Phillip Pirgousis, M.D.

Phillip Pirgousis, M.D., is a head and neck surgeon who specializes in head and neck oncology and skull base tumor surgery in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Mayo Clinic hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. He performs microvascular reconstructive surgeries for defects in the head and neck and skull base regions, which treat various deformities and cancers.

Dr. Pirgousis earned his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Adelaide in Adelaide, South Australia. He went on to become chief resident of general surgery in Australia and the United Kingdom and a fellow at institutions in Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom. He completed fellowship training in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery in London at University College London Hospitals and subsequently was appointed as faculty there. He then completed a Reconstructive Surgery fellowship at the University of Florida College of Medicine, and was appointed as Faculty within the Division of Head & Neck Surgical Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery.

Dr. Pirgousis speaks English, Greek, Japanese and French, and has contributed to numerous medical journals and book chapters, and is a member of multiple societies and associations within his specialty area.

His clinical focus includes:

• Removal of tumors affecting the head and neck and skull base areas
• Reconstruction of defects in the head, neck and skull base after tumor removal
• Functional outcomes after head and neck cancer surgery
• Minimally invasive robotic surgery for tonsil and base of tongue tumors
• Thyroid and parathyroid tumors
• Multidisciplinary management of head and neck sarcomas
• Skin cancers in the head and neck area, including melanoma
• Surgical correction of the paralyzed face
• Zenker's diverticulum and cancers of the cervical esophagus