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Shawn D. Newlands, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S.Shawn D. Newlands, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S.

Chairman Department of Otolaryngology (ENT)

Dr. Newlands is an expert in head and neck oncologic surgery and an accomplished neuroscientist. He comes to Rochester from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, where he served as Harry Carothers Wiess Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology since 2003. Prior to joining the University of Texas in 1999, Dr. Newlands served for three years on the faculty of the Division of Otolaryngology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Dr. Newlands was among the first graduates of the combined M.D.-Ph.D. program at the University of Texas Medical Branch, earning a Ph.D. in neuroscience along with his medical degree. He completed an internship in general surgery at Virginia-Mason Medical Center in Seattle, followed by a residency in otolaryngology at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Newlands holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of California in Santa Barbara, and also earned a master’s in business administration from the University of Texas in Austin.

Specialty Areas

  • Head & Neck Surgery
  • Thyroid Surgery

Education and Training

  • B.A. (Biochemistry), University of California, 1979-1982
  • M.A.(Chemistry). University of California, 1982-1983
  • M.D., Ph.D.(Neuroscience), University of Texas, 1983-1990
  • Surgical Internship, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1990-1991
  • Resident, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1991-1995
  • M.B.A., University of Texas, 2000-2002

Faculty Appointments

  • Staff Surgery/Otolaryngology, Seattle Veterans' Affairs Hospital, 1995-1996
  • Consultant Surgery/Otolaryngology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1996-1999
  • Staff Surgery/Otolaryngology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 1996-1999
  • Staff Otolaryngology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 1999-2007
  • Staff Surgery/Otolaryngology, HCA Mainland Medical Center, 2006-2007
  • Professor Otolaryngology SMD, 2008-present
  • Chair Otolaryngology SMD, 2008-present

Grants

  • National Institutes of Health, “Vestibular Nucleus Activity in Vestibular Compensation”
  • National Institutes of Health, “Vestibular Neurons During Head-Free Movements in Compensation”

Professional Societies

  • Alpha Omega Alpha
  • American College of Surgeons
  • American Medical Association
  • Association for Research in Otolaryngology
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  • Society for Neuroscience
  • American Board of Otolaryngology
  • Society of University Otolaryngologists-Head & Neck Surgeons
  • Association of Academic Departments of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
  • The Triological Society
  • The Barany Society
  • American Head and Neck Society

Publications

  • Angelaki DE, Newlands SD, Dickman JD. Inactivation of semicircular canals causes adaptive increases in otolith-driven tilt responses.  J. Neurophysiol. 87: 1635-1640, 2002.
  • Newlands SD, Purcell IM, Kevetter GA, Perachio AA. Central projections of the utricular nerve in the gerbil. J. Comp. Neurol. 452: 11-23, 2002.
  • Newlands SD, Divi V, Stewart CM. Mixed myxoid/round cell liposarcoma of the scalp. Am. J. Otolaryngol. 24: 121-127, 2003.
  • Newlands SD, Perachio AA. Central projections of the vestibular nerve: a review and single fiber study in the Mongolian gerbil. Brain Res. Bull. 60: 475-495, 2003.
  • Rosen EJ, Newlands SD, Rampy BA. Pathology quiz case: Cribriform-morular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Arch Otolarynogol. 129: 679-681, 2003.
  • Newlands SD, Samudrala S, Katzenmeyer WK. Surgical treatment of gunshot injuries to the mandible. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 129: 129-244, 2003.
  • Purcell IM, Newlands SD, Perachio AA. Responses of gerbil utricular afferents to translational motion. Exp. Brain Res. 152: 317-322, 2003.
  • Newlands SD, Vrabec JT, Purcell IM, Stewart CM, Zimmerman B, Perachio AA. Central projections of the saccular and utricular nerves in the macaque. J. Comp. Neurol. 466: 31-47, 2003.
  • Kevetter GA, Leonard RB, Newlands SD, Perachio AA. Central distribution of vestibular afferents that innervate the lateral or anterior semicircular canal in the mongolian gerbil. J. Vest. Res. 14: 1-15, 2004.
  • Stewart CM, Newlands SD, Perachio AA. Spike detection, characterization, and discrimination using feature analysis software written in LabVIEW. Comput. Methods Programs Biomed. 76: 239-251, 2004.
  • Newlands SD, Dara S, Kaufman GD. Relationship of static and dynamic mechanisms in vestibuloocular reflex compensation. Laryngoscope 115: 191-204, 2005.
  • Rosen F, Newlands SD.  Microdebrider excision of a lipoma of the esophageal inlet. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 133:450-452, 2005.
  • Shaikh AG, Green AM, Ghansia FF, Newlands SD, Dickman JD, Angelaki DE. Sensory convergence solves a motion ambiguity problem. Curr. Biol. 15, 1657-1662, 2005.
  • Wei M, Li N, Newlands SD, Dickman JD, Angelaki DE.  Deficits and recovery in visuospatial memory during head motion after bilateral labyrinthine lesion.  J. Neurophysiology 96(3):1676-82, 2006.
  • Newlands SD, Angelaki DE. What Peripheral Vestibular Manipulations Reveal about the Function and Plasticity in the Primate Oculomotor System. Neuroembryol and Aging 3:171-182, 2004/2005.
  • Zhou W, Tang BF, Newlands SD, King WM. Responses of monkey vestibular-only neurons to translation and angular rotation. J. Neurophysiology 2006 Dec;96(6):2915-30
  • Takahashi K, Gu, Y, May PJ, Newlands SD, DeAngelis GC, Angelaki DE. Multi-modal coding of three dimensional rotation and translation in area MSTd: Comparison of visual and vestibular selectivity. J Neuroscience, in press.
  • Newlands SD, Sklare DA. Developing the Next Generation of Otolaryngologist-Researchers. Oto. Clinics of N. Amer., in press.

Contact

Dr. Shawn D. Newlands
University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 629
Rochester, New York 14642