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Heikki
Irjala
Clinical Lecturer, Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Professor, Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
MD, PhD

Contact

Savitehtaankatu 5
20520
Turku

Areas of expertise

Otorhinolaryngology
Head and neck surgery
Cancer research

Biography

2002 PhD thesis "An Immunotherapeutic Approach to Cancer of the Head and Neck"

2009 Specialist in Otorhinolaryngology

2014 Adjunct Professor of Otorhinolaryngology

2015 Specialist in Head and Neck Surgery

2017 Special Competence in Medical Education

 

Teaching

Clinical lecturer (Otorhinolaryngology) 2012-2015

Personal teacher mentor for medical students from 2012

Supervisor of several PhD students


Research

Research is focused on cancer of the head and neck including both clinical aspects (quality of life, treatment methods and outcome, diagnostics, etc.) and basic science like cancer immunology and cell trafficking.


Publications

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Epidemiological and treatment-related factors contribute to improved outcome of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in Finland (2018)

Acta Oncologica
Lauri Jouhi, Elina Halme, Heikki Irjala, Kauko Saarilahti, Petri Koivunen, Matti Pukkila, Jaana Hagström, Caj Haglund, Paula Lindholm, Pasi Hirvikoski, Samuli Vaittinen, Anna Ellonen, Jukka Tikanto, Henry Blomster, Jussi Laranne, Reidar Grénman, Antti Mäkitie, Timo Atula
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Autoilijan ahdistus (2018)

Duodecim
Kuuskoski J, Irjala H
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))

Functional and quality of life outcomes after partial glossectomy: a multi-institutional longitudinal study of the head and neck research network (2017)

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Dzioba A, Aalto D, Papadopoulos-Nydam G, Seikaly H, Rieger J, Wolfaardt J, Osswald M, Harris JR, O'Connell DA, Lazarus C, Urken M, Likhterov I, Chai RL, Rauscher E, Buchbinder D, Okay D, Happonen RP, Kinnunen I, Heikki I, Soukka T, Laine J
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))