Andre Shomorony, MD CV

Education & Training

• 07/2024 – 07/2025: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA — Fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• 06/2019 – 06/2024: Columbia University Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical College; New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY — Residency in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
• 08/2014 – 05/2019: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA — Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Program; M.D. with Honors in Special Field; Cum Laude
• 08/2009 – 05/2013: Yale University, New Haven, CT — B.S. in Biomedical Engineering; Magna Cum Laude

Honors & Awards

• 2015 – present: Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
• 2023: New York Metropolitan OHNS Annual Research Award
• 2023: New York-Presbyterian Columbia / Cornell Resident Research Award
• 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018: Thomas Brown McClelland Trust Scholarship for Medical Students
• 2016: GE Ventures - Sloan Healthcare and Bioinnovations Conference – First Place
• 2016: MIT 100K Pitch Competition Winners
• 2016: American Heart Association Medical Research Fellowship
• 2015: Harvard Medical School - Scholars In Medicine Fellowship
• 2014: Outstanding Research Award – NIH Annual Postbac Poster Presentation Day 2014
• 2013: Induction into Phi Beta Kappa
• 2013: Robert B. Flint, Jr. Scholarship for Engineering and Applied Sciences
• 2011: Induction into Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honor Society
• 2009: The Miami Herald’s Silver Knight Award for Academics and Community Service in Mathematics
• 2008: QuestBridge National College Match – Full Scholarship to Yale University

Research Publications

• 2026: Shomorony, A., Denton, A. “Peptides in facial plastic surgery: emerging applications in aesthetics and rejuvenation.” Facial Plast Surg
• 2026: Shomorony, A., Friedman, O. “Endonasal Secondary Rhinoplasty Techniques.” Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am
• 2025: Shomorony, A., Melley, LE., Deane, EC., Bloom, JD. “Autologous Fat Grafting of the Periorbital and Midface Areas” Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am
• 2024: Feng, SJ., Shomorony, A., Leong, S., Golub, JS. “Greatly Heightened Public Interest in Hearing Aids in Last 7 Years.” Otol Neurotol Open
• 2024: Weitzman, R., Subramanian, T., Zhao, K., Shomorony, A., Sclafani, AP. “Polyfracture and Cranial Injuries Drive Cost and Inpatient Burden of Zygoma Fractures.” J Craniofacial Surg
• 2024: Liao, D., Lee, M., Shomorony, A., Weitzman, R., Sclafani, AP. “Zoom Boom or Bust? Understanding Post-Pandemic Interest in Facial Plastic Surgery via Google Trends.” Laryngoscope
• 2024: Weitzman, R., Subramanian, T., Zhao, K., Shomorony, A., Sclafani, AP. “Trends in Management and Cost Burden of Facial Fractures: A 14-year Analysis” Laryngoscope
• 2023: Shomorony, A., Weitzman, R., Chen, YH., Sclafani, AP. “Augmented Otorhinologic Evaluation in Telemedical Visits.” Am J Otolaryngology
• 2023: Shomorony, A., Weitzman, R., Chen, YH., Liao, D., Sclafani, AP. “Augmented Virtual Examination for Rhinoplasty and Rhinologic Surgery.” Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med
• 2023: Shomorony, A., Weitzman, R., Liao, D., Sclafani, AP. “Special Considerations for Septorhinoplasty in the Ehlers-Danlos Patient.” Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med
• 2022: Chen, YH., Shomorony, A., Drusin, MA, Pearlman, AN. “Consultations for Foreign Bodies in Aerodigestive Tract: Assessment of Diagnostic Modalities” Laryngoscope
• 2022: Shomorony, A., Fitzgerald, C., Shaha, A.R. “The Nonrecurrent Laryngeal Nerve: Anatomic and Embryologic Considerations, Imaging Findings, and Intraoperative Testing” Video Endocrinology
• 2022: Shomorony, A., Chern, A., Feit, N.Z., Ballakur, S.S, Gadjiko, M., Liu, K., Skaf, D.A., Long, S.M., Tassler, A.B., Sclafani, A.P. “Essential Inpatient Otolaryngology: what COVID-19 has revealed” European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
• 2021: Sclafani, A.P., Shomorony, A., Stewart, M.G., Grunstein, E., Overdevest, J.B. “Telemedicine lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic: The augmented outpatient otolaryngology teleconsultation” American Journal of Otolaryngology
• 2019: Shomorony, A., Puram, S.V., Johnson, D.N., Chi, A.W., Faquin, W.C., Deshpande, V., Deschler, D.G., Emerick, K.S., Sadow, P.M. “A Non-Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and the Pitfalls of HPV Testing: A Case Report” Otolaryngology Case Reports
• 2019: Shomorony, A., Santamaria, C.M., Zhao, C., Zurakowski, D., Rwei, A.Y., Kohane, D.S. “Prolonged duration local anesthesia by combined delivery of capsaicin- and tetrodotoxin-loaded liposomes” Anesthesia & Analgesia
• 2019: Zhao, C., Liu. A, Santamaria, C.M., Shomorony, A., Ji T., Wei, T., Liu, A., Gordon, A., Elofsson, H., Mehta, M., Yang, R., Kohane, D.S. “Polymer-Tetrodotoxin Conjugates to Induce Adjustable and Prolonged Duration Local Anesthesia with Minimal Toxicity.” Nature communications
• 2018: Gurry, T., Dannenberg, P.H., Finlayson, S.G., Hughes, T.K., Macias-Trevino, C., Owusu-Boaitey, K., Shomorony, A., Tuang, S.L., Valenstein, M.V., Wang, K.K., Wu, M.P., Zack, T.I., Gibbons, S., Nguyen, L.T.T., Kearney, S., Ananthakrishnan, A., Ziang, X., Kassam, Z., Alm, E. “Predictability and persistence of prebiotic dietary supplementation in a healthy human cohort.” Scientific Reports
• 2018: McAlvin, J.B., Wylie, R.G., Ramchander, K., Nguyen, M.T., Lok, C.K., Moroi, M., Shomorony, A., Vasilyev, N.V., Armstrong, P., Yang,J., Lieber, A.M., Okonkwo, O.S., Karnik, R., Kohane, D.S. “Antibody modified conduits for highly selective cytokine elimination from blood” Journal of Clinical Investigation - Insight
• 2017: Liu, Q., Santamaria, C.M., Wei, T., Zhao, C., Ji, T., Yang, T., Shomorony, A., Wang, B.Y. and Kohane, D.S. “Hollow Silica Nanoparticles Penetrate the Peripheral Nerve and Enhance the Nerve Blockade from Tetrodotoxin.” Nano letters
• 2015: Shomorony, A., Pfeifer, C.R., Aronova, M.A., Zhang, G., Cai, T., Xu, H., Notkins, A.L. and Leapman, R.D. “Combining quantitative 2D and 3D image analysis in the serial block face SEM: application to secretory organelles of pancreatic islet cells.” Journal of microscopy
• 2015: Pfeifer, C. R., Shomorony, A., Aronova, M.A., Zhang, G., Cai, T., Xu, H., Notkins, A.L, Leapman, R.D. "Quantitative analysis of mouse pancreatic islet architecture by serial block-face SEM." Journal of structural biology
• 2013: Shomorony, A., Fan, R. "Immuno-DNA-directed Assembly of Heterotypic Multicellular Systems." Chemistry letters

Book Chapters

• 2023: Sclafani, A.P., Shomorony, A. Advanced approach to injection of the lips and perioral region, including avoidance and management of complications. Sundaram, H., Magnusson, M., Papadopoulos, T., (Ed.), Master Class in Soft Tissue Fillers (1st Edition, TBD). CRC Press.
• 2022: Shomorony, A., Cole, A.M., Kim, M., Sclafani, A.P. Postoperative Pain After Rhinoplasty and Rhinologic Surgery. Rajendram, R., Preedy, V.R., Patel, V.B., Martin, C.R., (Ed.), Features and Assessments of Pain, Anesthesia, and Analgesia (1st Edition, Page 257-264.). Elsevier.
• 2022: Shomorony, A., Barber, B., Atmakuri, M. Reconstructive and Facial Plastic Surgery. Pasha, R., Golub, J.S. (Ed.), Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Clinical Reference Guide (6th Edition, Volume, Page 437-526.). Plural Publishing.

National Research Presentations

• 2023: American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV — Modified Rhytidectomy Approach for Excision of Non-Salivary Gland Lesions with Optimal Oncologic and Aesthetic Outcomes
• 2023: AAFPRS at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings, Boston, MA — Augmented Virtual Examination for Rhinoplasty and Rhinologic Surgery
• 2023: Triological Society at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings, Boston, MA — Augmented Otolaryngologic Evaluation in Telemedical Visits
• 2022: American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD — Special Considerations for Septorhinoplasty in the Ehlers-Danlos Patient
• 2022: Triological Society at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings, Dallas, TX — Otolaryngology Consultations for Airway Foreign Body: An Assessment of Diagnostic Modalities
• 2021: American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA — Otolaryngology Consults and the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City
• 2021: American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA — Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Augmented Outpatient Otolaryngology Consultation
• 2021: American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV — The Impact of COVID-19 on Facial Trauma Consults in New York City
• 2020: American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Meeting, Boston, MA — Combined Resection, Reconstruction, and Dental Rehabilitation for Odontogenic Keratocysts
• 2018: American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA — Biocompatibility of a Transtympanic Antibiotic Delivery System for Otitis Media
• 2017: Society for Student-Run Free Clinics Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA — The Role of Google Translate in Healthcare: A Strategy for Student-Run Free Clinics
• 2016: National Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Conference, Minneapolis, MN — Antibody-Modified-Conduit Blood Filtration: An Extracorporeal Immune-Modulating Therapy for Sepsis
• 2014: Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA — SBF-SEM for Characterization of Tissue Ultrastructure: Modeling a Typical Pancreatic Beta Cell
• 2011: National Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Conference, Hartford, CT — Immuno-DNA-Directed Cell Assembly: Towards de Novo Construction of Stem Cell Niches

Previous Research Positions

2018: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA

• Mentor: Mark Varvares, MD
• Research: Quality of life and functional outcomes following oral cavity resection and reconstruction; Drug delivery systems for salvage head and neck surgery

2015 – 2019: Boston Children’s Hospital / MIT, Boston, MA

• Mentor: Daniel Kohane, MD, PhD
• Research: Extracorporeal Immune Modulating Therapy for Sepsis; Prolonged-duration Local Anesthesia via Liposomal Formulations of Capsaicin and Tetrodotoxin; Polymer-Tetrodotoxin Conjugates for Prolonged Local Anesthesia with Minimal Toxicity; Biocompatibility of a Transtympanic Antibiotic Delivery System for Otitis Media

2013 – 2014: National Institutes of Health (NIH) / NIBIB, Bethesda, MD

• Mentor: Richard Leapman, PhD
• Research: Characterization of biological ultrastructure using advanced electron microscopy; Quantitative analysis of pancreatic islet architecture by serial block-face SEM

2010 – 2013: Yale Biomedical Engineering Dept., New Haven, CT

• Mentor: Rong Fan, PhD
• Research: Immuno-DNA-directed cell assembly; Proteomic signatures of in vitro differentiation of glioblastoma stem cells

2012: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

• Mentor: Gary Schwartz, MD
• Research: The roles of different regulators in KPT300-induced apoptosis of sarcoma cells

Work Experience

2018 – 2019: Teaching Assistant, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA

• Developed curriculum for undergraduate course in Frontiers in Therapeutics

2016 – 2019: Tour Guide & Global Ambassador, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

• Gave tours to local and international audiences in English and Portuguese

2016: Teaching Assistant, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

• Taught Human Biochemistry and Metabolic Diseases to first year medical students

2013: Blumenfeld Lab - Yale School of Medicine / Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

• Performed neurological tests on epilepsy patients and analyzed EEG data

2011: Koerner Center for Emeritus Faculty, New Haven, CT

• Organized and promoted social events for Yale alumni and Emeritus faculty

2010 – 2011: Yale Student Ambassador, New Haven, CT / Miami, FL

• Lectured on college admissions and financial aid at local high schools

Leadership & Volunteer Experience

2014 – 2019: Crimson Care Collaborative

• Student- and faculty-run clinical program for underserved patient populations
• Junior Clinician (2014-15), Senior Clinician (2015-2016), Senior Director (2018)

2014 – 2016: Harvard Medical School – Crimson Crepitus Acappella

• Founding Member: Co-founded acapella group dedicated to performances in Boston-area hospitals and community clinics

2012 – 2013: HAVEN Free Clinic – Fair Haven Community Health Center, Fair Haven, CT

• Spanish & Portuguese Interpreter: interpreted and scheduled patient appointments and referrals

2011 – 2012: Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)

• Social Chair: Organized department-wide events to display student research and campus-wide events to promote the Yale BMES Chapter

2011 – 2012: Relay for Life at Yale – American Cancer Society

• Volunteering Committee Chair: Organized Yale’s Relay for Life to raise funds for cancer awareness, prevention and research

2011 – 2012: Yale Out of the Blue

• Musical Director: Arranged music, led rehearsals and produced CDs for Yale’s undergraduate pop/rock acappella group Out of the Blue

2006 – 2009: Michael Ann Russell Jewish Community Center, Miami, FL

• Head of Education: Coordinated youth movement and chaired its department of education

Languages

• English
• Portuguese
• Spanish
• Hebrew