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Scott R. Owen, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
  • Director of the Facial Nerve Center, Otolaryngology
  • Director of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Otolaryngology

Education

  • BS, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States
  • MD, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
  • Resident in Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • Fellow in Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Research Interests

  • Rigid esophagoscopy in an academic training program, contributions and complications
  • Three dimensional modeling in microtia repair, in conjunction with the college of engineering
  • Frontal sinus development after anterior craniotomy for cranioplasty in children with craniosynostosis
  • Development of a facial paralysis staging system through evaluation of multiple grading modalities
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux in children with cleft palate
  • Evaluating school performance in children with Microtia

Licenses & Certifications

  • American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Board, Iowa, United States
  • American Board of Otolaryngology

Selected Publications

  • (2021). Predicting Nasal Soft Tissue Envelope Thickness for Rhinoplasty: A Model Based on Visual Examination of the Nose. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. DOI: 10.1177/0003489420937720. PMID: 32627568.
  • Gutierrez, W. R., Bennion, D. M., Walsh, J. E. & Owen, S. R. (2020). Vascular Pedicled Flaps for Skull Base Defect Reconstruction. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngolgoy 5 (6). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/lio2.471. PMID: 33364390. PMCID: PMC7752068.
  • (2020). Sequelae of Major Trauma Patients with Maxillofacial Fractures. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. DOI: 10.1177/0003489420958732. PMID: 32935553.
  • Al-Qurayshi, Z., Owen, S. R. & Kandil, E. (2020). A National Overview of Surgical Misadventures in Head and Neck Surgery: Oh no, you cut it. Laryngoscope 130 (4) 918-924. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lary.28035.
  • Raunig, H. & Hamilton, G. S. (2020). Repair of the Protruding Lobule. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. DOI: 10.1177/0003489419875160. PMID: 31502854.
  • Shinn, J. R., Nwabueze, N. N., Owen, S. R., Ries, W. R. & Stephan, S. J. (2019). External Septorhinoplasty after Radiation-Induced Reactive Bony Dysplasia, Case Report. Otolaryngology Case Reports 13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xocr.2019.100131.
  • Schwalje, A., Graham, S., Owen, S. & Muhammad, A. (In Press). Transient Central Diabetes Insipidus During Prolonged Sinus Surgery: Case Report and Literature Review. American Journal of Otolaryngology.
  • Sullivan, C. B. & Owen, S. R. (In Press). Otolaryngology. In Wilbur and Graber’s Family Medicine Examination and Board Review. (5th), pp. Chapter 20. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.
  • Al-Qurayshi, Z., Walsh, J., Owen, S. R. & Kandil, E. (2019). Surgical Site Infection in Head and Neck Surgery: A National Perspective. Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery (131) 52-62.
  • Al-Qurayshi, Z., Walsh, J., Owen, S. & Kandil, E. (In Press). Prevalence and Outcomes of Head and Neck Surgeries in Patients with a History of Organ Transplantation: National Perspective.