H Seikaly

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About

Dr. Hadi Seikaly is a professor of the departments of Surgery and Oncology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He is the Director of the division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and the Edmonton Zone Clinical Section Head for Alberta Health Services. Dr. Seikaly is the president of the Canadian Association of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology. 

Dr. Seikaly has a large practice dedicated to head, neck, and skull base oncology and reconstruction. His research interests include functional surgical and reconstructive outcomes, microvascular head and neck reconstruction, submandibular gland transfer, and digitally driven complete occlusal reconstruction. Dr. Seikaly is the director of the Head and Neck Research Network. He has been a PI or collaborator on numerous research grants receiving funding from various agencies, including CIHR, Terry Fox Foundation and Alberta Cancer Foundation. He has published over 210 peer reviewed papers and book chapters. 

Dr. Seikaly graduated from the University of Toronto medical school and completed his residency training at the University of Alberta in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.  He then obtained fellowship training at the University of Texas Medical Branch in advanced head and neck oncology, and microvascular reconstruction. Dr. Seikaly completed a Masters of the Arts in Leadership from the Royal Roads University in 2014.

Dr. Seikaly is the recipient of the many prestigious awards including the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association researcher of the year, the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery award for national educational excellence, the Ernest Skakun award for service to medical education, and the oncology mentor of the year. He is a member of numerous surgical societies, nationally/internationally and has been invited as a visiting professor to over 100 institutions lecturing on all aspects of head and neck oncology and reconstruction.  

Clinical Interests

Dr. Seikaly has a large clinical practice dedicated head , neck and skull base oncology and reconstruction. His main clinical innovations include:

• The Submandibular gland transfer for reduction of post radiation xerostomia
• Surgical approach to soft palate reconstruction to improve the functional outcome \s of head and neck cancer
• The beavertail modification of the forearm flap for head and neck reconstruction
• The bone impacted fibula flap to improve retention dental implants 
• The Alberta Reconstructive Technique (ART): An occlusion-driven and digitally based jaw reconstruction 

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Research

Dr. Seikaly's research interests include functional surgical and reconstructive outcomes, microvascular head and neck reconstruction, submandibular gland transfer, digitally driven complete occlusal reconstruction, and the Alberta Reconstructive Technique. Dr. Seikaly is the director of the Head and Neck Research Network. He has been a PI or collaborator on numerous research grants receiving funding from various agencies, including CIHR, Terry Fox Foundation and Alberta Cancer Foundation. He has published over 210 peer reviewed papers and book chapters. Dr. Seikaly has been the recipient of numerous research awards including the prestigious Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association researcher of the year.

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Teaching

Dr. Hadi Seikaly has had a life long dedication and excellence in teaching at all levels of graduate and postgraduate education. He is the recipient of numerous local teaching awards from the Department of Surgery and the division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. he was awarded the Outstanding Teacher Award for Phase III through the Medical Student Association at the University of Alberta and was chosen the same year as the honorary medical class president.  Dr. Seikaly has been the recipient of many prestigious University of Alberta and national teaching awards such as the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery award for national educational excellence, the Ernest Skakun award for service to medical education, the oncology mentor of the year and tier 1 clinical award for excellence in mentoring. 

Pyne J.M., Kelly B.C., Logan H., Osswald M., Nayar S., Biron V.L., Ansari K., Harris J.R., O'Connell D.A., Seikaly H.

Oral Oncology. 2022 April; 127 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2022.105765

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Lan X., Liang Y., Vyhlidal M., Erkut E.J.N., Kunze M., Mulet-Sierra A., Osswald M., Ansari K., Seikaly H., Boluk Y., Adesida A.B.

Journal of Tissue Engineering. 2022 March; 13 10.1177/20417314221086368

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Mendez A.I., Wihlidal J.G.J., Eurich D.T., Nichols A.C., MacNeil S.D., Seikaly H.R.

Oral Oncology. 2022 February; 125 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2021.105701

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X. Lan, Y, Liang, E.Erkut, M. Kunze, A. Mulet-Sierra, T, Gong, M. Osswald, K.Ansari, H. Seikaly, Y. Boluk, A. Adesida

FASEB JOURNAL. 2021 July; FASEB.J In Press (2020)

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Baqays A., Johannsen W., Rashid M., Jaffal H., Hicks A., Jeffery C., Seikaly H., El-Hakim H.

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States). 2021 July; 165 (1):197-205 10.1177/0194599820970950

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Newman M., Dziegielewski P.T., Nguyen N.T.A., Seikaly H.S., Xie M., O'Connell D.A., Harris J.R., Biron V.L., Gupta M.K., Archibald S.D., Jackson B.S., Young J.E.M., Keyes K.J., Nichols D.S., Zhang H.

Oral Oncology. 2021 May; 116 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2021.105195

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Seikaly H.

New England Journal of Medicine. 2021 March; 384 (10):944-951 10.1056/NEJMcp2019344

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Baqays A., Rashid M., Johannsen W., Seikaly H., El-Hakim H.

BMJ Open. 2021 March; 11 (3) 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041591

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Tian P.G.J., Harris J.R., Seikaly H., Chambers T., Alvarado S., Eurich D.

JMIR Formative Research. 2021 February; 5 (2) 10.2196/17672

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Anderson-Baron M., Kunze M., Mulet-Sierra A., Osswald M., Ansari K., Seikaly H., Adesida A.B.

Tissue Engineering - Part A. 2021 January; 27 (1-2):37-49 10.1089/ten.tea.2019.0306

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Anderson-Baron M., Liang Y., Kunze M., Mulet-Sierra A., Osswald M., Ansari K., Seikaly H., Adesida A.B.

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 2021 January; 8 10.3389/fbioe.2020.572356

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Durham J.S., Brasher P., Anderson D.W., Yoo J., Hart R., Dort J.C., Seikaly H., Kerr P., Rosin M.P., Poh C.F.

JAMA Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Journal. 2020 December; 146 (12):1149-1155 10.1001/jamaoto.2020.3147

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Zenke J., Alenazi A., Sommerfeld C., Pyne J., Idris S., Darwish A., Seikaly H., Ansari K.

Facial Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine. 2020 December; 22 (6):420-426 10.1089/fpsam.2020.0073

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Dziegielewski P.T., Seikaly H.

Cancer. 2020 December; 126 (24):5357-5358 10.1002/cncr.33164