Terance Tsue, MD, FACS

Terry Tsue, MD FACS is internationally recognized for his surgical expertise in head and neck surgery and reconstruction, including the treatment of thyroid and salivary gland tumors and cancers. He remains active in research in head and neck surgery, head and neck reconstruction and Otolaryngology education. He currently serves as Vice President and Physician in Chief of the University of Kansas Cancer Center and Vice President of Physician Services for the University of Kansas Health System.

He served previously on the ACGME Otolaryngology Residency Review Committee, as well as being the Chair of the ACGME RRC Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Milestones Committee. He currently serves on the ACGME Board of Appeals. After serving as Interim Chair of the KU Department of Radiation Oncology and then Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Residency Program Director for over 10 years, he served in 2008-2012 as the University of Kansas School of Medicine Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and ACGME Designated Institutional Official.

He has served as senior examiner and guest examiner for the American Board of Otolaryngology. Dr. Tsue earned his undergraduate dual degree at Stanford University in Electrical Engineering and Biological Sciences, graduating first in his Engineering Class (Henry Ford Scholar), and Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi, whereupon he earned his medical degree at Johns Hopkins University (4^th in class) and alpha omega alpha honors prior to completing his training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Washington. While at UW, he was an NIH NRSA-funded post-doctoral fellow at the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center.

As a tenured full professor, he has practiced at the University of Kansas for over 20 years.

A novel approach to radiation-induced post-cricoid esophageal stricture: the ‘laryngeal jack’ to facilitate dilation

A novel approach to radiation-induced post-cricoid esophageal stricture: the ‘laryngeal jack’ to facilitate dilation

Aminoglycoside clearance in the avian vestibular system

An antiproliferative effect of histamine receptor antagonists on squamous cell carcinomas in vitro

Antibiotic prophylaxis in head and neck reconstruction”

Avian superior vestibular nucleus neuronal cell number after labyrinthectomy or streptomycin treatment of the inner ear

Central nervous system vestibular plasticity following hair cell loss and regeneration

Clinicopathologic implications of peroxisome proliferation-activated receptor gamma expression in squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx

Comparison of radial forearm to fibula and scapula osteocutaneous free flaps for oromandibular reconstruction”

Distribution of the Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) in the avian vestibular epithelium

A Phase II, Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetic Profile of Proxinium in Patients with Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Who Have Received at Least One Prior Anti-cancer Treatment Regimen for Re

Assessment of patient education and satisfaction in free flap surgery

Deafness Research Foundation Grant

Department of Veterans Affairs Merit Review Entry Program,

Education & Research Grant

Medical Student Research Training Grant

National Research Service Award

Research Grant