(631) 444-4121
- Specialty:
Subspecialty:
- Surgery
Otolaryngology
GHASSAN JOSEPH SAMARA MD
For Appointments:
(631) 444-4121
BRANCHIAL CYST
CANCER
CANCER OF THE THYROID (THYROID CANCER)
CONGENITAL DEFECTS (BIRTH DEFECTS)
EAR ACHE (OTITIS EXTERNA)
EAR ACHE (OTITIS MEDIA)
EAR INFECTION MIDDLE (OTITIS MEDIA)
ENT
FACIAL NERVE PROBLEMS
FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION
HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS
HEAD/NECK CANCER
LARYNGEAL CANCER (LARYNX CANCER)
LARYNGEAL CARCINOMA (LARYNX CANCER)
LARYNX CANCER
MELANOMA
NOSE INFLAMMATION (CHRONIC RHINITIS)
OTITIS EXTERNA
OTITIS MEDIA
OTOLARYNGOLOGY
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS
PARATHYROID SURGERY
PEDIATRIC NECK MASS
PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY
PEDIATRIC SINUSITIS
PEDIATRIC SLEEP APNEA
SEPTOPLASTY (NASAL AIRWAY SURGERY)
SEPTORHINOPLASTY (RHINOPLASTY)
SINUS SURGERY
SKIN CANCER
SLEEP APNEA
SNORING (SLEEP APNEA)
SNORING (SLEEP)
THROAT CANCER
THYROID CANCER
THYROID CARCINOMA (THYROID CANCER)
THYROID SURGERY
TONSILS AND ADENOIDS (ADENOIDS AND TONSILS)
TRACHEOSTOMY
VOICE DISORDERS
1199NBF
AETNA
AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN
ANTHEM
BEECH STREET
CIGNA GREAT WEST HEALTHCARE
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS HMO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS OTHER PLANS
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS SENIOR PLAN
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK
FIRST HEALTH
GHI CBP
GHI HMO
HEALTHFIRST
HIP
ISLAND GROUP ADMINISTRATION
MAGNACARE
MEDICAID
MEDICARE
MULTIPLAN
MULTIPLAN PHCS
MULTIPLAN SAVILITY
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PLAN
NO FAULT
SUFFOLK HEALTH PLAN
UNITED EMPIRE PLAN (NYSHIP)
UNITED HEALTHCARE
UNITED OXFORD FREEDOM PLAN
VYTRA (except SMART START)
WORKERS COMP
Education & Training
- Medical Degree:
- University of Miami, FL ( 1989 )
- Residency:
- General Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, CA
- Fellowship:
-
Otolaryngolgy, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center , NY
Academic & Other
- Academic Rank:
- Associate Professor
- Year Appointed at
Stony Brook:
- 1998
Locations
-
SURGERY
37 RESEARCH WAY,
EAST SETAUKET,
NY 11733-3465.
Ph.: 631-444-4121
Fax: 631-444-4539
Selected Publications
1. Samara GJ, Schaffner AD, Eisenstat J, Nguyen HL. The effects of the plasminogen pathway on scar tissue formation. Laryngoscope 2004;114:46-9.
2. Samara GJ, Lawrence DM, Chiarelli CJ, Valentino MD, Lyubsky S, Zucker S, Vaday GG. CXCR4-mediated adhesion and MMP-9 secretion in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Lett 2004;214:231-41.
3. Mateika JH, Millrood DL, Kim J, Rodriguez HP, Samara GJ. Response of human tongue protrudor and retractors to hypoxia and hypercapnia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999;160:1976-82.
4. Suzuki A, Shao X, Song XQ, Hanaoka T, Irie S, Kashiwada M, Samara G, et al. Identification of a 5-cM region of common allelic loss on 8p12-p21 in human breast cancer and genomic analysis of the hEXT1L/EXTR1/EXTL3 gene in this locus. Int J Oncol 1999;15:443-51.
5. Udar NS, Xu S, Bay JO, Dandekar SS, Patel N, Chen X, Liang TY, Uhrhammer N, Klisak I, Shizuya H, Yang H, Samara G, Nelissen J, Sawicki M, Concannon P, Gatti RA. Physical map of the region surrounding the ataxia-telangiectasia gene on human chromosome 11q22-23. Neuropediatrics 1999;30:176-80.
6. Shao X, Tandon R, Samara G, Kanki H, Yano H, Close LG, Parsons R, Sato T. Mutational analysis of the PTEN gene in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Int J Cancer 1998;77:684-8.
7. Sawicki M, Arnold E, Ebrahimi S, Duell T, Jin S, Wood T, Chakrabarti R, Peters J, Wan Y, Samara G, Weier HU, Udar N, Passaro E Jr, Srivatsan ES. A transcript map encompassing the multiple endocrine neoplasia type-1 (MEN1) locus on chromosome 11q13. Genomics 1997;42:405-12.
8. Samara GJ, Krespi YP. Endoscopic treatment of nasopharyngeal lesions. In: Blitzer A, Pilsbury H, Jahn A, Binder W, editors. Office Based Surgery of the Head and Neck. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1997: 349-52.
9. Eubanks PJ, Sawicki MP, Samara GJ, Wan YJ, Gatti RA, Hurwitz M, Passaro E Jr. Pancreatic endocrine tumors with loss of heterozygosity at the multiple endocrine neoplasia type I locus. Am J Surg 1997;173:518-20.
10. Wood TF, Srivatsan ES, Chakrabarti R, Ma GC, Kuan N, Samara GJ, Higgins MJ, Shows TB, Johnson CL, Wan YJ, Passaro EP Jr, Sawicki MP. A 1.5-megabase physical map encompassing the multiple endocrine neoplasia type-1 (MEN1) locus on chromosome 11q13. Genomics 1996;38:166-73.
11. Moulton T, Samara G, Chung WY, Yuan L, Desai R, Sisti M, Bruce J, Tycko B. MTS1/p16/CDKN2 lesions in primary glioblastoma multiforme. Am J Pathol 1995;146:613-9.
12. Tsang P, Gilles F, Yuan L, Kuo YH, Lupu F, Samara G, Moosikasuwan J, Goye A, Zelenetz AD, Selleri L, et al. A novel L23-related gene 40 kb downstream of the imprinted H19 gene is biallelically expressed in mid-fetal and adult human tissues. Hum Mol Genet 1995;4:1499-507.
13. Eubanks PJ, Sawicki MP, Samara GJ, Gatti R, Nakamura Y, Tsao D, Johnson C, Hurwitz M, Wan YJ, Passaro E Jr. Putative tumor-suppressor gene on chromosome 11 is important in sporadic endocrine tumor formation. Am J Surg 1994;167:180-5.
14. Samara G, Sawicki MP, Hurwitz M, Passaro E Jr. Molecular biology and therapy of disease. Am J Surg 1993;165:720-7.
15. Sawicki MP, Samara G, Hurwitz M, Passaro E Jr. Human Genome Project. Am J Surg 1993;165:258-64.
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