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Meet Roxana Moayer, MD
Roxana Moayer, MD, is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon with Keck Medicine of USC who specializes in facial surgery and treatment of facial nerve disorders.
The article identifies facial nerve regeneration as an area where more advanced strategies are hoped for; it does not describe mechanisms.
Target Population
Patients with facial nerve disorders, including patients with facial paralysis.
Care Setting
Academic medical center and specialty care through the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Keck Medicine of USC.
Key Highlights
Roxana Moayer, MD, is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon specializing in facial surgery and treatment of facial nerve disorders.
She reports that multiple options are currently available to help patients with facial paralysis.
She hopes more advanced strategies for facial nerve regeneration will be developed.
She describes academic medicine as supporting team-based care, teaching, and use of innovative techniques.
She highlights collaboration among subspecialists as a basis for comprehensive care.
Guideline-Based Recommendations
Diagnosis
Management
The article states that multiple options are available to help patients with facial paralysis but does not specify treatments.
Monitoring & Follow-up
Risks
Patient & Prescribing Data
Patients with facial nerve disorders, including facial paralysis.
The article provides no prescribing details; it notes that options exist to help patients with facial paralysis and identifies facial nerve regeneration strategies as an area for future development.
Clinical Best Practices
The physician describes a team approach and collaboration among subspecialists as part of providing comprehensive care.
The article describes teaching and attention to innovative techniques as features of the academic medical center setting.
Facial nerve disorders impact approximately 30 out of 100,000 adults in the U.S. annually. Common causes of damage to the facial nerve and subsequent facial paralysis include Bell’s palsy, cancerous tumors, acoustic neuromas and iatrogenic complications.
