ENT Specialist | Otolaryngologist | Head & Neck Surgeon
Locations:
Education:
Undergraduate Studies:
Biochemistry: Brown University
Medical School:
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Residency:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery: Yale New Haven Hospital
Fellowship:
Pediatric Otolaryngology: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center/Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Affiliations:
- American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery
- New England Otolaryngological Society
- American Rhinologic Society
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- American Medical Association
- Sigma Xi Membership, Brown University
Research:
Yale School of Medicine:
- Yale Cancer Center, Dr. Barbara Burtness, MD
- Therapeutic potential of combined WEE1 and AURKA inhibition in HPV negative head and neck carcinoma
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine:
- Student Researcher, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Dr. Richard Kollmar, PhD, Dr. Mark Stewart, MD, PhD
- “Laryngospasm, central and obstructive apnea during seizures: defining essential pathophysiology for sudden death in a rat model”
- Student Researcher, Department of Anesthesiology, Advisor: Dr. Ketan Shevde, MD
- “Myoclonal and Hypertensive Response to Etomidate during Induction of Anesthesia”
New York University School of Medicine:
- Research Assistant, Department of Medicine, Advisor: Dr. Leslie Gold, PhD
- Investigated the use of calreticulin, an ER chaperone protein, as a wound healing therapeutic using in vitro systems.
Brown University:
- Student Researcher, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology, Advisor: Dr. Wayne Bowen, PhD
- “Sigma-2 receptor expression levels in proliferating tumor cells and conferred changes in drug sensitivity”
Publications:
Savoca E, Smith B, Shaffer A, Kitsko D, Chi D. Utility of Intraoperative Radiographs in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Surgery. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. 2023 April 13. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37051895.
Mabey J, Kremer C, Maurrasse S, Savoca E, Weinstock M. Assessing outcomes after partial and total tonsillectomy for sleep-disordered breathing in children using Clinical Assessment Score-15. American Journal of Otolaryngology. Volume 43, Issue 5, 2022.
Torabi SJ, Kasle DA, Savoca EL, Gottschalk CH, Manes RP. Characterizing the providers of and reimbursement for chronic migraine chemodenervation among the Medicare population. Headache. 2020 Dec 18.
Kasle DA, Torabi SJ, Savoca EL, Lerner M, Manes RP. High-Volume Billing and Reimbursement Trends for Endoscopic Swallowing Studies in the Medicare Population. Dysphagia. 2020 Nov 19.
Singh AK, Kasle DA, Jiang R, Sukys J, Savoca EL, Z Lerner M, Kohli N. A Review of Telemedicine Applications in Otorhinolaryngology: Considerations During the Coronavirus Disease of 2019 Pandemic. Laryngoscope. 2020 Sep 17:10.1002/lary.29131.
Kasle DA, Torabi SJ, Savoca EL, Judson BL, Manes RP. Outpatient Otolaryngology in the Era of COVID-19: A Data-Driven Analysis of Practice Patterns. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Jul;163(1):138-144.
Savoca E, Torabi SJ, Kasle D, Mets E, Hajek M, Waldman EH. Pediatric thyroidectomies: A surgical subspecialty comparison. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 May;132:109945.
Kasle DA, Torabi SJ, Savoca E, Tower JI, Hildrew D. Variations in the management of acute Bell’s palsy. American Journal of Otolaryngology. 2020 Jan – Feb;41(1):102299.
Torabi SJ, Cheraghlou S, Kasle DA, Savoca EL, Judson BL. Nonsquamous cell laryngeal cancers: Incidence, demographics, care patterns, and effect of surgery. Laryngoscope. 2019;129(11):2496-2505.
Savoca E, Mehra S, Waldman EH. A case of pediatric cervicofacial actinomyces masquerading as malignancy: Case report and review of the literature. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2019;116:204-208.
Nakase K, Kollmar R, Lazar J, et al. Laryngospasm, central and obstructive apnea during seizures: Defining pathophysiology for sudden death in a rat model. Epilepsy Res. 2016;128:126-139.
About Emily Savoca, MD:
Emily Savoca, MD is an ENT surgeon specializing in the treatment of pediatric patients, with over a decade of clinical & medical research experience. Emily’s most recent publications & presentations have discussed pediatric listening devices, obstructive sleep apnea, tonsillectomies, and sinusitis. Emily served for three years as the resident liaison for Yale’s Otolaryngology Residency Committee, and she is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, and the American Medical Association.
Emily Savoca, MD sees pediatric & adult patients in our Danbury & Norwalk offices.