Education

• MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1988
• Internship, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, 1988-1989
• Residency, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1989-1993
• Fellow, Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 1993-1994

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Hartig is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. His practice combines traditional head and neck surgery with facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. He has extensive experience managing head and neck cancer, including tumors of the skull base, and performing microvascular free tissue transfer reconstruction.

Dr. Hartig directs the head and neck oncology program at UW Hospital and Clinics, and is chief of the otolaryngology service at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital.

Dr. Hartig provides a wide range of services including Airway Dilation, Airway Reconstruction, Endoscopic Partial Laryngectomy, Esophageal Dilation, Free Flap, Free Tissue Transfer, Functional Neck Dissection, Laryngeal Surgery, Laser Procedures, Leukoplakia Laser Treatment, Maxilofacial Trauma Repair, Open Partial Laryngectomy, Thyroidectomy, Thyroid Lobectomy, Thyroid Surgery, Total Laryngectomy, Total Thyroidectomy, and Tracheostomy.

Research Interests

Dr. Hartig has research interests in the cytogenetics of head and neck carcinoma, free flap physiology, and airway reconstruction.

Recent Publications

• Tracheoinnominate fistula: successful management with endovascular stenting.
  Shepard PM, Phillips JM, Tefera G, Hartig GK
  Ear Nose Throat J 2011 Jul; 90(7):310-2.
  [PubMed ID: 21792799]
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• Avoidance of lip split: a response.
  Hartig G
  Microsurgery 2011 Jul; 31(5):353-4.
  [PubMed ID: 21713974]
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• Robotics in head and neck cancer: future opportunities.
  Harari PM, Hartig GK
  Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.) 2010 Oct; 24(11):1015, 1020, 1022.
  [PubMed ID: 21155451]
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• Anatomic relationship between the spinal accessory nerve and internal jugular vein in the upper neck.
  Hinsley ML, Hartig GK
  Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2010 Aug; 143(2):239-41.
  [PubMed ID: 20647127]
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• Comprehensive IMRT plus weekly cisplatin for advanced head and neck cancer: the University of Wisconsin experience.
  Traynor AM, Richards GM, Hartig GK, Khuntia D, Cleary JF, Wiederholt PA, Bentzen SM, Harari PM
  Head Neck 2010 May; 32(5):599-606.
  [PubMed ID: 19757422, PMC ID: 3028434]
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