Osama Hamdi, MD
PGY2
Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Professional Interests: Facial Plastics, Laryngology.
Hobbies: I really enjoy playing sports. I played soccer in college but always down for pickup basketball, I also enjoy snowboarding and tennis. I did acting/theatre/improv growing up and in college, so I’m a huge fan of standup comedy and movies. My niche was impressions. Love hiking and the outdoors. Traveling. Video games (catch me clutching up wins on Warzone). I’m also very close to my family, so I’m spending time with my brothers and adorable nephews and niece any chance I get.
What are your favorite things to do in the Denver area?
I really enjoy hiking and did many hikes in the east coast before moving here so I’m excited to explore the mountains and all that Denver/Colorado have to offer. Eagerly awaiting ski season! The food scene has been great. I also recently signed up for a stand-up comedy open mic so I’m excited to see and experience more of the comedy scene here.
What did you do before Otolaryngology?
I majored in biomedical engineering in college however when I started medical school, I knew I wanted to specialize in Otolaryngology given my background in acting. Communicating and being able to express myself through my voice and different facial expressions was very important to me. Otolaryngology gave me an opportunity to care for a patient population I was passionate about, helping protect the features I cared most about. I was drawn to the ENT program at CU because of the variety of patients treated and clinical settings residents worked in. Resident exposure to every subspecialty area was very strong. The program is committed to listening to its residents and improving the quality of their lives, education, and training. Finally, my personality is very laid back and humorous and I was always worried about finding the right fit within medicine. However, I’m extremely fortunate to be surrounded by a group of amazing residents who are kind, laid back, and intelligent. Everyone has been eager to help teach and answer questions and I truly think we have a wonderful learning and collaborative environment here.
Hamdi OA, Dome J, Zalzal G, Preciado D. Systemic bevacizumab for end-stage juvenile recurrent respiratory papillomas: A case report. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2019.
Pereira K, Shaigany K, Zur K, Mulvey C, Preciado D, Hamdi OA, Banker K, Briddell J, Isaiah A Tracheostomy at the border of viability – A multi-institutional study. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2020.
Coughran A, Balakrishnan K, Ma Y, Vaezeafshar R, Capdarest-Arest N, Hamdi OA, Sidell D, The Relationship between Croup and Gastroesophageal Reflux: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The Laryngoscope 2020.
Sidell DR, Balakrishnan K, Best SR, Zur K, Buckingham J, De Alarcon A, Baroody FM, Bock JM, Boss EF, Bower CM, Campisi P, Chen SF, Clarke JM, Clarke KD, Cocciaglia A, Cotton RT, Cuestas G, Davis KL, DeFago VH, Dikkers FG, Dossans I, Florez W, Fox E, Friedman AD, Grant N, Hamdi OA, Hogikyan ND, Johnson K, Johnson LB, Johnson RF, Kelly P, Klein AM, Lawlor CM, Leboulanger N, Levy AG, Lam D, Licameli GR, Long S, Lott DG, Manrique D, McMurray JS, Meister KD, Messner AH, Mohr M, Mudd P, Mortelliti AJ, Novakovic D, Ongkasuwan J, Peer S, Piersiala K, Prager JD, Pransky SM, Preciado D, Raynor T, Rinkel RNPM, Rodriguez H, Rodríguez VP, Russell J, Scatolini ML, Scheffler P, Smith DF, Smith LP, Smith ME, Smith RJH, Sorom A, Steinberg A, Stith JA, Thompson D, Thompson JW, Varela P, White DR, Wineland AM, Yang CJ, Zdanski CJ, Derkay CS. Systemic Bevacizumab for Treatment of Respiratory Papillomatosis: International Consensus Statement.
Laryngoscope. 2021 Jun;131(6):E1941-E1949. doi: 10.1002/lary.29343. Epub 2021 Jan 6. PMID: 33405268; PMCID: PMC9034687.
Hamdi, OA., Dougherty, M., Rasamny, J., Greyson, M., Christophel, J., Shonka, D., Fedder, K., Jameson, M., & Garneau, J., The Clinical Utility and Cost of Routine Staging Exam Under Anesthesia for Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Journal for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.2021.
Hamdi OA, Jonas RH, Daniero JJ. Vocal Fold Paralysis Following COVID-19 Vaccination: Query of VAERS Database [published online ahead of print, 2022 Jan 24]. J Voice. 2022;S0892-1997(22)00017-0. doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.01.016Swift WM, Iorio CB, Hamdi OA, Mallawaarachchi I, Wages NA, Shonka DC Jr. Change in parathyroid hormone levels from baseline predicts hypocalcemia following total or completion thyroidectomy [published online ahead of print, 2022 Apr 9]. Head Neck. 2022;10.1002/hed.27057. doi:10.1002/hed.27057
Carpenter DJ, Hamdi OA, Finberg AR, Daniero JJ. Laryngotracheal Stenosis: A Mechanistic Review. Head Neck. 2022.
Swift WM, Churnin IT, Hamdi OA, Strumpf AM, Koehn HA, Cottler PS, Daniero JJ. A Simple and Reproducible In Vivo Rabbit Phonation Model for Glottic Insufficiency. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Jun 2 107813. Epub ahead of print. PMID:35763368.
Hamdi OA., Smith C.M., Fiorillo C.E., Preciado D. (2020) Pediatric Intracranial Com s from
Sinusitis. In: Ramadan H., Baroody F. (eds) Pediatric Rhinosinusitis. Springer, Cham.
Oral/Podium Presentations:
Basu, A., Hamdi, O., Ziegler, J., Jones, M., Oyer, S., Hypoglossal Nerve Transfer for Facial Nerve
Paralysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Podium Presentation: 2022 46th Annual Fitz-Hugh
Symposium at the University of Virginia. June 23, 2022, at Boar’s Head Resort Charlottesville,
Virginia.
Hamdi, O., Bellinger, J., Wright, G., Churnin, I., Strumpf, A., Casazza, G., Kesser, B., Public
Perception of Meniere’s Disease: A Social Media Analysis. Podium Presentation: 2022 46th Annual
Fitz-Hugh Symposium at the University of Virginia. June 23, 2022, at Boar’s Head Resort
Charlottesville, Virginia.
Hamdi, O., Danan, D., Hernandez, B., Yi, A., Primas, M., Shonka, D., Garneau, J., Fedder, K., &
Jameson, M., Impact of Implementing Stricter Criteria for Blood Transfusion in Patients With Head
and Neck Cancer Undergoing Free Tissue Transfer. Podium Presentation accepted: AHNS 2022 Annual
Meeting held during the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM). April 27-28, 2022 at Hyatt
Regency Dallas, Texas.
Hamdi, O.. (September, 2020). Post-operative Pain Management in Head & Neck Surgery; Alternative to
Opioids? Oral Presentation presented at: Grand Rounds - Georgetown Otolaryngology; Washington DC,
DC, USA.
Poster Presentations:
Hamdi, O., Danan, D., Hernandez, B., Yi, A., Primas, M., Shonka, D., Garneau, J., Fedder, K., &
Jameson, M., Impact of Implementing Stricter Criteria for Blood Transfusion in Patients With Head
and Neck Cancer Undergoing Free Tissue Transfer. Podium Presentation accepted: AHNS 2022 Annual
Meeting held during the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM). April 27-28, 2022 at Hyatt
Regency Dallas, Texas.
Hamdi, O., Chow, Z., Langford, B., Dougherty, M., Primas, M., Yi, A., Shonka, D., Garneau, J.,
Jameson, M., & Fedder, K., Longer Ischemic Times are Not Associated with Increased Complications in
Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer for Head and Neck Reconstruction. Poster Presentation accepted:
AHNS 2022 Annual Meeting held during the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM). April
27-28, 2022 at Hyatt Regency Dallas, Texas.
Roecker, Z., Hamdi, O., Barker, S., Strumpf, A., Garneau, J., & Shonka, D., Surgeon Review of 4D CT
for Identification of Parathyroid Adenomas. Poster Presentation accepted: AHNS 2022 Annual Meeting
held during the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM). April 27-28, 2022 at Hyatt Regency
Dallas, Texas.
Jackson, J., Pittman, C., Hamdi, O., Olubode, O., & Bond, W.. Cost and Outcome Implications: Timing
of Tracheostomies and Percutaneous Gastrostomy Tubes in Stroke Patients. [Poster presented].
AAO-HNSF
2021 Annual Meeting/Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Osama Hamdi, BS; James Leonard, M.D.; Brian Reilly, M.D. Case Report: Adenoid Stones, An Unknown
Culprit in Throat Pain. Abstract accepted, poster presented virtually at ASPO 2021 Annual meeting.
Ariana G. Greenwell, Kevin Shaigany, Taylor B. Teplitzky, Karen B. Zur, Carolyn M. Jenks, Diego A.
Preciado, Osama Hamdi, Karen Banker, Jenna W. Briddell, Amal Isaiah, Kevin D. Pereira. Short term
feeding outcomes in extremely premature infants with a tracheostomy. Poster presented virtually at
COSM 2020.
Taylor Teplitzky, Kevin Shaigany, Karen B. Zur, Carolyn L. Mulvey, Diego A. Preciado, Osama Hamdi,
Karen Banker, Jenna W. Briddell, Amal Isaiah, Kevin D. Pereira. Neonatal Tracheostomy in Infants
Born in the Periviable Period: Characteristics and Complications. Poster presented virtually at
COSM 2020.
Osama Hamdi, Tyler Oakland, Noel Fahed Ayoub, Douglas Ryan Sidell. Residual Glottic Web in DiGeorge
Syndrome: A Risk Factor for Successful Extubation? Poster presented virtually at ABEA Annual
Meeting, April 22-24, 2020 at Hilton Atlanta, Georgia.
Osama Hamdi, Diego Preciado, Jeffrey Dome. Systemic Bevacizumab for End-stage Juvenile Recurrent
Respiratory Papillomas: A Case Report. Poster presented at: ABEA Annual Meeting, May 1–3, 2019 at
JW Marriott Austin, Texas Grand 7-8.
Osama Hamdi, Qiuxiang Zhang, Alisha Beirl and Katie Kindt. In Vivo Spontaneous Calcium Activity
Imaging of Zebrafish Hair Cells. Poster Presented at: 16th Annual AMA Research Symposium; November
9, 2018; American Medical Association
Qiuxiang Zhang, Osama Hamdi, Alisha Beirl and Katie Kindt. Live 4D Imaging of Spontaneous Activity
in Zebrafish Hair-cell Organs Using Light-sheet Fluorescent Microscopy. Presented at: ARO 42nd
Midwinter meeting; February 9-13, 2019; Association for Research in Otolaryngology
Osama Hamdi, Qiuxiang Zhang, Alisha Beirl and Katie Kindt. In Vivo Spontaneous Calcium Activity
Imaging of Zebrafish Hair Cells. Poster presented at: NIH Summer Research Program Poster Day;
August 9,2018; National Institutes of Health
Osama Hamdi, Qiuxiang Zhang, Alisha Beirl and Katie Kindt. In Vivo Spontaneous Calcium Activity
Imaging of Zebrafish Hair Cells. Poster presented at: NIH Research Festival; September 12,2018;
National Institutes of Health
Qiuxiang Zhang, Osama Hamdi, Alisha Beirl and Katie Kindt. In Vivo Imaging Spontaneous Calcium
Activity in Zebrafish Hair Cells. Poster presented at: 13th International Zebrafish Conference;
June 20-24,2018; University of Wisconsin – Madison
Qiuxiang Zhang, Osama Hamdi, Alisha Beirl and Katie Kindt. In Vivo Imaging Spontaneous Calcium
Activity in Zebrafish Hair Cells. Poster presented at: National Institutes on ss
and other Communication Disorders Annual retreat; June 1,2018; Washington DC
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AOA Honor Society
Gold Humanism Honor Society
Board of Trustee’s Scholar, Howard University College of Medicine (2017-2021): Awarded to students ranking in the top 10 of their medical school class.
Cum Laude/Graduation with Distinction, University of Maryland: Awarded to students graduating in the top 5% of the engineering school.
Dean’s List, 8 semesters, University of Maryland (2012-2016): Awarded to students for achieving a GPA of 3.5 of higher.
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