CURRICULUM VITAE
ERIC J. LENTSCH, M.D.
PERSONAL DATA
Place of Birth: New York, New York
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Louisa Bumgardner Professor of Otolaryngologic
Research
Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer
Clinic
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Work Address: Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Myers Hall
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Phone: (502) 852-6994
FAX: (502) 852-0865


EDUCATION
UNDERGRADUATE
Year Degree Institution
1984-88 B.S. University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Medical School
Year Degree Institution
1988-92 M.D. University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, Kentucky
Graduate School
Year Degree Institution
1993- Ph.D. Candidate University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, Kentucky
POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION
Year Position Institution
1992-93 Internship
Department of Surgery
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, Kentucky
1993-1995 Research Fellow
Department of Surgery
Division of Otolaryngology
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, Kentucky
1993-1999 Residency
Department of Surgery
Division of Otolaryngology
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, Kentucky
1999-2001 Fellowship
Department of Head and
Neck Surgery
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
2001-Present Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Division of Otolaryngology
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, Kentucky
SCHOLASTIC HONORS
1984-87 Academic Excellence Scholarship University of Kentucky
1984-88 Honors Program University of Kentucky
1984-88 Commonwealth Scholarship University of Kentucky
1988 Kiwanis Club Scholarship University of Kentucky
1989 Dr. Arthur Barnett Scholarship University of Louisville School of Medicine
1990 Thomas B. Calhoun Physiology Prize
Dr. Robert E. Brennen Scholarship
Biochemistry Research Associate
University of Louisville School of Medicine
1991 Alpha Omega Alpha
Phi Kappa Phi
University of Louisville School of Medicine
1992 Magna Cum Laude
George I. Uhde Otolaryngology Award
University of Louisville School of Medicine
1993 Excellence in Clinical Education
Award, Intern, Department of Surgery
University of Louisville School of Medicine
1993 Resident Research Award American College of Surgeons, Kentucky
Chapter
1996 Resident Research Award University of Louisville School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
1997 Graduate Student Research Award
Honorable Mention
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Department of Biochemistry
1999 M.D. Anderson Clinical Fellows
Research Grant Award
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
2001 Louisa Bumgardner Professorship in
Otolaryngologic Research
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
2001 Microarray Pilot Project Grant James Graham Brown Cancer Center,
University of Louisville
2002 Vincent J. Hyams Award for
Excellence in Resident Education
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
LICENSE AND CERTIFICATES
Medical Licenses:
State of Kentucky, #29714
State of Indiana #10156899A
Certificates:
Board Certification American Board of Otolaryngology
Fellow American Academy of Otolaryngology -
Head and Neck Surgery
Fellowship in Head and Neck Surgical
Oncology
The University of Texas,
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Fellowship in Advanced Head and
Neck Oncologic Surgery
Council for Advanced Training in Oncologic
Head and Neck Surgery
Basic Life Support American Heart Association
Advanced Cardiac Life Support American Heart Association
Advanced Trauma Life Support American College of Surgeons
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Jefferson County Medical Society
Kentucky Medical Association
American Medical Association
Southern Medical Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
American Association for Cancer Research

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
1. Lentsch EJ, Feldhoff PW and Feldhoff RC. "Effect of Hyperglycemia on Antigen-Antibody Interactions." Clinical Research (Abstract).
2. Lentsch EJ and Hendler FJ. "The Role of the p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene in an Murine Oral Cavity Carcinoma Model." Abstract presented at the Kentucky Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Meeting, Lexington, KY, March 1993.
3. Lentsch EJ and Hendler FJ. "The Role of the p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene in Head and Neck Carcinogenesis" American College of Surgeons, Surgical Forum, 1994.
4. Lentsch EJ, Yuan B and Hendler FJ. "Genomic Instability at Chromosome 11 in a Murine Oral Cavity Cancer Model." Abstract presented at the American Society of Head and Neck Surgery meeting, April, 1995.
5. Oechsli MN, Yuan B, Lentsch EJ, Peiper SF and Hendler FJ. “Human Keratinocytes Exposed to Short term 4-Nitroquinolone-1-Oxide (4NQO) Develop Ha-Ras Point Mutations and Loss of Heterozygosity (LOH) in Culture.” Abstract presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 1995.
6. Hendler FJ, Yuan B, Heniford BW, Hawkins BL, Oechsli MN, Lentsch EJ, et al. "4-Nitroquinolone-1-Oxide (4NQO) Induced Murine Oral Cavity Carcinogenesis: A Paradigm of Human Head and Neck Cancer. Werner JA, Lippert BM and Rudert RR (eds): International Symposium on Advances in and Neck Cancer. Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, 1996
7. Yuan B. Shum-Siu A. Lentsch EJ. Hu LH. Hendler FJ. “Frequent DNA polymorphisms exist in inbred CBA/J and C3H/HeN mice.” Genomics. 38 (1):58-71, 1996
8. Yuan B. Hu LH. Lentsch EJ. Shum-Siu A. Hendler FJ. “Consistent allelic loss on mouse chromosome 7 distal to tyrosinase in 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide-induced oral cavity tumors with loss of heterozygosity at Ha-ras-1.” Molecular Carcinogenesis. 19(1):8-16, 1997.
9. Lentsch EJ and Bumpous JM. "Early Postoperative Esophageal Obstruction Secondary to Enteral Feeding Concretions in Laryngectomy Patients." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 120(4):617-8, 1999.
10. Lentsch EJ, Goudy S, Ganzel TM, Goldman JL, and Nissen AJ. "Rate of Persistent Perforation after Elective Tympanostomy Tube Removal in Pediatric Patients. Int. J Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 54(2-3):143-148, 2000.
11. Lentsch EJ and Byers RM. “Management of Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis.” Multidisciplinary Care of Head and Neck Cancer. Goepfert H (Ed) In Press
12. Lentsch EJ and Myers JN. “New Trends in the Etiology, Diagnosis and Management of Laryngeal Dysplasia.” Curr Opinion Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg;9:74-78, 2001.
13. Lentsch EJ and Myers JN. “Melanoma of the Head and Neck: Diagnosis and Management” Laryngoscope. 111(7):1209-22, 2001
14. JN Myers, MD,PhD, EJ Lentsch, MD, JE Gershenwald, MD, JE Lee, MD, P Mansfield, MD, MI Ross, MD “Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Arising From Non-Head And Neck Primary Sites With Sentinel Lymph Nodes In The Neck.” Submitted for publication, American Journal of Surgery.
15. Lentsch EJ and Myers JN. “Melanoma of the Head and Neck” in Cancer of the Head and Neck, Myers EN and Suen J Eds, In press.
16. Lentsch EJ and Myers JN. “Pathogenesis And Progression Of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Of The Head And Neck” in Cancer of the Head and Neck, Myers EN and Suen J Eds, In press.
17. Herranz J, Gavilán J, Lentsch EJ. “Cancer of the Neck” in Cancer of the Head and Neck, Myers EN and Suen J (Eds), In press.
18. Lentsch EJ and Myers JN. “Approaches to Melanoma of the Head and Neck.” In Melanoma, Gershenwald J, Lee J and Ross M (Eds), In press.
19. Chao C, Wong SL, Edwards MJ, Ross MI, Reintgen DS, Noyes RD, Stadelmann W, Lentsch EJ, McMasters KM. “Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Head and Neck Melanomas.” Ann Surg Oncol 10(1) 21-26, 2003.
20. Lentsch EJ, Withrow KP, Ackermann D, Bumpous JM: “Parathyromatosis and Recurrent Hyperparathyroidism”, Archives of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 129:894-6, August 2003.
21. Lentsch EJ and McMasters KM. “Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Head and Neck Melanomas.” Accepted for Publication, Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy.
22. Lentsch EJ, McCarty MA, Stadelmann WK. “Melanoma of the Ear: Results of A Cartilage Sparing Approach to Resection.” Submitted for publication Annals of Surgical Oncology.
23. McCarty MA, Stadelmann WK, Noyes RD, McMasters KM and Lentsch EJ. “Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma of the Ear.” Submitted for publication, American Journal of Surgery
24. Cobbins LT, Bumpous JM and Lentsch EJ. “Airbags and Restraining Devices: Effect on Maxillofacial Trauma.” Submitted for publication, Laryngoscope.
25. Horrell RS, Bumpous JM and Lentsch EJ. “Operative Illumination Using White Light Emitting Diodes.” Submitted for publication, Laryngoscope.