CURRICULUM VITAE
Name:
Present Title: Assistant Professor and Director of Rhinology and
Sinonasal Surgery
Department of
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Biographical
Information:
Academic Address: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and
Neck Surgery
University of
P.O. Box 20708
6410 Fannin, Suite 1200
832-325-7173
(Office)
713-500-0661
(Fax)
Samer.Fakhri@uth.tmc.edu
Date of Birth: January 6, 1970
Citizenship: Canadian
Academic
Appointments:
9/2004 -
Present Assistant Professor
Director of
Rhinology and Sinonasal Surgery
Department
of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
8/2004 -
9/2004 Clinical Scholar, Head
and Neck Institute
11/2003 -
7/2004 Clinical Practitioner,
Head and Neck Institute
Hospital Appointments:
2004 - Present
2004 - Present
11/2003 -
9/2004
Postgraduate
Training:
Fellowship: Clinical
Fellow
Section of
Nasal and Sinus Disorders
Head and Neck Institute
The
Fellowship directors: Donald C. Lanza,
MD; Martin J.Citardi, MD
August 2003-
July 2004
Research Fellow
Department of
Allergy and Immunology
Division of Molecular Biology
Fellowship director: Q. Hamid, MD, PhD
July 2001- June 2002
Residency: Department of Otolaryngology,
July 1999-
June 2003
Internship: Core
Surgery,
July
1998- June 1999
Graduate and
Undergraduate Education:
Medical
Studies: Faculty of
Medicine,
Doctorum Medicinae et Chirurgiae Magistrum
August 1994- May 1998
Graduate: Faculty of Graduate Studies,
Department of
Neurological Sciences
Master of Science
Research
Supervisor: Daniel Guitton, PhD
July
1991- June 1994
Thesis Topic:
“Effects
of
and
Mechanisms of Eye- Head Coordination In the Head- Free Cat.”
Undergraduate: Faculty of Sciences,
Department of
Biology
Bachelor of Science
June 1990
Specialty
Certifications:
American
Board of Otolaryngology May
2004
College des Medecins du Quebec June 2003
Medical and Professional Licensure:
State Medical
Board of
United States Medical Examination USMLE ID
4-072-756-2
Step
I August 2002
Step
II March 1998
Step
III December 2002
Licentiate of
Medical Council of
LMCC I May 1998
LMCCII October1999
Drug
Enforcement Administration
Current
Research Projects:
Role of Inflammation in the
pathogenesis University of Texas Health
Science Center
of Inverting Papilloma
(Chief Investigator)
Role of Extraesophageal Acid
Reflux Co-investigators: D. Lanza , MD
in
the Pathogenesis of Chronic Sinusitis P. Batra, MD; M. Vaezi, MD, PhD
Molecular Mechanisms in Chronic Sinus Co-investigator: Q. Hamid, MD, PhD
Inflammation Division of
Allergy and Immunology
Outcome Evaluation of the Traditional Co-investigators: D.
and the Endoscopic Management of P. Batra, MD; J. Lee, MD
Esthesioneuroblastoma
Honors and
Awards:
April 2005 Dean’s Teaching Excellence
Award – University of Texas Medical School
November 2002 1st Prize Resident
Competition - Association of Otorhinolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery of
September
2002 Glaxo Traveling
Scholarship - Outstanding Achievement
April 2002 1st Prize
Resident Competition - James D. Baxter Basic Science Research Award
May 1998 James H. Birkett Memorial
Award - Excellence in Otolaryngology
March 1998 Lutfy and Peden Award -
Academic Excellence and Leadership
June 1992 Jeanne Timmins Costello
Award - Excellent Research Achievement
May 1990 Bobst
and Mamdouha Foundation Award - Excellent Academic Achievement
Scholarships
and Grants:
July 2001 McGill Head and Neck
Research Fund
Role of Microbial Toxins in Inducing Glucocorticoid
Resistance In Rhinosinusitis
October
1993 Jeanne Timmins
Costello Scholarship
Mechanisms
of Adaptation In Eye-Head Coordination
Following
Bilateral Ablation of The Horizontal Semi-Circular Canals
1991 - 1993 Human Frontier Science Program Scholarship
Role
of Vestibular Signals In Gaze Control
October 1992 Medical Research Council of
Effect of
In
The Head-Free Cat
Current
Teaching Responsibilities:
2004
- Present OTO 4001 Course
Director
University
of
2004
- Present Associate Director
of Residency Surgical Training
University
of
2004
- Present
University
of
Past Teaching
Responsibilities:
2002-2003 Clinical Lecturer
Introduction of clinical clerks
to the practice of Otolaryngology
Faculty of Medicine,
1995
Laboratory Instructor
Neuroanatomy for first year medical class
Faculty of Medicine,
1993 Teaching
Assistant
Anatomy and Physiology of the Central Nervous System
Faculty of Medicine,
National
Committees
Research and Grant Committee American
Rhinologic Society
2004-
present
Patient Advocacy Committee American
Rhinologic Society
2005-
present
Regional and Local Committees
2005 - Present Peer reviewer
Quality
Assurance Panel
2005 - Present Medical Information Committee
Administrative Responsibilities:
2004 - Present Director
of Elective and Clerkship Rotations
Department
of Otolaryngology- HNS
2004
- Present Elective and
Residency Advisor
University
of
2004 - Present Residency
Training Committee
Department
of Otolaryngology- HNS
2002
– 2003 Resident
Representative
Department
of Otolaryngology,
2002
– 2003 Chief Resident
Department of
Otolaryngology,
Editorial
Positions:
Laryngoscope Review Panel 2003
- present
Otolaryngology--Head
and Neck Surgery Review Panel 2004
- present
Archives
of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery 2005
- present
American Journal of
Rhinology 2005
- present
Instructional Course Faculty:
Advances In Endoscopic
Management Co-organizer, Panelist
and Instructor
of Nasal and Sinus
Disorders “Challenging Cases in Rhinology”
November 2003
Head and Neck Surgery
Instructional Course “Medical
Management of Refractory Chronic Sinusitis”
Annual meeting, September
2005
Advanced Rhinology
Concepts Guest Faculty Lecturer
Publications:
Peer Reviewed
Abstracts:
Fakhri S., Guitton D.,
Pare M., Schor R.H., Roy J.-P. Effect of
bilateral horizontal semi-circular canal plug on combined eye-head orienting
gaze shifts in the cat. Society for
Neuroscience Abstracts, 23rd
Annual Meeting,
Souaid J.P., Fakhri S., Manoukian J.J. Functional
endoscopic sinus surgery in the pediatric population: outcome of a conservative
approach to postoperative care. Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery 52nd Annual Meeting Program supplement,
Fakhri S., Zeitouni
A.G. The risk of loss of serviceable hearing in conservatively managed acoustic
neuroma patients. Triological
Society Eastern Section Meeting Program supplement,
Fakhri S.,
Christodoulopoulos P., Tulic M.K., Fukakusa M., Frenkiel S., Leung D.Y.M.,
Hamid Q. Role of microbial toxins in the
induction of glucocorticoid receptor-beta expression in an explant model of
rhinosinusitis. Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 56th
Annual Meeting Program supplement,
Fakhri
S.,
Levental M., Rochon L., Rappaport J.M. Fibrous dysplasia of the temporal bone.
Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 56th Annual
Meeting Program supplement,
Tulic M.K., Fakhri S., Manoukian
J.J., Leung D.Y.M., Eidelman D.H., Hamid Q. Upregulation of glucocorticoid
receptor-beta in nasal mucosa of children after ex vivo stimulation with
lipopolysaccharide and superantigen. American Thoracic Society Abstracts
Annual Meeting,
Fakhri S., Citardi M.J., Wolfe S.,
Lanza D.C.. Challenges in the Management
of Sphenoid Inverted Papilloma. American Rhinologic Society Program supplement,
COSM 2004 meeting,
Batra
P.S., Friedman A., Fakhri S.,
Management. American Rhinologic Society
50th Anniversary Meeting Program supplement,
Solares C.A., Fakhri S., Batra
P.S., Lee J., Lanza D.C. Transnasal Endoscopic Resection of Clival
Lesions: A Preliminary Report. Triological
Society Southern Section Meeting Program supplement,
Solares
April 7-10.
Wang B.S., Fakhri S. Maxillary Sinus
Mucocele Presenting With Complete Sensory Loss in the Infraorbital Nerve
Distribution.
Book Chapters:
Fakhri S., Pélisson D., Guitton D. Compensation
for perturbation of gaze and role of vestibular signals in gaze control. In:
Information processing underlying gaze control. J.M. Delgado-Garcia, E.
Godeaux, P.-P.Vidal (Eds), Elsevier Science, Oxford, U.K., 1994, pp. 53-63.
Chan K.H., Abzug M.J., Fakhri S., Hamid Q.A.,
Liu A.H. Sinusitis. In: Pediatric
Allergy: Principles and Practice. Leung D.Y.M., Sampson H.A., Geha R.,
Szefler S.J. (Eds), Mosby, St. Louis, U.S.A., 2003, pp. 309-320.
Articles:
Fakhri S., Manoukian, J.-J.,
Souaid, J.-P. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery in the pediatric population:
outcome of a conservative approach to postoperative care. J Otolaryngol 2001; 30:
15-18.
Rappaport J.M., Fakhri S. La
maladie de Ménière: mise à jour sur le diagnostic et le traitement. Le Clinicien 2001; 16 (6): 85-101.
Fakhri S., Frenkiel S., Hamid QA. Current
views on the molecular biology of chronic sinusitis. J Otolaryngol 2002;
31 (Suppl 1): S2-S9.
Fakhri S., Levental M., Rochon L., Rappaport
J.M. Fibrous dysplasia of the temporal bone. J Otolaryngol 2003; 32(2): 132-5.
Fakhri
S., Christodoulopoulos
P., Tulic M.K., Fukakusa M., Frenkiel S., Leung D.Y.M., Hamid Q. A. Role of
microbial toxins in the induction of glucocorticoid receptor-beta in an explant
model of rhinosinusitis. J Otolaryngol
2003; 32: 388-93.
Nguyen
L.H., Fakhri S., Frenkiel S., Hamid Q.A. Molecular immunology and
immunotherapy for chronic sinusitis. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2003; 3(6):
505-12.
Fakhri
S., Christodoulopoulos
P., Tulic M.K., Fukakusa M., Frenkiel S., Leung D.Y.M., Hamid Q. A. Microbial
Superantigens Induce Glucocorticoid Receptor Beta and Steroid Resistance in
a Nasal Explant Model. Laryngoscope
2004; 114(5): 887-892.
Fakhri S.,
Citardi M.J. Considerations against concurrent functional endoscopic sinus surgery and rhinoplasty. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2004;
12(4): 431-4.
Fakhri S., Citardi M.J., Wolfe S.,
Batra P.S., Prayson R.A.,
Friedman
A.., Batra P.S., Fakhri S., Citardi M.J.,
Etiology and Management. Otolaryngol
Head Neck Surgery 2005; 133(4): 544-550.
Solares C.A., Fakhri S., Batra
P.S., Lee J., Lanza D.C.: Transnasal Endoscopic Resection of Clival
Lesions:
A Preliminary Report. Laryngoscope 2005.
Other
Publications:
Media Interviews and Publications :
Interview
on the diagnosis and management of Allergic Rhinitis with reporter Liliana
Cadavid (Spanish). Alergias! RUMBO.
April 28, 2005.
Allergic rhinitis.
Interview featured on Channel 13 ABC evening news. October 2005.
Presentations:
Invited
Lectures:
S. Fakhri. Advances in the Endoscopic Management of
Sinonasal Malignancy. Presented at the Department of Otolaryngology- Head
and Neck Surgery Grand Rounds,
S. Fakhri. Mechanisms of Steroid Resistance in
Rhinosinusitis. Presented at the Department of Otolaryngology- Head and
Neck Surgery,
S. Fakhri. Sinusitis:
Over-diagnosed and Undertreated. Presented at the Department of Internal
Medicine Grand Rounds, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital; February
20, 2002; Montreal, Canada.