Gainesville Faculty
Nicholas J. Cassisi, MD, DDS
- Kenneth W. Grader Professor
- Chairman Emeritus
Dr. Cassisi is board certified in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.
Contact
Academic Office
- Phone: (352) 273 - 5199
- Fax: (352) 392 - 6781
Clinic Appointments
- Phone: (352) 265 -0920
- Fax: (352) 265 - 0010
Shands ENT Clinic
- Phone: (352) 265 - 8989
- Clinic fax: (352) 265 - 8968
Under Florida law, email addresses are public records. If you do not wish your email address released in response to a public records request do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
Use of email is restricted to existing patients only. Please refer to the department's email policy for more information regarding email communications with department faculty.
Training and Certification
| 1953-1954 | John Carroll University (Pre-Med) |
| 1954-1957 | Western Reserve University (Pre-Med, B.A.) |
| 1957-1961 | Western Reserve University (Dental, D.D.S.) |
| 1961-1965 | University of Miami School of Medicine (M.D.) Miami, Florida |
| 1965-1966 | Internship Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami, Florida |
| 1966-1967 | Assistant Resident, General Surgery Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami, Florida |
| 1967-1968 | Research Fellowship Washington University St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1968-1971 | Resident Otolaryngology Barnes Hospital St. Louis, Missouri |
Honors and Awards
| 1996-2005 | Listed in The Best Doctors in America |
| 2002 | Inducted into the Miami Medical Alumni Hall of Fame |
| 2004-2005 | Listed in Who's Who Among America's Teacher |
| 2004 | Cassisi Learning Lab, Farrior Hall, University of Florida - established by an anonymous donor in Honor of Drs. Nicholas and Elayne Cassisi |
Editorial Boards
- American Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Cancer
- Head and Neck Journal
- International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
- Journal Of Craniofacial Surgery
- Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- The Ear, Nose & Throat Journal
- The Laryngoscope
- The Journal of the Florida Medical Association
- The Otolaryngology Journal Club Journal
- Practical Reviews in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- Florida Society of Otolaryngology
- Membership Chairman
- Pan American Congress of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- Congress Advisory Committee, Member
Academic Affiliations
- American Board of Otolaryngology
- 1996-Present: Senior Examiner
- 1996-Present: Scope of Knowledge Task Force
- Association of Academic Departments Of Otolaryngology (AADO)
- Member, Administrative Committee
- Member, Education Committee
- Member, Nominating Committee
Publications
- Mendenhall WM, Riggs CE, Cassisi NJ: Treatment of head and neck cancers. In DeVita VT, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA (editors): Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 7th Edition. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA. January 2005, Chapter 26.2, 642-743.
- Mendenhall WM, Amdur RJ, Stringer SP, Hinerman RW, Cassisi NJ, Villaret DB: Radiation therapy, management of neck metastases. eMedicine, http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic712.htm. August 15, 2003.
- Parsons JT, Mendenhall WM, Stringer SP, Amdur RJ, Hinerman RW, Villaret DB, Moore-Higgs GJ, Greene BD, Speer TW, Cassisi NJ, Million RR: Squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx. Cancer, 2002 Jun; 94(11): 2967-2980.
- Mendenhall WM, Amdur RJ, Stringer SP, Hinerman RH, Villaret DB, Cassisi NJ: Radiation therapy in the management of the neck. In Meyers AD (editor): Otolaryngology & Facial Plastic Surgery, (on-line textbook), 2002 Feb.
- Mendenhall WM, Cassisi NJ, Stringer SP, Tannehill SP: Therapeutic principles in the management of head and neck tumours. In Ed Souhami RL, Tannock I, Hohenberger P, Horiot JC (eds): Oxford Textbook of Oncology, Second Ed. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2002, Chapter 9, 1322-1344.
- Mendenhall WM, Hinerman RW, Amdur RJ, Stringer SP, Antonelli PJ, Singleton GT, Cassisi NJ: Treatment of paragangliomas with radiation therapy. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck, 2001, Oct:34:5:1007-1020.
- Mendenhall WM, Mancuso AA, Amdur RJ, Stringer SP, Villaret DB, Cassisi NJ: Squamous cell carcinoma metastatic to the neck from an unknown head and neck primary site. Am J Otolaryngol 2001; 22:261-267.
- Reddy KA, Mendenhall WM, Amdur RJ, Stringer SP, Cassisi NJ: Long-term results of radiation therapy for juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. Am J Otolaryngol, 2001 May-June; 3: 172-175.
- Hinerman RW, Mendenhall WM, Amdur RJ, Stringer SP, Antonelli PJ, Cassisi NJ: Definitive radiotherapy in the management of chemodectomas arising in the temporal bone, carotid body, and glomus vagale. Head and Neck. 2001 May; 23: 363-371.
- Amdur RJ, Mendenhall WM, Stringer SP, Villaret DB, Cassisi NJ: Organ preservation with radiotherapy for T1-T2 carcinoma of the pyriform sinus. Head and Neck. 2001 May; 23: 353-362.
- Mendenhall WM, Amdur RJ, Stringer, Villaret DB, Cassisi NJ: Stratification of Stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx. Head-Neck. 2000 Sep; 22(6): 626-628.
- Mendenhall SM, Amdur RJ, Stringer SP, Villaret DB, Cassisi NJ: Radiation therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsillar region: a preferred alternative to surgery? J Clin Oncol. 2000 June; 18(11):2219-25.
- Gomez JA, Mendenhall WM, Tannehill SP, Stringer SP, Cassisi NJ: Radiation therapy in inverted papillomas of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Am J Otolaryngol. 2000 (May-Jun);21: 174-178.
- Cassisi NJ: Is it worth the risk? NCAA Sports Sciences Education Newsletter. 2000 Apr: 1.
- McCord MW, Mendenhall WM, Parsons JT, Amdur RJ, Stringer SP, Cassisi NJ, Million RR: Skin cancer of the head and neck with clinical or gross findings of perineural invasion. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys. 2000 Apr 1;47(1): 89-93.
- Mendenhall WM, Stringer SP, Amdur RJ, Hinerman RW, Moore-Higgs GJ, Cassisi NJ: Is radiation therapy a preferred alternative to surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the base of tongue? J Clin Oncol. 2000. Jan:18:1:35-42
