Roles
- Associate Professor
- Fellowship Director, Head and Neck Surgery
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Biography
Jason M. Leibowitz, MD, FACS, is an Associate Professor on the Clinical Educator track in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he practices in the Division of Head and Neck Surgery at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. He serves as director of the department's head and neck surgery fellowship.
Dr. Leibowitz earned his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine in 2005. He completed an internship in General Surgery (2006) and a residency in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (2010) at the University of Pennsylvania. He then completed fellowship training in Head and Neck Surgery and Microvascular Reconstruction at the University of Miami (2010–2012).
His clinical practice is devoted to head and neck oncologic surgery, with particular expertise in microvascular free tissue transfer and reconstruction after cancer resection, as well as the surgical management of salivary gland and cutaneous malignancies.
His research addresses outcomes and biology in head and neck cancer, including the tumor immune microenvironment and recurrence risk in squamous cell carcinoma, multi-center studies of free flap outcomes, nodal staging in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, and sociodemographic disparities in head and neck cancer care in Florida.
Dr. Leibowitz is a member of multiple national committees, such as the AAO-HNS Head and Neck Surgery Education Committee and serves as a CertLink curriculum curator, and he is a committee member of the AHNS CME Service. He received the AAO-HNS/F 2025 Honor Award for sustained volunteer service to the Academy, the HNSEC Committee of Excellence Award in 2025, and a Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center H.E.A.R.T. Award. -
Education & Training
Education
Post Graduate Training
Licensures and Certifications
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Honors & Awards
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Teaching Interests
Head and neck surgery fellowship education — curriculum, mentoring, and fellow recruitment (as fellowship co-director)Airway management education — didactic teaching and hands-on skills-station instruction (U Miami Otolaryngology Airway Course)Surgical skills teaching in head and neck reconstruction (course faculty, Mid Face Course)National curriculum development for otolaryngology education — CertLink curation (HNSEC/ABO-HNS) and OTOSource module revision -
Research Interests
Tumor immune microenvironment and recurrence risk in head and neck squamous cell carcinomaFree flap / free tissue transfer outcomes — vessel selection, complications, and perioperative mortality (multi-center studies)Nodal staging and prognosis in head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinomaSociodemographic disparities in head and neck cancer (oropharyngeal and oral cavity cancer in Florida)Salivary gland malignancies — including indications for neck dissection in mucoepidermoid carcinomaHead and neck reconstruction techniques and outcomes, including free tissue reconstruction of the skull baseCancer-associated fibroblasts and cytokine signaling in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma -
Publications
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