Nicholas P. McIvor

 

 

 

DEGREES & QUALIFICATIONS

DEGREES

            MBChB                                                November 1980
            FRCS (Edinburgh)                              January 1986
            FRACS                                                January 1990

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

            School:                                                St John’s College, Hastings, New Zealand
            University:                                           Otago, New Zealand
            Medical School:                                   Otago, Christchurch Clinical School

SPECIALIST TRAINING

            Northern Regional Training Scheme, New Zealand

PRIZES

            Gordon-Taylor Medal for top candidate Primary FRACS - November 1983

REGISTRATION

 

            New Zealand               Conditional                              November 1980
            New Zealand               Full                                          November 1981
            United Kingdom           Full                                          May 1984 - December 1986
            Canada                       Educational Licence                July 1991 - July 1992

 

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

Otolaryngologist/Head and Neck Surgeon                                                     August 1992 -
Auckland District Health Board, Auckland NZ

Visiting Otolaryngologist/Head and Neck Surgeon
Brightside Hospital, Auckland NZ                                                                   January 1994 -

Associate Scientific Staff                                                                                January 1995 -
Department Otolaryngology
Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

New Zealand Representative The Isabel Silverman Canadian                      August 1996 -
International Scientific Exchange Program (CISEPO)

Visiting Medical Expert to Western Samoa
under New Zealand Medical Expert Scheme                                                September 1997 -

MEMBERSHIPS

Australasian Society of Facial Plastic Surgery

New Zealand Society for Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons - Head and Neck Section

American Society for Head and Neck Surgery

 

PREVIOUS STAFF POSITIONS

Clinical Director
Dept of Otorhinolargyngology
Green Lane Hospital, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, NZ                     August 1999-December 2005    

                  
Otolaryngologist/Head and Neck Surgeon                                           December 1989 - July 1991
Green Lane Hospital, Auckland NZ   

FELLOWSHIPS

Clinical/Research Fellow in Otolaryngology                                         August 1991 - July 1992
Head and Neck Surgery under Dr J L Freeman
Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto Ontario

PUBLICATIONS

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

1.         McIvor NP, Dorman EB, Morton RP, Gillibrand J, McIntyre V.  Primary tracheo-oesophageal puncture for vocal rehabilitation. J Otolaryngol Soc Aus 1990; 6:295 - 298.
           
2.         Morton RP, Rainer S, McIvor NP.  Unsuspected malignancy in bilateral nasal polyposis.  Clinical Otolaryngol 1991.

3.         McIvor NP, Freeman JL, Rosen I, Bedard Y.  Value of Fine-Needle Aspiration in the diagnosis of Hurthle cell tumours.  Head & Neck 1993; 15:335-341.

4.         McIvor NP, Willinsky R, Ter Brugge K, Rutka J, Freeman JL.  The validity of test occlusion studies prior to internal carotid artery sacrifice.  Head & Neck 1994; 16:11-16.

5.         McIvor NP, Fong MW, Berger K, Freeman JL.  Tissue expansion in Head and Neck nasal reconstruction.  Otolaryngol 1994; 23:46-49.

6.         McIvor NP, Freeman JL, Salem S, Elden L, Noyek AM, Bedard YC.  Ultrasound and ultrasound-guided             FNA of head and neck lesions - a surgical perspective.  Laryngoscope 1994; 104:669-673.

7.         Freeman JL, McIvor NP, Feinmesser R, Cheung RK, Dosch HM.  Epstein-Barr Virus and nasopharyngeal  carcinoma: bringing molecular genetic strategies to head and neck oncology. J Otolaryngol 1994; 23:130-134.

8.         Woollons AC, Morton RP, McIvor NP.  Nasopharyngeal carcinoma and middle ear effusion: Natural             history and the impact of ventilation tubes.  Clin Otolaryngol 1994; 19:529-531.

9.         MacDonald MR, Freeman JL, Jui MF, Cheung RK, Warde P, McIvor NP, Irish J, Dosch HM.  Role of Epstein-Barr Virus in fine needle aspirates of metastatic neck nodes in the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.  Head & Neck.  Nov/Dec 1995; 487-493.

10.       Hitchcock B, McIvor NP, Anderson N.  Myasthenia gravis in Otolaryngology.  Aus J Otolaryngol 1996; 279 - 280.

11.       Davison M, Chunilal A, McIvor NP.  Premaxillary hypoaesthesia following nasal septoplasty.         Aus J Otolaryngol 1997; 2:  574 - 576

12.       Davison M, Morton RP, McIvor NP.  The Plunging Ranula: Clinical Observations. Head & Neck. Jan   1998 
           
13.       McIvor NP, Porter M, Morton RP, Hindley A.  The Importance of Audit in the Management of T3 Fixed-Cord Laryngeal Cancer. Am J Otolaryngol 1998.

14.       McIvor NP, Flint DJ, Gillibrand J, Morton RP. Thyroid surgery and voice-related outcomes
            Aust NZ J  Surg 2000; 70

15. Soo-Kim Ong,; Randall P. Morton; John Kolbe; Ralph M. L. Whitlock; Nicholas P. McIvor. Pulmonary Complications Following Major Head and Neck Surgery With Tracheostomy :A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Prophylactic Antibiotics Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004;130:1084-1087.

SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION

15.       Morton RP, McIvor NP, Chaplin JC. Quality of life after parotid and temporal bone surgery  in cancer patients.

CASE REPORTS

1.         Roberts S, Morris A, McIvor NP, Ellis-Pegler R.  Chromobacterium violaceum infection of deep neck tissues in a traveller to Thailand.    Clin Infect Diseases, August 1997, Volume 25.
                 

NON-PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

1.         McIvor NP, McKelvie P.  Epistaxis. Surgery 1986: 898-899.

2.         McIvor NP, Freeman JL, Salem S.  Ultrasonography of the thyroid and parathyroid glands.
ORL 1993; 55:303-308.

3.         Fliss DM, McIvor NP, Noyek AM.  The role of ultrasound in the evaluation of neoplastic neck nodes.              ENT Update 1992.

4.         McIvor NP, The failed free flap.  Operative techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.  1993;4:165-168.

5.         Bartley J, McIvor NP.  Swimming and grommets.  Patient Management. 1993; 22(11):46-49.

6.         Bartley J, McIvor NP: Swimming and grommets. General Practitioner 1993; 1, 19

7.         Deshpande A, McIvor NP, Freeman JL.   Test occlusion of the carotid artery before surgical sacrifice:   A review.  University of Toronto Med J 1994; 72:6-12.

8.         McIvor NP.  Neck lumps; New Ethicals Disease Index 4th Edition 1995, Adis Press 571-574

ENT Quiz: Patient Management  (Adis International)

Cellulitis pinna, 1993
Septal abscess, August 1993
Submandibular calculus, June 1994.
Leukoplakia tongue, July 1994.
Septal perforation, September 1994.
Dermoid cyst of oral cavity, March 1995.
Median Rhomboid Glossitis, April 1995
Nasal dermoid cyst, May 1995.
Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis, June 1995.
Carcinoma nasal columella, July 1995.
Compressive thyroid goitre, August 1995.
Betel nut chewing, July 1996
Bilateral neck nodes,  October 1996
Submental neck node, December 1996
Thyroglossal cyst, January 1997
Submandibular calculus, March 1997
Leukoplakia tongue, June 1997
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Nasal Vestibule, April 1998

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

1.         McIvor NP, Morton RP, Dorman EB.  Metastatic neck disease.      
            Head & Neck 1991; 13(1):74-75.

2.         Morton RP, McIvor NP, Benjamin B.  Glottic laryngeal cancer in New Zealand.
            NZ Med J 1992; 105:387.

CHAPTERS IN TEXT-BOOKS

1.         Morton RP, McIvor NP.  Hypopharyngeal carcinoma.  Scott-Brown’s Otolaryngology, sixth edition, Vol 5.  (Butterworth Heinemann) 1997.

2.         McIvor NP.  Thyroid Surgery. Operative Otorhino-Laryngology.  Eds  Bleach, Milford, Van Hasselt Blackwell Science.   1997.

PRESENTATIONS

1.         Prospective study of primary tracheoesophageal fistula speech. 
Combined Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Otolaryngological Societies.  Rotorua NZ,  9 May 1989.

2.         The staging of metastatic neck disease.  Otolaryngological Sectional Meeting.  Auckland NZ, 16 August 1989.

3.         Primary tracheoesophageal fistula speech.  Green Lane Old Boys Society Annual Meeting.  Auckland NZ, November 1989.

4.         The staging of metastatic neck disease.  Annual General & Scientific meeting - Otolaryngological Society of Australia.  Melbourne Australia, March 1990.

5.         Flexible endoscopic intubation - “Seeing your way through a blind intubation”.  Green Lane Old Boys Society Annual meeting.  Auckland NZ, November 1990.

6.         The staging of metastatic neck disease.  Annual  meeting - Otolaryngological Society of New Zealand.  Wellington NZ, March 1991.  McIvor NP, Morton RP, Dorman EB.

7.         The accuracy of FNA in the diagnosis of Hurthle cell neoplasms.  Eastern Great Lakes Head and Neck Oncology Association - 15th Annual Meeting, Buffalo NY, USA 16 November 1991.

8.         The validity of test occlusion studies prior to internal carotid artery sacrifice. 
Whistler USA, 23 March 1992.  McIvor NP, Freeman JL.

9.         The validity of test occlusion studies prior to internal carotid artery sacrifice.
Grand Rounds, University of Toronto, Canada 8 April 1992.

10.       The diagnosis of occult nasopharyngeal carcinoma by the demonstration of Epstein-Barr Virus genome in metastatic nodes using the Polymerase Chain Reaction.  The American Radium Society, 74th Annual Meeting.  Orlando Florida,  USA 15 April 1992.

11.       The diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma using the Polymerase Chain Reaction, Annual  Fellows’ Day, University of Toronto,  Canada  8 May 1992.

12.       The accuracy of FNA in the diagnosis of Hurthle cell neoplasms.  Canadian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 46th Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 7-10 June 1992.

13.       The validity of test occlusion studies prior to internal carotid artery sacrifice.  Canadian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 46th Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 7-10 June 1992.

14.       The diagnosis of occult nasopharyngeal carcinoma by the demonstration of Epstein-Barr Virus genome in metastatic nodes using the Polymerase Chain Reaction.  Third International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer.  San Francisco, California, USA 26-30 July 1992.

15.       The accuracy of FNA in the diagnosis of Hurthle cell neoplasms (Poster).  Third International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer.  San Francisco, California, USA 26-30 July 1992.

16.       The validity of test occlusion studies prior to internal carotid artery sacrifice. (Poster).  Third International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer.  San Francisco, California USA 26-30 July 1992.

17.       The use of tissue-expanders for reconstruction of defects of the head and neck. (Poster).  Third International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer.  San Francisco, California USA 26-30 July 1992.

18.       CISEPO - Scientific directions, academic achievements and political realities.  Noyek AM, Freeman JL, Dosch HM, Feinmesser R, McIvor NP.  Drommelschlager Conference and postgraduate Course on Head and Neck Imaging.  Jerusalem, Israel 21 October 1992.

19.       The validity of test occlusion studies prior to internal carotid artery sacrifice.  Green Lane Old Boys Society Annual Meeting.  Auckland, NZ 30 October 1992.

20.       Ultrasound and ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of head and neck lesions.  Triological Society Meeting.  New York, USA February 1993.  McIvor NP,  Freeman JL.

21.       Thyroid masses and the Otolaryngologist.  Otolaryngological Society of NZ Annual Meeting.  Tauranga NZ, 26 February 1993.

22.       Ultrasonography and ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (USGFNA) of head and neck lesions:             A multidisciplinary perspective.  The European Society of Head and Neck Radiology, VII Annual             Meeting Sitges, Spain, 5 May 1993.  Noyek AM, Freeman JL, McIvor NP, Salem S, Elden L, Bedard Y, Witterick I.

23.       The validity of test occlusion studies prior to internal carotid artery sacrifice. 
Istanbul Turkey,  July 1993. (Presenter: JL Freeman).

24.       Free Flaps in Head and Neck reconstruction.  Green Lane Old Boys Society Annual Meeting, Auckland NZ 29 October 1993.  McIvor NP, Milsom P.

25.       The Green Lane Strangler - Compressive retrosternal goitre.  Green Lane Old Boys Society Annual Meeting, Auckland NZ, 29 October 1993.  Morton RP, McIvor NP.

26.       Ultrasound and ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of head and neck lesions.  Smith Nephew Richards Seminar in Thyroid and Parathyroid Pathology, Auckland NZ, November 1993.

27.       External septoplasty.  Glaxo Annual ORL Workshop.  Nelson NZ, 20 November 1993.

28.       Repair of nasal septal perforations.  McIvor NP, Mahadevan M, Annual Meeting of the ORL Society of New Zealand, Dunedin NZ, February 1994

29.       Regional neck control in carcinoma of the pharynx and larynx.  Annual Meeting of the ORL Society of New Zealand, Dunedin NZ, February 1994. McIvor NP, Morton RP, Mahadevan M.

30.       Regional neck control in carcinoma of the pharynx and larynx.  Second World Congress on Laryngeal Cancer, Sydney Australia, February 1994.  McIvor NP, Morton RP, Hindley AC.

31.       Neck staging and treatment - an overview.  Second World Congress on Laryngeal Cancer, Sydney Australia, February 1994.  Noyek AM, Freeman JL, Feimesser R, McIvor NP.

32.       The diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma via Polymerase Chain Reaction based detection of Epstein-Barr Virus in metastatic neck nodes.  Annual Meeting of the American Society for Head and Neck Surgeons, Oklahoma USA, 10-12 May 1994.  Freeman JL, McIvor NP.

33.       EBV in Fine Needle Aspirates of metastatic neck nodes is diagnostic of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. American Society for Head and Neck Surgery Meeting, West Palm Beach, Florida 11 May 1994.  MacDonald M, Freeman JL, Hui M, Cheung R, Warde P, McIvor NP, Irish J, Dosch HM
                 
34.       Alar collapse.  Rhinoplasty one-day meeting.  Auckland, NZ 14 October 1994.

35.       Repair of nasal septal perforations.  Rhinoplasty one-day meeting, Auckland NZ 14 October 1994.

36.       T3 Glottic carcinoma.  Green Lane Hospital 1979-1990.  NZ Soc Otolaryngol Annual Scientific      Meeting.  Queenstown NZ, 4 September 1995.  Porter M, McIvor NP, Morton RP, Hindley A.

37.       Can wound amylase predict pharyngo-cutaneous fistulas after laryngectomy?  NZ Soc Otolaryngol Annual  Scientific Meeting.  Queenstown NZ, 4 September 1995.  Morton RP, Hall F, McIvor NP, Dorman EB, Simcock PS.

38.       Branchial cysts and cystic lymph node metastases of the head and neck.  NZ Soc Otolaryngol Annual             Scientific Meeting.  Queenstown NZ, 5 September 1995.  McIvor NP, Thwaites NK, Morton RP, Lambie N.

39.       Myaesthenia gravis in otolaryngology.  NZ Soc Otolaryngol Annual Scientific Meeting.  Queenstown NZ, 7 September 1995.  Hitchcock B, McIvor NP, Anderson N.

40.       A General Practice approach to Neck Lumps.  30 November 1995, Whangarei NZ.

41.       Functional rhinoplasty in the aged nose.  Green Lane Facial Plastic Meeting, Auckland NZ, 23 February 1996.

42.       Rib grafts in nasal reconstruction.  Green Lane Facial Plastics Meeting,  Auckland NZ 23 February 1996.

43.       Compressive goitre.  Combined Australia and New Zealand Societies Annual Scientific Meeting.  Surfers Paradise, Australia, 24 April 1996.  McIvor NP, Morton RP, Woollons A, Gillibrand J.

44.       Plunging ranula.  Combined Australia and New Zealand Societies Annual Scientific Meeting, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 25 April 1996.  Morton RP, McIvor NP, Davison M.

45.       Rib grafts in nasal reconstruction.  Combined Australia and New Zealand Societies Annual Scientific             Meeting, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 26 April 1996.

46.       Golf, T3 Glottic cancer and audit: The importance of handing in your card, McIvor NP, Porter M, Morton RP.  Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting - Head & Neck Section, 9 May 1996, Melbourne Australia.

47.       Epstein-Barr Virus Genome in Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the New Zealand Population.  Liavaag PG, M vd Brekel, JL Freeman, JC Irish, RK Cheung, WJ Hartwick, NP McIvor, HM Dosch; 29 July 1996. Fourth International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer.  Toronto, Canada.

48.       T3 fixed cord laryngeal cancer in Auckland - The importance of Audit, Fourth International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer.  McIvor NP, Porter MJ, Morton RP;  1 August 1996, Toronto Canada

49.       The role of Surgery in the management of OSAS.  Workshop - Sleep Respiratory Disorders in Adults Pudate and Service Development, 27 September 1996 Wellington, NZ