Education
December 1984
Undergraduate:
University of Southern California Los Angeles, California B.S. Business
1988-1989
Medical School:
University of Health Sciences Chicago Medical School 3333 Green Bay Road
North Chicago, Illinois 60064
1989 – 1992
University of Southern California School of Medicine
2025 Zonal Avenue, KAM-100B Los Angeles, California 90033 M.D.
Postgraduate Training
1992 - 1993
General Surgery
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
1993 - 1996
Resident
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
1996 – 1997
Chief Resident
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
1997 – 1998
Fellowship
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery J. Regan Thomas, M.D., Preceptor St. Louis University School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery St. Louis, Missouri
May, 1998
Board Certification
American Board of Otolaryngology
June, 2000
Board Certification
American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
1997 – 1998
Instructor
St. Louis University School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery St. Louis, Missouri
1998
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Southern California School of Medicine
Division of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Los Angeles, California
1998
Attending
VA Medical Center Division of Facial Plastic &; Reconstructive Surgery Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery West Los Angeles, California
1998
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine Division of Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Los Angeles, California
Honors and Awards
Undergraduate
Dean's List for Six Semesters
Award for Academic and Extracurricular Activities
Medical School
Dean's Scholar - Years, I-IV
Alpha Omega Alpha, Elected Year III
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Extracurricular Activities Undergraduate:
Clinical Preceptorship Years, I-IV
House Ear Clinic, Los Angeles California
President, USC Ski Club 1980 - 84
USC Ski Club
Treasurer, 1983 - 84
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
President 1984 - 85
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Medical School:
Secretary 1991 - 92
Alpha Omega Alpha
Research/Clinical Preceptorship 1990
House Ear Clinic Los Angeles, California
Interviewer for USC School of Medicine Admissions Committee 1990 - 91
Vice-President 1988-89
Medical School Class
President 1988 - 89
American Medical Student Association
Residency
Resident Representative
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Memberships and Organizations
Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society
American Medical Association
Salerni Collegium, USC School of Medicine
Fellow, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Fellow, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Los Angeles Society of Otolaryngologists
California Society of Facial Plastic Surgery
Poster Presentations
"Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions in Otology Patients with Tinnitus" April 28, 1991
Third Annual Convention, American Academy of Audiology, Denver, Colorado
"Epidermal Growth Factor & Transforming Growth Factor – alpha in Middle Ear Effusion". September 15, 1997
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Francisco, California
Presentations
"Hearing Preservation: A Realistic Goal in Surgical Removal of Meningiomas Affecting the Temporal Bone" June 18, 1991
75th Annual Meeting, Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society, Monterey, California
"Interleukin-8 Concentration Predicts the Neutrophil Count in Middle Ear Effusion" October 25, 1996
International Congress on Immunological Diseases of the Middle Ear, Positano, Italy
"Interleukin-8 Concentration Predicts the Neutrophil Count in Middle Ear Effusion" January 11, 1997
Western Section of the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc., Tucson, Arizona,
"Growth Factors & Cytokines in Human Middle Ear Effusions" November, 1977
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St.Louis, Missouri
"Comparison of Subperiosteal vs Subgaleal Elevation Techniques Used in Forehead Lifts" September 10, 1998
American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Annual Fall Meeting, San Antonio, Texas,
"Nasal Analysis". October 26, 1999
Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California,
"Microdermabrasion & Platelet Gel in Facial Plastic Surgery" May 12, 2000
for New Technologies and Devices Masters Seminar, Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Orlando, Florida,
"How to Start a Facial Plastic Surgery Practice" September 22, 2000
Breakfast Symposium, American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Annual Fall Meeting, Washington,DC
"How to Start a Facial Plastic Surgery Practice" September 23, 2000
Masters Seminar, American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Annual Fall Meeting,Washington, DC
Publications
Nassif PS, Shelton C, Arriaga MA: Hearing Preservation:
A Realistic Goal in Surgical Removal of Meningiomas Affecting the Temporal Bone. 1991
Trans Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society, 72:105-107
Nassif PS, Feldon SE:
Orbital Lymphoma in a Patient with Felty’s Syndrome. 1992
Br J Opthalmol
Nassif PS, Shelton C, Arriaga MA:
Hearing Preservation Following Surgical Removal of Meningiomas Affecting the Temporal Bone. 1992
Laryngoscope, 102(12): 1357-1362
Nassif PS, Shelton C, House HP:
Otosclerosis: Treating Progressive Hearing Loss in Young Adults. 1992
Postgrad Med, 91(8): 279-295
Arriaga MA, Shelton C, Nassif PS, et al.:
Selection of Surgical Approaches for Meningiomas Affecting the Temporal Bone. 1992
Otolaryngology Head Neck Surg, 107(6): 738-744
Nassif PS, Hankinson HL, Horn KL:
The Middle Fossa Transpetrous Approach: Experience with 13 cases. 1997
Skull Base Surg, 7(1): 5-14
Nassif PS, Simpson SQ, Izzo AA, et al.:
Interleukin-8 Concentration Predicts the Neutrophil Count in Middle Ear Effusion. 1997
Laryngoscope, 107:1223-1227
Nassif PS, Simpson SQ, Izzo AA, et al.:
Epidermal Growth Factor & Transforming Growth Factor? 1998
alpha in Middle Ear Effusion. Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery, 119(6):564-568
Chapter, "Nasal Tip: Skin Grafts", Branham GH & Nassif PS (co-authors)
Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,Toriumi DT, Sykes JM, Larrabee WF, et al. 1997
(ed.), Lippincott- Raven publ. (projected)