Dr. Martin Corsten

Education

• BSc, St. Francis Xavier University
• MD, University of Western Ontario
• Residency, University of Ottawa
• Fellowship, Head & Neck Oncologic and Skull Base Surgery, University of California, Davis

Certifications and Licences

• Fellow, Joint Council for Approval of Advanced Training in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery
  
• Diplomate, American Board of Otolaryngology
• Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Canada

Leadership and administrative positions

• Chair, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Ottawa 2007-2014
• Chair, Department of Otolaryngology, Aurora Health Care, 2014-2017
• Director, Surgical Oncology, Methodist Dallas Medical Center 2017-2018
• Chair, Examination Board for Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Canada 2012-2015
• President, Canadian Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 2014-2015

Clinical and research interests

Dr. Corsten's clinical and research interests are primarily in Head and Neck Oncology and Skull Base Surgery. Dr. Corsten has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on a wide range of topics including the socio-economic determinants of cancer outcomes, human papillomavirus in head and neck cancer, reconstructive techniques in head and neck cancer, and endoscopic skull base surgery for brain tumors. He has given over 70 invited lectures on these topics in 10 countries.

Selected publications

• Khan U, Hathi K, Mackay C, Corsten M.  The complications of osseus reconstruction in the head and neck:  a systematic review and meta-analysis.  Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery accepted for publication, 2024.
• Nayak AL, Pickett AT, Delisle M, Dingley B, Mallick R, Hamilton T,Stuart H, Talbot M,  McKinnon G, Jost E, Thidbout E, Francescutti V, Samman S, Easson A, Schellenberg A, Merchant S, La J, Vanderbeck K, Wright F, Berger-Richardson D, Hebbard P, Hershorn O, Younan R, Patocskai E, Rodriguez-Qizilbash S, Meguerditichian A, Tchuente V, Kazandjian S, Mathieson A, Hossain F, Hetu J, Corsten M, Tohmé A, Nessim C,  Johnson-Obaseki S.  Survival of Patients With Head and Neck Merkel Cell Cancer:  Findings From the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Cancer Collaborative.  JAMA Network Open 6(11):e2344127, 2023.
• Gupta MK, Misariu AM, Saydy N, Nichols AC, Laxague F, Eskander A, Li H, Weisbrod N, Pasternak JD, Golbon B, Jin E, van Uum SHM, Brassard M, Lévesque F, Sadeghi N, Subramaniam T, Mlynarek AM, Morand GB, Fortier PH, Fradet L, Ghaznavi S, Chandarana SP, Prisman E, Ayad T, Christopoulos A, Davies JC, Rajaraman M, Corsten M, Rajaraman K, Maniakas A. A Multicentre Retrospective Study of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer in the Era of Targeted Therapy in a Public Health Care System: Canada's Experience. Thyroid 33(11):1374-1377.
• Kim MS, Sheridan M, Rajaraman M, Hollenhorst H, Caissie A, Mahmoud-Ahmed A, Lamond N, Snow S, Corsten M, Taylor SM, Trites JRB, Rigby MH, Bullock M, Wilke D.  The effect of national holidays on postoperative radiotherapy of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.  Clinical Translational Radiation Oncology 42:100668, 2023.
• Antonova L, Somayaji C, Cameron J, Sirski M, Sundaram ME, McDonald JT, Mishra S, Kwong JC, Katz A, Baral S, Caulley L, Calzavara A, Corsten M, Johnson-Obaseki S.  Comparison of socio-economic determinants of COVID-19 testing and positivity in Canada:  a multi-provincial analysis.  PLoS One 18(8):e0289282, 2023.

Selected awards and honours

• Supervisor:  1^st Place, Poliquin Resident Research Competition, Canadian Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery “Healing Time of Radial Forearm Free Flap Donor Sites After Pre-operative Tissue Expansion: A Randomized Controlled Trial.”  Presented by Dr. James Bonaparte  
• Guest of Honor • Mexican Society of Otolaryngology Annual Meeting
• Sir William Osler Award for Resident Teaching, Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of Ottawa
• Recognition Award • University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine “Outstanding Contribution in Medical Education”
• Honour Award • Canadian Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery