Daniel W. Nuss, MD, FACS

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	Daniel W. Nuss, MD, FACS George D. Lyons Professor and Chairman of Otorhinolaryngology 533 Bolivar Street, 5th floor New Orleans, LA 70112 Phone: (504) 568-4785 Fax: (504) 568-4460 dnuss@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees	MD Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Bio	Daniel W. Nuss was born and raised in New Orleans, and completed both his undergraduate and medical education at Louisiana State University. After finishing medical school, he served for two years as a resident in General Surgery at LSU. During that time, he was honored as Charity Hospital's Intern of the Year (1981-82), as well as the LSU Department of Surgery's Resident of the Year (1982-83). In 1984, Dr. Nuss spent six months as a visiting Resident in Head and Neck Oncology at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. He then completed his Otolaryngology residency at L.S.U. in 1987. Later that year, he became board certified, with the distinction of having achieved a composite score in the 99th percentile on the American Board of Otolaryngology's certification exam. Dr. Nuss then joined the faculty of the LSU Department of Otolaryngology and worked for two years as a general otolaryngologist with special interest in head and neck oncology. In 1989-91, he completed clinical and research fellowships in Surgery of the Cranial Base at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Cranial Base Surgery. During that time, he was also appointed Visiting Instructor in the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Otolaryngology. In 1991, Dr. Nuss rejoined the LSU Otolaryngology faculty, focusing his clinical efforts in head and neck oncology and skull base surgery. He became Residency Program Director in 1993, and was named Vice Chairman in 1994. In 1996 he was named Department Chairman and has served (survived!) in that capacity ever since. He is jointly appointed as Professor in the departments of Otolaryngology and Neurosurgery at LSU. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the LSU Healthcare Network, and has served on numerous university committees, including the search committees for the offices of Chancellor (2002) and Dean (2003). Currently, Dr. Nuss' clinical practice includes management of cranial base tumors as well as traditional head and neck oncology, and he has a special interest in reconstructive problems of the skull base, especially with regard to repair of cerebrospinal fluid leaks and encephaloceles presenting in the sino-nasal tract, using endoscopic and minimally invasive techniques. Dr. Nuss has to his credit more than 80 publications, including peer-review articles, book chapters, reviews, and abstracts. He has given over 130 scientific presentations, and has been an invited speaker at numerous meetings. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the North American Skull Base Society and the American Head and Neck Society. He is currently Secretary for the 2008 World Congress of Skull Base Surgery and Vice-President Elect of the North American Skull Base Society. He has been a Guest Examiner for the American Board of Otolaryngology, and is an Associate Editor for several national otolaryngology journals.
Clinical Interests	Cranial base tumor surgery and reconstruction Head and neck oncology Management of cerebrospinal fluid leakage Evaluation and rehabilitation of cranial nerve deficits
Selected Publications	Gaudet EL, Nuss DW, Johnson DH and Miranne LS, Chondroblastoma of the Temporal Bone Involving the Temporomandicular Joint, Mandibular Condyle, and Middle Cranial Fossa: Case Report and Review of the Literature., The Journal of Craniomandibular Practice Vol. 22, No. 2, 160-168, April, 2004. Carrau RL, Snyderman CH and Nuss DW, Surgery of the Anterior and Lateral Skull Base. In: Myers EN and Suen JW (editors), Cancer of the Head and Neck 4th Edition, W.B. Saunders Publishers (chapter), (207-228), 2003. Nuss DW, Intracranial Extension of Cancer. In Alper C, Myers EN, Eibling DE (editors), Decision Making in Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders Chapter 51, pages 132-133. WB Saunders Company, October, 2001. Nuss DW and Rigby PL, Head and Neck Neoplasms with Skull Base Involvement. In: Arriaga M and Day J (editors), Neurosurgical Issues in Otolaryngology: Principles and Practice of Collaboration Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Chapter 27, page 309-340, 1999. Carrau RL, Segas J, Nuss DW, Snyderman CH, Janecka IP, Myers EN, D'Amico F and Johnson JT, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Sinonasal Tract Invading the Orbit., The Laryngoscope Volume 109, 230-235, February, 1999.
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George D. Lyons Professor and Chairman of Otorhinolaryngology