Curriculum Vitae
Carsten Erich Palme
Curriculum Vitae
Name Carsten Erich Palme
Address PO Box 52
Westmead NSW 2145
Australia
Ph +61 2 9845 6025
Fax +61 2 9893 7440
Date of Birth 28th of October 1968
Citizenship German
Residency Australia
Languages spoken German, English
Education 1974 - 77 Grundschule ( Primary School ) Neuhofen
Rheinlandpfalz
1978 - 81 Staatliches Gymnasium ( Secondary School ) Schifferstadt, Rheinlandpfalz
Germany
1982 - 86 St. Aloysius College ( Secondary School )
Milson’s Point
Sydney
Prizes 84’ Prize for Significant Achievement
86’ Prize for Significant Application
Member of 1st XI Soccer
Higher School Certificate 1986
Undergraduate Education
Medical Bachelor, Bachelor of Surgery ( MB BS )
The University of Sydney 1987 – 1992 ( Graduation 13th April 1993 )
Medical Registration MPO 286 055
Postgraduate Education
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons ( FRACS ), Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery ( Admitted 15th January 2002 ), Fellowship Diploma No. 10268
Postgraduate Fellowship Employment
Senior Clinical Fellow, Head and Neck Oncology
Head and Neck Fellowship Program of the American Head and Neck Society
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Chairman: Prof. Patrick J Gullane
July 2002 – December 2003
Clinical Fellowship
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; Chairman: Prof. Wolfgang Steiner, MD
January 2004 – March 2004
Present Clinical Appointment
Staff Specialist Surgeon and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery,
Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital and The University of Sydney, PO Box 533, Westmead NSW 2145
Research Commitments
Co Investigator; Clinical Study CLP 003 – Prospective Study of the Apnex Medical Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation ( HGNS ) System to treat Sleep Apnoea, Ludwig Engel Sleep Laboratory and Westmead Private Hospital; Chief Investigator: A/Prof John Wheatley
Co Investigator; Head Neck Cancer Study, Department of Oral Pathology, Westmead Centre for Oral Health; Chief Investigator: A/Prof Hans Zoellner
Application of Laser Microsurgical Resection for Upper Aerodigestive Tract Malignancies
State of the Art Management of Metastatic Cutaneous Malignancies involving the Head and Neck
Prizes Awarded
The American Head and Neck Society and the Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Society Inaugural Chris O'Brien Travelling Fellowship 2008.
Employment History
1993 Intern
St. George Hospital
1994 - 1995 Resident Medical Officer
The St. George Hospital
1996 - 1997 Surgical Registrar ( unaccredited )
The St. George Hospital
Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Training Program
1998 Year 1, John Hunter Hospital
1999 Year 2, Westmead Hospital, The Children’s Hospital, Westmead
2000 Year 3, The Concord Hospital, The Sydney Hospital
2001 Year 4, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
Past Staff Appointments
Staff Specialist Surgeon ( Locum, 22nd January – 14th June 2002 ), Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Westmead Hospital, Westmead NSW 2145.
Visiting Medical Officer ( Locum, 22nd January – 14th June 2002), Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Rd. Camperdown NSW 2050
Teaching Commitments
Tutor and Demonstrator in Anatomy
University of Sydney, Department of Anatomy 1997
Graduate Medical Program, Sydney University, Western Clinical School 2005
Lecturer, Dental School, Westmead Hospital 2005
Clinical Supervisor, Voice Clinic, Westmead Hospital
Supervisor of Advanced Trainees, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery 2005
Tutor for Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Advanced Trainee Course in Head and Neck Anatomy May 2006, Sydney University
Medical Translation
I have significant experience in translating medical manuscripts from german into english. I have recently completed translating a review article for entitled: “ Conservative Approaches to the Management of Voice Disorders “ E. Kruse. Univ.-Clinic for Phoniatrics and Audiology, Göttingen, for the German Society of Hals, Nasen und Ohren Krankheiten. This will appear in the Journal of HNO, Thieme.
Indigenous Health Commitments
1998 Taree Aboriginal Clinics, Dr. Paul Walker
2000 Brewarrina Aboriginal Clinics, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Dr. Peter Carter
Administrative Appointments
President, Resident Medical Officer Association 1997
The St. George Hospital
Surgical Representative, Infection Control Committee WSAHS
Resident/Intern Term Supervisor for ENT
Committee Member, NSW Oncology Group, Head and Neck
Publications
1. Palme CE, Lowinger D. Perilaryngeal emphysema associated with a perforating oesophageal foreign body. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology 1999; 3(4): 340-41.
2. Palme CE, Lowinger D, Petersen AJ. Fish Bones at the Cricopharyngeus: a comparison of plain film radiology and computed tomography. Laryngoscope 1999;109(12):1955-58. IF – 1.449
3. Palme CE, Lowinger D, Reid C. Glossal Abscess – An unusual cause of lingual swelling. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 2000;70(5):374-76. IF - .874
4. Palme CE, Tomasevic P, Pohl DV. Evaluating the effects of oral prednisolone on recovery after tonsillectomy: a prospective double-blind randomised trial. Laryngoscope 2000;110:2000-04. IF – 1.449
5. Mackay S, Pohl DV, Besser M, Palme CE, Lvoff G. Case Report: A patient with synchronous pathology at operation for presumed meningioma. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology 2002;5(1): 36-38.
6. Freeman JL, Palme CE. Thyroid Nodular Evaluation and Treatment in Elderly Patients. Geriatrics Aging 2003;6(1): 18-22.
7. Palme CE, O’Brien CJ, Veness MJ, McNeil E, Bron LP, Morgan GJ. Extent of parotid disease influences outcome in patients with metastatic cutaneous SCC. Arch Otolaryng Head Neck Surg 2003;129:750-753. IF – 1.24
8. Veness MJ, Palme CE, Smith M, Cakir B, Morgan GJ, Kalnins I. Cutaneous Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to Cervical Lymph Nodes (Non Parotid): A Better Outcome with Surgery and Adjuvant Radiotherapy. Laryngoscope 2003;113:1827-1833. IF – 1.449
9. Palme CE, Gullane PJ, Gilbert RW. Current Treatment Options in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity. Surg Oncol Clin N Am, 2004;13:47-70.
10. Palme CE, Freeman JL. Surgical strategy for thyroid bed recurrence in patients with well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma. J Otolaryngol. 2005 Feb;34(1):7-12.IF - .423
11. Palme CE, Wasseem Z, Eski S, Raza N, Walfish P, Freeman JL. Management and outcome of recurrent well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004 Jul;130(7):819-24. IF – 1.242
12. Audet N, Palme CE, Gullane PJ. Cutaneous metastatic squamous cell carcinoma to the parotid gland: analysis and outcome. Head Neck. 2004 Aug;26(8):727-32. IF – 1.805
13. Cushing S, Palme CE, Audet N, Eski S, Walfish P, Freeman JL. Clinicopathological Factors Predicting Recurrence and Disease Specific Survival in Well Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: A study of 333 Patients. Laryngoscope 2004 Dec;114(12):2110-5. IF – 1.449
14. Waseem Z, Palme CE, Walfish PG, Freeman JL. Prognostic Implications of Site of Recurrence in Patients with Recurrent Well Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. J Otolaryngology 2004; 33(6): 339-344 IF - .423
15. Punthakee X, Palme CE, Franklin J, Zhang I, Freeman JL, Bedard Y. Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Suspicious for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A review of cytopathological criteria. Laryngoscope 2005 Mar; 115:433-436. IF – 1.449
16. Veness MJ, Morgan G, Palme CE, Gebski V. Surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy in patients with cutaneous head and neck squamous cell carcinoma to lymph nodes: combined treatment should be considered best practice. Laryngoscope 2005 May;115(5):870-5. IF – 1.449
17. Andruchow JL, Veness MJ, Morgan GJ, Gao K, Clifford A, Shannon KF, Poulsen M, Kenny L, Palme CE, Gullane P, Morris C, Mendenhall WM, Patel KN, Shah JP, CJ. Implications for clinical staging of metastatic cutaneous SCC of the head and neck based on a multicentre study of treatment outcomes. Cancer 2006 Mar 1;106(5):1078-83 IF – 3.909
18. Maxwell EL, Palme CE, Freeman JL. Hürthle Cell Tumors: Applying Molecular Markers to Define a New Management Algorithm. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006 Jan;132(1):54-8IF – 1.242
19. McGuire TP, Palme CE, Perez-Ordonez B, Gilbert RW, Sándor GK Primary intraosseous meningioma of the frontal bone: A case report and review of the literature. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2007 Oct;104(4):e34-41.
20. Steiner W, Ambrosch P, Palme CE, Roedel R, Martin A. Laser Microsurgical Resection of T1a Glottic Carcinoma: Standard of Care? Annals Otol Laryng 2006 ( In Press )
21. Veness MJ, Palme CE, Morgan GJ. High-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: Results from 266 patients treated with metastatic nodal disease Cancer 2006 Apr 28;106(11):2389-2396 IF – 3.909
22. Palme CE, Mackay SG, Kalnins I, Morgan GJ, Veness MJ. The need for a better prognostic staging system in patients with metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007 Apr;15(2):103-6.
23. Veness MJ, Palme CE, Morgan GJ. Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A review of management Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Apr;16(2):170-4.
24. Kalish L, Palme CE. Globus and management of Dysphagia Modern Medicine 2008 May; 9(5): 28 – 38.
25. Raza N, Shah MD, Palme CE, Hall FT, Eski S, Freeman JL. Risk factors for well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma in patients with thyroid nodular disease. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Jul;139(1):21
26. Howle JR, Morgan GJ, Kalnins I, Palme CE, Veness MJ Metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the scalp ANZ J Surg. 2008 Jun;78(6):449-53
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27. Palme CE, Irish JC, Gullane PJ, Katz MR, Devins GM, Bachar G. Quality of life analysis in patients with anterior skull base neoplasms Head Neck. 2009 Jun
28. Oddone N, Morgan GJ, Palme CE, Perera L, Shannon J, Wong E, Gebski V, Veness MJ. Metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: the immunosuppression, treatment, extranodal spread, and margin status (ITEM) prognostic score to predict outcome and the need to improve survival. Cancer. 2009 Feb 17. [Epub ahead of print]
29. Palme CE. Contemporary management of metastatic cutaneous head and neck squamous cell carcinoma involving parotid and cervical lymph nodes. Clinical Otolaryngol. 2009; 34 (1): 2
Book Chapters
Palme CE, Gullane PJ, Irish J. Management of the Solitary Neck Mass. in Cameron JL, Current Surgical Therapy 8th Ed, Mosby, 2003 pp1061.
Palme CE, Gullane PJ, Gilbert RW. Principle and History of Oral Cavity Reconstruction. In Day T, Management of Oral Cavity Neoplasms, 2003
Gullane PJ, Palme CE, Gilbert RW. Treatment of Subglottic Stenosis, Stell & Maran ( In Press )
Palme CE, Crawford J, Da Cruz M. Cancer and the ENT Surgeon, ( In Progress )
Smith M, Veness MJ, Palme CE. Epidemiology, Staging, Prognosis of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Cutaneous Malignancy of the Head and Neck: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Weber RS and Moore BA, editors; Plural Publishing)
Presentations
“ Lower Limb Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty vs Physical Training for the Management of Lower Limb Ischaemia “
· Royal Australian College of Surgeons Paper Day, Wollongong, September 1996
· Grand Rounds, The St. George Hospital, 1996
· Concord Hospital, December 1996.
“ Fish Bones at the Cricopharyngeus: a comparison of plain film radiology and computed tomography“
· Royal Australian College of Surgeons Paper Day, Sydney University, September 1999
· Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne March 2000
“ Evaluating the effects of oral prednisolone on recovery after tonsillectomy: a prospective double-blind randomised trial “
· Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne March 2000
“ Extent of parotid disease influences outcome in patients with metastatic cutaneous SCC
( Nominated for Byers Award ) “
· Combined Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Spring Meeting, Annual American Head and Neck Society Meeting, Boca Raton, Florida, US May 2002
“ Surgical Strategy in the treatment of thyroid bed recurrence in patients with well differentiated thyroid cancer “
· Eastern Great Lakes Head and Neck Oncology Group Annual Meeting, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 2002
· Eastern Section, Triological Society, Boston, US, January 2003
“ Cutaneous Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to Cervical Lymph Nodes (Non Parotid): A Better Outcome with Surgery and Adjuvant Radiotherapy “
· Eastern Section, Triological Society, Boston, US, January 2003
“ Management and Outcome of Recurrent Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer ( Nominated for Byers Award ) “
· Combined Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Spring Meeting, Annual American Head and Neck Society Meeting, Nashville, Tennesse, US May 2003
· Percy Ireland Day, University of Toronto, May 2003
“ Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to the Parotid Gland: The Princess Margaret Experience “
· Percy Ireland Day, University of Toronto, May 2003, N. Audet
“ Metastatic Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: A new epidemic ? “
· Grand Rounds, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toronto, Toronto,
Canada, November 2003
· Rounds, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany, January 2004
“ Clinicopathological Factors Predicting Recurrence and Disease Specific Survival in Well Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: A study of 574 Patients “
· Eastern Section, Triological Society, New York, US, January 2004, S. Cushing
“ Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Suspicious for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A review of cytopathological criteria “
· Eastern Section, Triological Society, New York, US, January 2004, J. Franklin
“ Quality of Life Analysis in Patients After Anterior Skull Base Surgery “
· North American Skull Base Society, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, US, February 2004,
JC Irish
· Annual Scientific Meeting, Canadian Society of Otolarygology Head & Neck Surgery, Quebec City May 2004, J Irish
“ Osteosarcoma of the Mandible and Maxilla: The University of Toronto Experience “
· Annual Scientific Meeting, Canadian Society of Otolarygology Head & Neck Surgery, Quebec City May 2004, N Audet
“ Prognostic Implications of Site of Recurrence in Patients with Recurrent Well Differentiated Thyroid Cancer “
· Annual Scientific Meeting, Canadian Society of Otolarygology Head & Neck Surgery, Quebec City May 2004, Z Waseem
“ Hurthle Cell Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid Gland: A 22 Year Experience “
· Annual Scientific Meeting, Canadian Society of Otolarygology Head & Neck Surgery, Quebec City May 2004, EL Maxwell ( Poster )
“ Cutaneous head and neck squamous cell carcinoma metastatic to regional lymph nodes: improved regional control and survival with the addition of adjuvant radiotherapy. “
· 55th Annual Scientific Meeting, RANZCR, Perth October 2004, M. Veness
“ Quality of Life in Patients with Anterior Skull Base Neoplasms “
· International Skull Base Society Conference, Sydney, November 2004
“ Lasermicrosurgical resection of T1a Glottis SCC: Standard of Care ? “