FranciscoJCivantosMD

Otolaryngology (ENT) • Miami, FL

Head & Neck Microvascular Surgery, Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery, Head & Neck Plastic Surgery

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, University Miami School of Medicine

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Office
1475 NW 12th Ave
Fl 1
Miami, FL 33136
Phone+1 305-243-5276

Fax+1 305-243-5291
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Education & Training

Vanderbilt UniversityMD, Head & Neck/Skull Base/Microvascular Reconstruction, 1991 - 1992
University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1987 - 1991
University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoInternship, Surgery, 1986 - 1987
Columbia College of Physicians and SurgeonsMD, Medicine, 1982 - 1986
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1986
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1962 - 1966
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University (Sinai-Grace)Internship, Transitional Year, 1961 - 1962

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 1992 - 2025
TN State Medical License 1991 - 1992
American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Otolaryngology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2009-2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2008-2013
Top Doctors:South Florida Castle Connolly, 2012
Fellow North American Skull Base Society
American Head and Neck Society
Triological Society
Mosher Award, Best Clinical Research Project Triological Society
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FAAO-HNS) American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
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Clinical Trials

Diagnostic Trial in Patients Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Early Stage Mouth Cancer Start of enrollment: 2002 May 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Photodynamic Therapy With Porfimer Sodium in Treating Patients With Precancerous Lesions, Cancer, or Other Disease of the Aerodigestive Tract Start of enrollment: 2003 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinomas: conceptual controversy and clinical impact.
Coca-Pelaz, A., Rodrigo, J., Agaimy, A., Williams, M., Saba, N., Nuyts, S., Randolph, G., López, F., Vander Poorten, V., Kowalski, L., Civantos, F., Zafereo, M., Mäkit...> ;Virchows Archiv. 2024 Feb 24
1 citations
Primary Site Surgery in Distantly Metastatic Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Ryan M Carey, Aman Prasad, Kimberly Wei, Jason A Brant, Robert M Brody, Jason M Leibowitz, Francisco J Civantos, Larissa Sweeny> ;The Laryngoscope. 2024 May 1
1 citations
A Meta-analysis of Surgical Outcomes of T4a and Infranotch T4b Oral Cancers.
Karthik Nagaraja Rao, Ripudaman Arora, Prajwal Dange, Nitin Nagarkar, Antti A Mäkitie, Luiz P Kowalski, Avraham Eisbruch, Marc Hamoir, Francisco J Civantos, Vincent Va...> ;Oncology and Therapy. 2023 Dec 1
1 citations
Lymph Node Metastases from Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer of the Head and Neck.
Francisco Civantos, Zachary M Helmen, Patrick J Bradley, Andrés Coca-Pelaz, Remco De Bree, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius, Luiz P Kowalski, Fernando López, Antti A Mäkitie, ...> ;Cancers. 2023 Aug 22
23 citations
What is the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in the management of oral cancer in 2020
Remco de Bree, Bart de Keizer, Francisco J. Civantos, Robert P. Takes, Juan P. Rodrigo, Juan C. Hernandez-Prera, Gyorgy B. Halmos, Alessandra Rinaldo, Alfio Ferlito> ;European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 2021 Sep 1
9 citations
Mesenchymal Neoplasms of Salivary Glands: A Clinicopathologic Study of 68 Cases
Jaylou M. Velez Torres, Ernesto Martinez Duarte, Julio A. Diaz-Perez, Jason M. Leibowitz, Donald T. Weed, Giovanna Thomas, Zoukaa Sargi, Francisco J. Civantos, David A...> ;Head and Neck Pathology. 2021 Jul 12
7 citations
Primary Sarcomas of the Larynx: A Clinicopathologic Study of 27 Cases
Jaylou M. Velez Torres, Ernesto Martinez Duarte, Julio A. Diaz-Perez, Jason M. Leibowitz, Donald T. Weed, Giovanna Thomas, Francisco J. Civantos, David Arnold, Carmen ...> ;Head and Neck Pathology. 2021 Mar 8
16 citations
Management of the Neck in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Panagiotis Asimakopoulos, Ashok R. Shaha, Iain J. Nixon, Jatin P. Shah, Gregory W. Randolph, Peter Angelos, Mark Zafereo, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Dana M. Hartl, Kerry D. ...> ;Current Oncology Reports. 2021 Jan 1
12 citations
Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma to the Cervical Lymph Nodes From an Unknown Primary Cancer: Management in the HPV Era.
Francisco J. Civantos, Jan B. Vermorken, Jatin P. Shah, Alessandra Rinaldo, Carlos Suárez, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Juan P. Rodrigo, Kerry D. Olsen, Primoz Strojan, Antti ...> ;Frontiers in Oncology. 2020 Nov 10
30 citations
False-positive reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction screening for SARS-CoV-2 in the setting of urgent head and neck surgery and otolaryngologic emergencies ...
Andrew P. Katz, Francisco J. Civantos, Zoukaa Sargi, Jason M. Leibowitz, Elizabeth A. Nicolli, Donald T. Weed, Alexander E. Moskovitz, Alyssa M. Civantos, David M. And...> ;Head & Neck. 2020 Jul 1
17 citations
Ethical surgical triage of patients with head and neck cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Francisco J. Civantos, Jason M. Leibowitz, David Arnold, Vanessa C. Stubbs, Jennifer Gross, Giovana R. Thomas, Zoukaa Sargi, Roy R. Casiano, Elizabeth J. Franzmann, Do...> ;Head & Neck. 2020 Jul 1
18 citations
Meta-analysis comparing outcomes of different transoral surgical modalities in management of oropharyngeal carcinoma
Ahmed Sherif Gabr Ibrahim, Francisco J. Civantos, Jason M. Leibowitz, Giovana R. Thomas, David Arnold, Elizabeth J. Franzmann, Elizabeth A. Nicolli, Kaming Lo, Zsuzsan...> ;Head & Neck. 2019 Jun 1
36 citations
The Reversal of Immune Exclusion Mediated by Tadalafil and an Anti-tumor Vaccine Also Induces PDL1 Upregulation in Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Int...
Donald T. Weed, Serena Zilio, Isildinha M. Reis, Zoukaa Sargi, Marianne Abouyared, Carmen Gomez-Fernandez, Francisco J. Civantos, Carla P. Rodriguez, Paolo Serafini> ;Frontiers in Immunology. 2019 May 31
31 citations
Transoral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in the era of human papillomavirus.
Omar Mahmoud, Kim Sung, Francisco J. Civantos, Giovanna Thomas, Michael A. Samuels> ;Head & Neck. 2018 Apr 1
53 citations
A Review of Photodynamic Therapy for Neoplasms of the Head and Neck
Francisco J. Civantos, Baris Karakullukcu, Merrill A. Biel, Carl E. Silver, Alessandra Rinaldo, Nabil F. Saba, Robert P. Takes, Vincent Vander Poorten, Alfio Ferlito> ;Advances in Therapy. 2018 Feb 7
17 citations
Lymphatic Drainage Patterns in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Findings of the ACOSOG Z0360 (Alliance) Study
Roger W. Farmer, Linda M. McCall, Francisco J. Civantos, Jeffrey N. Myers, Wendell G. Yarbrough, Barbara A. Murphy, Miriam A. O'Leary, Robert P. Zitsch, Barry A. Siegel> ;Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. 2015 Mar 6
80 citations
[99mTc]Tilmanocept Accurately Detects Sentinel Lymph Nodes and Predicts Node Pathology Status in Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: Resul...
Amit Agrawal, Francisco J. Civantos, Kevin T. Brumund, Douglas B. Chepeha, Nathan Hall, William R. Carroll, Russell B. Smith, Robert P. Zitsch, Walter T. Lee, Yelizave...> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2015 Feb 11
53 citations
Advances in diagnostic modalities to detect occult lymph node metastases in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Remco de Bree, Robert P. Takes, Jonas A. Castelijns, Jesus E. Medina, Sandro J. Stoeckli, Anthony A. Mancuso, Jennifer L. Hunt, Juan P. Rodrigo, Asterios Triantafyllou...> ;Head & Neck. 2015 Dec 1
27 citations
Surgical Techniques for Zenker’s Diverticulum A Comparative Analysis
Jason M. Leibowitz, Christopher Fundakowski, Marianne Abouyared, Andrew Rivera, Jason R. Rudman, Kaming Lo, Donald T. Weed, Francisco J. Civantos> ;Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. 2014 Apr 4
5 citations
The role of sentinel lymph node biopsy for thin cutaneous melanomas of the head and neck.
Michael E. Kupferman, Mark Kubik, Carol R. Bradford, Francisco J. Civantos, Kenneth O. Devaney, Jesus E. Medina, Alessandra Rinaldo, Sandro J. Stoeckli, Robert P. Take...> ;American Journal of Otolaryngology. 2014 Mar 1
11 citations
Malignant melanoma from a nevus of Ota in a pediatric patient with fatal outcome.
Scott F. Lindsey, Margaret I. Sanchez, George W. Elgart, Clara Milikowski, Francisco J. Civantos, John M. Goldberg, James M. Grichnik> ;Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2013 Oct 1
44 citations
Bowman Birk Inhibitor Concentrate and Oral Leukoplakia: A Randomized Phase IIb Trial
William B. Armstrong, Thomas H. Taylor, Ann R. Kennedy, Raymond J. Melrose, Diana V. Messadi, Mai Gu, Marjorie Perloff, Francisco J. Civantos, William Goodwin, Lori J....> ;Cancer Prevention Research. 2013 May 1
7 citations
Photodynamic therapy for head and neck lesions in the subtropics.
Francisco J. Civantos> ;Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2012 Oct 1
41 citations
Efficacy of transnasal endoscopic resection for malignant anterior skull-base tumors.
John W. Wood, Jean Anderson Eloy, Richard J. Vivero, Zoukaa Sargi, Francisco J. Civantos, Donald T. Weed, Jaques J. Morcos, Johnathan E. Castaño, Kaming Lo Mph, Roy R....> ;International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology. 2012 Nov 1
26 citations
Outcomes after Surgical Resection of Head and Neck Paragangliomas: A Review of 61 Patients
David M. Neskey, Georges Hatoum, Rishi Modh, Francisco J. Civantos, Fred F. Telischi, Simon I. Angeli, Donald T. Weed, Zoukaa Sargi> ;Skull Base. 2011 May 1
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