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 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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  • Published 6/18/2024

    Daniels K, Chanda A, Berry L, Edke A, Patel P, Wun A, Krisciunas GP. A Survey of Manual Therapy Techniques and Protocols Used to Prevent or Treat Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients During and after Radiation Therapy. Glob Adv Integr Med Health. 2024; 13:27536130241263349. PMID: 38903482.

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  • Published 1/29/2024

    Krisciunas GP, Scheel R, Slavin M. Implementing Dysphagia Outcome Assessments into Clinical Settings: Leveraging Principles of Implementation, Dissemination, and Psychometrics. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2024 Mar 07; 33(2):707-715. PMID: 38284938.

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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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