Hae Won Choi
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About
Hae Won Choi is a pioneering surgeon-scientist advancing the frontiers of minimally invasive head and neck oncology, with a focus on transoral robotic surgery (TORS) and its applications in thyroid and oropharyngeal cancers. Her work centers on optimizing functional preservation while maintaining oncologic rigor. In a landmark 2022 pilot study, Choi demonstrated the feasibility of transoral robotic selective neck dissection for papillary thyroid carcinoma, with or without a postauricular incision—a technique that spares patients visible neck scarring and reduces morbidity. This work, already garnering 7 citations, has opened new avenues for scarless thyroid cancer surgery. More recently, her 2024 investigation into long-term swallowing and speech outcomes after TORS for oropharyngeal cancer (4 citations) provides critical evidence that this approach can preserve quality of life without compromising cancer control, addressing a key gap in survivorship care. Choi’s contributions are shaping a paradigm shift toward robotic, function-sparing surgery in head and neck oncology, offering patients safer, more cosmetic, and functionally superior alternatives to traditional open procedures.
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