Gintas P. Krisciunas, PhD, MPH, MA

Research Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Gintas Krisciunas is a Research Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center. His research focuses on clinical outcomes with a particular focus on head and neck cancer treatment morbidity. His interdisciplinary research involves testing behavioral treatments for radiation induced dysphagia, designing outcome measurement instruments, and creating/testing novel medical technologies related to surgical margin guidance and endoscopy. He has served as a PI, Co-I, or project manager on a number of NIH, PCORI, industry, and internally funded clinical research projects, and serves as a member of the Boston University Medical Center IRB.

Publications

  • Published 4/14/2026

    Sakharkar M, Spokas G, Jalihal P, Berry L, Rodriguez-Diaz E, Bigio IJ, Grillone GA, Krisciunas GP. A prospective cohort study testing whether oral cavity mucosal tissue variability influences elastic scattering spectroscopy (ESS) measures. Am J Otolaryngol. 2026; 47(3):104836. PMID: 42001561.

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  • Published 2/13/2026

    Sabat L, Barfejani AH, Chow G, Zuckerman M, Lee J, Edwards H, Krisciunas GP. The Persistence of Racial Representation Disparity in Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Trials in the United States: A Temporal Analysis of 20?Years of Data. Head Neck. 2026 Feb 13. PMID: 41689246.

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  • Published 3/5/2025

    Krisciunas GP, Rodriguez-Diaz E, Berry L, Spokas G, A'Amar OM, Couey M, Edwards H, Gooey J, Hanks J, Lu Z, Lucas D, O'Leary M, Pistey R, Sakharkar M, Sayre K, Tracy J, Zhao G, Bigio IJ, Grillone GA. Elastic scattering spectroscopy for intraoperative oral cancer mucosal margin guidance: Initial results from a 104 patient cohort. Am J Otolaryngol. 2025; 46(3):104605. PMID: 40058291.

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  • Published 1/16/2025

    Chow G, Scher M, Krisciunas GP, Tracy LF. Comprehensive Review of Multilingual Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Dysphonia. J Voice. 2025 Jan 16. PMID: 39824736.

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  • Published 12/24/2024

    Sakharkar M, Spokas G, Berry L, Daniels K, Nithagon P, Rodriguez-Diaz E, Tracy L, Noordzij JP, Bigio I, Grillone G, Krisciunas GP. Non-invasive screening for laryngeal cancer using the oral cavity as a proxy for differentiation of laryngeal cancer versus leukoplakia: A novel application of ESS technology and artificial intelligence supported statistical modeling. Am J Otolaryngol. 2025; 46(1):104581. PMID: 39742670.

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Education

  • Boston University School of Public Health, PhD
  • Boston University School of Medicine, MA
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MPH
  • Connecticut College, BA

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