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Danny Enepekides

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ProfessorDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity of Toronto

Danny Enepekides

Professor

Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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26 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Education

B.Sc.
MD & MDCM

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Research

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Latest papers

Smile Asymmetry and Eyelid Closure Following Temporalis Muscle Transfer for Facial Reanimation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
The Laryngoscope · 2026 · senior author
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) of Previously Unirradiated Mucosal Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC).
Head & neck · 2026
Jaw-in-a-day (JIAD) for malignant indications: A systematic review.
Oral oncology · 2026

All 60 publications

Latest funding

Optimal geographic placement of integrated community health services centres: with a focus on health equity and sustainability
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$97,250
The Tsunami after the Earthquake: COVID-19 Impact on Cancer Care and Outcomes
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$339,023
Symptom burden as a Predictor of Emergency Room Visits and Unplanned Hospitalizations in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer - An evaluation of patterns of care, survival and healthcare costs in patients with head and neck cancer
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator

All 3 grants and awards

60 publications.

Smile Asymmetry and Eyelid Closure Following Temporalis Muscle Transfer for Facial Reanimation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Namavarian A, Chung JM, Sunba S, Ziai H, Bagit A, Khan E, Eskander A, Enepekides D

The Laryngoscope2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/lary.70527 PMID: 41927316

Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) of Previously Unirradiated Mucosal Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC).

Aldohan M, Karam I, Safavi AH, Chin L, Zhang L, Gooanratne E, Galapin M, Eskander A, Higgins K, Enepekides D, Poon I

Head & neck2026

DOI: 10.1002/hed.70360 PMID: 42374609

Jaw-in-a-day (JIAD) for malignant indications: A systematic review.

Trac J, Ramchandani R, Dutta P, Sarkis L, Calvisi R, Villemure-Poliquin N, Davies J, Somogyi-Ganss E, Blanas N, Cuddy K, Enepekides D, Higgins K, Philteos J, Eskander A

Oral oncology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107823 PMID: 41422685

Developing an expert consensus statement on emergency preparedness for cancer care delivery in Canada: a modified Delphi study.

Kim HAJ, Fu R, Kamalraj P, Irish JC, Wright FC, Earle CC, Christopoulos A, Hildebrand KA, Enepekides D, Hallet J, Eskander A

Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13690-026-01845-y PMID: 41612467

Complication Rates Associated With Evolving Practice Patterns in Vasopressor Use and Fluid Administration for Oral Cavity Cancer Free Flap Reconstruction.

Gao H, Dharmawardana N, Esemezie AO, Ziai H, Ataalla P, Weisbrod N, Deutsch K, McCluskey SA, Enepekides D, Higgins KM, Eskander A, de Almeida JR, Goldstein DP, Gilbert RW, Irish JC, Brown DH, Yao CMKL, Noel CW, Tzelnick S

Head & neck2026

DOI: 10.1002/hed.70481 PMID: 42757680

A Mobile Craniofacial Surgery Unit: Reconstructing Casualties of War in Ukraine

Antonyshyn K, Teshima TL, Al-Shaqsi S, Enepekides D, Higgins K, Levis C, Sigurdson L, Phillips J, Antonyshyn O

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery20258 citations

DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000010802

A multi-centre, participant-blinded, randomized, 3-year study to compare the efficacy of Virtual Surgical Planning (VSP) to Freehand Surgery (FHS) on bony union and quality of life outcomes for mandibular reconstruction with fibular and scapular free flaps: study protocol for a randomized phase II/III trial

Tran KL, Turkdogan S, Dinur AB, Milner TD, Wang E, Nichols A, MacNeil D, Mendez A, Jervis-Bardy J, De Almeida J

BMC Cancer2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12885-025-13505-5

Radiation vs. trans-oral surgery for treatment de-escalation in HPV-related oropharyngeal cancers: Primary analysis of the ORATOR2 randomized trial.

Palma DA, Prisman E, Berthelet E, Tran E, Hamilton S, Wu J, Eskander A, Higgins K, Karam I, Poon I, Husain Z, Enepekides D, Hier M, Richardson K, Mlynarek A, Johnson-Obaseki S, Gaudet M, Bayley A, Dowthwaite S, Jackson JE, Dzienis M, O'Neil J, Chandarana S, Banerjee R, Hart R, Chung J, Tenenholtz T, Le H, Yoo J, Mendez A, Winquist E, Kuruvilla S, Stewart P, Warner A, Mitchell S, Chen J, Parker C, Kwan K, Theurer J, Bahig H, Christopoulos A, Mendez LC, Sathya J, Hammond JA, Read N, Venkatesan V, Fung K, Nichols AC

European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2025.115343 PMID: 40121836

Selective Neurectomy for Postfacial Paralysis Synkinesis: A Systematic Review.

Namavarian A, Cheng EY, Shapiro J, Ziai H, Talei B, Pai A, Enepekides D, Gantous AM

Facial plastic surgery : FPS2024

DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1786824 PMID: 38806148

Lymph node yield: Impact on oncologic outcomes in oral cavity cancer.

Khalil C, Khoury M, Higgins K, Enepekides D, Karam I, Husain ZA, Bayley A, Poon I, Truong T, Chan KKW, Smoragiewicz M, Fu R, Eskander A

Head & neck2024

DOI: 10.1002/hed.27656 PMID: 38344842

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Danny Enepekides

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Smile Asymmetry and Eyelid Closure Following Temporalis Muscle Transfer for Facial Reanimation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) of Previously Unirradiated Mucosal Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC).

Jaw-in-a-day (JIAD) for malignant indications: A systematic review.

Developing an expert consensus statement on emergency preparedness for cancer care delivery in Canada: a modified Delphi study.

Complication Rates Associated With Evolving Practice Patterns in Vasopressor Use and Fluid Administration for Oral Cavity Cancer Free Flap Reconstruction.

A Mobile Craniofacial Surgery Unit: Reconstructing Casualties of War in Ukraine

Radiation vs. trans-oral surgery for treatment de-escalation in HPV-related oropharyngeal cancers: Primary analysis of the ORATOR2 randomized trial.

Selective Neurectomy for Postfacial Paralysis Synkinesis: A Systematic Review.

Lymph node yield: Impact on oncologic outcomes in oral cavity cancer.

Optimal geographic placement of integrated community health services centres: with a focus on health equity and sustainability

The Tsunami after the Earthquake: COVID-19 Impact on Cancer Care and Outcomes

Symptom burden as a Predictor of Emergency Room Visits and Unplanned Hospitalizations in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer - An evaluation of patterns of care, survival and healthcare costs in patients with head and neck cancer

Frequent collaborators

Antoine Eskander

Julie Hallet

Lee Chin

Natalie Coburn

Simron Singh

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

Anna Dare

Rui Fu

Rinku Sutradhar

Jonathan Irish

Alyson Mahar

Antonio Finelli

Eitan Prisman

Jeff Chen

Keith Kwan

Julie Theurer

Kelvin Chan

Jill Tinmouth

Janet Ellis

Wei Xu

Eric Winquist

Arjun Sahgal

Barbara Haas

Ian Witterick

Michelle Wong

Nicole Look Hong

Bret Wehrli

Rahim Moineddin

Eszter Somogyi-Ganss