Selected Recent Publications:

• Singh T, Sandulache VC, Otteson TD, Barsic M, Klein EC, Dohar JE, Hebda PA.  Subglottic stenosis examined as a fibrotic response to airway injury characterized by altered mucosal fibroblast activity.  Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.  2010 Feb;136(2):163-70.
• Sandulache VC, Singh T, Li-Korotky HS, Lo CY, Otteson TD, Barsic M, Dohar JE, Hebda PA.  Prostaglandin E2 is activated by airway injury and regulates fibroblast cytoskeletal dynamics.  Laryngoscope.  2009 Jul;119(7):1365-73.
• Parekh A, Mantle B, Banks J, Swarts JD, Badylak SF, Dohar JE, Hebda PA.  Repair of the tympanic membrane with urinary bladder matrix.  Laryngoscope.  2009 Jun;119(6):1206-13.
• Dohar JE, Roland P, Wall GM, McLean C, Stroman DW.  Differences in bacteriologic treatment failures in acute otitis externa between ciprofloxacin/dexamethasone and neomycin/polymyxin B/hydrocortisone: results of a combined analysis.  Current Medical Research and Opinion.  2009 Feb;25(2):287-91.
• Parekh A, Sandulache VC, Singh T, Cetin S, Sacks MS, Dohar JE, Hebda PA.  Prostaglandin E2 differentially regulates contraction and structural reorganization of anchored collagen gels by human adult and fetal dermal fibroblasts.  Wound Repair and Regeneration.  2009 Jan-Feb;17(1):88-98.  Erratum in: Wound Repair and Regeneration.  2009 Mar-Apr;17(2):291.
• Otteson TD, Sandulache VC, Barsic M, Disilvio GM, Hebda PA, Dohar JE.  Acute and chronic changes in the subglottis induced by graded carbon dioxide laser injury in the rabbit airway.  Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.  2008 Jul;134(7):694-702.  Erratum in: Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.  2008 Oct;134(10):1106.
• Kitsko DJ, Dohar JE.  Inner ear and facial nerve complications of acute otitis media, including vertigo.  Current Allergy and Asthma Reports.  2007 Nov;7(6):444-50.  Review.
• Sandulache VC, Parekh A, Dohar JE, Hebda PA.  Fetal dermal fibroblasts retain a hyperactive migratory and contractile phenotype under 2-and 3-dimensional constraints compared to normal adult fibroblasts.  Tissue Engineering.  2007 Nov;13(11):2791-801.
• Li-Korotky HS, Hebda PA, Lo CY, Dohar JE.  Age-dependent differential expression of fibronectin variants in skin and airway mucosal wounds.  Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.  2007 Sep;133(9):919-24.
• Parekh A, Sandulache VC, Lieb AS, Dohar JE, Hebda PA.  Differential regulation of free-floating collagen gel contraction by human fetal and adult dermal fibroblasts in response to prostaglandin E2 mediated by an EP2/cAMP-dependent mechanism.  Wound Repair and Regeneration.  2007 May-Jun;15(3):390-8.
• Sandulache VC, Chafin JB, Li-Korotky HS, Otteson TD, Dohar JE, Hebda PA.  Elucidating the role of interleukin 1beta and prostaglandin E2 in upper airway mucosal wound healing.  Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.  2007 Apr;133(4):365-74.
• Chafin JB, Sandulache VC, Dunklebarger JL, Otteson TD, Hoffmann PJ, Hebda PA, Dohar JE.  Graded carbon dioxide laser-induced subglottic injury in the rabbit model.  Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.  2007 Apr;133(4):358-64.  Erratum in: Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.  2007 Jul;133(7):683.  Hoffmann, Paul A [corrected to Hoffmann, Paul J].
• Hebda PA, Yuksel S, Dohar JE.  Effects of ciprofloxacin-dexamethasone on myringotomy wound healing.  Laryngoscope.  2007 Mar;117(3):522-8.
• Sandulache VC, Parekh A, Li-Korotky H, Dohar JE, Hebda PA.  Prostaglandin E2 inhibition of keloid fibroblast migration, contraction, and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1-induced collagen synthesis.  Wound Repair and Regeneration.  2007 Jan-Feb;15(1):122-33.
• Sandulache VC, Parekh A, Li-Korotky HS, Dohar JE, Hebda PA.  Prostaglandin E2 differentially modulates human fetal and adult dermal fibroblast migration and contraction: implication for wound healing.  Wound Repair and Regeneration.  2006 Sep-Oct;14(5):633-43.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Joseph E. Dohar, M.D.
Phone: 412-692-7413
Email: joseph.dohar@chp.edu