Robert H. Maisel, MD

Clinic Phone Number: 612-625-7400
Clinic Hours: Wednesday afternoon

Office Mail:
Head Neck Surgery Lions 5M International Hearing Center
Department of Otolaryngology|
MMC 396
420 Delaware Street S. E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Office Location: 8th floor Phillips Wangensteen Building 516 Delaware Street S.E.

Email: maise001@umn.edu

Undergraduate Education: University of Michigan
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: Barnes/Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Year started in department: 1975

Clinical Interests: Dr. Maisel has an interest and expertise in head and neck cancer as well as a long experience in looking after patients with sleep disorders including obstructive sleep apnea and socially disruptive snoring. Dr. Maisel is particularly interested in voice preservation and larynx cancer. Dr. Maisel is the Board of Directors liaison for to the American Academy of Otolaryngology Sleep Disorders Committee. He is a member of the American Society of Sleep Disorders and is the department chairman at the Hennepin County Medical Center's otolaryngology department where he is on the Board of Directors of the Clinical Practice Plan and a member of the Finance Committee. Dr. Maisel is also coordinator for the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation's instruction course program for the annual meeting. The 2001 meeting will be in Denver, Colorado September 9-12 and the 2002 meeting will be in San Diego, California September 22-25.

Research Interests: Dr. Maisel's patient based research has included presentations and publications on primary tracheoesophageal puncture in conjunction with laryngectomy, larynx sparing surgery for carcinoma and other tumors of the larynx as well as several publications on obstructive sleep apnea and its management.

Karlen RG, Maisel RH: Does Primary Tracheoesophageal Puncture Reduce Complications after Laryngectomy and Improve Patient Communication. ARCH OF OTOL, 2000.

Maisel RH, Cohen JI: Carcinoma of the Supraglottis. IN: THE LARYNX: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH. 2nd Edition. Chapter 42. Edited by MP Fried. Mosby-Year Book, Inc., St. Louis, pp 487-501, 1996.

Adams GL, Maisel RH: Malignant Tumors of the Larynx and Hypopharynx. IN: OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY. 3rd Edition. Edited by C Cummings, L Harker, C Krause, D Schuller. Mosby, Philadelphia, pp 2130-2175, 1998.

Maisel RH, Schmidt DJ, Pambuccian S: Subglottic Paragangliomas of the Larynx. LARYNGOSCOPE (pending) 2001.

Maisel RH, Thatcher GW: The Long-Term Evaluation of Tracheostomy in the Management of Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea. LARYNGOSCOPE (pending) 2001.