Daniel Kwon, MD
Dr. Kwon is a board certified and fellowship trained head and neck cancer surgeon. He has special training in head and neck cancer surgery including microvascular reconstruction, robotic surgery, thyroid/parathyroid surgery. His practice focuses on thyroid cancer and complex head and neck tumors.
He co-directs the Thyroid Center of Excellence at Keck Medicine of USC and is part of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA) Thyroid Cancer group. Alongside his colleague partner, Dr. Gabriel Gomez, he is the highest volume pediatric thyroid surgeon in the West Coast.
Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery
Microvascular Reconstruction
Education
Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA
Head and Neck Oncology, Microvascular Reconstruction and Robotics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Accomplishments
Otolaryngology, American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Fellow of American College of Surgeons (FACS)
American Head and Neck Society
American College of Surgeons
American Thyroid Association
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Society
Publications
Park J, Chang C, Kwon D. Use of fibrin adhesive for preventing pharyngocutaneous fistula in total laryngectomy. American Journal of Otolaryngology. 2020 Nov 1;41(6):102674.
Vuong CD, Watson WB, Kwon DI, Mohan SS, Perez MN, Lee SC, Simental AA. Cost effectiveness of intraoperative pathology in the management of indeterminate thyroid nodules. Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2020.
Kwon D, Genden EM, de Bree R, Rodrigo JP, Rinaldo A, Sanabria A, Rapidis AD, Takes RP, Ferlito A. Overcoming wound complications in head and neck salvage surgery. Auris Nasus Larynx. 2018 Dec 1;45(6):1135-42.
Kwon D, Simental A. Techniques for thyroid cancer involving extreme superior thyroid pole. Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 2018 Mar 1;29(1):10-3.
Research
Dr. Kwon has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal publications, book chapters, and review editorials in the realms of head and neck cancer and thyroid disease.
