Research Interest:  Rhinology, Sleep disordered breathing, drug elution

List of Publications:

1.    Catalano PJ, Levin SM:  Noise-induced hearing loss and portable radios with headphones.  International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 1985: 9: 59-67.

2.    Catalano PJ:  Zenker's diverticulum - Case report and review.  The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine 1985: 54 (6) 535-540.

3.    Katz AD, Catalano PJ:  The clinical significance of the various anastomotic branches of the facial nerve.  Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1987: 113 (9): 959-962.

4.    Catalano PJ, White I, Catz B:  Thyroid malignancy presenting as an obstructing pharyngeal tumor. Surgical Rounds. October, 1988: 77-80.

5.    Catalano PJ, Lawson W, Bottone E, LeBenger J:  Basidiomycetous
(mushroom) infection of the maxillary sinus.  Otolaryngology-Head and Neck
Surgery 1990: 102 (2):183-186.

6.    Catalano PJ, Lawson W, Som P, Biller HF:  Radiographic evaluation and diagnosis of the failed frontal osteoplastic flap with fat obliteration.  Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1991: 104 (2): 225-234.

7.    Ludov N, Som PM, Catalano PJ:  Eccentric cystic facial schwannoma; CT and MR Features.  Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography: 1991: 15: 1065-1067.

8.    Catalano PJ, Urken ML, Alvarez M, Norton K, Biller HF, Wedgewood J. Holzman I:  New approach to the management of airway obstruction in the "high risk" neonate.  Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1992: 118 (3): 306-309.

9.    Catalano PJ, Eden AR:  An external reference to identify the internal auditory canal in middle fossa surgery.  Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1993: 108 (2): 111-117.

10.    Catalano PJ, Biller HF, Sachdev V:  Access to the central skull base via a modified Le Fort I maxillotomy: The palatal hinge flap.  Skull Base Surgery 1993: 3 (1): 60-68.

11.    Catalano PJ, Biller HF:  Extended osteoplastic maxillotomy: A versatile new procedure for wide access to the central skull base and infratemporal fossa.  Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1993: 119 (4): 394-400.

12.    Urken ML, Catalano PJ, Sen C, Post K, Futran N, Biller HF:  Free tissue transfer for skull base reconstruction: Analysis of complications and a classification scheme for defining skull base defects.  Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1993: 119: (12): 1318-1325.

13.    Rothschild MA, Catalano PJ, Urken ML, Brandwein M, Som P, Norton K, Biller HF:  Evaluation and management of congenital cervical teratoma.  Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1994: 120: 444-448.

14.    Rothschild MA, Catalano PJ, Biller HF:  Ambulatory pediatric tonsillectomy and the identification of high risk subgroups.  Otolaryngology- Head Neck Surgery 1994: 110: 203-210.

15.    Frasier AB, Sen C, Casden A, Catalano PJ, Post KD: Cervical transdural intramedullary migration of a sublaminar wire: A complication of cervical fixation.  Spine 1994: 19: 456-459.

16.    Urken ML, Weinberg H, Buchbinder D, Moscoso J, Lawson W, Catalano PJ, Biller HF:  Microvascular free flaps in head and neck reconstruction:  Report of 200 cases and review of complications.  Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1994: 120: 633-640.

17.    Catalano PJ, Bederson J, Turk JB, Sen C, Biller HF:  New approach for operative management of vascular lesions of the infratemporal internal carotid artery.  American Journal of Otology 1994: 15: 495-501.

18.    Som PJ, Lidov M, Catalano PJ, Brandwein M, Biller HF: Sinonasal esthesioneuroblastoma with intracranial extension: Observations on marginal tumor cysts as a diagnostic MRI finding.  American Journal of Neuroradiology August, 1994: 15: 1259-1262.

19.    Catalano PJ, Hecht C, Biller HF, Lawson W, Post K, Sachdev V, Sen C, Urken ML:  Craniofacial resection: Analysis of 73 cases.  Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1994: 120: 1203-1208.

20.    Catalano PJ, Bergstein M, Post K, Sen C: Management of the eye following iatrogenic facial paralysis.  Neurosurgery August, 1994: 35: 2: 259-263.

21.    Catalano, PJ, Simpson DM, Eden AR: Infraorbital (V2) and mental (V3) nerve stimulations produce correspondingly specific facial nerve reflexes analogous to the blink reflex.  European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology (Suppl): S221, 1994.

22.    Catalano PJ, Bergstein M, Biller HF:  Comprehensive management of the eye in facial palsy.  Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery January, 1995: 121: 81-86.

23.    Seigal D, Sen C, Catalano, PJ: Predictive value of preoperative balloon occlusion test of the internal carotid artery.  Skull Base Surgery April, 1995: Vol. 2, #2: 97-107.

24.    Catalano PJ, Sen C, Biller HF: Cranial neuropathy(s) secondary to the perineural spread of cutaneous malignancies.  American Journal of Otology 1995; Vol. 16, #6: 1-6.

25.    Sen C, Eisenberg M, Casden AM, Sundaresan N, Catalano PJ:  Management of the vertebral artery in excision of extradural tumors of the cervical spine.  Neurosurgery 1995: 36: 106-116.

26.    Post K, Eisenberg M, Catalano PJ: Hearing preservation in acoustic neuroma surgery: What factors influence outcome.  Journal of Neurosurgery 1995: 83: 191-196.

27.    Catalano PJ, Post K, Sen C, Simpson D: Preoperative facial nerve studies predict paresis following cerebello-pontine angle surgery.  American Journal of Otology, 17(3):446-451, May 1996.

28.    Catalano PJ, Brandwein M, Shah DK, Urken ML, Lawson W, Biller HF:  Sinonasal hemangiopericytomas: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of seven cases. Head & Neck January/February 1996: 18:42-53.

29.    Shaari CM, Catalano PJ, Sen C, Post K: Central nervous system metastases from
esthesioneuroblastoma. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery June 1996: 114(6):808-812.

30.    Catalano PJ, Post K: Elimination of tinnitus following hearing preservation surgery for acoustic tumors.  American Journal of Otology May 1996: 17(3):443-445.

31.    Hague K, Catalano PJ, Rothschild MA: Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease presenting as sudden respiratory arrest in a 3-year-old child.  Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology March 1997: 106(3):244-247.

32.    Gunderson E, Moline J, Catalano PJ: Risks of developing NIHL in employees of urban music clubs.  American Journal of Industrial Medicine 1997: 31: 75-79.

33.    Catalano PJ, Fang-Hui E, Som P: The imaging demonstration of fluid-fluid levels in benign neurogenic tumors.  American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb. 1997: 18:
385-387.

34.    Friedland DR, Catalano PJ: Infant hearing screening: A cost effectiveness analysis of the high risk register and auditory brainstem response.  International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology1996: 38: 115-130.

35.    Catalano PJ, Jacobowitz O, Post KD: Elimination of headache following retrosigmoid   
removal of acoustic tumors.  American Journal of Otology 1996. Vol 17 (6), 904-908.

36.    Brisman M, Sen C., Catalano PJ: Results of Surgery for Head and Neck Cancers that  
Involve the Carotid Artery at the Skull Base. Journal of Neurosurgery 1997 86:787-792.

37.    Catalano PJ, Sen C, Post K, Costantino P: The Use of Cement in Prevention of CSF Leak in CPA Surgery,. Proceedings of the “3rd International Congress on Acoustic Neurinoma and Other CPA Tumors”: June 12-17, 1999.

38.    Catalano PJ, Sen C, Post K, Costantino P, Friedman C: Prevention of Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea Following Neurotologic Surgery.  American Journal of Otology March, 2000: Vol 21(2), 265-69.

39.    Costantino P, Chaplin J, Wolpoe ME, Catalano PJ, Sen C, Bederson J, Govindaraj S.:
Applications of Fast-Setting Hydroxyapatite Cement: Cranioplasty.  Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery October, 2000: Vol 123 (4), 409-412.

40.    Catalano PJ, Catalano LA, Setliff RC:  Minimally Invasive Sinus Surgery in the Geriatric Patient. Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology June 2001: Vol 12(2), 85-90.

41.    Laidlaw D, Costantino P, Garindaraj V, Catalano PJ:  Tympanic membrane repair using a dermal allograft. Laryngoscope. 2001; 111: 702-7.

42.    Catalano PJ, Laidlaw D, Sen C: Globe-Sparing Orbital Exenteration.
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Oct. 2001:Vol. 125(4), 379-84.

43.    Setliff RC, Catalano PJ, Catalano LA, Francis C: Classification of the Ethmoid Bulla and It’s Ostia.  Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery Dec. 2001: Vol. 125 (6), 598-602.

44.    Roffman E, Scharukh J, Hybels R, Catalano PJ: Extraction of Sharp Esophageal Foreign  Bodies. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery June, 2002: Vol. 128 (9), 1096-1098.

45.    Catalano PJ, Roffman E.: Long-term Outcome in Patients with Chronic Sinusitis Following MIST.  American Journal of Rhinology Jan/Feb 2003:Vol. 17 (1), 18-23.

46.    Catalano PJ, Roffman E.: Evaluation of Middle Meatal Stenting following MIST.  Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, June, 2003, 875-881.

47.    Catalano PJ: Minimally Invasive Sinus Techniques (MIST): A Surgical Model for the
Treatment of Chronic Sinusitis. American Rhinologic Society. Summer 2003:Vol 22 (3).

48.    Catalano PJ: MIST: What is it? When should we consider it?  Current Opinion in
Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery, Feb, 2004, 34-37.

49.    Catalano PJ, Dolan R, Seldin D, Silverman M: Correlations between SPECT Bone 
Scanning and Histopathology of the Ethmoidal Bulla. Annals of Otology, Rhinolgy, and Laryngology, 2007; Vol. 116 (9), 647-652.

50.    Choi EE, Catalano PJ, Chang KK: Chondro-Osseous Respiratory Epithelial Hamartoma of the Sino-nasal Tract. Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Jan, 2006: Vol. 134 (1), 168- 169.