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Rodrigo Bayon, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology

Introduction

Dr. Bayon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He specializes in the management of head and neck cancers and reconstructive surgery. His practice focus includes Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) and reconstructive microsurgery for complex defects of the head and neck. He attended medical school at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL before completing a 5 year Otolaryngology residency at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL. He then completed a one year fellowship in Head & Neck and Microvascular Surgery at the Mayo Clinic Arizona. He has been at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics since 2010.

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
  • Academic Appointment Associate Professor, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  • Otolaryngology Consultant

Education

  • BS in Psychology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
  • MD in Medical School, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States
  • General Surgery, Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
  • Resident in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Medical Center
  • Fellow in Head and Neck Surgery and Microvascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona

Research Interests

  • Outcomes in patients treated with Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS)
  • Outcomes in head and neck oncology and reconstruction

Licenses & Certifications

  • BLS Provider, Iowa
  • Active member, American Head and Neck Surgery, American Head and Neck Surgery
  • Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa
  • American Board of Otolaryngology, American Board of Otolaryngology
  • Federal Drug Enforcement Agency
  • National Board of Medical Examiners, National Board of Medical Examiners
  • Iowa Controlled Substance, 1244187, United States
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Arizona Medical Board, Arizona Medical Board, Arizona
  • Certification, Intuitive Surgical de Vinci Surgical System

Selected Publications

  • Al-Qurayshi, Z., Sullivan, C. B., Schwalje, A., Walsh, J., Bayon, R., Tufano, R. & Kandil, E. (2020). Presentation and Outcomes of Elderly Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Surgeries: A National Perspective. Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 163 (2) 335-343. DOI: 10.1177/0194599820911727. PMID: 32204652.
  • Ferris, R. L., Flamand, Y., Holsinger, F. C., Weinstein, G. S., Quon, H., Mehra, R., Garcia, J. J., Hinni, M. L., Gross, N. D., Sturgis, E. M., Duvvuri, U., Méndez, E., Ridge, J. A., Magnuson, J. S., Higgins, K. A., Patel, M. R., Smith, R. B., Karakla, D. W., Kupferman, M. E., Malone, J. P., Judson, B. L., Richmon, J., Boyle, J. O., Bayon, R., O'Malley, Jr, B. W., Ozer, E., Thomas, G. R., Koch, W. M., Bell, R. B., Saba, N. F., Li, S., Sigurdson, E. R. & Burtness, B. (2020). A novel surgeon credentialing and quality assurance process using transoral surgery for oropharyngeal cancer in ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group Trial E3311. Oral oncology 110 104797. DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104797. PMID: 32679405.
  • Hodgson, C. K., Bayon, R., Jensen, C. S., Robinson, R. A. & Rajan K.D, A. (2020). Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-Related Carcinoma of the Oropharynx with Squamous Cell and Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma-Like Features: Report of a Case. Head and Neck Pathology. DOI: 10.1007/s12105-020-01233-0.
  • Harris, B. N., Ghazizadeh, S., Bayon, R., Kejner, A. E., Cannady, S. B., Greene, B. J., Huang, A. T., Curry, J., Blackwell, K. E., Ducic, Y. & Wax, M. K. (2020). Safety of fibula free flap in patients following total knee replacement. Head and Neck. DOI: 10.1002/hed.26519.
  • Shearer, A. E., Vidholia, A., Jensen, C. S. & Bayon, R. (2019). Massive Scalp Cylindromas Treated With Staged Resection and Split-Thickness Skin Grafting. JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery. DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2019.1234. PMID: 31194230.
  • Bayon, R. & Davis, A. B. (2019). Submental Flap for Soft Tissue Reconstruction following Radical Parotidectomy. Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 160 (6) 1130-1132. DOI: 10.1177/0194599819827822. PMID: 30717640.
  • Al-Qurayshi, Z., Walsh, J., Bayon, R. & Kandil, E. (2019). Venous thromboembolism in head and neck surgery: Risk, outcome, and burden at the national level. (Vols. 41). (5), pp. 1545. Head & neck. DOI: 10.1002/hed.25722. PMID: 30990236.
  • Lee, J. P., Blake Sullivan, C., Bayon, R., Shearer, A. E. & Robinson, R. A. (2019). Adult type rhabdomyoma presenting as a parathyroid adenoma. (Vols. 41). (2), pp. E30-E33. Head & Neck. DOI: 10.1002/hed.25419. PMID: 30537102.
  • Oxford, L. E., Urken, M., Lazarus, C., Cheney, J., Scharpf, J., Fritz, M. A., Puscas, L., Mlynarek, A. M., Sela, E., Ibrahim, B., Hier, M. P., Hanasono, M. M., Yu, P., Hornig, J. D., Miles, B., Teng, M., Genden, E., Patel, U. A., Lin, A. C., Malone, J. P., Rosenthal, E. L., Clemons, L., Zhang, H., O'Connell, D. A., Ansari, K., Harris, J. R., Seikaly, H., Moreno, M. A., Luu, Q., Jacobson, J., Farwell, D. G., Blackwell, K., Zaghi, S., Nabili, V., Wang, S. J., Burgess, B. C., Casper, K., Goddard, J., Bayon, R., Pagedar, N. A., Chang, K. E., Hoffman, H. T., Shnayder, Y., Bond, J., Sykes, K. J., Girod, D. A., Tsue, T. T., Gal, T. J., Way, T. J., Leibowitz, J. M., Mantravadi, A. V., Grobman, A. B., Weed, D. T., Civantos, F., Chepeha, D. B., Rosko, A., Belile, E., Chanowski, E. J., Wolf, G. T., Bradford, C. R., Prince, M. E., Moyer, J. S., Spector, M. E., Khariwala, S. S., Lassig, A. A., Jorgensen, J. B., Showmaker, J., Umstattd, L. A., Lai, E., Zitsch, R. P., Renner, G. J., Militsakh, O., Flohr, J., van der Sloot, P., Miller, M., Myers, L. L., Sumer, B. D., Truelson, J. M., Goldstein, D., Cohen, M., Gilbert, R., Irish, J., Gullane, P., Brown, D., Buchmann, L., Hunt, J., Jameson, M. J., Shonka, D. C., Futran, N. D., Mendez, E., Fung, K., Belzile, M., Dowthwaite, S. A., Yoo, J. H., Nichols, A. C., Franklin, J. H., Nussenbaum, B., Desai, S. & Diaz, J. (2019). Salvage laryngectomy and laryngopharyngectomy: Multicenter review of outcomes associated with a reconstructive approach. Head and Neck 41 (1) 16-29. DOI: 10.1002/hed.25192.
  • Bayon, R. & Pagedar, N. (In Press). Reconstruction of the oral cavity. In Reconstruction of the Head and Neck: A Defect-Oriented Approach: 2nd Edition. (2nd Edition)