Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Otolaryngology (ENT)

George Wanna is an expert in the field of Otolaryngology (ENT). He researched medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He over the years received 7 awards: "Harris P. Mosher Award", "Five Star Excellence Award for Overall Quality of Doctor Care", "1st Prize, Interleukin-12 Expression Enhances Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Oncolytic Therapy in Murine Squamous Cell Carcinoma", "Best presentation for " Malignant Otosclerosis: Stapedotomy or Cochlear Implant?"", "First Prize for Resident Research Day Symposium, for Lebanese experience of cochlear implant.", "Mosher Award" and "Fellow (FACS)". Dr. George B. Wanna is a published doctor and has 54 publications published. The lastest was: 'Racial differences in vestibular schwannoma.' He accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• Cochlear Implantation in the Setting of Perioperative Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Therapy.
• Hearing Preservation Outcomes With a Mid-Scala Electrode in Cochlear Implantation.
• Racial differences in vestibular Schwannoma.
• Durability of Hearing Preservation after Cochlear Implantation with Conventional-Length Electrodes and Scala Tympani Insertion.
• Glomus Tympanicum Tumors.
• Tumors of the ear and lateral Skull base: part I.
• Contemporary Management of Jugular ParaganGliomas.
• A novel method for autograft placement during tegmen repair: the suture "pull-through" technique.
• 228 Cases of Cochlear Implant Receiver-Stimulator Placement in a Tight Subperiosteal Pocket without Fixation.
• A case of sensorineural Hearing loss involving a fibroepithelial polyp of the middle ear.
• Glomus Tympanicum: A Review of 115 Cases over 4 Decades.
• Intratympanic Dexamethasone as a Symptomatic Treatment for Ménière's Disease.
• Natural History of Glomus Jugulare: A Review of 16 Tumors Managed with Primary Observation.
• Subtotal Resection for Management of Large Jugular ParaganGliomas with Functional Lower Cranial Nerves.
• Does radiation dose to the vestibule predict change in balance function and patient perceived dizziness following stereotactic radiotherapy for vestibular Schwannoma?
• Cognitive Delay as a Risk Factor for Late Presentation of Vestibular Schwannoma.
• Factors associated with recurrence of squamous cell carcinoma involving the temporal Bone.
• Impact of electrode design and surgical approach on scalar location and cochlear implant outcomes.
• Cochlear Implantation in Ménière's Disease Patients.
• The limitations of computed tomography in adult cochlear implant evaluation.
• Preliminary Testing of a Compact, Bone-AttAched Robot for Otologic Surgery.
• Temporal Bone encephalocele and cerebrospinal fluid fistula repair utilizing the middle cranial fossa or combined mastoid-middle cranial fossa approach.
• Evolving Considerations in the Surgical Management of Cholesteatoma in the Only Hearing Ear.
• Auricular Burns Associated With Operating Microscope Use During Otologic Surgery.
• Unilateral Auditory Performance Before and After Bilateral Sequential Cochlear Implantation.
• Clinical characteristics associated with isolated unilateral utricular Dysfunction.
• Acute pediatric facial Nerve paralysis as the first indication for familial cerebral cavernoma: Case presentation and literature review.
• Management of Primary and Recurrent Endolymphatic Sac Tumors.
• Cochlear Implantation versus Hearing Amplification in Patients with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder.
• Outcomes Comparing Primary Pediatric Stapedectomy for Congenital Stapes Footplate Fixation and Juvenile Otosclerosis.
• Implantation of the Completely Ossified Cochlea: An Image-Guided Approach.
• Microsurgical Localization of the Cochlea in the Extended Middle Fossa Approach.
• Stimulation rate reduction and auditory development in poorly performing cochlear implant users with auditory neuropathy.
• Percutaneous access to the petrous apex in vitro using customized micro-stereotactic frames based on image-guided surgical technology.
• Spontaneous otogenic posterior fossa pneumocephalus.
• Anatomic verification of a novel method for precise intrascalar localization of cochlear implant electrodes in adult temporal Bones using clinically available computed...
• Assessment of electrode placement and audiological outcomes in bilateral cochlear implantation.
• Evaluation of second look procedures for pediatric Cholesteatomas.
• Management of cerebrospinal fluid leaks after vestibular Schwannoma surgery.
• Bilateral cochlear implantation.
• Revision cochlear implantation in children.
• Facial nerve outcomes in facial nerve Schwannomas.
• Middle ear implantable Hearing devices: an overview.
• Contemporary management of intracranial complications of Otitis media.
• Facial Nerve paralysis following cochlear implant surgery.
• Speech perception and speech intelligibility in children after cochlear implantation.
• Binaurality in middle ear implant recipients using contralateral digital Hearing AIDS.
• Interleukin-12 expression enhances vesicular stomatitis virus oncolytic therapy in murine squamous cell carcinoma.
• Fusogenic vesicular stomatitis virus for the treatment of Head and neck squamous carcinomas.
• Very far-advanced Otosclerosis: stapedotomy or cochlear implantation.
• Combined VSV oncolytic virus and chemotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma.
• TransOral robotic assisted free flap reconstruction.
• Hearing preservation mastoidectomy in otogenic meningitis secondary to an enlarged vestibular aqueduct. Case report.

Procedures Preformed

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• Cochlear Implant Insertion
• Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
• Ear Tube Placement
• EMG (Electromyography)
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Conditions Treated

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• Acoustic Neuroma
• Bell's Palsy
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Cholesteatoma
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Doctors Specialties

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• Neurotology
• Otolaryngology (ENT)

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Harris P. Mosher Award
• Five Star Excellence Award for Overall Quality of Doctor Care
• 1st Prize, “Interleukin-12 Expression Enhances Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Oncolytic Therapy in Murine Squamous Cell Carcinoma”
• Best presentation for " Malignant Otosclerosis: Stapedotomy or Cochlear Implant?"
• First Prize for Resident Research Day Symposium, for “Lebanese experience of cochlear implant.”
• Mosher Award
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• Vanderbilt University
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Lebanese University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Vanderbilt Hospital and Clinics

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1396919056
NPPES Provider LastName		WANNA
NPPES Provider FirstName		GEORGE
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		372320001
NPPES Provider State		TN
Specialty Description		Otolaryngology
Total Claim Count		108.0
Distinct Opioid Count		1.0
Opioid Claim Count		14.0
Percent Opioid Claims		12.96

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1396919056
Last Name Of The Provider	WANNA
First Name Of The Provider	GEORGE
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