Theodoros Teknos, MD

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Theodoros Teknos, MD Theodoros N. Teknos, MD is a Professor at The Ohio State University Medical School, the Director of the Division of Head and Neck Surgery and the inaugural holder of the David E. and Carole H. Schuller Chair in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery. He comes to The Ohio State University Medical Center /James Cancer Hospital after serving 11 years at the University of Michigan Health System.

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Education

1987-1991	M.D. , Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
1983-1987	B.S./B.A Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan

Post-Graduate Education

1996-1997	Fellow, Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery, Skull Base Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
1992-1996	Resident, Dept. of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Harvard Combined Program/Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA
1991-1992	Intern, Dept. of General Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit Michigan

Surgical Interests
Head and neck oncology, head and neck microvascular reconstructive surgery, skull base surgery, vascular tumors (paragangliomas), thyroid and parathyroid tumors, salivary gland tumors, aggressive skin cancers, airway stenosis and Zenker’sdiverticulum

Research Interests
Molecular predictors of aggressive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, molecular predictors of organ preservation, experimental therapeutics in head and neck cancer treatment, angiogenesis and tumor microenvironment therapies.

Head Neck Research Team

Dr. Teknos and the Head & Neck Research Team
From left to right: Bhavna Kumar, Dr. Kumar, Dr. Teknos, Dr. Pan, and Dr. Islam. (Not pictured: Dr. Lang)