- MD, PhD, University of Western Australia (2012)
Education & Training
Our works spans ear-disease immunopathology, tympanic-membrane regeneration, inner-ear protection, and wound-healing therapies to reverse hearing loss caused by chronic infections (e.g. CSOM), noise trauma, tumors, and autoimmune inner-ear disease.
Chronic suppurative otitis media: disrupted host-microbial interactions and immune dysregulation. Yuan VG, Xia A, Santa Maria PL. Front Immunol. 2025 Mar 6;16:1547206. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1547206. eCollection 2025.
Optimal Timing of Primary Radiosurgical Treatment of Growing Vestibular Schwannoma: Insights From Salvage Microsurgery Outcomes. Marinelli JP, Herberg HA, Moore LS, Yancey KL, Kay-Rivest E, Casale GG, Durham A, Khandalavala KR, Lund-Johansen M, Kosaraju N, Lohse CM, Patel NS, Gurgel RK, Babu SC, Golfinos JG, Roland JT, Hunter JB, Kutz JW, Santa Maria PL, Link MJ, Tveiten ØV, Carlson ML. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 Feb 10. doi: 10.1002/ohn.1161.
Complications of Cholesteatoma. Hura N, Choo D, Santa Maria PL. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2025 Feb;58(1):51-64. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2024.08.009. Epub 2024 Oct 15.
A Selection Protocol to Identify Therapeutics to Target NLRP3-Associated Sensory Hearing Loss. Schiel V, Eftekharian K, Xia A, Bekale LA, Bhattacharya R, Santa Maria PL. Otol Neurotol. 2024 Dec 1;45(10):1178-1185. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000004321. Epub 2024 Sep 6.
