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Otolaryngology health care team

Dr. M. Jean Davidson, MD, MSc, FRCSC

Secretary: Lyn Snelling


Phone: 416-480-6705
Fax: 416-480-5761

 

Education:

  • University of Guelph, BSc, 1980
  • McMaster University, MSc, 1993
  • University of Toronto, MD, 1983

Surgical Training:

  • Internship, University of Toronto, St. Michael’s Hospital, 1983-84
  • Residency, University of Toronto, Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, 1984-1989

Fellowship Training:

  • Head & Neck Fellowship, Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Toronto (Professor P. Gullane)

Current Position:

  • Active Staff, Department of Otolaryngology-HNS Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Toronto
  • Courtesy Staff, Department of Otolaryngology, North York General Hospital, Toronto East General Hospital, St. Michael’s Hospital, Women’s College Hospital

Academic Highlights:

  • Silverman Fellowship, 1987
  • Freda Noyek Award, 1989
  • NCIC Clinical Trials Grant, 1994-96

Clinical/Research Foci:

  • Surgical management of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck with special interest in management of the neck
  • Surgical management of Endocrine diseases (thyroid and parathryroid glands)

Select Recent Publications:

Cheng AY, Davidson MJ, Perez-Ordonez B, Briones-Urbina R. (2004) Tumefactive fibroinflammatory lesion of the nasal cavity followed by Riedel's thyroiditis. J Otolaryngol. 33(5): 315-318.

Pathak I, Gilbert R, Davidson J, Brit D. (2000) Efficacy of surgical salvage for advanced neck metastases after radiotherapy failure. J Otolaryngol. 29(6): 340-343.

Kou B, Davidson J, Gilbert R, Cheung G. Coil embolization of pseudoaneurysms of the external carotid artery: case series. J Otolaryngol. 29(5): 315-318.

Davidson J, Gilbert R, Irish J, Witterick I, Brown D, Birt D, Freeman J, Gullane P. (2000) The role of panendoscopy in the management of mucosal head and neck malignancy-a prospective evaluation. Head Neck. 22(5): 449-454.

MacKenzie RG, Franssen E, Balogh JM, Gilbert RW, Birt D, Davidson J. (2000) Comparing treatment outcomes of radiotherapy and surgery in locally advanced carcinoma of the larynx: a comparison limited to patients eligible for surgery. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 47(1): 65-71.

Solomon P, Chen J, D’Costa M, Gilbert R, Davidson J, Johnston M. (1999) Extracranial drainage of cerebrospinal fluid: a study of beta-transferrins in nasal and lymphatic tissues. Laryngoscope 109(8): 1313-1315.

Davidson J, Khan Y, Gilbert R, Birt BD, Balogh J, MacKenzie R. (1997) Is selective neck dissection sufficient treatment for the N0/Np+ neck? J Otolaryngol. 26(4): 229-231.

Davidson J, Keane T, Brown D, Freeman J, Gullane P, Irish J, Rotstein L, Pintilie M, Cummings B. (1997)Surgical salvage after radiotherapy for advanced laryngopharyngeal carcinoma. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 123(4): 420-424.

Hekkenberg RJ, Davidson J, Kapusta L, Freeman JL, Irish JC, Gullane PJ. (1997) Hemangiopericytoma of the sinonasal tract. J Otolaryngol. 26(4): 277-280.

Davidson J, Biem J, Detsky A. (1995) The clinically negative neck in patients with early oral cavity carcinoma: a decision-analysis approach to management. J Otolaryngol. 24(6): 323-329.