Karolina Plonowska, MD
Resident
Otolaryngology
School of Medicine

Awards

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• UCSF Exceptional Physician Award, UCSF, 2023-2024
• UCSF Otolaryngology Resident Research Symposium Award – Second Place, UCSF, 2023
• Bay Area Resident Research Symposium - Best Clinical Study, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, 2021
• Clinical Abstract Award, 5th International Salivary Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, UCSF School of Medicine, 2019
• MD with Distinction, UCSF School of Medicine, 2019
• Alpha Omega Alpha Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship, UCSF School of Medicine, 2018
• Dean’s Summer Research Fellowship, UCSF School of Medicine, 2015
• Phi Beta Kappa, Cornell University, 2013

Education & Training

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• MD UCSF School of Medicine 05/2019
• BA Cornell University 05/2013

Publications (28)

Top publication keywords:
EndoscopyPerforator FlapPapillomavirus InfectionsSalivary DuctsOtorhinolaryngologic Surgical ProceduresOropharyngeal NeoplasmsThighOral Surgical ProceduresHead and Neck NeoplasmsIntubation, GastrointestinalCarcinoma, Squamous CellFree Tissue FlapsEnteral NutritionSialadenitisSalivary Glands

• Assessment of Variability in Free Flap Color Match to Facial Skin by Donor Site and Race.
  The Laryngoscope 2024 Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Eltawil Y, Soroudi D, Patel NN, Park AM, Knott PD
• Oncologic Safety of Close Margins in Patients With Low- to Intermediate-Grade Major Salivary Gland Carcinoma.
  JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2024 Sajisevi M, Nguyen K, Callas P, Holcomb AJ, Vural E, Davis KP, Thomas CM, Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Stein JS, Eskander A, Kakarala K, Enepekides DJ, Hier MP, Ryan WR, American Head and Neck Society …
• Circulating tumor HPV DNA assessments after surgery for human papilloma virus-associated oropharynx carcinoma.
  American journal of otolaryngology 2023 Souza SS, Stephens EM, Bourdillon AT, Bhethanabotla R, Farzal Z, Plonowska-Hirschfeld K, Qualliotine JR, Heaton CM, Ha PK, Ryan WR
• In Response to Increasing pedicle reach with musculocutaneous perforator dissection in anterolateral thigh free flaps.
  The Laryngoscope 2023 Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Knott PD
• Treatment Modality Impact on Patient-Reported Quality of Life in Human Papilloma Virus-Associated Oropharyngeal Carcinoma.
  The Laryngoscope 2023 Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Gulati A, Stephens EM, Ochoa E, Xu MJ, Ha PK, Heaton CM, Yom SS, Chan JW, Algazi A, Kang H, Ryan WR

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• Increasing Pedicle Reach with Musculocutaneous Perforator Dissection in Anterolateral Thigh Free Flaps.
  The Laryngoscope 2023 Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, House A, Park AM, Seth R, Heaton CM, Fridirici Z, Knott PD
• A prospective evaluation of neck and shoulder function following treatments of early-stage human papillomavirus-associated oropharynx cancer.
  Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery 2023 Gulati A, Plonowska-Hirschfeld K, Stephens EM, Kansara S, Zebolsky AL, Ochoa E, Xu MJ, Ha PK, Heaton CM, Yom SS, Chan JW, Algazi AP, Kang H, Ryan WR
• Prospective quality of life outcomes for human papillomavirus associated oropharynx cancer patients after surgery alone.
  American journal of otolaryngology 2023 Stephens EM, Plonowska-Hirschfeld K, Gulati A, Kansara S, Qualliotine J, Zelbolsky AL, van Zante A, Ha PK, Heaton CM, Ryan WR
• Restarting Therapeutic Antibiotics Following Postoperative Prophylaxis in Head and Neck Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer.
  Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2023 Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Zebolsky AL, Lindeborg MM, McNeill C, Knott PD, Seth R, Park AM, Heaton CM
• Anterolateral Thigh Free Flap Versus Thigh Split Thickness Skin Graft: Comparison of Morbidity in the First 30 Days.
  Facial plastic surgery & aesthetic medicine 2022 Benjamin T, Zebolsky AL, Haddad AF, Ochoa E, Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Park AM, Seth R, Knott PD
• Symptom Outcomes After Sialendoscopy-Assisted Salivary Duct Surgery: A Prospective 6-Year Study.
  The Laryngoscope 2022 Callander JK, Plonowska-Hirschfeld K, Gulati A, Chang JL, Ryan WR
• Oncologic outcomes of human papillomavirus-associated oropharynx carcinoma treated with surgery alone: A 12-institution study of 344 patients.
  Cancer 2021 Ryan WR, Xu MJ, Ochoa E, Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Zebolsky AL, Ha PK, Bewley AF, Mallen-St Clair J, Joshi AS, Coffey CS, Faraji F, MacDonald BV, Houlton JJ, Gobillot TA, Curry JM, Philips R, Hackman …
• Parapharyngeal tuberculoid mass: A rare complication of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy for urothelial carcinoma in situ.
  Clinical case reports 2021 Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Fung M, Glastonbury C, Ha PK
• Nasogastric tube feeding after transoral robotic surgery for oropharynx carcinoma.
  American journal of otolaryngology 2021 Plonowska KA, Ochoa E, Zebolsky AL, Patel N, Hoppe KR, Ha PK, Heaton CM, Ryan WR
• Sialendoscopy in Chronic Obstructive Sialadenitis Without Sialolithiasis: A Prospective Cohort Study.
  Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2020 Plonowska KA, Ochoa E, Ryan WR, Chang JL
• Vasodilation by Verapamil-Nitroglycerin Solution in Microvascular Surgery.
  Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2020 Seth R, Badran KW, Cedars E, Plonowska K, Benjamin T, Saggi S, Knott PD, Heaton CM, Blackwell KE
• 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
• Treatment modality impact on quality of life for human papillomavirus-associated oropharynx cancer.
  The Laryngoscope 2019 Xu MJ, Plonowska KA, Gurman ZR, Humphrey AK, Ha PK, Wang SJ, El-Sayed IH, Heaton CM, George JR, Yom SS, Algazi AP, Ryan WR
• 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
• Advanced head and neck surgical techniques: A survey of US otolaryngology resident perspectives.
  Auris, nasus, larynx 2018 Plonowska KA, Ha PK, Ryan WR
• One-Year symptom outcomes after sialolithiasis treatment with sialendoscopy-assisted salivary duct surgery.
  The Laryngoscope 2018 Ryan WR, Plonowska KA, Gurman ZR, Aubin-Pouliot A, Chang JL
• One-year outcomes of sialendoscopic-assisted salivary duct surgery for sialadenitis without sialolithiasis.
  The Laryngoscope 2018 Plonowska KA, Gurman ZR, Humphrey A, Chang JL, Ryan WR
• Human Papillomavirus in the Mouth and Throat: More Widespread Than Expected?
  JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2018 Ryan WR, Plonowska K
• Surgeon-performed ultrasound for the assessment of parotid masses.
  American journal of otolaryngology 2018 Zheng M, Plonowska KA, Strohl MP, Ryan WR
• Fetal Mammalian Heart Generates a Robust Compensatory Response to Cell Loss.
  Circulation 2015 Sturzu AC, Rajarajan K, Passer D, Plonowska K, Riley A, Tan TC, Sharma A, Xu AF, Engels MC, Feistritzer R, Li G, Selig MK, Geissler R, Robertson KD, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Domian IJ, Wu SM
• Identification of cardiovascular lineage descendants at single-cell resolution.
  Development (Cambridge, England) 2015 Li G, Plonowska K, Kuppusamy R, Sturzu A, Wu SM
• Molecular regulation of cardiomyocyte differentiation.
  Circulation research 2015 Paige SL, Plonowska K, Xu A, Wu SM
• Somatic Cell Reprogramming into Cardiovascular Lineages.
  Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics 2014 Chen JX, Plonowska K, Wu SM