Sam Marzo
M.D., FACS
Professor
Medical Director, Balance and Hearing Center
Medical Director, ENT
Residency Program Director, ENT
Otolaryngology
Neurological Surgery
CONTACT INFORMATION
Specialties
Surgery for Hearing Loss, Surgery for Deafness, Deafness, Hearing Loss, Bell's Palsy, Intratympanic Therapy for Hearing Loss, Stapes Surgery, Acoustic Tumors, Facial Nerve Disorders, Intratympanic Therapy for Hearing Loss, Ear Disorders, Ear Disease, Facial Paralysis, Skull Base Surgery, Hearing Problems, Surgical Treatment of Facial Paralysis, Cochlear Implantation, Stapes Surgery, Laser Ear Surgery, Hearing Restoration, Chronic Ear Surgery, Ear Drum Perforation, Sudden Deafness, Implantable Hearing Devices, Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid, BAHA, Mastoiditis, Sudden Hearing Loss, Single-Sided Deafness, Unilateral Hearing Loss, Bilateral Hearing Loss, Cholesteatoma, Temporal Bone Tumors, Envoy Esteem Hearing Implant
Services
Board Certifications
Neurotology - Subspecialty: AM Board of Otolaryngology
Otolaryngology - General Cert: AM Board of Otolaryngology
Publications
Mantravadi,A. V.; Leonetti,J. P.; Burgette,R.; Pontikis,G.; Marzo,S. J.; Anderson,D.Body mass index predicts risk for complications from transtemporal cerebellopontine angle surgery Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2013 ;148(3):460-465
Leonetti,J. P.; Benscoter,B. J.; Marzo,S. J.; Borrowdale,R. W.; Pontikis,G. C.Preauricular infratemporal fossa approach for advanced malignant parotid tumors. Laryngoscope 2012 ;122(9):1949-1953
Foecking,E. M.; Fargo,K. N.; Coughlin,L. M.; Kim,J. T.; Marzo,S. J.; Jones,K. J.Single session of brief electrical stimulation immediately following crush injury enhances functional recovery of rat facial nerve Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 2012 ;49(3):451-458
Foecking,E. M.; Fargo,K. N.; Coughlin,L. M.; Kim,J. T.; Marzo,S. J.; Jones,K. J.Single session of brief electrical stimulation immediately following crush injury enhances functional recovery of rat facial nerve. Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development 2012 ;49(3):451-458
Mantravadi,A. V.; Marzo,S. J.; Leonetti,J. P.; Fargo,K. N.; Carter,M. S.Lateral temporal bone and parotid malignancy with facial nerve involvement Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2011 ;144(3):395-401
Marzo,Sam, J.; Benscoter,Brent; Leonetti,John, P.Contemporary options for lateral skull base reconstruction following tumor extirpation Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery 2011 ;19(5):330-334
Leonetti,J. P.; Marzo,S. J.; Zender,C. A.; Porter,R. G.; Melian,E.Temporal bone osteoradionecrosis after surgery and radiotherapy for malignant parotid tumors. Otology & Neurotology 2010 ;31(4):656-659
Marzo,S. J.; Moeller,C. W.; Sharma,N.; Cunningham,K.; Jones,K. J.; Foecking,E. M.Facial motor nuclei cell loss with intratemporal facial nerve crush injuries in rats. Laryngoscope 2010 ;120(11):2264-2269
Sharma,N.; Marzo,S. J.; Jones,K. J.; Foecking,E. M.Electrical stimulation and testosterone differentially enhance expression of regeneration-associated genes. Experimental neurology 2010 ;223(1):183-191
Sharma,N.; Moeller,C. W.; Marzo,S. J.; Jones,K. J.; Foecking,E. M.Combinatorial treatments enhance recovery following facial nerve crush. Laryngoscope 2010 ;120(8):1523-1530
Sharma,N.; Coughlin,L.; Porter,R. G.; Tanzer,L.; Wurster,R. D.; Marzo,S. J.; Jones,K. J.; Foecking,E. M.Effects of electrical stimulation and gonadal steroids on rat facial nerve regenerative properties. Restorative Neurology & Neuroscience 2009 ;27(6):633-644
Sharma,N.; Cunningham,K.; Porter,R. G.,Sr; Marzo,S. J.; Jones,K. J.; Foecking,E. M.Comparison of extratemporal and intratemporal facial nerve injury models. Laryngoscope 2009 ;119(12):2324-2330
Marzo,S. J.; Zender,C. A.; Leonetti,J. P.Facial nerve schwannoma. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery 2009 ;17(5):346-350
Hetzler,L. E.; Sharma,N.; Tanzer,L.; Wurster,R. D.; Leonetti,J.; Marzo,S. J.; Jones,K. J.; Foecking,E. M.Accelerating functional recovery after rat facial nerve injury: Effects of gonadal steroids and electrical stimulation. Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2008 ;139(1):62-67
Leonetti,J. P.; Zender,C. A.; Vandevender,D.; Marzo,S. J.Long-term results of microvascular free-tissue transfer reanimation of the paralyzed face: three cases. Ear, nose, & throat journal 2008 ;87(4):226-229
Lal,D.; Hetzler,L. T.; Sharma,N.; Wurster,R. D.; Marzo,S. J.; Jones,K. J.; Foecking,E. M.Electrical stimulation facilitates rat facial nerve recovery from a crush injury. Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2008 ;139(1):68-73
Leonetti,J. P.; Marzo,S. J.; Agarwal,N.Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid gland with temporal bone invasion. Otology & Neurotology 2008 ;29(4):545-548
Leonetti,J. P.; Anderson,D. E.; Marzo,S. J.; Origitano,T. C.; Schuman,R.The preauricular subtemporal approach for transcranial petrous apex tumors. Otology & Neurotology 2008 ;29(3):380-383
Leonetti,J. P.; Anderson,D. E.; Marzo,S. J.; Origitano,T. C.; Vandevender,D.; Quinonez,R.Facial paralysis associated with glomus jugulare tumors. Otology & Neurotology 2007 ;28(1):104-106
Leonetti,J. P.; Anderson,D. E.; Marzo,S. J.; Origitano,T. C.; Petruzzelli,G. J.Intratemporal Grafting of the Facial Nerve following Lateral Skull Base Tumor Resection Skull base : official journal of North American Skull Base Society ...[et al.] 2007 ;17(3):181-186
Shirazi,M. A.; Leonetti,J. P.; Marzo,S. J.; Anderson,D. E.Surgical management of facial neuromas: lessons learned. Otology & Neurotology 2007 ;28(7):958-963
Leonetti,J. P.; Anderson,D. E.; Marzo,S. J.; Origitano,T. C.; Schuman,R.Combined transtemporal access for large (>3 cm) meningiomas of the cerebellopontine angle. Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2006 ;134(6):949-952
Leonetti,J. P.; Anderson,D. E.; Marzo,S. J.; Origitano,T. C.; Shirazi,M.Intracranial schwannomas of the lower cranial nerves. Otology & Neurotology 2006 ;27(8):1142-1145
Leonetti,J. P.; Marzo,S. J.; Beauchamp,M. M.; Jellish,W. S.Long-term results with operated sinus tympani retraction cholesteatoma. Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2006 ;135(1):152-154
Shirazi,M. A.; Marzo,S. J.; Leonetti,J. P.Perioperative complications with the bone-anchored hearing aid. Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2006 ;134(2):236-239
Shirazi,M. A.; Muzaffar,K.; Leonetti,J. P.; Marzo,S. J.Surgical treatment of pediatric cholesteatomas. Laryngoscope 2006 ;116(9):1603-1607
Marzo,S. J.Intratympanic steroid perfusion for sudden sensorineural hearing loss Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery 2005 ;131(8):730-732
Leonetti,J. P.; Marzo,S. J.; Petruzzelli,G. J.; Herr,B.Recurrent pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland. Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2005 ;133(3):319-322
Marzo,S. J.; Leonetti,J. P.; Petruzzelli,G. J.; Vandevender,D.Closure of complex lateral skull base defects. Otology & Neurotology 2005 ;26(3):522-524
Marzo,S. J.; Leonetti,J. P.; Raffin,M. J.; Letarte,P.Diagnosis and management of post-traumatic vertigo. Laryngoscope 2004 ;114(10):1720-1723
Brockenbrough,J. M.; Marzo,S. J.; Wurster,R.; Young,M. R.Bone wax prevents nystagmus after labyrinthine fenestration in guinea pigs. Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2003 ;128(5):726-731
Marzo,S. J.Implantable hearing devices. ORL - Head & Neck Nursing 2003 ;21(4):22-25
Marzo,S. J.Intratympanic therapies for sensorineural hearing loss and vertigo ORL - Head & Neck Nursing 2003 ;21(3):9-13
Marzo,S. J.; Leonetti,J. P.Invasive fungal and bacterial infections of the temporal bone. Laryngoscope 2003 ;113(9):1503-1507
Marzo,S. J.; Leonetti,J. P.; Petruzzelli,G.Facial paralysis caused by malignant skull base neoplasms. Neurosurgical Focus 2002 ;12(5):e2
Marzo,S. J.; Leonetti,J. P.The importance of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of vertigo and imbalance. Skull Base Surgery 2000 ;10(4):171-172
Education
Medical School
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Residency
Loyola University Medical Center, Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery
Fellowship
Baptist Hospital, Otolaryngology: Otology, Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery
Interests & Hobbies
Golf
Woodworking
Kayaking
Family/Friends
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Diet and Nutrition