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Washington University Medical School


Jay F. Piccirillo, MD, FACS
Professor, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Clinical Outcomes Research Office



http://sleep.wustl.edu
http://oto.wustl.edu/clinepi
https://tinnitus.wustl.edu
Washington University Sinus Institute

Specialty:

Epistaxis , Sleep Apnea and Snoring , Sinus Disease , Otolaryngology

Patient Seen At:
Center for Advanced Medicine
Ear, Nose and Throat Center
4921 Parkview Place, Suite A, Floor 11
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 362-7509
Fax: (314) 362-7522
Email: piccirilloj@ent.wustl.edu.

West County Office
605 Old Ballas Rd., Suite 124
St. Louis, MO 63141
(314) 432-4110
Fax: (314) 432-8208

Washington University Sleep Medicine Center
Chase Park Plaza Hotel
212 North Kingshighway , 2nd Floor
St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 362-4342
Fax: (314) 747-3813


Mailing Address:
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
660 S. Euclid Ave.-Campus Box 8115
St. Louis, MO 63110

Clinical Interests:
General ear, nose and throat problems, in adults and children over age 2; sleep apnea or snoring; sinus and allergy, nose problems; hearing loss, ringing in the ear, tinnitus, tonsillitis, hoarse voice, ear infections, dizziness, balance disorders, rhinosinusitis, sinus congestion, sinus disease, sleep apnea, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)-associated epistaxis, laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty (LAUP), UPPP, laser treatment for sleep apnea


Research Interests:

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Board Certification:
Otolaryngology--Certified


Medical Education:

Medical Degree: University Of Vermont, 1985
Residency: Otolaryngology, Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, New York, 1990
Fellowship: Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1992


Hospital Affiliation:
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis Children's Hospital


Honors/Awards:
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (Best Doctors, Inc)

Listed in America's Top Doctors fourth edition, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006


Publications:

Editorial Responsibilities
Editorial Board
Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Associate Editor)

Head and Neck Cancer (Associate Editor)

Reviewer
American Journal of Rhinology
Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology
CANCER
Cancer Prevention & Control
Clinical Infectious Diseases
European Journal of Cancer
Head and Neck
European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Journal of the American Medical Association
The Albany Otolaryngologist (Editor, 1989-1990)
The Journal of Respiratory Diseases
The Laryngoscope
Thorax

Book Chapters

Piccirillo JF, Vlahiotis A. Prognostigram. In: Baatenburg de Jong. Prongostic Factors in Head & Neck Oncology. Taylor & Francis Books Ltd, 2005

Piccirillo JF, Vlahiotis A. General Patient Factors. In: Baatenburg de Jong. Prognostic Factors in Head & Neck Oncology. Taylor & Francis Books Ltd, 2005

Piccirllo JF, Vlahiotis A. Tools for Formulating Prognosis. In: Glare and Christakis. Prognosis In Advanced Cancer. Oxford University Press, 2005, Chapter 1.7

Lieu JC, Piccirillo JF. Clinical Measurement. In: Schuster and Powers. Translational and Experimental Clinical Research. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005, Chapter 4.

Journal Articles

Pinckney RG, O'Brien R, Piccirillo FJ, Littenberg B. Evaluation of co-morbidity indices in patients admitted for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 2004, 61:209-212

Champion GA, Piccirillo JF. The impact of computed tomography on pretherapeutic staging of patients with laryngeal cancer: Demonstration of the Will Rogers' phenomenon. Head and Neck 2004; 26:972-976

Piccirillo JF, Costas I. Outcomes Research: The impact of comorbidity on outcomes. J Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 2004; 66:180-185

Lacy PD, Ryan LM, Kennedy JT, Piccirillo JF. Validation of the composite laryngeal recurrence staging system. Cancer 2004; 101:761-767

Read WL, Tierney RM, Page RC, Costas I,Govindan R, Spitznagel ELJ, Piccirillo JF. The differential prognostic impact of comorbidity. J Clin Oncol 2004; 22(15):3099-3103

Piccirillo JF. Acute bacterial sinusitis. NEJM 2004; 351:902-910

Piccirillo JF, Tierney RM, Costas I, Grove L, Spitznagel EL. The prognostic importance of comorbidity in a hospital-based cancer registry. JAMA 2004; 291:2441-2447

Piccirillo JF, Spitznagel EL, Vermani N, Costas I. Comparison of two comorbidity indices for patients with head and neck cancer. Medical Care 2004; 42:482-486

Piccirillo JF, Costas I, Grove L. A critical appraisal of the use of ICD-9-
CM codes to classify comorbidity and complications. J Reg Management 2003; 30:117-122

Lieu JE, Piccirillo JF. Methodlogical assessment of studies on endoscopic sinus surgery. Arch Otolaryngol Head and Neck Surg 2003; 129:1230-1235

Cho Lieu JE, Piccirillo JF, Lusk RP. Prognostic staging system and therapeutic effectiveness for recurrent or chronic sinusitis in children. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2003; 129:222-32

Fina M, Skinner M, Goebel JA, Piccirillo JF, Neely JG. Vestibular dysfunction after cochlear implantation. Otology and Neurotology 2003;24:234-242

Kuk FK, Potts L, Valente M, Lee L, Piccirillo JF. Evidence of acclimazation in linear hearing aid users with a severe-to-profound hearing loss with nonlinear amplification use. J Amer Acad of Audiology 2003; 14:25-38

Solario CF, White DA, Piccirillo JF, Duntley SP, Uhles ML. Learning, memory and executive control in individualswith obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. J Clin Experimental Neuropsych 2002; 24(1):93-100

Piccirillo JF, Merritt MG, Jones ML. Psychometric and clinimetric validity of the 20-item sino-nasal outcome test (SNOT-20). Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surg 2002; 126(1):41-47

Lacy PD, Piccirillo JF, Merrit MG, Zequeira MR. Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Better to be young. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000; 122:253-258

Piccirillo JF. Importance of comorbidity in head and neck cancer. Laryngoscope. 2000; 110:4:593-602

Piccirillo JF, Duntley S, Schotland H. Contempo Updates - Obstructive Sleep Apnea. JAMA 2000; 284:1492-1494

Piccirillo JF. Outcomes research and obstructive sleep apnea. Laryngoscope. 2000; 110:3(Suppl. 94):16-20

Klein S, Piccirillo JF, Painter C. Comparative contrast of voice measurements. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2000; 123:164-169

For more articles and abstracts, take this off-site link to the National Library of Medicine
Pub Med page for Dr. Jay F. Piccirillo