Dr. Joel Avram Sercarz MD
Ear-Nose and Throat Doctor (ENT)
200 Medical Plz #550 Los Angeles CA, 90095About
Dr. Joel Sercarz is an ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctor, also known as an otolaryngologist, practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Sercarz specializes in diseases and disorders of the ear, nose and throat as well as other parts of the head and neck. Such structures an ENT may work on include the sinuses, larynx (voice box) and mouth in addition to the ear, nose and throat. There are seven areas of expertise that an ENT might specialize in, and these are: allergies; facial reconstructive surgery; head and neck; laryngology; otology/neurotology; pediatric otolaryngology; and rhinology.
Education and Training
University of California 1986
Board Certification
OtolaryngologyAmerican Board of OtolaryngologyABOto
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Selective laryngeal adductor denervation-reinnervation: a new surgical treatment for adductor spasmodic dysphonia.
- Open bedside tracheotomy in the intensive care unit.
- Role of motor unit number estimate electromyography in experimental canine laryngeal reinnervation.
- Distant lymphatic metastasis from head and neck cancer.
- Chondroid tumors of the larynx: computed tomography findings.
- Primary melanocytic schwannoma of cervical sympathetic chain.
- Hemilaryngeal transplantation in the canine model: technique and implications.
- Hemangiopericytoma of the head and neck.
- Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the lingual tonsil.
- Combined buccal mucosa island and sternohyoid flaps: a new technique of hemilaryngeal reconstruction studied in a canine model.
- Surgical anatomy of the recurrent laryngeal nerve: implications for laryngeal reinnervation.
- Positron emission tomography: poor sensitivity for occult tonsillar cancer.
- Cystic parathyroid presenting as an apparent thyroid goiter.
- Retention of intratumor injections of cisplatinum in murine tumors and the impact on laser thermal therapy for cancer treatment.
- Aneurysmal bone cyst of the cricoid cartilage: an unusual cause of subglottic stenosis.
Awards
- 2010-2012 Southern California Super Doctors
- 2009 Southern California Super Doctors 2008
Treatments
- Sinusitis
- Throat Cancer
- Skin Cancer
- Bone Cancer
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Lymphoma
- Thyroid Cancer
- Laryngitis
- Oral Cancer
Professional Memberships
- Member American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- Member Society of University Otolaryngologists
- Member Triologic Society
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