Judith Skoner, MD

Program Editor, Facial Plastics

Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina

Judith Skoner, MD

Judith M. Skoner, M.D., joined the MUSC Department of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery as assistant professor in September 2005. She received her medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and completed residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. Following residency, she completed fellowship training in microvascular reconstruction/facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. After fellowship, Dr. Skoner traveled through Nepal, providing care to underserved patients at remote locations with various head and neck disorders. Thereafter she joined the Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery faculty at Temple University School of Medicine, as division head for microvascular/facial plastic & reconstructive surgery.

Now, as part of the MUSC facial plastics faculty, Dr. Skoner continues her focused expertise in microvascular surgery and complex reconstruction of the head and neck -- which is essentially recreating parts of the face/mouth/throat/jaw/neck/scalp using transplanted tissue/bone from the patient's own body, after a large cancer or major trauma has resulted in the destruction of these critical features. She also has particular interest in post-traumatic facial reconstruction, and functional/aesthetic reconstructions of other complex defects and deformaties. In addition to her MUSC facial plastic surgery practice, she also serves as the division chief of Otolaryngology at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Hospital in Charleston. Dr. Skoner's research interests include clinical post-reconstruction function and quality of life in the head and neck cancer patient.

Dr. Skoner is double board certified, having completed all requirements for both the American Board of Otolaryngology, and the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; she is also an active member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery.

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Scapular free flap reconstruction of pharyngoesophageal defects
Clin Otolaryngol. 2021 Sep;46(5):1110-1113. doi: 10.1111/coa.13777. Epub 2021 Apr 21.
2021-04-02
Intraoperative vasopressors in head and neck free flap reconstruction
Microsurgery. 2021 Jan;41(1):5-13. doi: 10.1002/micr.30677. Epub 2020 Nov 10.
2020-11-10
Prognostic factors associated with achieving total oral diet after glossectomy with microvascular free tissue transfer reconstruction
Oral Oncol. 2019 May;92:59-66. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2019.03.005. Epub 2019 Mar 28.
2019-04-24
Intraoperative goal-directed hemodynamic management in free tissue transfer for head and neck cancer
Head Neck. 2016 Apr;38 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):E1974-80. doi: 10.1002/hed.24362. Epub 2016 Feb 1.
2016-02-02
A critical review of the effects of inhaled corticosteroids on growth
Allergy Asthma Proc. 2013 Sep-Oct;34(5):391-407. doi: 10.2500/aap.2013.34.3689.
2013-09-04
Massive flap donor sites and the role of negative pressure wound therapy
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Dec;147(6):1049-53. doi: 10.1177/0194599812459015. Epub 2012 Sep 4.
2012-09-06
Microvascular free-tissue transfer for head and neck reconstruction in Jehovah's Witness patients
Head Neck. 2008 Apr;30(4):455-60. doi: 10.1002/hed.20720.
2007-12-22
Swallowing function after chemoradiation for advanced stage oropharyngeal cancer
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006 Mar;134(3):455-9. doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.10.054.
2006-02-28
Short-term functional donor site morbidity after radial forearm fasciocutaneous free flap harvest
Laryngoscope. 2003 Dec;113(12):2091-4. doi: 10.1097/00005537-200312000-00006.
2003-12-09
Repair of the unilateral cleft lip/nose deformity
Facial Plast Surg. 2003 Feb;19(1):29-40. doi: 10.1055/s-2003-39134.
2003-05-10
Clinical problem solving: pathology: pathology quiz case 2. Tumoral calcinosis
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002 Dec;128(12):1425, 1427.
2002-12-17
Suppressed DNA repair capacity of peripheral lymphocytes in pregnant women
Mol Cell Endocrinol. 1995 Feb 27;108(1-2):179-83. doi: 10.1016/0303-7207(94)03472-6.
1995-02-27
Speech Intelligibility in Patients with Facial Paralysis
Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2024 Mar 26. doi: 10.1089/fpsam.2023.0313. Online ahead of print.
2024-03-26
Latissimus dorsi myocutaneous free flap for the laryngopharyngectomy defect
Head Neck. 2024 Aug;46(8):2048-2055. doi: 10.1002/hed.27682. Epub 2024 Feb 23.
2024-02-23
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