Karen Choi, MD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile

Karen Choi, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Division of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Division of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Scientific Program:Next-Generation Therapies
Disease Teams:
Cancer Institute, Head and Neck Cancer Team
Cancer Institute, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Team
Cancer Institute, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Team
Research Interests
- Neoplasms
- Otolaryngology
- Therapeutics
- Survival
- Pandemics
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Neck
- Head
- Education
- Skin Neoplasms
- Quality Improvement
- Congresses
Recent Publications
2023
Schmalbach, CE, Ow, TJ, Choi, KY, O'Leary, M, Lin, A, Hughley, BB, Emerick, KS, Moore, B, Lee, NY, Zandberg, DP & Wang, SJ 2023, 'American Head and Neck Society position statement on the use of PD-1 inhibitors for treatment of advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma', Head and Neck, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 32-41. https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.27202
2022
Daher, GS, Choi, KY, Wells, JW & Goyal, N 2022, 'A Systematic Review of Oral Nutritional Supplement and Wound Healing', Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, vol. 131, no. 12, pp. 1358-1368. https://doi.org/10.1177/00034894211069437
Choi, KY 2022, 'Introduction', Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otot.2022.04.001
Ruszkay, N, Tucker, J & Choi, KY 2022, 'Otolaryngology in the face of A pandemic', Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 74-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otot.2022.04.002
2021
Choi, KY & Schmalbach, CE 2021, 'Cutaneous Head and Neck Cancers in the High-Risk Immunosuppressed Population', Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 397-413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otc.2020.11.012
Tucker, J, Sarsfield, E, Choi, KY & Goyal, N 2021, 'Educating School Nurses about Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Associated Cancers and the Importance of HPV Vaccination', Journal of Community Health Nursing, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 201-208. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370016.2021.1972244
Keane, A, Warrick, J, Andrews, GA & Choi, KY 2021, 'Pediatric dermoid cyst of the parotid: Case report and review of the literature', Otolaryngology Case Reports, vol. 18, 100258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xocr.2020.100258
2020
Tsay, AJ, Paine, AR, Lighthall, JG, Choi, KY, Hebel, J & Flamm, A 2020, 'A possible pitfall of Mohs surgery in collision tumor diagnosis: A case of a squamous cell carcinoma of the scalp overlying a metastatic breast lesion of the skull', JAAD Case Reports, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 119-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdcr.2019.12.004
Choi, KY, Amit, M, Tam, S, Bell, D, Phan, J, Garden, AS, Williams, MD, Ferrarotto, R, El-Naggar, AK, Raza, SM, DeMonte, F, Kupferman, ME, Hanna, EY & Su, SY 2021, 'Clinical Implication of Diagnostic and Histopathologic Discrepancies in Sinonasal Malignancies', Laryngoscope, vol. 131, no. 5, pp. E1468-E1475. https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.29102
Hennessy, M, Bann, DV, Patel, VA, Saadi, R, Krempl, GA, Deschler, DG, Goyal, N & Choi, KY 2020, 'Commentary on the management of total laryngectomy patients during the COVID-19 pandemic', Head and Neck, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 1137-1143. https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.26183
Sarsfield, E, Montano, M, Choi, K & Goyal, N 2020, 'Laryngectomy Care in the COVID-19 Era', JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 146, no. 8, pp. 776. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2020.1523