam S, Abdelmeguid AS, Roberts DB, Raza SM, Su SY, Kupferman ME, DeMonte F, Hanna EY. Approaches to Regional Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Head and Neck Mucosal Melanoma. Cancer 124(3):514-520, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29044491.
- Amit M, Tam S, Abdelmeguid AS, Kupferman ME, Su SY, Raza SM, DeMonte F, Hanna EY. Role of Adjuvant Treatment in Sinonasal Mucosal Melanoma. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 78(6):512-518, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29142805.
- Pollard C, Nguyen TP, Ng SP, Frank SJ, Garden AS, Gunn GB, Fuller CD, Beadle BM, Morrison WH, Shah SJ, Wang H, Tung S, Wang C, Ginsberg LD, Zafereo ME, Sturgis EM, Su SY, Hanna EY, Rosenthal DI, Phan J. Clinical outcomes after local field conformal reirradiation of patients with retropharyngeal nodal metastasis. Head Neck 39(10):2079-2087, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28741749.
- Pollard C, Mesko SM, Ginsberg LE, Kies MS, Raza SM, Su SY, Tung S, Phan J. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma presenting as an inconspicuous primary lesion with extensive cavernous sinus involvement and temporal lobe extension: A case report and review of literature. Clin Case Rep 5(10):1682-1688, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29026572.
- Hansen CC, Smith JB, Mohamed ASR, Mulcahy CF, Wefel JS, Hutcheson KA, Chrane K, Phan J, Frank SJ, Garden AS, Smith BD, Eichelberger H, Anderson C, McCoy C, Horiates M, Patrick C, Floris S, French C, Beadle BM, Morrison WH, Su SY, Lewis CM, Kupferman ME, Johnson JM, Skinner HD, Lai SY, Hanna EY, Rosenthal DI, Fuller CD, Gunn GB, MD Anderson Head and Neck Cancer Symptom Working Group. Cognitive Function and Patient-Reported Memory Problem Following Radiation Therapy for Cancers at the Skull Base: A Survivorship Study Using the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Stateus and the MDASI-HN . Head Neck 39(10):2048-2056, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28763137.
- Su SY, Bell D, Ferrarotto R, Phan J, Roberts D, Kupferman ME, Frank SJ, Fuller CD, Gunn GB, Kies MS, Glisson BS, Hanna EY. Outcomes for olfactory neuroblastoma treated with induction chemotherapy. Head Neck 39(8):1671-1679, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28561956.
- Amit M, Tam S, Abdelmeguid AS, Roberts DB, Takahashi Y, Raza SM, Su SY, Kupferman ME, DeMonte F, Hanna EY. Mutation status among patients with sinonasal mucosal melanoma and its impact on survival. Br J Cancer 116(12):1564-1571, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28494469.
- Hunt PJ, DeMonte F, Tang RA, Su SY, Raza SM. Surgical Resection of an Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma: Relevance of Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches to the Optic Canal. J Neurol Surg Rep 78(2):e81-e85, 2017. PMID: 28413768.
- Jiang W, Mohamed AS, Fuller CD, Kim BY, Tang C, Gunn GB, Hanna EY, Frank SJ, Su SY, Diaz E, Kupferman ME, Beadle BM, Morrison WH, Skinner H, Lai SY, El-Naggar AK, DeMonte F, Rosenthal DI, Garden AS, Phan J. The role of elective nodal irradiation for esthesioneuroblastoma patients with clinically negative neck. Pract Radiat Oncol 6(4):241-7, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26979544.
- Holmes M, Su SY, Bell D. Ectopic primary olfactory neuroblastoma of the maxillary sinus. Ann Diagn Pathol 22:45-8, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27180059.
- Horowitz PM, Su SY, Raza SM. Endoscopic Transclival Resection of Clival Chordoma Requiring Cavernous Sinus and Cartotid Exposure. CSurgeries, 2016.
- Horowitz PM, DiNapoli V, Su SY, Raza SM. Complication Avoidance in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery. Otolaryngol Clin North Am 49(1):227-35, 2016. PMID: 26614840.
- Su SY, Milas ZL, Bhatt N, Roberts D, Clayman GL. Well differentiated thyroid cancer with aerodigestive tract invasion: Long-term control and functional outcomes. Head Neck 10(1):72-8, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25204531.
- de Almeida JR, Carvalho F, Vaz Guimaraes Filho F, Kiehl TR, Koutourousiou M, Su SY, Vescan AD, Witterick IJ, Zadeh G, Wang EW, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Gardner PA, Gentili F, Snyderman CH. Comparison of endoscopic endonasal and bifrontal craniotomy approaches for olfactory groove meningiomas: A matched pair analysis of outcomes and frontal lobe changes on MRI. J Clin Neurosci 22(11):1733-41, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26275331.
- de Almeida JR, Su SY, Koutourousiou M, Vaz Guimaraes Filho F, Fernandez Miranda JC, Wang EW, Gardner PA, Snyderman CH. Endonasal endoscopic surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the sinonasal cavities and skull base: Oncologic outcomes based on treatment strategy and tumor etiology. Head Neck 23731(8):1163-9, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24798497.
- Vaz-Guimaraes F, Su SY, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Wang EW, Snyderman CH, Gardner PA. Hemostasis in Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 76(4):296-302, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26225320.
- Su SY, Bell D, Hanna EY. Esthesioneuroblastoma, Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, and Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma: Differentiation in Diagnosis and Treatment. Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 18(Suppl 2):S149-S156, 2014. PMID: 25992139.
- Su SY, Kupferman ME, DeMonte F, Levine NB, Raza SM, Hanna EY. Endoscopic Resection of Sinonasal Cancers. Curr Oncol Rep 16(2):369, 2014. PMID: 24445501.
- Su SY, Grodski S, Serpell J. "Hypothyroidism following hemithyroidectomy". Annals of Surgery 250(6):991-4, 2009.
- Su SY, Giorlando F, Ek EW, Dieu T. "Incomplete excision of basal cell carcinoma: a prospective trial". Plast Reconstr Surg 120(5):1240-8, 2007. PMID: 17898596.
- Tan PY, Ek E, Su SY, Giorlando F, Dieu T. "Incomplete excision of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: a prospective observational study". Plast Reconstr Surg 120(4):910-6, 2007. PMID: 17805118.
- Ek EW, Giorlando F, Su SY, Dieu T. Clinical diagnosis of skin tumors: How good are we?. ANZ J Surg 75(6):415-20, 2005. PMID: 15943729.
Invited Articles
- Dan Yaniv, Su SY. Updates in management strategies of locally advanced sinonasal malignancy. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery 31(1):39-44, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36856185.
- Yelda Jozaghi, Jack Phan, Ehab Y Hanna, Michael E Kupferman, Su SY. Functional Outcomes and Quality of Life in Patients with Sinonasal, Nasopharyngeal, and Anterior Skull Base Tumors. Current Oncology Reports 24(6):775-781. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35290597.
Abstracts
- Pasalic D, Ludmir EB, Thaker NG, Allen PK, Gunn GB, Mesko S, Chapman BV, Hanna EY, Su SY, Ferrarotto R, Glisson BS, Reddy JP, Fuller CD, Phan J, Rosenthal DI, Morrison WH, Garden AS, Frank SJ. Prospective Patient-Reported Quality of Life, Toxicity, and Outcomes in Sinonasal Malignancies Treated Using Proton Beam Therapy, 2020.
- Bahig H, Ng SP, Pollard III C, Nguyen T, Gunn GB, Rosenthal DI, Frank SJ, Fuller CD, Garden AS, Reddy JP, Morrison WH, Ferrarrotto R, Hanna EY, De Monte F,Su SY, Phan J.. A Prospective Evaluation of Health-Related Patient-Reported Outcomes after Skull Base Re- Irradiation. 29th North American Skull Base Society Annual Meeting, 2019.
- Choi KY, Amit M, Bell D, Harrison K, Phan J, Frank S, Ferrarroto R, Raza S, Demonte F, Kupferman M, Hanna E, Su SY. Clinical Implications of Histopathologic Diagnostic Discrepancies in Sinonasal Malignancies. 29th North American Skull Base Society Annual Meeting, 2019.
- Abdelmeguid AS, Raza SM, Kupferman ME, Su SY, Demonte F, Hanna EY.. Endoscopic Resection of Sinonasal and Skull Base Malignancies. 29th North American Skull Base Society Annual Meeting, 2019.
- Bahig H, Hanna EY, Garden AS, Ng SP, Frank SJ, Nguyen T, Gunn GB, Rosenthal DI, Fuller CD, Ferrarotto R, Bell D, Su SY, Phan J. Outcomes of Intensity Modulated Irradiation for Sinonasal Cancers: The MD Anderson Experience. 29th North American Skull Base Society Annual Meeting, 2019.
- Mehta GU, Raza SM, Su SY, Kupferman ME, Hanna EY, Demonte F. Outcomes Of Surgical Management Of Sinonasal Malignancies Involving The Anterior Skull Base. 29th North American Skull Base Society Annual Meeting, 2019.
- Amit M, Takahashi H, Kupferman ME, Hunt P, Su SY, Demonte F, Hanna EY, Raza SM. Patterns of Treatment Failure in Patients with Infratemporal Fossa Malignancies. 29th North American Skull Base Society Annual Meeting, 2019.
- Amit M, Takahashi H, Hunt P, Su SY, Kupferman ME, Hanna EY, Demonte F, Raza SM. The Symptom Burden of Treatment Naïve Patients with Infratemporal Fossa Malignant Tumors. 29th North American Skull Base Society Annual Meeting, 2019.
- Mehta GU, DeMonte F, Su SY, Kupferman ME2, Hanna EY2, Raza SM1.. Endoscopic endonasal transpterygoid transnasopharyngeal management of petroclival chondrosarcomas without medial extension. Journal of Neurosurgery 10:1-8, 2018. PMID: 30074455.
- Raza SM, Gidley PW, Kupferman ME, Hanna EY, Su SY, DeMonte. Site-Specific Considerations in the Surgical Management of Skull Base Chondrosarcomas. Oxford Academic 6, 2018. PMID: 28962038.
- Tyler MA, Mohamed AS, Fuller CD, Phan J, Frank SJ, Ferrarotto R, Kupferman ME, Hanna EY, Su SY. Long Term Quality of Life in Patients Receiving Definitive Multimodality Treatment for Sinonasal Skull Base Malignancies. American Head and Neck Society , Annual Meeting at the Combined Otolarygology Spring Meeting, 2018.
- Amit M, Abdelmeguid AS, Watchareporn T, Su SY, Kupferman ME, Roberts D, Raza S, Demonte F, Hanna EY. Non-Surgical Approaches in Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma. J Neurol Surg B(suppl 1), 2018.
- Amit M, Hanna EY Abdelmeguid AS, Kupferman ME, Roberts D, Raza S, Demonte F, Amaria R, Su SY. Induction chemotherapy for chemoselection in advanced sinonasal mucosal melanoma. J Neurol Surg B, 2018.
- Ng SP, Wang H, Fuller CD, Gunn GB, Garden AD, Morrison W, Shah S, Hanna EY Su SY, Rosenthal D, Frank SJ, Phan J. Re-irradiation of Small Skull Base Tumors: A Comparison of Patient Outcomes after Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT), Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT), and Proton Therapy (PRT). J Neurol Surg B, 2018.
- Abdelmeguid AS, Teeramatwanich W, Roberts DB, Amit M, Ferraroto R, Glisson BS, Kupferman ME, Su SY, Phan J, Garden AS, Raza SM, DeMonte F, Hanna EY. Long Term Outcomes of Management of Olfactory Neuroblastoma: MD Anderson Experience. J Neurol Surg B, 2018.
- Abdelmeguid AS, Teeramatwanich W, Roberts DB, Amit M, Ferraroto R, Glisson BS, Kupferman ME, Su SY, Phan J, Garden AS, Raza SM, DeMonte F, Hanna EY. Induction Chemotherapy for Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. J Neurol Surg B, 2018.
- Ferrarotto R, Duran AH, Wei W, Carter BW, El-Naggar AK, Su SY, Bell D, Kies MS, William WN Jr, Glisson BS, Godoy M, Heymach JV. Activating NOTCH1 mutations is associated with shorter progression-free survival to first-line systemic therapy in ACC. 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2017.
- Mays AC, Hanna EY, Bell D, Ferrarotto R, Phan J, Su SY. Prognostic factors and survival in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the sinonasal cavity. AHNS 2017 Annual during the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM), 2017.
- Ferrarotto R, Su SY, Diao L, Eterovic K, Prieto V, Morrisson WH, Wang J, Glisson BS, Kies MS, Bell D. PARP as a potential therapeutic target in merkel cell carcinoma. AHNS 2017 Annual during the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM), 2017.
- Kandl TJ, Thakar SD, Czerniak BA, Tetzlaff MT, Su SY, Esmaeli B. Clinical Outcomes and Histopathologic Features of Orbital Hemangiopericytoma/ Solitary Fibrous Tumors. Journal of Neurological Surgery - Part B 78(supp 1):S132, 2017.
- Amit M, Tam S, Su SY, Kupferman ME, Roberts D, Hanna E. Incidence of cervical lymph node metastasis and its association with outcomes in patients with sinonasal mucosal melanoma. Journal of Neurological Surgery - Part B 78(supp 1):S48, 2017.
- Amit M, Tam S, Raza SM, DeMonte F, Su SY, Kupferman ME, Roberts D, Hanna E. Analysis of failure in patients with sinonasal mucosal melanoma. Journal of Neurological Surgery - Part B 78(supp 1):S80, 2017.
- Frank S, Garden A, Ye R, Su SY, Kies M, Rosenthal D, Kupferman M, Blanchard P, Phan J, Fuller D, Gunn B, Nguyen QN, Hanna E. Achieve Excellent Cancer Control Rates For Complex Tumors. Journal of Neurological Surgery - Part B 78(supp 1), 2017.
- Amit M, Tam S, Raza SM, DeMonte F, Su SY, Kupferman ME, Roberts D, Hanna E. The role of adjuvant treatment in sinonasal mucosal melanoma. Journal of Neurological Surgery - Part B 78(supp 1), 2017.
- Bell D, Su SY, Kies MS, Ferrarotto R.. PARP1 Overexpression in Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Its Potential Clinical Implications. The United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 106th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2017.
- Frank S, Garden A, YE R, Su, SY, Kies M, Rosenthal D, Kupferman M, Blanchard P, Phan J, Fuller D, Gunn B, Nguyen QN, Hanna EY. Proton Beam Radiation Therapy Achieve Excellent Cancer Control Rates for Complex Tumors. Journal of Neurological Surgery - Part B 78(Suppl 1), 2017.
- Raza SM, Hanna EY, Su SY, Kupferman ME, Gidley PM, DeMonte F. Temporal Bone chondrosarcoma. 7th International Congress of the World Federation of Skull Base Societies, 2016.
- Su SY, Bell D, Ferrarotto R, Kupferman ME, Glisson BS, Kies MS, Hanna EY. Outcomes for esthesioneuroblastoma treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. AHNS 9th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer, 2016.
- Phan J, Brown P, Guha-Thakurta N, Rosenthal D, Garden AS, Gunn GB, Fuller CD, Li J, Ghia AJ, Yang J, Luo D, Su SY, Hanna EY, DeMonte F. Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery For Trigeminal Neuralgia Secondary To Recurrent Skull Base Malignancies. Journal of Neurological Surgery - Part B 77(suppl 1), 2016.
- deAlmeida JR, Carvalho F, Vaz-Guimaraes F, Koutourousiou M, Su, SY, Kiehl R, Vescan AD, Witterick IJ, Wang EW, Zadeh G, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Gardner PA, Gentili F, Snyderman CH. A comparison of post-operative MRI signal changes between endoscopic endonasal approaches and open approaches for olfactory groove meningiomas: a match paired analysis from two institutions. J Neurol Surg B 22(11):1733-41. e-Pub 2015.
- Su SY, Bell D, Kupferman ME, DeMonte F, Raza SM, Hanna EY. Early stage esthesioneuroblastoma, is resection of the cribriform dura and olfactory bulb necessary?. International Federation Head and Neck Surgery Conference, 2014.
- Su SY, de Almeida JR, Filho FVG, Koutourousiou M, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Gardner PA, Wang EW, Snyderman CH. Outcomes for Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Adenocystic Carcinoma of the Sinonasal Cavity and Skull Base. Journal of Neurological Surgery - Part B 74(suppl 1):2, 2013.
- Koutourousiou M, Filho FVG, de Almeida JR, Su SY, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Wang EW, Snyderman CH, Tyler-Kebara E, Gardner PA. Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery for Craniopharyngiomas: Surgical Outcome in 64 patients. Journal of Neurological Surgery - Part B 74(suppl 1):38, 2013.
- Koutourousiou M, Filho FVG, de Almeida JR, Su SY, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Wang EW, Snyderman CH, Tyler-Kebara E, Gardner PA. Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery for Suprasellar Meningiomas. Journal of Neurological Surgery - Part B 74(suppl 1):22, 2013.
- Su SY, de Almeida JR, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Gardner PA, Wang EW, Snyderman CH. Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma: the UPMC experience. J Neurol Surg B 74 (suppl 1):2, 2013.
- Su SY, deAlmeida JR, Vaz-Guimaraes F, Koutourousiou M, Wang EW, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Gardner PA, Snyderman CH. Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma: the UPMC experience. Journal of Neurological Surgery - Part B 74(suppl 1), 2013.
- Vaz-Guimaraes F, Koutourousiou M, Su SY, deAlmeida JR, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Wang EW, Snyderman CH, Gardner PA. Endoscopic Endonasal Clipping of Intracranial Aneurysms: Technical Details and Anatomic Basis. Journal of Neurological Surgery - Part B 74(suppl 1), 2013.
- deAlmeida JR, Su SY, Vaz-Guimaraes F, Koutourousiou M, Wang FQ, Fernando-Miranda JC, Gardner PA, Snyderman CH. Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Sinonasal Cavity and Skull Base. J Neurol Surg B 74 (suppl 1)(2), 2013.
- Su SY, Le T, Roberts D, Kies M, Morrison W, Gillenwater A. Merkel Cell Carcinoma – the Effects of Site, Stage and Treatment on Recurrence and Survival. 8th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer, 2012.
- Snyderman C, Wang E, Gardner E, Fernandez-Miranda J, Su SY. Skull Base Surgery: Open and Endoscopic Approaches for Adenocystic Carcinoma. 8th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer, 2012.
- Snyderman C, Wang E, Gardner E, Fernandez-Miranda J, Su SY. Skull Base Surgery: Open and Endoscopic Approaches for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. 8th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer, 2012.
- Vaz-Guimaraes F, Koutourousiou M, Su SY, deAlmeida JR, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Wang EW, Snyderman CH, Gardner PA. Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery for Suprasellar Meningiomas. North American Skull Base Society Meeting 2012, 2012.
- Su SY, Serpell J. Hypothyroidism following hemithyroidectomy. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 77(supp 1):A24, 2007.
- Su SY, Harris P. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of rectus sheath local anaesthetic infusion after major abdominal surgery. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 76(suppl 1):A14-21, 2006.
Book Chapters
- Anderson JP; McMillan M; Su SY; Hutcheson K. Supportive Care for Patients with Sinonasal and Sinus Base Tumors. In: Sinonasal and Skull Base Malignancies. Springer Nature Publishers, 2022.
- Wang JR, Bell D, Ferrarotto R, Weber R, Su,SY. Malignant Salivary Gland Tumors. In: Surgery of the Salivary Gland. Elseiver, 2021.
- Hanna EY, Raza SM, Su SY, Kupferman ME, DeMonte F. Surgical Management of Tumors of the Nasal Cavity, Paranasal Sinuses, Orbit, and Anterior Skull Base. In: Hanna/DeMonte, Comprehensive Management of Skull Base Tumors 2nd Edition. 2nd. Thieme Publishers: New York, 2021.
- DeMonte F, Raza SM, Kupferman ME, Su SY, Nader ME, Gidley PW, Hanna EY. Clival Tumors. In: Hanna/DeMonte, Comprehensive Management of Skull Base Tumors 2nd Edition. Thieme Publishers: New York, 2021.
- Hanna EY, Raza SM, Su SY, Kupferman ME, DeMonte F. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses. In: Comprehensive Management of Skull Base Tumor 2nd Edition. 2nd. Thieme Publishers: New York, 2021.
- Su SY; Bell D. Sinonasal Mass & Malignant Sinonasal Tumors. In: Cases in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology. Anadem Publishing: Columbus, 2019.
- Hanna EY, Su SY, Kupferman ME, Raza SM, DeMonte F. Cancer of the Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses. In: Cancers of the Head and Neck. 5th, 2016.
Grant & Contract Support
| Title: | Defining Symptom Burden and Quality of Life in Patients Treated with Skull Base Tumor |
| Funding Source: | Oliver S. and Jennie R. Donaldson Charitable Trust |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | PRO-ACTIVE Comparing the Effectiveness of Prophylactic Swallow Intervention for Patients Receiving Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer |
| Funding Source: | Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute |
| Role: | Collaborator |