Specialties

• head and neck cancer
• head and neck surgery
• head and neck reconstruction
• salivary gland disease

Education

Undergraduate: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cornell University, 2013

Medical Degree: University of California, San Francisco, 2019

Residency: University of California, San Francisco, 2024

Locations

Dr. Plonowska sees patients at:

Select publications

1. Sajisevi M, Nguyen K, Callas P, Holcomb AJ, Vural E, Davis KP, Thomas CM, Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, et al. Oncologic Safety of Close Margins in Patients With Low- to Intermediate-Grade Major Salivary Gland Carcinoma. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Dec 14. PMID: 38095911.
2. Souza SS, Stephens EM, Bourdillon AT, Bhethanabotla R, Farzal Z, Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Qualliotine JR, Heaton CM, Ha PK, Ryan WR. Circulating tumor HPV DNA assessments after surgery for human papilloma virus-associated oropharynx carcinoma. Am J Otolaryngol. 2023 Dec 09; 45(2):104184. PMID: 38101135.
3. Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Knott PD. In Response to Increasing pedicle reach with musculocutaneous perforator dissection in anterolateral thigh free flaps. Laryngoscope. 2023 Oct 24. PMID: 37873866.
4. Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Gulati A, Stephens EM, Ochoa E, Xu MJ, Ha PK, Heaton CM, Yom SS, Chan JW, Algazi
   A, Kang H, Ryan WR. Treatment Modality Impact on Patient-Reported Quality of Life in Human Papilloma Virus-Associated Oropharyngeal Carcinoma. Laryngoscope. 2023 Sep 28. PMID: 37767815.
5. Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, House A, Park AM, Seth R, Heaton CM, Fridirici Z, Knott PD. Increasing Pedicle Reach with Musculocutaneous Perforator Dissection in Anterolateral Thigh Free Flaps. Laryngoscope. 2023 Jul 05. PMID: 37403890.
6. Gulati A, Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Stephens EM, Kansara S, Zebolsky AL, Ochoa E, Xu MJ, Ha PK, Heaton CM, Yom SS, Chan JW, Algazi AP, Kang H, Ryan WR. A prospective evaluation of neck and shoulder function following treatments of early-stage human papillomavirus-associated oropharynx cancer. Clin Otolaryngol. 2023 May 22. PMID: 37212448.
7. Stephens EM, Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Gulati A, Kansara S, Qualliotine J, Zelbolsky AL, van Zante A, Ha PK, Heaton CM, Ryan WR. Prospective quality of life outcomes for human papillomavirus associated oropharynx cancer patients after surgery alone. Am J Otolaryngol. 2023 May 05; 44(4):103915. PMID: 37210888.
8. Benjamin T, Zebolsky AL, Haddad AF, Ochoa E, Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Park AM, Seth R, Knott PD. Anterolateral Thigh Free Flap Versus Thigh Split Thickness Skin Graft: Comparison of Morbidity in the First 30 Days. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2022 Oct 5. PubMed PMID: 36201233.
9. Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Zebolsky AL, Lindeborg MM, McNeill C, Knott PD, Seth R, Park AM, Heaton CM. Restarting Therapeutic Antibiotics Following Postoperative Prophylaxis in Head and Neck Microvascular Free Tissue
   Transfer. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Aug 16. PubMed PMID: 35972809.
10. Callander JK, Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Gulati A, Chang JL, Ryan WR. Symptom Outcomes After Sialendoscopy-Assisted Salivary Duct Surgery: A Prospective 6-Year Study. Laryngoscope. 2022 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: 35848880.
11. Ryan WR, Xu MJ, Ochoa E, Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Zebolsky AL, Ha PK, Bewley AF, Mallen-St Clair J, Joshi AS, Coffey CS, Faraji F, MacDonald BV, Houlton JJ, Gobillot TA, Curry JM, Philips R, Hackman TG, Richmon JD, Holcomb AJ, Coughlin AM, Panwar A, Smith RB, Herberg ME, Fakhry C, Cognetti DM. Oncologic outcomes of human papillomavirus-associated oropharynx carcinoma treated with surgery alone: A 12-institution study of 344
    patients. Cancer. 2021 Sep 1;127(17):3092-3106. PubMed PMID: 33957701.
12. Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Fung M, Glastonbury C, Ha PK. Parapharyngeal tuberculoid mass: A rare complication of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy for urothelial carcinoma in situ. Clin Case Rep. 2021 Jun;9(6):e04172. PubMed PMID: 34194767; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8222752.