
Gainesville Faculty
Robert T. Adelson, M.D.
Titles
- Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
- Chief, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Rob Adelson is board certified in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and is a fellowship trained facial plastic surgeon with particular interests in rhinoplasty, facial rejuvenation surgery, repair of defects resulting from the treatment of facial skin cancers, and the management of maxillofacial trauma. Appointments can be scheduled at the Hampton Oaks Facial Plastic Surgery office.
Contact
Academic Office
- Phone: (352) 273-5199
- Fax: (352) 392-6781
Clinical Appointments (ENT Call Center)
- Phone: (352) 265-0920
- Fax: (352) 265-0010
Under Florida law, email addresses are public records. If you do not wish your email address released in response to a a public records request do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
Use of email is restricted to existing patients only. Please refer to the department's email policy for more information regarding email communications with department faculty.
Training and Certification
Education
| 2005-2006 | Fellowship Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery University of Miami, Miami, FL |
| 2001-2005 | Residency Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX |
| 1999-2001 | Internship General Surgery University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX |
| 1995-1999 | Medical School University of South Florida College of Medicine Alpha Omega Alpha |
| 1991-1995 | Tulane University B.S., Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology Phi Beta Kappa Summa Cum Laude |
Licensure
| 2006-2016 | Florida : ME92345, active American Board of Otolaryngology, Diplomate, Certificate #18944. |
Honors and Awards
| 1995 | Phi Beta Kappa |
Academic Affiliations
Appointments
- American Medical Association
- 1999-Present: Alpha Omega Alpha
- 2001-Present
- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Committee: Young Physician’s Committee
- 2004-Present: American College of Surgeons
Publications
Book Chapters
- Fungal Rhinosinusitis
Adelson RT, Marple BF
Bailey’s Head and Neck Surgery – Otolaryngology, Fourth Edition
Bailey BJ, Calhoun KH, et al, eds. - Orbital Complications of Frontal Sinusitis
Adelson RT, Marple BF
The Frontal Sinus, Kountakis S, Senior B, Draf W, eds.
Springer-Verlag Publishing, pp. 59-66 - Fungal Diseases of the Frontal Sinus
Adelson RT, Marple BF
The Frontal Sinus, Kountakis S, Senior B, Draf W, eds.
Springer-Verlag Publishing, pp. 101-114 - Nasal Fractures
Adelson RT
Otolaryngology Oral Board Exam Review, Roland PS and Marple BF, eds - Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
Adelson RT
Otolaryngology Oral Board Exam Review, Roland PS and Marple BF, eds - Submandibular Sialolithiasis
Adelson RT
Otolaryngology Oral Board Exam Review, Roland PS and Marple BF, eds - Management of Parotid Duct Injuries
Adelson RT
Otolaryngology Oral Board Exam Review, Roland PS and Marple BF, eds - Otitis Media Complicated by Meningitis
Adelson RT
Otolaryngology Oral Board Exam Review, Roland PS and Marple BF, eds
Peer-Reviewed
- Spontaneous cervical haematoma resulting from intrathoracic pathology
Adelson RT, Vories A
Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 2004;118:471-473 - T-Cell prolymphocytic leukemia presenting as an ear canal mass
Adelson RT, Samy RN, Lindberg G
Otology/Neurotology, 2004;25(6):1006-1008 - Airway foreign body
Verret DJ, Adelson RT, McClay J
Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, 2004;83(9):605-606 - Use of endoscopic forehead-lift to improve brow position in persistent facial paralysis
Ducic Y, Adelson R
Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, 2005;7(1):51-54 - The utility of the temporalis muscle flap for oropharyngeal, base of tongue and nasopharyngeal reconstruction.
Smith JE, Ducic Y, Adelson R
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 2005;132(3):373-380 - Metastatic head and neck carcinoma to a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy site
Adelson RT, Ducic Y.
Head and Neck, 2005;27(4):339-343 - Metastatic breast cancer of the oral cavity
Adelson RT, DeFatta RJ, Miles BA, Hoblitt SL, Ducic Y.
American Journal Of Otolaryngology, 2005;26(4):279-281 - Fungal rhinosinusitis: state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment
Adelson RT, Marple BF
Journal of Otolaryngology, 2005;34(S1):S18-S23 - Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma: case report and literature review
DeFatta RJ, Verret DJ, Adelson RT, Gomez A, Myers LL
Laryngoscope, 2005 Oct;115(10):1789-1792 - Rhinoplasty in male patients
Simons RL, Adelson RT
Facial Plastic Surgery, 2005;21(4):240-249 - Minimally-invasive transoral catheter-assisted drainage of a danger space infection
Adelson RT, Murray AD
Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, 2005;84(12):785-786 - An innovative method of facilitating ranula excision with methylene blue injection
Cochran CS, Zhou CQ, DeFatta RJ, Adelson RT
Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, 2006;85(3):159,163 - Invasive fungal adenoiditis
Adelson RT, Zito J, Romaguera R
Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, 2006;134(4):713-714 - Asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss evaluation with T2 FSE MRI in a public hospital
Verret DJ, Adelson RT, DeFatta RJ
Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 2006;126(7):705-707 - Integrity of craniofacial plating systems after multiple sterilization procedures
Adelson RT, DeFatta RJ, Ducic Y
Accepted by Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Liposarcoma of the tongue: case report and review of the literature
Adelson RT, DeFatta RJ, Verret DJ, Shen Y
Accepted by Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Presentations
- Rectus Abdominus Free Flap in a Nine Year Old Patient with Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma of the Tongue. Bassichis BA, Adelson RT, Myers LL, Bassichis M. Poster Presentation, AAO-HNS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, September 2003.
- Minimally-Invasive Transoral Catheter - Assisted Drainage of a Danger Space Infection. Adelson RT, Murray A. Poster Presentation, AAO-HNS Annual Meeting, New York City, NY, September 2004.

