Zoe Fullerton, MD, MBE

Zoe Fullerton, MD, MBE

Fellow in advanced head and neck surgical oncology and microvascular reconstruction
Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery

Sees patients at

Siteman Cancer Center

Education

Undergraduate: BA, Science, Technology, Society, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

MD: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

MBE: Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Residency: Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Select publications

  1. Fullerton Z Catanese B, Shieh L, Crichton D. “Improving Advanced Care Planning and Reducing Readmissions Amongst Highest Risk Hospitalized Patients.” QIPSS, May 2022. Awarded best Multidisciplinary Presentation
  2. Noel, Julia E, Fullerton ZH. “Radiofrequency ablation of thyroid nodules: a narrative review and perspective on the patient experience and quality of life.” Annals of Thyroid (2022): n. pag.
  3. Fullerton ZH, Tsangaris E, DeVries CEE, Klassen AF, Aycart MA, Sidey-Gibbons CJ, Pusic AL, Pomahac B. Patient-reported outcomes measures used in facial vascularized composite allotransplantation: A systematic literature review. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2021 Oct 2:S1748-6815(21)00441-1. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.09.002. PMID: 34753682.
  4. Fullerton Z, Butler SS, Mahal BA, Muraldihar V, Schoenfeld JD, Tishler RB, Margalit DN. “Short-term Mortality Risks Among Oropharynx Cancer Patients by Human Papillomavirus Status.” Cancer, April 1, 2020
  5. Butler SS, Muralidhar V, Chavez J, Fullerton ZH, Mahal AR, Nezolosky M, Vastola M, Zhao SG, D’Amico AV, Dess RT, Feng FY, King MT, Mouw KW, Spratt DE, Trinh QD, Nguyen PL, Rebbeck TR, Mahal BA. “Active Surveillance or Watchful Waiting for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer in Black versus Non-Black Patients in the United States, 2010-2015.” N Engl J Med. May 22, 2019.
  6. Butler SS, Muralidhar V, Zhao S, Sanford N, Franco I, Fullerton Z, Chavez J, D’Amico AV, Feng FY, Rebbeck TR, Nguyen PL,Mahal, BA. “Prostate Cancer Incidence across Stage, NCCN Risk Groups, and Age before and after USPSTF Grade D Recommendations against PSA Screening in 2012.” Cancer. December, 3 2019
  7. Fullerton Z, Noonan M, Balakrishnan K “A Grounded Theory Investigation into the Otolaryngology Resident Learning Experience.” BMC Medical Education.
  8. Noonan, M, Fullerton Z, Balakrishnan K. “The Learner Experience in Otolaryngologic Education: A Grounded Theory Analysis”
  9. Fullerton Z, Vang, H, Bedi, N, Holsinger, FC, Starmer,H.”A Qualitative Study of Patient Experiences in Decision-Making in Oropharyngeal Cancer.” Under Review, AHNS Proceedings 2025