José P. Zevallos

  • The Eugene N. Myers Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology

​Current Research

As Chairman, Dr. Zevallos focuses on further elevating the Department of Otolaryngology's status as one of the premier research and clinical otolaryngology programs in the country. Working with our outstanding faculty and building on the tradition set forth by Drs. Eugene Myers and Jonas T. Johnson, he focuses on making continued investments in clinical and translational research, defining new paradigms of clinical care, and enhancing the department’s already excellent educational and training programs.

Dr. Zevallos’ clinical interests include the management of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, salivary gland tumors, thyroid and parathyroid conditions, and benign tumors of the head and neck. He has a special interest in transoral robotic surgery for HPV+ oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Dr. Zevallos runs a translational research lab that focuses on HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer genomics and biomarker development and has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the American Head and Neck Society, the Veterans Affairs research program, and many others. He also has a strong interest in head and neck cancer epidemiology and population sciences.

Finally, Dr. Zevallos is the founder and chair of the board of a molecular diagnostics start-up company, Droplet Biosciences, based in Cambridge, MA. He continues to be actively engaged in entrepreneurship and in the development of responsible academic-industry collaborations across otolaryngology.

 

Selected Recent Publications

A multi-institutional analysis of late complications in scapula, fibula, and osteocutaneous radial forearm free flaps
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery    Aug 2022
Bollig, C. A., Walia, A., Pipkorn, P. J., Jackson, R., Puram, S. V., Rich, J., Paniello, R. C., Zevallos, J. P., Stevens, M. N., Wood, C. B., Rohde, S. L., Sykes, K., Kakarala, K., Bur, A., Wieser, M. E., Galloway, T. L. I., Tassone, P., Sadeghi, J., Mattingly, T. R., Pluchino, T.

Association of self-reported financial burden with quality of life and oncologic outcomes in head and neck cancer
Head Neck    Feb 2022
Lenze, N. R., Bensen, J. T., Farnan, L., Sheth, S., Zevallos, J. P., Yarbrough, W. G. & Zanation, A. M.

Epidemiology and prevention of HPV-associated squamous cell carcinoma
Current Otorhinolaryngology Reports     Mar 2022
Gerndt, S. P. & Zevallos, J. P.s

Oropharyngeal cancer outcomes correlate with p16 status, multinucleation and immune infiltration
Modern Pathology     Aug 2022
Wilde, D. C., Castro, P. D., Bera, K., Lai, S., Madabhushi, A., Corredor, G., Koyuncu, C., Lewis, J. S., Lu, C., Frederick, M. J., Frederick, A. M., Haugen, A. E., Zevallos, J. P., Sturgis, E. M., Shi, J., Huang, A. T., Hernandez, D. J., Skinner, H. D., Kemnade, J. O., Yu, W.,

Risk and incidence of head and neck cancers in veterans living with HIV and matched HIV-negative veterans
Cancer Research     Jul 2022
Mazul, A. L., Hartman, C. M., Mowery, Y. M., Kramer, J. R., White, D. L., Royse, K. E., Raychaudhury, S., Sandulache, V. C., Ahmed, S. T., Zevallos, J. P., Richardson, P. A., Sikora, A. G. & Chiao, E. Y.

Socioeconomic status, access to care, risk factor patterns, and stage at diagnosis for head and neck cancer among black and white patients
Head and Neck     Apr 2022
Emerson, M. A., Farquhar, D. R., Lenze, N. R., Sheth, S., Mazul, A. L., Zanation, A. M., Hackman, T. G., Weissler, M. C., Zevallos, J. P., Yarbrough, W. G., Brennan, P., Abedi-Ardekani, B. & Olshan, A. F.