Jonathan George, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology
School of Medicine
Dr. Jonathan R. George is a surgeon specializing in head and neck cancer care. His primary areas of focus are thyroid cancer and head and neck melanoma surgery. More broadly, he offers surgery for thyroid/parathyroid diseases, and cutaneous & aerodigestive tract malignancies of the head & neck.
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For endocrine patients, his practice offers comprehensive management of thyroid nodules, multinodular goiters, recurrent and locally advanced thyroid cancers, and parathyroid diseases. For melanoma patients, his care includes melanoma excision, sentinel lymph node biopsy, neck dissection, and expedited aesthetic closure by UCSF facial plastic surgeons. His practice encompasses surgical treatment of all head and neck cancers, including upper aerodigestive tract malignancies such as throat/larynx cancers and oral cavity cancers.
George obtained his M.D. degree from Duke University School of Medicine and his B.A. from Amherst College, both with honors. He received an M.P.H. in head and neck cancer epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. He then completed a two-year clinical and translational research fellowship in head and neck cancer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He completed residency training at UCSF Medical Center in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, followed by a fellowship in advanced head and neck surgical oncology at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. George is a member of the American Head and Neck Society and the American Thyroid Association, and is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology.
He is a surgeon member of UCSF's multidisciplinary Head & Neck Oncology and Cutaneous Oncology programs. His academic research focuses on prospective clinical trials to advance targeted treatment of thyroid and head and neck cancers. He is also a member of UCSF's National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
George is committed to providing comprehensive, compassionate care with a focus on disease cure and excellent outcomes while maintaining a directly accessible relationship with each patient. He provides expedited consultations for all patients. To request an evaluation, please email him directly at jonathan.george@ucsf.edu or call his clinic at (415) 514-4890 or (415) 885-7528, fax (415) 885-7711.
Specialty: Head & Neck Surgical Oncology Thyroid & Parathyroid Surgery Head & Neck Melanoma Surgery
Expertise: Advanced thyroid cancer, ultrasonography, head & neck melanoma surgery, head & neck cancer surgery
Professional Interests: Surgical management of advanced thyroid cancers; simple and complex thyroid & parathyroid diseases; surgical and management of head and neck melanoma and other advanced skin cancers; surgical care of upper aerodigestive tract cancers (oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, and larynx), salivary gland tumors
Education and Training:
- Fellowship: MD Anderson Cancer Center - Head & Neck Surgical Oncology
- Residency: UCSF Medical Center - Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Internship: UCSF Medical Center - General Surgery
- Clinical Research Fellowship: UNC - Chapel Hill
- Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
- Undergraduate: Amherst College
Awards
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- Triological Society Combined Sections Best Poster Award, Trio, 2014
- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Leadership Travel Grant, AAOHNSF, 2012-2013
- Society of University Otolaryngologists-Head & Neck Surgeons Travel Grant, SUO, 2012-2013
- AHNS Allando J. Ballantyne Resident Research Pilot Grant, UCSF, 2011
- UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Pilot Grant, UCSF, 2010
- Duke University Alpha Omega Alpha Symposium Best Presentation Awared, Duke University, 2008
- Duke University School of Medicine Research Honors, Duke University, 2008
- Duke University School of Medicine Senior Scholarship Award, Duke University, 2007
- NIH Kirchstein National Research Training Award (T32), UNC-Chapel Hill, 2006
- Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship Award, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2005
Education & Training
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- Fellowship Head & Neck Surgical Oncology, Head & Neck Endocrine Surgery M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 2014
- Residency Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery UCSF Medical Center 2013
- Internship General Surgery UCSF Medical Center 2009
- M.D. School of Medicine Duke University 2008
- M.P.H. - Epidemiology School of Public Health UNC-Chapel Hill 2008
Interests
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- Larynx
- Hypopharynx
- Salivary Gland Neoplasms
- Melanoma and non-Melanoma Skin Cancers
- Skull Base Malignancies
- Transoral Robotic Surgery
- Advanced Thyroid Cancers
- Thyroid & Parathyroid Neoplasms
- Head and Neck Cancers: Oral cavity
- Oropharynx
Websites
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- UCSF HDF Comprehensive Cancer Center (cancer.ucsf.edu)
- UCSF Thyroid & Parathyroid Surgery (ohns.ucsf.edu)
- UCSF Head & Neck Surgery (ohns.ucsf.edu)
Publications (21)
Top publication keywords:
Radiotherapy, AdjuvantHead and Neck NeoplasmsSalivary Gland NeoplasmsNeck DissectionThyroid NeoplasmsTongue NeoplasmsOral Surgical ProceduresAcademic Medical CentersCarcinoma, Squamous CellOropharyngeal NeoplasmsCarcinomaFree Tissue FlapsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafMouth NeoplasmsTelomerase
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Prognostic risk factors of buccal squamous cell carcinoma: A case-control study.
Head & neck 2024 Callander JK, Souza SS, Eltawil Y, El-Sayed IH, George JR, Ha P, Ryan WR, Xu MJ, Heaton CM -
The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in salivary gland cancers treated with pembrolizumab.
Head & neck 2023 Lee RH, Truong A, Wu X, Kang H, Algazi AP, El-Sayed IH, George JR, Heaton CM, Ryan WR, Ha PK, Wai KC -
Patterns of Postoperative Trismus Following Mandibulectomy and Fibula Free Flap Reconstruction.
Cancers 2023 Lee RH, Evans C, Laus J, Sanchez C, Wai KC, Knott PD, Seth R, El-Sayed IH, George JR, Ryan WR, Heaton CM, Park AM, Ha PK -
Adjuvant therapy improves survival in pT4aN0 oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma with bone invasion.
American journal of otolaryngology 2021 Stanford-Moore GB, Sola AM, Chan J, El-Sayed I, George J, Ha P, Ryan WR, Heaton CM -
Should Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Status Guide Adjuvant Radiation Therapy in Patients With Merkel Cell Carcinoma?
Advances in radiation oncology 2021 Ahmad TR, Vasudevan HN, Lazar AA, Chan JW, George JR, Alvarado MD, Yu SS, Daud A, Yom SS
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Impact of Smoking and Primary Tumor Subsite on Recurrence in HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2021 Lee RH, Salesky M, Benjamin T, El-Sayed IH, George JR, Ha PK, Ryan WR, Heaton CM -
Patient-Reported Outcomes of Split-Thickness Skin Grafts for Floor of Mouth Cancer Reconstruction.
ORL; journal for oto-rhino-laryngology and its related specialties 2021 Larson AR, Han M, Webb KL, Ochoa E, Stanford-Moore G, El-Sayed IH, George JR, Ha PK, Heaton CM, Ryan WR -
Head and neck surgery during the coronavirus-19 pandemic: The University of California San Francisco experience.
Head & neck 2020 Wai KC, Xu MJ, Lee RH, El-Sayed IH, George JR, Heaton CM, Knott PD, Park AM, Ryan WR, Seth R, Ha PK -
Patient-Reported Quality of Life After Resection With Primary Closure for Oral Tongue Carcinoma.
The Laryngoscope 2020 Ochoa E, Larson AR, Han M, Webb KL, Stanford-Moore GB, El-Sayed IH, George JR, Ha PK, Heaton CM, Ryan WR -
Machine Learning for Predicting Complications in Head and Neck Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer.
The Laryngoscope 2020 Formeister EJ, Baum R, Knott PD, Seth R, Ha P, Ryan W, El-Sayed I, George J, Larson A, Plonowska K, Heaton C -
Beyond Depth of Invasion: Adverse Pathologic Tumor Features in Early Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
The Laryngoscope 2019 Larson AR, Kemmer J, Formeister E, El-Sayed I, Ha P, George J, Ryan W, Chan E, Heaton C -
Human Papillomavirus-Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer: Patterns of Nodal Disease.
Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2018 Plonowska KA, Strohl MP, Wang SJ, Ha PK, George JR, Heaton CM, El-Sayed IH, Mallen-St Clair J, Ryan WR -
Shorter interval between radiation therapy and salvage laryngopharyngeal surgery increases complication rates following microvascular free tissue transfer.
American journal of otolaryngology 2018 Formeister EJ, Sean Alemi A, El-Sayed I, George JR, Ha P, Daniel Knott P, Ryan WR, Seth R, Tamplen ML, Heaton CM -
Major prognostic factors for recurrence and survival independent of the American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth edition staging system in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma treated with multimodality therapy.
Head & neck 2018 Xu MJ, Lazar AA, Garsa AA, Arron ST, Ryan WR, El-Sayed IH, George JR, Algazi AP, Heaton CM, Ha PK, Yom SS -
Comparison of Output Volume Thresholds for Drain Removal After Selective Lateral Neck Dissection: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2017 Tamplen ML, Tamplen J, Shuman E, Heaton CM, George JR, Wang SJ, Ryan WR -
Clinicopathologic characteristics and outcomes of recurrent oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
American journal of otolaryngology 2016 Heaton CM, Yu K, Calkins S, George JR, Ryan WR, Wang SJ -
Does radiation dose matter in thyroid cancer?: Patterns of local-regional failure in recurrent and metastatic well-differentiated thyroid cancers treated with dose-painted intensity-modulated radiation therapy.
Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology 2016 Shugard E, Chen J, Quivey JM, Glastonbury CM, Khanafshar E, Garsa AA, George JR, Yom SS -
Association of TERT Promoter Mutation, But Not BRAF Mutation, With Increased Mortality in PTC.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2015 George JR, Henderson YC, Williams MD, Roberts DB, Hei H, Lai SY, Clayman GL -
Improved outcomes in adjuvant radiotherapy for oral cavity carcinoma at an academic center: a matched-pair analysis.
The Laryngoscope 2014 George JR, Yom SS, Wang SJ -
Combined modality treatment outcomes for head and neck cancer: comparison of postoperative radiation therapy at academic vs nonacademic medical centers.
JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2013 George JR, Yom SS, Wang SJ -
Endoscopic surgery for tuberculum sellae meningiomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Neurosurgical review 2013 Clark AJ, Jahangiri A, Garcia RM, George JR, Sughrue ME, McDermott MW, El-Sayed IH, Aghi MK