Education

• MD, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, NE, 1985
• Residency, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1985-1991

Clinical Specialties

Dr. McCulloch is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. He specializes in treatment of head and neck cancer, voice and swallowing disorders, trauma, reconstruction, and skull base surgery.

Dr. McCulloch provides a wide range of services including Airway Dilation, Airway Reconstruction, Arytenoid Adduction, Esophageal Dilation, Facial Nerve Grafting, Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation Of Swallowing (FEES), Free Flap, Free Tissue Transfer, Functional Neck Dissection, Laryngeal Papilloma Laser Treatment, Laryngeal Surgery, Laser Procedures, Leukoplakia Laser Treatment, Maxilofacial Trauma Repair, Microlaryngoscopy, Open Partial Laryngectomy, Repairs Of Skull Base Defects, Septoplasty, Sinus Surgery, Skin Cancer Reconstruction, (show all). Skull Base Surgery, Thyroplasty, Total Laryngectomy, Tracheostomy, Transnasal Esophagoscopy (TNE), Transnasal Laryngotracheoscopy (Airway Examination), Vocal Cord Injection, and Zenker's Diverticulectomy.

Research Interests

The focus of Dr. McCulloch’s research is laryngeal function, dysphagia, trauma and head and neck cancer treatments.

Funding/Grants

• Efficacy of Electrical Stimulation for Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
  Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health, Subcontract from Boston Medical Center
  Principal Investigator(s): Timothy M McCulloch, MD
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Active Clinical Trials

• Phase IIB Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial of Pioglitazone for Oral Premalignant Lesions An Inter-Consortium Collaborative Study
  Principal Investigator(s): Timothy M McCulloch, MD
  Status: Recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00951379]
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Recent Publications

• Aerodynamic and nonlinear dynamic acoustic analysis of tension asymmetry in excised canine larynges.
  Devine EE, Bulleit EE, Hoffman MR, McCulloch TM, Jiang JJ
  Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR 2012 May 4.
  [PubMed ID: 22562826]
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• Application of classification models to pharyngeal high-resolution manometry.
  Mielens JD, Hoffman MR, Ciucci MR, McCulloch TM, Jiang JJ
  Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR 2012 Jan 9.
  [PubMed ID: 22232390]
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• High-Resolution Manometry of Pharyngeal Swallow Pressure Events Associated with Effortful Swallow and the Mendelsohn Maneuver.
  Hoffman MR, Mielens JD, Ciucci MR, Jones CA, Jiang JJ, McCulloch TM
  Dysphagia 2012 Jan 4.
  [PubMed ID: 22215280]
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• Otolaryngology head and neck surgery: an integrative view of the larynx.
  McCulloch TM, Van Daele D, Ciucci MR
  Head Neck 2011 Oct; 33 Suppl 1():S46-53.
  [PubMed ID: 21910154]
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• Preliminary investigation of adjustable balloon implant for type I thyroplasty.
  Hoffman MR, Witt RE, McCulloch TM, Jiang JJ
  Laryngoscope 2011 Apr; 121(4):793-800.
  [PubMed ID: 21305554, PMC ID: 3066186]
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