Anna Maria Pou, MD

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	Anna Maria Pou, MD Professor of Otorhinolaryngology Program Director, Resident Education Member, LSU Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center 533 Bolivar Street 5th floor New Orleans, LA 70112 Phone: (504) 568-4785 Fax: (504) 568-4460 apou@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees	BS - 1978 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA MD - 1990 Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Bio	Dr. Pou, a native of New Orleans, received her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine. She subsequently completed 2 years of General Surgery training at the University of Tennessee, a residency in Otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and a Fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery and Microvascular Reconstruction at Methodist Hospital of Indiana. Dr. Pou served on the faculty in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston for 7 where she was the Director, Division of Head and Neck Surgery from 1999 to 2004 and the Co-Director of the Fellowship in Advanced Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery from 1998 to 1999. She joined our faculty in September, 2004 and has recently become the Director, Resident Education. Dr. Pou is a diplomat of the American Board of Otolaryngology, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Head and Neck Society and the Society of University Otolaryngologists. She has served on multiple committees of the American Academy of Otolaryngology and has presented at national and international meetings on the topics of laryngology, head and neck oncology and microvascular reconstruction. Dr Pou has authored more than 40 publications and has served on editorial boards including the Laryngoscope. In addition she is co-editor of the Head and Neck Section of the widely read textbook, Head and Neck Surgery-Otolaryngology. Dr. Pou's areas of clinical interests include head and neck oncology, microvascular reconstruction, thyroid surgery and rehabilitation of the head and neck cancer patient. Dr. Pou's research interests also include quality of life issues following treatment for head and neck cancer, the role of viruses in head and neck cancer and the clinical expression of Human Papilloma Virus in recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.
Selected Publications	Pou AM, Tracheoesophageal voice restoration with total laryngectomy, Otolaryngol Clin N Am 37:531-545, 2004. Pou AM., Weems J, Deskin RW, Nason R, Payne DA, Molecular characterization of mutations in patients with benign and aggressive recurrent respiratory papillomatosis: a preliminary study, Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology 113(3):180-186, 2004. Sanguineti G, Pou A, Licitra L, Timing of chemotherapy and patient selection for locally advanced nasopharyngeal, Clinical Oncology 15:451- 460, 2003. Rosen FS, Pou AM, Buford WL, Tracheal resection with primary anastomosis in cadavers: the effects of releasing maneuvers and length of tracheal resection on tension, Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology 112(10):869-876, 2003. Lele SM, Pou AM, Ventura K, Gatalica Z, Payne D, Molecular events in the progression of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis to carcinoma, Arch Pathol Lab Med 126:1184-1188, 2002. Pou AM, Vrabec JT, Jordan J, Wilson D, Payne D, Wang S, The prevalence of herpes simplex virus in malignant laryngeal lesions, Laryngoscope 110(2): 194-197, 2000. Pou AM, Shoemaker DL, Carrau RL, Snyderman CH, Eibling DE, Repair of laryngeal fractures using adaptation plates, Head and Neck 20:707-713, 1998. Pou AM, Carrau RL, Eibling DE, Murry T, Laryngeal framework surgery for the management of aspiration in high vagal lesions, American J Otolaryngol 19(1):1-7, 1998. Rimell FL, Shoemaker DL, Pou AM, Jordan JA, Post JC, Pediatric respiratory papillomatosis: Prognostic role of viral typing and cofactors, Laryngoscope 107(7):915-8, 1997. Pou AM, Rimell FL, Jordan JA, Shoemaker DL, Johnson JR, Barua P, Post JC, Ehrlich GD, Adult respiratory papillomatosis: human papillomavirus type and viral coinfections as predictors of prognosis, Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 104(10):758-762, 1995.
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Professor of Otorhinolaryngology Program Director, Resident Education Member, LSU Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center

Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Program Director, Resident Education
Member, LSU Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center