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ProfessorDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck SurgeryUniversity of Toronto

Kevin Higgins

Professor

Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.

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Publications

670

Citations

100

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Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto

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Research

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Latest papers

Jaw-in-a-day (JIAD) for malignant indications: A systematic review.
Oral oncology · 2026
Readability and Quality of Online Patient Education Materials: Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation.
The Laryngoscope · 2026
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) of Previously Unirradiated Mucosal Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC).
Head & neck · 2026

All 36 publications

Latest funding

Improving Integrative Care and Patient Experience by Diffusing and Disseminating Study Results of "Assessing the impact of Cancer Care Ontario's Psychosocial Oncology & Palliative Care Pathway in Head and Neck Cancer Patients"
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$8,500

All 1 grants and awards

36 publications.

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 oncology20261 citationsOpen Access

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

Readability and Quality of Online Patient Education Materials: Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation.

Liu D, Gao H, Grose EM, Higgins K, Cho W, Noel JE, Philteos J, Eskander A

The Laryngoscope2026

DOI: 10.1002/lary.70876 PMID: 42713705

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

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 citationsOpen Access

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 Cancer2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12885-025-13505-5

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 & neck202411 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/hed.27656 PMID: 38344842

Surgical Margin Definition and Assessment in Head and Neck Oncology: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Canadian Head and Neck Surgeons.

Daniel RC, Yan B, Chandarana S, Nichols AC, Eskander A, Enepekides D, Higgins K

Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale20245 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/19160216241296121 PMID: 39511775

Oncologic Significance of Therapeutic Delays in Patients With Oral Cavity Cancer.

Dayan GS, Bahig H, Johnson-Obaseki S, Eskander A, Hong X, Chandarana S, de Almeida JR, Nichols AC, Hier M, Belzile M, Gaudet M, Dort J, Matthews TW, Hart R, Goldstein DP, Yao CMKL, Hosni A, MacNeil D, Fowler J, Higgins K, Khalil C, Khoury M, Mlynarek AM, Morand G, Sultanem K, Maniakas A, Ayad T, Christopoulos A

JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery202337 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2023.1936 PMID: 37422839

Cine MRI-based analysis of intrafractional motion in radiation treatment planning of head and neck cancer patients.

Weiss Y, Chin L, Younus E, Guo K, Dydula C, Hupman A, Lau A, Husain Z, Bayley A, Higgins K, Enepekides D, Eskander A, Ho L, Poon I, Karam I

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology202314 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2023.109790 PMID: 37414256

Surgeon Thyroidectomy Case Volume Impacts Disease-free Survival in the Management of Thyroid Cancer.

Eskander A, Noel CW, Griffiths R, Pasternak JD, Higgins K, Urbach D, Goldstein DP, Irish JC, Fu R

The Laryngoscope202312 citations

DOI: 10.1002/lary.30276 PMID: 35796293

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Kevin Higgins

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

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

Readability and Quality of Online Patient Education Materials: Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation.

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

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

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

Surgical Margin Definition and Assessment in Head and Neck Oncology: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Canadian Head and Neck Surgeons.

Oncologic Significance of Therapeutic Delays in Patients With Oral Cavity Cancer.

Cine MRI-based analysis of intrafractional motion in radiation treatment planning of head and neck cancer patients.

Surgeon Thyroidectomy Case Volume Impacts Disease-free Survival in the Management of Thyroid Cancer.

Improving Integrative Care and Patient Experience by Diffusing and Disseminating Study Results of "Assessing the impact of Cancer Care Ontario's Psychosocial Oncology & Palliative Care Pathway in Head and Neck Cancer Patients"

Frequent collaborators

Danny Enepekides

Antoine Eskander

Ian Poon

Jonathan Irish

Irene Karam

Ralph Gilbert

Dale Brown

Eric Monteiro

Lee Chin

Patrick Gullane

Anthony Nichols

David Goldstein

Lorne Rotstein

Annie Sawka

Anna Sawka

Sangeet Ghai

Zeina Ghorab

Amiram Jacob Gafni

George Tomlinson

Andrew Bayley

Darby Erler

Martin Yaffe

Manish Shah

Praby Singh

Jennifer Siu

Allan Vescan

Weining Yang

Nitin Chauhan

Pejman Maralani

David Liu

Mark Korman

Tareck Ayad

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