Brief Biography

Dr. Paolo Campisi joined the Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto in July 2004 as a full-time paediatric otolaryngologist. He has a particular interest in disorders of the head and neck, airway and voice. He is director of the Centre for Paediatric Voice and Laryngeal Function, a subspecialty clinic designed for the care of children with voice disorders.

Dr. Campisi earned his medical degree from the University of Western Ontario and pursued residency training in otolaryngology at McGill University. He then returned to Toronto to complete a fellowship in paediatric otolaryngology at The Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Campisi holds a Master’s level degree in both pharmacology and otolaryngology.

Dr. Campisi is a member of the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology, the American Academy of Otolaryngology, the Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children and the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Otolaryngology and Bronchoesophagology

Publications

Allegro J, Campisi P, Papsin B. Acoustic analysis of voice in cochlear implant recipients with post-meningitic hearing loss. Submitted to J Voice, April 2007.

Hawkes M, Campisi P, Zafar R, Punthakee X, Dupuis A, Forte V, Ford-Jones EL. Mathematical modeling of the time course of juvenile onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. Submitted to CMAJ, March 2007.

Ngan BY, Forte V, Campisi P. Molecular angiogenic signaling in angiofibromas post-embolization: Implications to therapy. Submitted to Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, January 2007.

Shah MD, Nguyen LHP, Campisi P, James A, Taylor GP, Forte V. A novel porcine model for endolaryngeal injury following prolonged intubation. Submitted to Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, January 2007.

Jowett NTP, Weersink RA, Zhang K, Campisi P, Forte V. Airway luminal diameter and shape measurement by means of an intraluminal fiber optic probe: A bench model. Submitted to Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, March 2006.

Licup AT, Campisi P, Viero S, Forte V. Facial nerve schwannoma presenting as a facial mass in a pediatric patient. Submitted to Eur J Pediatr Surg, January 2006.

Leung R, Hawkes M, Campisi P. Socioeconomic status and recurrent respiratory papillomatos. In press: Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, Accepted March 2007.

Campisi P, Allen UD, Ngan BY, Hawkes M, Forte V. The utility of biopsies in the head and neck region in the evaluation of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder. In Press: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, Accepted February 2007