Recent Publications
Murphy, M. K., Motz, K. M., Ding, D., Yin, L., Duvvuri, M., Feeley, M., & Hillel, A. T. (2018). Targeting metabolic abnormalities to reverse fibrosis in iatrogenic laryngotracheal stenosis. The Laryngoscope, 128(2), E59-E67.
Gelbard, A., Shyr, Y., Berry, L., Hillel, A. T., Ekbom, D. C., Edell, E. S., ... & Sandhu, G. (2018). Treatment options in idiopathic subglottic stenosis: protocol for a prospective international multicentre pragmatic trial. BMJ open, 8(4), e022243.
Morrison, R. J., Katsantonis, N. G., Motz, K. M., Hillel, A. T., Garrett, C. G., Netterville, J. L., ... & Gelbard, A. (2019). Pathologic fibroblasts in idiopathic subglottic stenosis amplify local inflammatory signals. Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 160(1), 107-115.
Hillel, A. T., Ding, D., Samad, I., Murphy, M. K., & Motz, K. (2019). T‐Helper 2 Lymphocyte Immunophenotype Is Associated With Iatrogenic Laryngotracheal Stenosis. The Laryngoscope, 129(1), 177-186.
Duvvuri, M., Motz, K., Murphy, M., Feeley, M., Ding, D., Lee, A., ... & Hillel, A. T. (2019). Engineering an immunomodulatory drug-eluting stent to treat laryngotracheal stenosis. Biomaterials science, 7(5), 1863-1874.
Hillel, A. T., Tang, S. S., Carlos, C., Skarlupka, J. H., Gowda, M., Yin, L. X., ... & Thibeault, S. L. (2019). Laryngotracheal Microbiota in Adult Laryngotracheal Stenosis. mSphere, 4(3), e00211-19.
Motz, K. M., Yin, L. X., Samad, I., Ding, D., Murphy, M. K., Duvvuri, M., & Hillel, A. T. (2017). Quantification of inflammatory markers in laryngotracheal stenosis. Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 157(3), 466-472.
Motz, K. M., Yin, L. X., Samad, I., Ding, D., Murphy, M. K., Duvvuri, M., & Hillel, A. T. (2017). Quantification of inflammatory markers in laryngotracheal stenosis. Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 157(3), 466-472.
Motz, K., Samad, I., Yin, L. X., Murphy, M. K., Duvvuri, M., Ding, D., & Hillel, A. T. (2017). Interferon-γ Treatment of Human Laryngotracheal Stenosis–Derived Fibroblasts. JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 143(11), 1134-1140.
Other relevant publications:
Gadkaree S, Pandian V, Best SA, Motz K, Allen C, Kim Y, Akst LM, Hillel AT. Laryngotracheal stenosis: Risk factors for tracheostomy dependence and dilation interval. In Press. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.
Ma G, Samad I, Motz K, Yin LX, Duvvuri MV, Ding D, Namba DR, Elisseeff JH, Horton MR, Hillel AT. Variations in normal and fibrotic human laryngotracheal derived fibroblasts in vitro. Laryngoscope. Epub: Sep 1, 2016. .
Samad I, Karatayli-Ozgursoy S, Teets K, Simpson M, Akst LM, Best SR, Hillel AT. Outcome assessment following endoscopic balloon dilation of subglottic stenosis: A prospective study. JAMA Otolaryngology Head Neck Surg. Epub: Aug 11, 2016. .
Gelbard A; Katsantonis NG, Mizuta M, Newcomb D, Rotsinger J, Rousseau B, Daniero J, Edell E, Ekbom D, Kasperbauer J, Hillel AT, Yang L, Garrett CG, Netterville J, Wootten C, Francis D, Stratton C, Jenkins K, McGregor T, Gaddy J, Blackwell T, Drake W. Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis is Associated with Activation of the Inflammatory IL-17A/IL23 axis. Laryngoscope. Epub: Jun 14. 2016. .
Gelbard A; Katsantonis NG, Mizuta M, Newcomb D, Rotsinger J, Rousseau B, Daniero J, Edell E, Ekbom D, Kasperbauer J, Hillel AT, Yang L, Garrett CG, Netterville J, Wootten C, Francis D, Stratton C, Jenkins K, McGregor T, Gaddy J, Blackwell T, Drake W. Molecular analysis of Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis for Mycobacterium species. Laryngoscope. Epub: Jun 14. 2016. .
Nellis JC, Eisele DW, Francis HW, Hillel AT, Lin SY. Impact of a mentored Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery clerkship for underrepresented minority students. Laryngoscope. Epub: 2016 Apr 14.
Karatayli-Ozgursoy S, Bishop JA, Hillel AT, Akst LM, Best SR. Non-epithelial tumors of the larynx: a single institution review. Am J Otolaryngol. 2016;37:279-85.
Gelbard A, Donovan DT, Ongkasuwan J, Nouraei SAR, Sandhu G, Benninger MS, Bryson PC, Lorenz RR, Tierney WS, Hillel AT, Gadkaree SK, Lott DG, Edell ES, Ekbom DC, Kasperbauer JL, Maldonado F, Schindler JS, Smith ME, Daniero JJ, Garrett CG, Netterville JL, Rickman OB, Sinard RJ, Wootten CT, Francis DO. Disease homogeneity and treatment heterogeneity in idiopathic subglottic stenosis. Laryngoscope. Epub: Nov 4. 2015. .
Hillel AT, Karatayli-Ozgursoy S, Samad I, Best SR, Pandian V, Giraldez-Rodriguez L, Gross J, Wooten C, Gelbard A, Akst LM, Johns MM. Predictors of posterior glottic stenosis: a multi-institutional case-control study. Ann Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. Epub: Oct 14. 2015. .
Hillel AT, Johns MM, Klein AM. Cost and time analysis of operating room versus procedure suite awake laryngology procedures. Laryngoscope. Epub: Sept 30. 2015. .
Samad I, Phelps M, Pandian V, Best SR, Akst LA, Jaberi M, Stonemetz J, Hillel AT. High-flow oxygen, a primary oxygenation technique for endolaryngeal airway surgery: our experience with 10 patients. Clin Otolaryngol. Epub: Jul 1. 2015. .
Hillel AT, Giraldez L, Samad I Gross J, Klein AM, Johns MM. Voice outcomes following posterior cordotomy with medial arytenoidectomy in patients with bilateral vocal fold immobility. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. Epub: June 25. 2015. .
Mark LJ, Herzer KR, Pandian V, Bhatti NI, Berkow L, Haut E, Hillel AT, Miller C, Feller-Kopman D, Schiavi A, Xie Y, Lim C, Cover R, Holzmueller C, Mirski M. Difficult airway response team: A novel quality improvement program for managing hospital-wide airway emergencies. Anesth Analg. 2015;121:127-39. .
Hillel AT, Samad I, Ma G, Ding D, Sadler K, Powell JD, Lane AP, Horton MR. Dysregulated macrophages are present in bleomycin-induced murine laryngotracheal stenosis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;153:244-50. .
Gadkaree S, Walker C, Best SA, Akst LM, Hillel AT. Patient tolerance of transoral versus percutaneous thyrohyoid office-based injection laryngoplasty: a case-controlled study of 41 patients. Clin Otolaryngol. 2015;Apr 10:Epub:coa 12436. .
Namba D, Ma G, Ding D, Samad I, Powell JD, Horton MR, Hillel AT. Rapamycin inhibits laryngotracheal stenosis-derived fibroblast proliferation, metabolism, and function in vitro. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;152:881-8. .
Karatayli-Ozgursoy S, Pacheco-Lopez P, Hillel AT, Best SR, Bishop JA, Akst LM. Laryngeal dysplasia, demographics and treatment: A single institution, 20-year review. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141:313-8. .
Hillel AT, Karatayli-Ozgursoy S, Benke JR, Best SR, Pacheco-Lopez P, Teets K, Starmer H, Akst LM. Voice quality in laryngotracheal stenosis: Impact of dilation and level of stenosis. Ann Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;124:413-18.
Pacheco-Lopez P, Karatayli-Ozgursoy S, Hillel A, Best SR, Bishop JA, Akst LM. False vocal cord botulinum toxin injection for refractory muscle tension dysphonia: Our experience with 7 patients. Clin Otolaryngology. 2015;40:60-4. .
Hillel AT, Pandian V, Mark L, Clark J, Miller C, Haut ER, Cover R, Berkow L, Agrawal Y, Bhatti N. A Novel Role for Otolaryngologists in the Multidisciplinary Difficult Airway Response Team. Laryngoscope. 2015;125:640-4. .
Hillel AT, Namba D, Ding D, Pandian V, Elisseeff JH, Horton MR. An in situ, in vivo murine model for the study of laryngotracheal stenosis. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014;140:961-6. .
Pandian V, Miller C, Schiavi A Yarmus L, Contractor A, Haut E, Feller-Kopman D, Mirski M, Morad M, Carey J, Hillel AT, Maragos C, Bhatti N. Utilization of a standardized tracheostomy decannulation protocol to improve patient safety. Laryngoscope. 2014:124;1794-1800. .
Hillel AT, Unterman S, Nahas Z, Reid B, Coburn JM, Axelman J, Chae JJ, Guo Q, Trow R, Thomas A, Hou Z, Lichtsteiner S, Sutton D, Matheson C, Walker P, David N, Mori S, Taube JM, Elisseeff JH. Photoactivated composite biomaterial for soft tissue restoration in rodents and in humans. Sci Transl Med. 2011;3:93ra67.
Murphy, M. K., Motz, K. M., Ding, D., Yin, L., Duvvuri, M., Feeley, M., & Hillel, A. T. (2018). Targeting metabolic abnormalities to reverse fibrosis in iatrogenic laryngotracheal stenosis. The Laryngoscope, 128(2), E59-E67.
Gelbard, A., Shyr, Y., Berry, L., Hillel, A. T., Ekbom, D. C., Edell, E. S., ... & Sandhu, G. (2018). Treatment options in idiopathic subglottic stenosis: protocol for a prospective international multicentre pragmatic trial. BMJ open, 8(4), e022243.
Morrison, R. J., Katsantonis, N. G., Motz, K. M., Hillel, A. T., Garrett, C. G., Netterville, J. L., ... & Gelbard, A. (2019). Pathologic fibroblasts in idiopathic subglottic stenosis amplify local inflammatory signals. Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 160(1), 107-115.
Hillel, A. T., Ding, D., Samad, I., Murphy, M. K., & Motz, K. (2019). T‐Helper 2 Lymphocyte Immunophenotype Is Associated With Iatrogenic Laryngotracheal Stenosis. The Laryngoscope, 129(1), 177-186.
Duvvuri, M., Motz, K., Murphy, M., Feeley, M., Ding, D., Lee, A., ... & Hillel, A. T. (2019). Engineering an immunomodulatory drug-eluting stent to treat laryngotracheal stenosis. Biomaterials science, 7(5), 1863-1874.
Hillel, A. T., Tang, S. S., Carlos, C., Skarlupka, J. H., Gowda, M., Yin, L. X., ... & Thibeault, S. L. (2019). Laryngotracheal Microbiota in Adult Laryngotracheal Stenosis. mSphere, 4(3), e00211-19.
Motz, K. M., Yin, L. X., Samad, I., Ding, D., Murphy, M. K., Duvvuri, M., & Hillel, A. T. (2017). Quantification of inflammatory markers in laryngotracheal stenosis. Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 157(3), 466-472.
Motz, K. M., Yin, L. X., Samad, I., Ding, D., Murphy, M. K., Duvvuri, M., & Hillel, A. T. (2017). Quantification of inflammatory markers in laryngotracheal stenosis. Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 157(3), 466-472.
Motz, K., Samad, I., Yin, L. X., Murphy, M. K., Duvvuri, M., Ding, D., & Hillel, A. T. (2017). Interferon-γ Treatment of Human Laryngotracheal Stenosis–Derived Fibroblasts. JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 143(11), 1134-1140.
Other relevant publications:
Gadkaree S, Pandian V, Best SA, Motz K, Allen C, Kim Y, Akst LM, Hillel AT. Laryngotracheal stenosis: Risk factors for tracheostomy dependence and dilation interval. In Press. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.
Ma G, Samad I, Motz K, Yin LX, Duvvuri MV, Ding D, Namba DR, Elisseeff JH, Horton MR, Hillel AT. Variations in normal and fibrotic human laryngotracheal derived fibroblasts in vitro. Laryngoscope. Epub: Sep 1, 2016. .
Samad I, Karatayli-Ozgursoy S, Teets K, Simpson M, Akst LM, Best SR, Hillel AT. Outcome assessment following endoscopic balloon dilation of subglottic stenosis: A prospective study. JAMA Otolaryngology Head Neck Surg. Epub: Aug 11, 2016. .
Gelbard A; Katsantonis NG, Mizuta M, Newcomb D, Rotsinger J, Rousseau B, Daniero J, Edell E, Ekbom D, Kasperbauer J, Hillel AT, Yang L, Garrett CG, Netterville J, Wootten C, Francis D, Stratton C, Jenkins K, McGregor T, Gaddy J, Blackwell T, Drake W. Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis is Associated with Activation of the Inflammatory IL-17A/IL23 axis. Laryngoscope. Epub: Jun 14. 2016. .
Gelbard A; Katsantonis NG, Mizuta M, Newcomb D, Rotsinger J, Rousseau B, Daniero J, Edell E, Ekbom D, Kasperbauer J, Hillel AT, Yang L, Garrett CG, Netterville J, Wootten C, Francis D, Stratton C, Jenkins K, McGregor T, Gaddy J, Blackwell T, Drake W. Molecular analysis of Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis for Mycobacterium species. Laryngoscope. Epub: Jun 14. 2016. .
Nellis JC, Eisele DW, Francis HW, Hillel AT, Lin SY. Impact of a mentored Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery clerkship for underrepresented minority students. Laryngoscope. Epub: 2016 Apr 14.
Karatayli-Ozgursoy S, Bishop JA, Hillel AT, Akst LM, Best SR. Non-epithelial tumors of the larynx: a single institution review. Am J Otolaryngol. 2016;37:279-85.
Gelbard A, Donovan DT, Ongkasuwan J, Nouraei SAR, Sandhu G, Benninger MS, Bryson PC, Lorenz RR, Tierney WS, Hillel AT, Gadkaree SK, Lott DG, Edell ES, Ekbom DC, Kasperbauer JL, Maldonado F, Schindler JS, Smith ME, Daniero JJ, Garrett CG, Netterville JL, Rickman OB, Sinard RJ, Wootten CT, Francis DO. Disease homogeneity and treatment heterogeneity in idiopathic subglottic stenosis. Laryngoscope. Epub: Nov 4. 2015. .
Hillel AT, Karatayli-Ozgursoy S, Samad I, Best SR, Pandian V, Giraldez-Rodriguez L, Gross J, Wooten C, Gelbard A, Akst LM, Johns MM. Predictors of posterior glottic stenosis: a multi-institutional case-control study. Ann Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. Epub: Oct 14. 2015. .
Hillel AT, Johns MM, Klein AM. Cost and time analysis of operating room versus procedure suite awake laryngology procedures. Laryngoscope. Epub: Sept 30. 2015. .
Samad I, Phelps M, Pandian V, Best SR, Akst LA, Jaberi M, Stonemetz J, Hillel AT. High-flow oxygen, a primary oxygenation technique for endolaryngeal airway surgery: our experience with 10 patients. Clin Otolaryngol. Epub: Jul 1. 2015. .
Hillel AT, Giraldez L, Samad I Gross J, Klein AM, Johns MM. Voice outcomes following posterior cordotomy with medial arytenoidectomy in patients with bilateral vocal fold immobility. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. Epub: June 25. 2015. .
Mark LJ, Herzer KR, Pandian V, Bhatti NI, Berkow L, Haut E, Hillel AT, Miller C, Feller-Kopman D, Schiavi A, Xie Y, Lim C, Cover R, Holzmueller C, Mirski M. Difficult airway response team: A novel quality improvement program for managing hospital-wide airway emergencies. Anesth Analg. 2015;121:127-39. .
Hillel AT, Samad I, Ma G, Ding D, Sadler K, Powell JD, Lane AP, Horton MR. Dysregulated macrophages are present in bleomycin-induced murine laryngotracheal stenosis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;153:244-50. .
Gadkaree S, Walker C, Best SA, Akst LM, Hillel AT. Patient tolerance of transoral versus percutaneous thyrohyoid office-based injection laryngoplasty: a case-controlled study of 41 patients. Clin Otolaryngol. 2015;Apr 10:Epub:coa 12436. .
Namba D, Ma G, Ding D, Samad I, Powell JD, Horton MR, Hillel AT. Rapamycin inhibits laryngotracheal stenosis-derived fibroblast proliferation, metabolism, and function in vitro. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;152:881-8. .
Karatayli-Ozgursoy S, Pacheco-Lopez P, Hillel AT, Best SR, Bishop JA, Akst LM. Laryngeal dysplasia, demographics and treatment: A single institution, 20-year review. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141:313-8. .
Hillel AT, Karatayli-Ozgursoy S, Benke JR, Best SR, Pacheco-Lopez P, Teets K, Starmer H, Akst LM. Voice quality in laryngotracheal stenosis: Impact of dilation and level of stenosis. Ann Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;124:413-18.
Pacheco-Lopez P, Karatayli-Ozgursoy S, Hillel A, Best SR, Bishop JA, Akst LM. False vocal cord botulinum toxin injection for refractory muscle tension dysphonia: Our experience with 7 patients. Clin Otolaryngology. 2015;40:60-4. .
Hillel AT, Pandian V, Mark L, Clark J, Miller C, Haut ER, Cover R, Berkow L, Agrawal Y, Bhatti N. A Novel Role for Otolaryngologists in the Multidisciplinary Difficult Airway Response Team. Laryngoscope. 2015;125:640-4. .
Hillel AT, Namba D, Ding D, Pandian V, Elisseeff JH, Horton MR. An in situ, in vivo murine model for the study of laryngotracheal stenosis. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014;140:961-6. .
Pandian V, Miller C, Schiavi A Yarmus L, Contractor A, Haut E, Feller-Kopman D, Mirski M, Morad M, Carey J, Hillel AT, Maragos C, Bhatti N. Utilization of a standardized tracheostomy decannulation protocol to improve patient safety. Laryngoscope. 2014:124;1794-1800. .
Hillel AT, Unterman S, Nahas Z, Reid B, Coburn JM, Axelman J, Chae JJ, Guo Q, Trow R, Thomas A, Hou Z, Lichtsteiner S, Sutton D, Matheson C, Walker P, David N, Mori S, Taube JM, Elisseeff JH. Photoactivated composite biomaterial for soft tissue restoration in rodents and in humans. Sci Transl Med. 2011;3:93ra67.