D. Greg Farwell, M.D., F.A.C.S. 
Associate Profressor
Head and Neck Oncology - Skull base surgery

UC Davis Health System
Department of Otolaryngology
2521 Stockton Blvd., Suite 7200
Sacramento, CA 95817

Contact:
Phone:   (916) 734-2801
Clinical focus: Dr. Greg Farwell's practice centers on the comprehensive management of patients with complex head and neck diseases. I treat patients with head and neck tumors and then reconstruct those patients to maximize both the aesthetic and functional results. I also perform reconstructive surgery for patients with trauma or other defects of the face, head and neck.

Research focus: I am looking at the genetic fingerprint of cancers, trying to understand which genes cause cancers, which genes are responsible for tumors spreading, and which genes predict good treatment response. Our goal is to one day have the information to treat each cancer individually to maximize our chance of cure and to minimize the side effects of treatment

Drury University, Springfield, MO, Bachelor of Arts, Biology and Chemistry, 1990

1993 - Jansen AS, Farwell DG, Loewy AD. Specificity of pseudorabies virus as a retrograde marker of sympathetic preganglionic neurons: implications for transneuronal labeling studies. Brain Res. 1993 Jul 16;617(1):103-12.

1994 - Farwell DG, Wippold FJ, II, Krause GE, Fredrickson JM. High-resolution computed tomography of the temporal bone of the Macaca mulatta monkey. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 1994;251(5):297-300.

1999 - Farwell DG, McDougall JK, Coltrera MD. Expression of Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane proteins leads to changes in keratinocyte cell adhesion. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1999 Sep;108(9):851-9.

2000 - Farwell DG, Shrera KA, Koop JI, Bonnet GA, Matthews CP, Reuther GW, McDougall JK, Coltrera MD, Klingelhutz AJ. Genetic and epigenetic changes in human epithelial cells immortalized by telomerase. Am J Path. 2000 May; 156(5):1537-47.

2000 - Farwell DG, Futran ND. Oromandibular Reconstruction. Facial Plastic Surgery. 2000 16(2):115-126.

2001 - Linardopoulou E, Mefford HC, Nguyen O, Friedman C, van Den Engh G, Farwell DG, Coltrera M, Trask BJ. Transcriptional activity of multiple copies of a subtelomerically located olfactory receptor gene that is polymorphic in number and location. Hum Mol Genet. 2001 Oct 2;10(21):2373-2383.

2002 - Futran ND, Wadsworth JT, Villaret D, Farwell DG. Midface reconstruction with the fibula free flap. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002 Feb;128(2):161-166.

2002 - Farwell DG, Reilly DF, Weymuller, Jr. EA, Greenberg DL, Staiger TO, Futran ND. Predictors of perioperative complications in head and neck patients. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002 May;128(5): 505-511.

2002 - Mendez E, Cheng C, Farwell DG, Agoff SN, Futran ND, Weymuller EA Jr., Maronian NC, Zhao LP, Chen C. Transcriptional expression profiles of oral squamous cell carcinomas. Cancer. 2002;95:1482-1494.

2002 - Farwell DG, Stanley RB. Intraoperative computed tomography to facilitate repair of orbitozygomatic fractures. Op Tech Oto Head Neck Surg. 2002 Dec;13(4):293-297.

2003 - Farwell DG, Futran N. Flap choice in head and neck reconstruction. Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America. 2003 Feb;11(1):107-119.

2003 - Futran ND, Gal TJ, Farwell DG. Radial forearm free flap. Oral Maxillofacial Surg Clin N Am. 2003 Nov;15:577-591.

2003 - Functional relationship between gene pairs in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Kuo WP, Mendez E, Chen C, Whipple ME, Farell G, Agoff N, Park PJ. Proc AMIA Symp. 2003:371-375.

2004 - Rajendran JG, Mankoff DA, O'Sullivan F, Peterson LM, Schwartz DL, Conrad EU, Spence AM, Muzi M, Farwell DG, Krohn KA. Hypoxia and glucose metabolism in malignant tumors: evaluation by [18F] fluoromisonidazole and [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging. Clin Cancer Res. 2004 Apr;10:2245-2252.

2004 - Whipple ME, Agoff N, Farwell DG, Chen C, Mendez E. A genomic predictor of oral squamous cell carcinoma using principal component analysis. Laryngoscope. 2004 Aug;114(8):1346-1354.

2004 - Whipple ME, Mendez E, Farwell DG, Agoff SN, Chen C. A log likelihood predictor for genomic classification of oral cancer using principle component analysis for feature selection. Medinfo. 2004;2004:823-8.

2004 - Choi S, Schwartz DL, Farwell DG, Austin-Seymour M, Futran N. Radiation therapy does not impact local complication rates after free flap reconstruction for head and neck cancer. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004 Nov;130(11):1308-12.

2005 - Definitive management of severe facial trauma utilizing free tissue transfer. Futran ND, Farwell DG, Smith RB, Johnson P, Funk GF. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005 Jan; 132(1):75-85.

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