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Natasha Mirza, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
University of Pennsylvania Health Systems
Director, PENN Center for Voice and Swallowing
Presbyterian Medical Center
215-662-2979


Medical School
Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Residency Program
Otolaryngology, University of California at Irvine

Board Certified
Otolaryngology 1993

Year Appointed to Penn Faculty
1994

Other Faculty Appointments
Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Pennsylvania Hospital

Areas of Expertise
Voice disorders
Swallowing disorders
Smell and taste disturbances

Areas of Special Interest
Spasmodic dysphonia
Vocal fold paralysis
Swallowing disorders
Botox injections
Trans-nasal esophagoscopies
Taste disturbances

Current Research Interests
Radiation and taste
Clinical studies on voice problems
Other taste related research at the Smell and Taste Center at the University of Pennsylvania

Positions Held in Major Societies (Past & Present)
Speech, Swallowing and Voice Disorders Committee
Neurolaryngology Study Group
Committee on Geriatric Otolaryngology

Research Grants
Veterans Affairs Medical Center grant
American Rhinologic Society
Co-investigator on NIH funded grants relating to chemical senses

Honors and Awards
American Rhinologic Society Research
Committee Award
American Academy of Otolaryngology Honor Award
VAMC Philadelphia Award for Excellence in Patient Care
Annual Resident Teaching Award Department of Otolaryngology:Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania

Recent Publications
Mirza N , Ruiz C, Baum E, Staab JP. Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in patients with VoiceDisorders. Ear, Nose, Throat Journal. 2003; 82 (10): 808-814

Submucosal Dissection Technique for the Treatment of Benign and Premalignant lesions of the Vocal Folds. Operative Techniques. 2003; 14 (1): 18-21

Hockstein N, Dyce O, Ross A, Friedberg J, Mirza N. A Parathyroid Cyst with Mediastinal Extension: Report of a Case. Otolaryngology- Hea Neck Surg. 2002; 126 (5): 578-580

Miller S, Mirza N, Doty D. Electrogustometric thresholds: Relationship to Anterior Tongue Locus, Area of Stimulation and Number of Fungiform Papillae. Physiology Behav.2002; 75: 753-757

Hockstein NG, Anderson TA, Moonis G, Gustafson KS, Mirza N. Retropharyngeal Lipoma Causing Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Case Report Including Five-Year Follow –Up.Laryngoscope. 2002; 112: 1603-1605

Weinstein GS, Laccourreye O, Ruiz C, Dooley P, Chalian A, Mirza N. Larynx preservation with supracricoid partial laryngectomy with cricohyoidepiglottopexy. Correlation of videostroboscopic findings and voice parameters. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2002;
111 (1): 1-7

Magardino TM, Suskind-Lui D, Kroger H, Mirza N. Ipratropium Bromide Nasal Spray for the Treatment of Rhinorrhea in the laryngectomized Patient. Am J Rhinology. 2001; 15 (3): 203-206

Anderson TD , Mirza N. Immediate Percutaneous Medialization for Acute Vocal Fold Immobility. Laryngoscope. 2001; 111: 1318-1321

Doty RL, Bagla R, Morgenson M, Mirza N. NaCl thresholds: relationship to anterior taongue locus, area of stimulation, and number of fungiform papille. Physiol Behav. 2001. 72 (3): 373-378

Altman K, Mirza N, Phillippe L. Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma to the Paranasal Sinuses: A Case Report and Review. J Laryngo Otol 111:647­651, 1997.

Mirza N, Montone K, Kroger H, Kennedy DW. Identification of p53 and HPV in Schneiderian Papillomas. Laryngoscope 108(4, pt.1):497-501, 1998.

Mirza N, Montone KT, Stadtmauer E, Lanza D. A Schematic Approach to Pre-existing Sinus Disease for the Immuno-compromised Individual. Am J Rhinol 12(2):93-98, 1998.

Baum E, Boudousquie AC, Li S, Mirza N. Sarcoidosis Presenting as Nasal Obstruction and Septal Perforation. Ear, Nose and Throat 77(11):896-902, 1998

Mirza N, Gahtan V, Weber RS. Management of Patients After Elective Carotid Artery Resection. Am J Otolaryngol 20(1):37-42, 1999.

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