Baran Sumer, MD

Assistant Professor
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-2432

baran.sumer@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

FellowshipWashington University School of Medicine (2007)
ResidencyWashington University School of Medicine (2006)
InternshipWashington University School of Medicine (2002)
Medical SchoolCase Western Reserve University (2001)

Publications

Featured
Polymeric micelle nanoparticles for photodynamic treatment of head and neck cancer cells

Cohen EM, Ding H, Kessinger CW, Khemtong C, Gao J, Sumer BD , Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg , Spring 2010; (143(1):):109-15

Featured
Theranostic nanomedicine for cancer.

Sumer B, Gao J. , Nanomedicine , April 2008; (3(2)):137-140

Featured
Characterization and Optimization of mTHPP Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy of Head and Neck Cancer.

Ding H, Mora R, Gao J, Sumer BD, Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2011 Oct; 145 (4):612-7

Featured
Characterization and Optimization of mTHPP Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy of Head and Neck Cancer.

Ding H, Mora R, Gao J, Sumer BD, Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2011 Oct; 145 (4):612-7

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Tunable, ultrasensitive pH-responsive nanoparticles targeting specific endocytic organelles in living cells.

Zhou K, Wang Y, Huang X, Luby-Phelps K, Sumer BD, Gao J, Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2011 Jun; 50 (27):6109-14

Featured
Tunable, ultrasensitive pH-responsive nanoparticles targeting specific endocytic organelles in living cells.

Zhou K, Wang Y, Huang X, Luby-Phelps K, Sumer BD, Gao J, Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2011 Jun; 50 (27):6109-14

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Resection and free tissue reconstruction of locally advanced oral cancer: avoidance of lip split.

Myers LL, Sumer BD, Truelson JM, Ahn C, Leach JL, Microsurgery, 2011 Jul; 31 (5):347-52

Featured
Resection and free tissue reconstruction of locally advanced oral cancer: avoidance of lip split.

Myers LL, Sumer BD, Truelson JM, Ahn C, Leach JL, Microsurgery, 2011 Jul; 31 (5):347-52

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Photoactivation switch from type II to type I reactions by electron-rich micelles for improved photodynamic therapy of cancer cells under hypoxia.

Ding H, Yu H, Dong Y, Tian R, Huang G, Boothman DA, Sumer BD, Gao J, Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 2011 Aug;

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Impact of Treatment Sequence of Multimodal Therapy for Advanced Oral Cavity Cancer with Mandible Invasion.

Myers LL, Sumer BD, Truelson JM, Nedzi L, Perkins S, Hughes RS, Ahn C, Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2011 Aug;

Books

Heme Biology: The Secret Life of Heme in Regulating Diverse Biological Processes (Clinical Applications of Heme Biosynthetic Pathway: Photodynamic Therapy with Protoporphyrin IX)

Ding H, Sumer BD, Gao J, 2011

Vestibular Physiology

Goebel JA, Sumer BD, Theme Publishers (New York) 2006

Decision-Making in Plastic Surgery (Oral Cavity Cancer)

Sumer BD, Myers LL, Quality Medical Publishing2010

Honors/Awards

Texas Instruments Corporate Award

Research Gift (2011)

Triological Society Francis Lederer

FUSION Grant for Nanotechnology Research (2011)

SEBM Best Paper for 2010 in the Alan MacDiarmid Interdisciplinary Research

Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (2010)

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Research Award (2008)

Texas Instruments Corporate Award

Research Grant (2008)

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Clinical Sciences

Research Grant (2008)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

American Association for Cancer Research

American College of Surgeons

American Head and Neck Society

Texas Medical Association