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Dr. Glenn Green is a clinical professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Michigan. After graduating in chemical engineering, he entered medical school at the University of Michigan. He completed an NIH-supported research fellowship followed by a subspecialty fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology.
Dr. Green has developed surgical techniques and devices for complex airway reconstruction and is coinventor (along with Scott Hollister, Ph.D.) of a 3D-printed tracheal splint. Other patents in process include 3D-printed scaffolds for facial reconstruction of auricular and nose defects, 3D-printed customized devices to treat airway obstruction in children with craniofacial defects and/or neurologic diseases and the use of antioxidants to prevent syndromic hearing loss. He was part of the surgical team that successfully placed the first splint in an infant that had immediately life-threatening bronchomalacia under FDA provisions for emergency use.
He is the director of ongoing translational trials of 3D-printed devices in both humans and animals; and ongoing translation trials of antioxidants for hearing loss. He has won several awards ranging from the Kodak Valuable Idea Award (as an undergraduate student) to the Innovation Award from Popular Mechanics (2013 Breakthrough Awards, New York City). He has over 50 publications related to both his clinical and his research work including the New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Genetics, and JAMA. He has been widely featured including Scientific American, the New York Times, Forbes and Good Housekeeping. He has been an invited speaker at TEDX talks and MakerFaire in Rome. His constructs are on featured display at the British Science Museum in London.
His current work focuses on overcoming the barriers to implementing new discoveries and techniques into clinical practice. This includes technological progress in 3D-printed constructs, defining the benefits of this technology to obtain approval from insurance companies and other gatekeepers, and working with the FDA to identify regulatory mechanisms for this technology.
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MDUniversity of Michigan, 1991
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BSBrigham Young University, 1987
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Center MemberKresge Hearing Research Institute
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Center MemberBiosciences Initiative
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Center MemberGlobal REACH
Dr. Glenn Green's research interests include translational interventions in complex communications disorders involving speech and hearing. More specifically, complex airway reconstruction and speech development, genetic basis for complex syndromal disorders involving speech and hearing, intervention trials and devices for airway improvement, speech, hearing, and genetic basis of deafness and utility of genetic testing.
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Ramaraju H, Verga AS, Steedley BJ, Kowblansky AP, Green GE, Hollister SJ. Biomaterials, 2025 Oct 1; 321:Journal ArticleInvestigation of the biodegradation kinetics and associated mechanical properties of 3D-printed polycaprolactone during long-term preclinical testing
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Neevel A, Kay H, Green G, Morrison R, Agarwal P, DuComb E, De Cardenas J, Wayne M. 2025 Oct 19;Proceeding / Abstract / PosterLaser Tracheobronchoplasty: safety of a non-surgical alternative for patients with expiratory central airway collapse
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Turbeville H, Morrison R, Green G. 2024 Sep 28;Proceeding / Abstract / PosterFamilial Laryngeal Cleft: Infant Detection Leads to Adult Diagnosis and Intervention
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Vossler JD, Green GE, Les AS, Ohye RG. Pediatric Cardiology, 2024 Jan 1;Journal ArticleA Novel Approach for Tetralogy of Fallot-Absent Pulmonary Valve Using Bioresorbable Airway Splints
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Schiff E, Propst EJ, Balakrishnan K, Johnson K, Lounsbury DW, Brenner MJ, Tawfik MM, Simons JP, Moreddu E, Thierry B, Gantwerker E, White DR, Hong P, McKenna MK, Molter DW, Soma M, Rutter MJ, Patel NA, Chorney SR, Johnson LB, Prosser JD, Sidell DR, Richter GT, Hopkins BS, Gibber M, Clemmens C, Roy S, Lam DJ, Choi S, May J, Brigger MT, Derkay CS, Hsu WC, Schraff S, McGinn JD, Ida JB, Nassar M, Bedwell JR, Rahbar R, Torre M, Mann SE, Zopf DA, Chun R, Faucett EA, Svrakic M, Daniel SJ, Bergeron M, Pransky SM, Wilcox LJ, Goldstein NA, Johnson RF, McCormick ME, Hart CK, Prickett KK, Parikh SR, Nguyen LHP, Trozzi M, Green GE, Prager JD, Liu G, Lind MN, Dahl J, Bohm LA, Kavanagh KR, Mehta D, Elluru RG, Bateman N, Meister KD, Wiedermann J, Belcher R, Russell J, Walsh J, Kearney J, Nicollas R, Pattisapu P, Watters K, Gerber ME, Malloy KM, Raynor TP, Regenbogen E, Boesch RP, Fayoux P, Kanotra SP, Manoukian JJ, Uwiera TC, Windsor AM, Weinstock MS, Valika T, El-Hakim H, Hartley BE, Spratley JE, Peer S, Lawlor CM, Vaccani JP, Richardson CM, Zdanski CJ, Jeffe J, Sandu K, Carter JM, Plum AW. Laryngoscope, 2023 Dec 1; 133 (12): 3588 - 3601.Journal ArticlePediatric Tracheostomy Emergency Readiness Assessment Tool: International Consensus Recommendations
DOI:10.1002/lary.30674 PMID: 37114735 -
Bai W, Klumpner T, Riegger L, Malviya S, Zhao X, Mentz G, Green G, Brown S. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2023 Feb 26; 130 (6): e471 - e473.Journal ArticleDifficult Airway in Children with Trisomy 18: Incidence, outcomes, and complications in a single centre retrospective observational study
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Bai W, Klumpner T, Zhao X, Mentz G, Green G, Riegger LQ, Malviya S, Brown SES. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2023 Aug 10; 130 (6): e471 - e473.Journal ArticleDifficult airway management in children with trisomy 18: a retrospective single-centre study of incidence, outcomes, and complications
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Nichols L, Bowman A, Gelehrter S, Green G, Olive M, Patel-Peters N, Ramsey AM, Reed L, Stepanovich M, Saba T. 2023 Feb 24;Additional ScholarshipTrisomy 18: Clinical Practice Guideline
