1. I have been engaged in the evaluation of patients with smell and taste disorders for over 15 years, which has allowed me to gain invaluable insights into these disorders and how they affect patients' lives and quality of life. My previous work has helped to better understand and quantify the impact of smell and taste disorders on patients. I have further explored differences in testing methods currently in use at smell and taste centers in the United States and Japan. Through this work we improved cross validity of results achieved from different methods of testing olfactory function.
2. Having a busy clinical practice including head and neck oncology, I am intimately aware of the potential side effects of the intensive regimens used to treat these deadly cancers. I have described new and rare complications of such treatment, thus fostering improved recognition and potentially management of complications from treatments for head and neck cancer.
3. During my ten year tenure as residency program director in otolaryngology, I worked to explore aspects of residency training, thus fostering improvements in residency education in otolaryngology - head and neck surgery.
4. I have explored issues with healthcare resource utilization, and in so doing have identified areas in which changes in treatment algorithms might improved cost effectiveness of patient care in otolaryngology - head and neck surgery.
