Dr. Steven Daniel Pletcher M.D.
Ear-Nose and Throat Doctor (ENT)
400 Parnassus Ave Acc 7th Floor Ucsf San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Steven D. Pletcher is a head and neck surgeon specializing in sinus surgery and rhinology. He is an expert in minimally invasive endoscopic surgery of the paranasal sinuses and skull base. Pletcher ...
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, Los Angeles, Ucla Sch of Med, Los Angeles Ca 2000
Board Certification
OtolaryngologyAmerican Board of OtolaryngologyABOto
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The evolution of age-specific mortality rates in Drosophila melanogaster: genetic divergence among unselected lines.
- The influence of environmentally induced heterogeneity on age-specific genetic variance for mortality rates.
- Why do life spans differ? Partitioning mean longevity differences in terms of age-specific mortality parameters.
- Statistical models for estimating the genetic basis of repeated measures and other function-valued traits.
- Ocular findings in children with congenital sensorineural hearing loss.
- Chronological aging-independent replicative life span regulation by Msn2/Msn4 and Sod2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
- Endoscopic orbital and optic nerve decompression.
- The Agger Nasi Punch-Out Procedure (POP): maximizing exposure of the frontal recess.
- Endoscopic orbital and optic nerve decompression.
- Endoscopic ligation of the anterior ethmoid artery.
- Endoscopic optic nerve decompression for nontraumatic optic neuropathy.
- Postoperative packing after septoplasty: is it necessary?
- Rheologic properties of sinonasal mucus in patients with chronic sinusitis.
- Some chronic rhinosinusitis patients have elevated populations of fungi in their sinuses.
- The propensity for consuming ethanol in Drosophila requires rutabaga adenylyl cyclase expression within mushroom body neurons.
Treatments
- Nose Problems, Throat, Ear Problems
Fellowships
- Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary 2006
- Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary 2006
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