Andre Isaac

Contact Overview Publications Research Students

Contact

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Surgery Dept

Email: aisaac@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Laryngeal cleft Laryngomalacia Supraglottoplasty Endoscopic ear surgery Global surgery

About

Dr. Andre Isaac is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Alberta. Dr. Isaac received his MD from the University of Alberta in 2013, after which he completed a surgical residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Alberta. Following this he went on to complete an advanced surgical fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology and Airway Reconstruction at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (Northwestern University). During his surgical training, Dr. Isaac also completed a Master of Science in Global Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK (2017). He currently serves as the Discovery Learning Lead for the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry MD Program. His clinical and research interests are in pediatric airway and swallowing disorders, pediatric endoscopic and open airway reconstruction, and Global Surgery in resource-limited settings.

Research

Research Topics and Interests:

-Pediatric airway and swallowing disorders including laryngomalacia and laryngeal cleft

-Pediatric airway reconstruction

-Pediatric complex middle ear disease including endoscopic ear surgery approaches

-Otolaryngology in resource-limited settings

-Medical education

Teaching

Dr. Isaac leads the Discovery Learning Program for the MD Program. He is an active member of the teaching faculty in the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery as well as the Division of Pediatric Surgery. He is a regular instructor in the Otolaryngology Resident Seminar Series, as well as leading the block examination series for Otolaryngology residents. He also is a regular instructor in the undergraduate medical education Neurosciences block for the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and an instructor for the University of Alberta Pediatric Residency Program Academic Half-day.

Comprehensive management and classification of first branchial cleft anomalies: An International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group (IPOG) consensus statement

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2024 January; 10.1016/j.ijporl.2024.112095

Recommendations from the Canadian Association of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology for the Management of Head and Neck Cancers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2020 January; 10.1186/s40463-020-00448-z

The Ghana PrenaBelt trial: A double-blind, sham-controlled, randomised clinical trial to evaluate the effect of maternal positional therapy during third-trimester sleep on birth weight

BMJ Open. 2019 January; 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022981

The effect of second hand smoke in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2019 January; 10.1186/s40463-019-0357-4

Type 1 Laryngeal Cleft and feeding and swallowing difficulties in infants and toddlers: A Review

Clinical Otolaryngology. 2019 January; 10.1111/coa.13223

Association of fludeoxyglucose F 18-labeled positron emission tomography and computed tomography with the detection of oropharyngeal cancer recurrence

JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2018 January; 10.1001/jamaoto.2018.2143

Correlation between gonial angle and dynamic tongue collapse in children with snoring/sleep disordered breathing - An exploratory pilot study

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2018 January; 10.1186/s40463-018-0285-8

Modifying maternal sleep position in the third trimester of pregnancy with positional therapy: A randomised pilot trial

BMJ Open. 2018 January; 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020256

Validation of a novel method for localization of parathyroid adenomas using SPECT/CT

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2018 January; 10.1186/s40463-018-0307-6

Practices regarding human Papillomavirus counseling and vaccination in head and neck cancer: A Canadian physician questionnaire

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2017 January; 10.1186/s40463-017-0237-8

Does drug-induced sleep endoscopy change the surgical decision in surgically naïve non-syndromic children with snoring/sleep disordered breathing from the standard adenotonsillectomy? A retrospective cohort study

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2017 January; 10.1186/s40463-017-0190-6

Detection of human papillomavirus type 16 in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma using droplet digital polymerase chain reaction

Cancer. 2016 January; 10.1002/cncr.29976

Correlations between acoustic rhinometry, subjective symptoms, and endoscopic findings in symptomatic children with nasal obstruction

JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2015 January; 10.1001/jamaoto.2015.0468

Research Students

Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.