Ashley Nassiri, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor

Recognition & Awards

• Best Abstract Award, American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA) (2021)
• Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center Annual Poster Award, Vanderbilt University (2019)
  2nd Place award competition
• Podcast Award, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Journal (2019)
  Original Study selected for podcast
• World Congress on Endoscopic Ear Surgery 3.0, World Congress (2019)
  3rd place Oral ePoster Presentation
• Annual Resident Research Competition, Vanderbilt University (2019)
  2nd place award

Teaching

Publications

• Nassiri AM, Messina SA, Benson JC, Lane JI, McGee KP, Trzasko JD, Carlson ML. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Artifact Associated With Transcutaneous Bone Conduction Implants: Cholesteatoma and Vestibular Schwannoma Surveillance. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Jan;170(1):187-194. PubMed PMID: 37582349
• Xie KZ, Gottlich HC, Antezana LA, Yeakel S, Nassiri AM, Moore EJ, Carlson ML. Experience with Telemedicine in a Tertiary Academic Otologic Clinic During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Jan 1;44(1):72-80. PubMed PMID: 36509445
• Nassiri AM, Lohse CM, Tombers NM, Link MJ, Carlson ML. Comparing Patient Satisfaction After Upfront Treatment Versus Wait-and-Scan for Small Sporadic Vestibular Schwannoma. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Jan 1;44(1):e42-e47. PubMed PMID: 36240733
• Goates AJ, Nassiri AM, Van Gompel JJ, Carlson ML. Cochlear Implantation After Intralabyrinthine Schwannoma Microsurgical Resection. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Jan 1;44(1):e51-e52. PubMed PMID: 36167026
• Marinelli JP, Nassiri AM, Lohse CM, Driscoll CLW, Neff BA, Carlson ML. Effect of a Global Pandemic on Adult and Pediatric Cochlear Implantation across the United States. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Feb 1;44(2):148-152. PubMed PMID: 36624592
• Dornhoffer JR, Nassiri AM, Peris-Celda M, Leonel LC, Carlson ML. Anatomic Step-by-Step Dissection of Complex Skull Base Approaches for Trainees: Surgical Anatomy of the Infratemporal Fossa Approach to the Jugular Foramen. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2023 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37976145
• Carlson ML, Lohse CM, Agazzi S, Babu SC, Barker FG, Barnett S, Bi WL, Biggs N, Boahene KD, Breen JT, Brown KD, Cayé-Thomasen P, Cosetti MK, Deep NL, Dey JK, Dornhoffer JR, Forner D, Gurgel RK, Hansen MR, Hunter JB, Kalamarides M, Kim IA, King AT, Kircher ML, Lassaletta L, Link MJ, Lloyd SKW, Lund-Johansen M, Marinelli JP, Matthies C, Mehta V, Moore EJ, Nassiri AM, Neff BA, Nelson RF, Olson JJ, Patel NS, Celda MP, Plitt AR, Price DL, Thomas Roland J Jr, Sweeney AD, Tasche KK, Tatagiba M, Tveiten Ø, Van Gompel JJ, Vrabec JT, Wanna GB, Weisskopf PA. Rationale for the Development of a Novel Clinical Grading Scale for Postoperative Facial Nerve Function: Results of a Multidisciplinary International Working Group. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Dec 1;44(10):e747-e754. PubMed PMID: 37875014
• Nassiri AM, Marinelli JP, Lohse CM, Carlson ML. Age and Incidence of Cochlear Implantation in the Pediatric Population With Congenital Bilateral Profound Hearing Loss. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Aug 1;44(7):e492-e496. PubMed PMID: 37367698
• Marinelli JP, Schnurman Z, Killeen DE, Nassiri AM, Hunter JB, Lees KA, Lohse CM, Roland JT Jr, Golfinos JG, Kondziolka D, Link MJ, Carlson ML. Stratifying Risk of Future Growth Among Sporadic Vestibular Schwannomas. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Aug 1;44(7):e519-e524. PubMed PMID: 37367632
• Nassiri AM, Marinelli JP, Lohse CM, Carlson ML. Incidence of Cochlear Implantation Among Adult Candidates in the United States. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Jul 1;44(6):549-554. PubMed PMID: 37205861
• Farnsworth PJ, Benson JC, Nassiri AM, Carlson ML, Larson NB, Lane JI. Improved cochlear implant electrode localization using coregistration of pre- and postoperative CT. J Neuroimaging. 2023 May-Jun;33(3):387-392. PubMed PMID: 36811338
• Marinelli JP, Nassiri AM, Lohse CM, Driscoll CLW, Neff BA, Carlson ML. Effect of a Global Pandemic on Adult and Pediatric Cochlear Implantation across the United States. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Feb 1;44(2):148-152. PubMed PMID: 36624592
• Burkett BJ, Oien MP, Benson JC, Nassiri AM, Carlson ML, Lane JI. Absent Stapedial Tendon: Imaging Features of an Underrecognized Entity : Clinical Neuroradiology. Clin Neuroradiol. 2023 Sep;33(3):645-651. PubMed PMID: 36593357
• Xie KZ, Gottlich HC, Antezana LA, Yeakel S, Nassiri AM, Moore EJ, Carlson ML. Experience with Telemedicine in a Tertiary Academic Otologic Clinic During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Jan 1;44(1):72-80. PubMed PMID: 36509445
• Nassiri AM, Lohse CM, Tombers NM, Link MJ, Carlson ML. Comparing Patient Satisfaction After Upfront Treatment Versus Wait-and-Scan for Small Sporadic Vestibular Schwannoma. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Jan 1;44(1):e42-e47. PubMed PMID: 36240733
• Goates AJ, Nassiri AM, Van Gompel JJ, Carlson ML. Cochlear Implantation After Intralabyrinthine Schwannoma Microsurgical Resection. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Jan 1;44(1):e51-e52. PubMed PMID: 36167026
• Benson JC, Nassiri AM, Saoji AA, Carlson ML, Lane JI. Co-Registration of pre- and post-Operative images after cochlear Implantation: A proposed technique to Improve cochlear visualization and localization of cochlear electrodes. Neuroradiol J. 2023 Apr;36(2):194-197. PubMed PMID: 35985649
• Vakharia K, Mikula A, Nassiri AM, Driscoll CLW, Link MJ. Right medium-sized vestibular schwannoma with trigeminal neuralgia post-fractionated radiosurgery (video). Neurosurgical Focus: Video. 2021. (PMID: 36285235)
• Vakharia K, Naylor R, Hasegawa H, Nassiri AM, Driscoll CL, Link MJ. Right posterior petrosectomy for resection of petroclival meningioma. Neurosurgical Focus: Video. 2022. (PMID: 36285001)
• Nassiri AM, Carlson ML. Radiosurgery of the jugular foramen. In: Radiosurgery of the Skull Base.
• Nassiri AM, Driscoll CLW. Cerebellopontine angle pathology. In: Essential Otology and Neurotology.
• Nassiri AM, Rivas A. Endoscopic tympanoplasty. In: Brackmann D, Otologic Surgery, 5th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, Inc; 2023
• Spear JA, Bauman MMJ, Graffeo CS, Nassiri AM, Carlson ML, Van Gompel JJ. Retrosigmoid Approach Using Suboccipital Osteoplastic Craniotomy for Resection of Vestibular Schwannoma: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2022 Sep 1;23(3):e171-e172. PubMed PMID: 35972099
• Nassiri AM, Saoji AA, DeJong MD, Tombers NM, Driscoll CLW, Neff BA, Haynes DS, Carlson ML. Implementation Strategy for Highly-Coordinated Cochlear Implant Care With Remote Programming: The Complete Cochlear Implant Care Model. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Sep 1;43(8):e916-e923. PubMed PMID: 35970171
• Saoji AA, Graham MK, Adkins WJ, Nassiri AM, Neff BA, Carlson ML, Driscoll CLW. Relationship Between Intraoperative Electrocochleography Responses and Immediate Postoperative Bone Conduction Thresholds in Cochlear Implantation. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Sep 1;43(8):e880-e887. PubMed PMID: 35970166
• Nassiri AM, Holcomb MA, Perkins EL, Bucker AL, Prentiss SM, Welch CM, Andresen NS, Valenzuela CV, Wick CC, Angeli SI, Sun DQ, Bowditch SP, Brown KD, Zwolan TA, Haynes DS, Saoji AA, Carlson ML. Catchment Profile of Large Cochlear Implant Centers in the United States. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Sep;167(3):545-551. PubMed PMID: 35041546
• Rinaldo L, Flanigan PM, Nassiri AM, Neff BA, Van Gompel JJ. Combined Middle Fossa and Transmastoid Approach for Resection of Petrous Temporal Meningioma With Facial Nerve Reanimation by Interposition Grafting: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2022 Oct 1;23(4):e293. PubMed PMID: 36103350
• Marinelli JP, Killeen DE, Schnurman Z, Nassiri AM, Hunter JB, Lees KA, Lohse CM, Roland TJ Jr, Golfinos JG, Kondziolka D, Link MJ, Carlson ML. Spontaneous Volumetric Tumor Regression During Wait-and-Scan Management of 952 Sporadic Vestibular Schwannomas. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Oct 1;43(9):e1034-e1038. PubMed PMID: 36001695
• Kocharyan A, Daher GS, Nassiri AM, Link MJ, Carlson ML, Driscoll CLW. Jugular foramen capillary hemangioma masquerading as a paraganglioma. Am J Otolaryngol. 2022 Mar-Apr;43(2):103348. PubMed PMID: 34973661
• McMillan RA, Nassiri AM, Leonel LC, Rezende NC, Peris Celda M, Sweeney AD, Carlson ML. The posterior ligament of the incus ("white dot"): A reliable surgical landmark for the facial recess. Am J Otolaryngol. 2022 Mar-Apr;43(2):103304. PubMed PMID: 34896938
• Carlson ML, Nassiri AM, Marinelli JP, Lohse CM, Sydlowski SA. Awareness, Perceptions, and Literacy Surrounding Hearing Loss and Hearing Rehabilitation Among the Adult Population in the United States. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Mar 1;43(3):e323-e330. PubMed PMID: 35061637
• Nassiri AM, Sorkin DL, Carlson ML. Current Estimates of Cochlear Implant Utilization in the United States. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Jun 1;43(5):e558-e562. PubMed PMID: 35261379
• Manzoor NF, Nassiri AM, Sherry AD, Dang S, Yancey KL, Monsour M, Perkins EL, Khattab MH, Thompson RC, O'Malley MR, Bennett ML, Rivas AC, Haynes DS. Predictors of Recurrence After Sub-total or Near-total Resection of Vestibular Schwannoma: Importance of Tumor Volume and Ventral Extension. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Jun 1;43(5):594-602. PubMed PMID: 35184072
• Benson JC, Trejo-Lopez JA, Nassiri AM, Eschbacher K, Link MJ, Driscoll CL, Tiegs RD, Sfeir J, DeLone DR. Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumor. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2022 Jun;43(6):817-822. PubMed PMID: 35589138
• Daher GS, Nassiri AM, Vanichkachorn G, Carlson ML, Neff BA, Driscoll CLW. New onset tinnitus in the absence of hearing changes following COVID-19 infection. Am J Otolaryngol. 2022 Jan-Feb;43(1):103208. PubMed PMID: 34536917
• Gordon SA, Nassiri AM, Driscoll CL, Carlson ML, Patel NS. Auricular Cartilage Resection for Treatment-Refractory Idiopathic Chronic Chondritis: A Case Series. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Jan 1;43(1):e92-e96. PubMed PMID: 34889844
• Nassiri AM, Wallerius KP, Lohse CM, Marinelli JP, Saoji AA, Driscoll CLW, Neff BA, Carlson ML. Speech Perception Performance Growth and Benchmark Score Achievement After Cochlear Implantation for Single-Sided Deafness. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Jan 1;43(1):e64-e71. PubMed PMID: 34889843
• Nassiri AM, Wallerius KP, Saoji AA, Neff BA, Driscoll CLW, Carlson ML. Impact of Duration of Deafness on Speech Perception in Single-Sided Deafness Cochlear Implantation in Adults. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Jan 1;43(1):e45-e49. PubMed PMID: 34889841
• Marinelli JP, Schnurman Z, Killeen DE, Nassiri AM, Hunter JB, Lees KA, Lohse CM, Roland JT, Golfinos JG, Kondziolka D, Link MJ, Carlson ML. Long-term natural history and patterns of sporadic vestibular schwannoma growth: A multi-institutional volumetric analysis of 952 patients. Neuro Oncol. 2022 Aug 1;24(8):1298-1306. PubMed PMID: 34964894
• Adkins WJ, Henrie T, Nassiri AM, Neff BA, Carlson ML, Driscoll CLW, Saoji AA. Preoperative Imaging of Temporoparietal Scalp Thickness Predicts Off-the-Ear Sound Processor Retention in Cochlear Implants With Diametric Magnets. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Apr 1;43(4):e421-e426. PubMed PMID: 35195570
• Kocharyan A, Daher GS, Nassiri AM, Khandalavala KR, Saoji AA, Van Gompel JJ, Carlson ML. Intraoperative Use of Electrical Stapedius Reflex Testing for Cochlear Nerve Monitoring During Simultaneous Translabyrinthine Resection of Vestibular Schwannoma and Cochlear Implantation. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Apr 1;43(4):506-511. PubMed PMID: 35195569
• Marinelli JP, Carlson ML, Hunter JB, Nassiri AM, Haynes DS, Link MJ, Lohse CM, Reznitsky M, Stangerup SE, Caye-Thomasen P. Natural History of Growing Sporadic Vestibular Schwannomas During Observation: An International Multi-Institutional Study. Otol Neurotol. 2021 Sep 1;42(8):e1118-e1124. PubMed PMID: 34121081
• Nassiri AM, Benson JC, Doerfer KW, Perkins EL, Sweeney AD, Patel NS, Babu SC, Rivas A, Lane JI, Carlson ML. Absent pyramidal eminence and stapedial tendon associated with congenital stapes footplate fixation: Intraoperative and radiographic findings. Am J Otolaryngol. 2021 Nov-Dec;42(6):103144. PubMed PMID: 34171699
• Vakharia KV, Naylor RM, Nassiri AM, Driscoll CLW, Link MJ. Microsurgical Resection of a Petroclival Epidermoid Cyst Using an Anterior Petrosectomy Approach: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 Nov 15;21(6):E565. PubMed PMID: 34560780
• Marinelli JP, Nassiri AM, Habermann EB, Lohse CM, Holton SJ, Carlson ML. Underreporting of Vestibular Schwannoma Incidence Within National Brain Tumor and Cancer Registries in the United States. Otol Neurotol. 2021 Jul 1;42(6):e758-e763. PubMed PMID: 34111053
• Nassiri AM, Garrett CG, Dail TL, Tiwari V, Haynes DS, Rivas A, Langerman AJ. Should I Buy This? A Decision-Making Tool for Surgical Value-Based Purchasing. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Sep;163(3):397-399. PubMed PMID: 32284008
• Kimura KS, O'Connell BP, Nassiri AM, Dedmon MM, Haynes DS, Bennett ML. Outcomes of Revision Cochlear Implantation. Otol Neurotol. 2020 Jul;41(6):e705-e711. PubMed PMID: 32472921
• Nassiri AM, Yawn RJ, Holder JT, Dwyer RT, O'Malley MR, Bennett ML, Labadie RF, Rivas A. Hearing Preservation Outcomes Using a Precurved Electrode Array Inserted With an External Sheath. Otol Neurotol. 2020 Jan;41(1):33-38. PubMed PMID: 31746820
• Nassiri AM, Yawn RJ, Gifford RH, Holder JT, Stimson CJ, Eavey RD, Haynes DS. Same-Day Patient Consultation and Cochlear Implantation: Innovations in Patient-Centered Health Care Delivery. Otol Neurotol. 2020 Feb;41(2):e223-e226. PubMed PMID: 31664000
• Manzoor NF, Nassiri AM, Rivas A. Trans-canal Endoscopic Repair of Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leak Following Vestibular Schwannoma Resection. Otol Neurotol. 2020 Dec;41(10):e1282. PubMed PMID: 33492802
• Holder JT, Yawn RJ, Nassiri AM, Dwyer RT, Rivas A, Labadie RF, Gifford RH. Matched Cohort Comparison Indicates Superiority of Precurved Electrode Arrays. Otol Neurotol. 2019 Oct;40(9):1160-1166. PubMed PMID: 31469799
• Nassiri AM, Yawn RJ, Dedmon MM, Tolisano AM, Hunter JB, Isaacson B, Rivas A. Audiologic and surgical outcomes in endoscopic revision stapes surgery. Laryngoscope. 2019 Oct;129(10):2366-2370. PubMed PMID: 30623430
• Nassiri AM, Yawn RJ, Gifford RH, Haynes DS, Roberts JB, Gilbane MS, Murfee J, Bennett ML. Intraoperative Electrically Evoked Compound Action Potential (ECAP) Measurements in Traditional and Hearing Preservation Cochlear Implantation. J Am Acad Audiol. 2019 Nov Dec;30(10):918-926. PubMed PMID: 31274070
• Nassiri AM, Pichert JW, Domenico HJ, Galloway MB, Cooper WO, Bennett ML. Unsolicited Patient Complaints among Otolaryngologists. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 May;160(5):810-817. PubMed PMID: 30642235
• Nassiri AM, Campbell BR, Mannion K, Sinard RJ, Netterville JL, Rohde SL. Survival Outcomes in T4aN0M0 Mandibular Gingival Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated with Surgery Alone. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 May;160(5):870-875. PubMed PMID: 30598048
• Tolisano AM, Fontenot MR, Nassiri AM, Hunter JB, Kutz JW Jr, Rivas A, Isaacson B. Pediatric Stapes Surgery: Hearing and Surgical Outcomes in Endoscopic vs Microscopic Approaches. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Jul;161(1):150-156. PubMed PMID: 30857467
• Yawn RJ, Nassiri AM, Rivas A. Auditory Neuropathy: Bridging the Gap Between Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2019 Apr;52(2):349-355. PubMed PMID: 30765091
• Nassiri AM, Yawn RJ, Brown CL, O'Malley MR, Bennett ML, Labadie RF, Haynes DS, Rivas A. Unilateral Versus Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in Children With Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD). Otol Neurotol. 2018 Oct;39(9):e810-e816. PubMed PMID: 30199499
• Nassiri AM, Yawn RJ, Dedmon MM, Tolisano AM, Hunter JB, Isaacson B, Rivas A. Primary Endoscopic Stapes Surgery: Audiologic and Surgical Outcomes. Otol Neurotol. 2018 Oct;39(9):1095-1101. PubMed PMID: 30124621
• Nassiri AM, Yawn RJ, Dedmon MM, O'Connell BP, Holder JT, Haynes DS, Rivas A. Facial Nerve Stimulation Patterns Associated With Cochlear Implantation in Labyrinthitis Ossificans. Otol Neurotol. 2018 Dec;39(10):e992-e995. PubMed PMID: 30444844

Professional Memberships

• Otology & Neurotology Open Journal, Associate Editor
• North American Skull Base Society, Member
• American Neurotology Society, Member
• American Academy of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Committee Member